These custom made Harness Leather Ranger Belts are better than even famous brand name western ranger belts because they use better leather, better buckles, have more heavy stitching, and are made with attention to detail, one at a time in the U.S.A. by one of our experienced leathercraftsmen. Keep reading, and click on the underlined links, it gets better and better.  Where else can you get this? Every one of these are custom made and are in use. Real Ranger belts start here... Ranger Belts are cut from 10-12 oz. (5/32" - 3/16") Oak tanned (American made) English Bridle leather and 9-10 ( 9/64"- 5/32") oak tanned harness leather. The harness leather belts are hand dyed and finished. The Billets and edges of the belts are coated, burnished and harness stitched. The harness leather makes a nice dress belt. This firm harness leather has also been used with customer satisfaction for gun belts for over 30 years. If your belt will carry a holster or tools, you also have the choice of the thicker more supple bridle leather.  The belt above is Med. Brown Harness leather with black stitching and the Roper buckle set. The English Bridle leather Ranger Belts are made from Oak tanned and stuffed bridle leather. It is not just some chrome, oil tanned boot leather that production belt makers use. The bridle leathers are slightly thicker but more supple than the harness leather belts and have a sealed finish with a wax topcoat. The bridle leather is prefinished at the tannery. Bridle Leather is available in Black, Burgundy, Lt. Brown, Med. Brown, Dk. Brown, and Tan. Bridle leather can have the basket weave but because of it's suppleness and oil it isn't appropriate leather for other tooled patterns or lettering. The harness leather belts have a more shiny wax finish and are more of a dress belt than the English Bridle belts. The back of the belts can be left natural or dyed and sealed for a really finished look. 
Click on this image for a closer look at the leather and workmanship. If shipped without a buckle set, the tip will be stitched and have finished edges. If you want to install a metal tip you will probably have to trim the tip edges slightly to fit. Use a felt pen to darken the cut edges before final attachment. Provide width and thickness information about your buckle and keeper loops in the comments window during check out.
Classic Western Ranger Belts are available in 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" widths and use 3/4" buckles. The buckles and keepers are removable so belts can be shipped with or without a buckle or buckle set. The 1-1/2" ranger belt can be made for the 1" buckle sets.
CLASSIC buckle set #3 Med. Brown 1-1/2" wide
BRASS END BAR BUCKLE Tan 1-1/2" wide Set #4 is now only available in all silver finish. Ranger belts are also available with a 3/4" end bar buckle in Nickel or Brass and leather keeper loops, shown above with the Brass buckle, and with the roller buckle as shown on the Burgundy belt (farther above) Belt Colors:Hand staining Harness leather is like staining wood. Every piece is different. That is one of the things that gives my belts soul, magic, excitement or whatever it is that production belts lack. The colors in the images below are as close to the true colors as I can get. From left to right the colors are, Dk. Brown, Med Brown, Lt. Brown, and Tan. They, plus Black, are standard colors. The upper row has been corrected for my monitor, the lower row is what the camera saw. The medium brown is actually more red brown than shown. See actual belts for other views of colors. In actuality the colors in hand finished leather will vary within the same piece of leather similar to the way the color of wood varies in antiques. In the standard colors I use special dyes that give my belts a fine Antique Finish. The belts with the Inca design have more contrast because of the Black finish that is rubbed into the pattern. The Tan is a British Tan luggage color, Lt. Brown is darker with less orange, Med. Brown is more red brown, and Dk. Brown is really dark. I have other solvent type dyes for other special order colors, like Navy Blue, Red, Purple and Green. Bridle leather colors are dyed at the tannery and differ from the hand stained colors. You can view those colors on the Bridle Leather Belt page. Thread Colors:In addition to the Black and the light tan Wheat color Harness Stitching I have used in the past I now offer Brown. Lets see what you can do with that as another creative option.
The Biker Belt shown below is made with leather keepers and a 3/4" Nickel roller buckle. A brass buckle is also available. This belt can also be ordered in the brown colors in either Harness or Bridle leather. The buckle and keeper loops are removable so you can replace them with a 3/4" silver buckle set some day if you want to.  The belt above in Lt. Brown shows the dyed and sealed back. This buckle with leather keepers makes a great everyday or work belt for when you might damage a more expensive buckle set. The belt below is Med. Brown. 
The Inca tooling pattern is shown below on a Med. Brown belt. (Look for the combination of interlocking squares and circles) This pattern goes well with American Indian silver buckle sets available from the Bear Creek link on the harness leather belt page. Basket Weave (Accent) 
Basket Weave Embossing (above), shown unstitched on a 1-1/4" Lt. Brown belt, and with Wheat stitching on a Med. Brown 1-1/2" belt. The 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" embossed belts can have the border grooves or harness stitching on the edges. The basket weave ranger on the right is medium brown with the 1" buckle set and brown harness stitching. These belts look darker on my screen than they really are.Choose the belt length to order from the information provided on the Harness Leather Belt page if you are ordering a belt without a buckle. Depending on your browser speed this link may not load properly and take you to the right part of the page the first time. If not hit Refresh or Reload. If you are ordering a belt with a buckle use the "With Buckle" diagram shown below the ordering area (below). The roller buckles are solid brass or nickel plate over solid brass. The buckle sets have plated die cast buckles and keepers with a nickel or sliver finish. The Chicago screws are Nickel unless a brass roller buckle is selected. Read ORDERING HELP and Frequently asked Questions. Then choose your options and order below. Still not sure how to measure? For measuring help for a belt with buckle click to view the Measuring Help video This might take from a few seconds to a minute to load. Make a choice in each box to reduce delivery time. Your selections will appear on my computer generated work order. With some browsers the box may look empty when you make your selection. Choices will show if you refresh the page and will show when you put it in the shopping cart. Notice that there are so many buckle choices that the drop down menu has a scroll bar. |
BUCKLE SET #6 Med. Brown and tan 1-1/2" wide
BUCKLE SET #2 Dk. Brown Bridle with Lt. Brown Bridle Billets and brown stitching 1-1/2" wide.
View more ranger belts custom made for customer's special buckle sets at the bottom of this page.
 Use the diagram to determine your "Center Hole Length". Measure the length of the belt you are now using, from the prong (or pin), to the hole in the belt that you normally use. This length includes the amount your buckle adds to the length of your belt. Actual practice has shown that this measurement is about 2" more than waist size. DO NOT go by a number printed on the back of your belt. Other manufacturers numbers may vary and your belt may have stretched with use if you are ready for a new one. Don't worry about "Overall" length, I need "Center Hole Length" as shown on the diagram above. Do not guess at the waist size of someone you have not seen for 2 years. I measure on this end, you measure on your end. Women may wear pants lower on their hips. So, women, decide where you want to wear it and measure that length. There is no way to figure it out using your waist size.
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