Pick of the Week: Wood Works on Belt Buckle
Posted on May 12, 2008 by admin Filed Under Collecting Belt Buckles, Pick of the Week, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment
This buckle is exceptional for what it’s not. Namely, it’s not all metal. The design on the Lions Gate buckle is carved into wood and brushed with silver and black paint, giving it the shaded effect of a tattoo. The frame is metal but it’s only a backdrop for the exquisite woodwork and detailed design of the buckle. Cool and collectible, the Lions Gate buckle has a shelf life longer than its blinged out counterparts.
Double Barrel Belt Buckle
Posted on May 7, 2008 by admin Filed Under Articles, Collecting Belt Buckles, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment
Behold the Mardaga belt buckle. Albert Mardaga, inventor and artist with 30 plus years in the gunsmithing biz, created a belt buckle with a clasp based on the break-action of a double barrel shotgun. What gun collectors find most interesting, he explains, is not the actual firing of the gun. Rather, it’s the “quality of the gunsmithing, which can be as fine as watch and other clock making skills”.
Hence the idea to create a belt buckle. Shotguns break at a hinge where they are loaded. Mardaga engineered and patented its design for use as a belt buckle. Belgian master engravers added the exquisite decoration.
Not surprisingly, the “Royal Armouries Museum” purchased the first Mardaga belt buckle on the market at Bonhams London.
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Pick of the Week: True Western Belt Buckle
Posted on May 5, 2008 by admin Filed Under Collecting Belt Buckles, Pick of the Week, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment
I often focus on quirky or cool, high tech or overpriced belt buckles. Not so today. This week’s pick of the week is a true Western Belt Buckle. The Flying Eagle Buckle, pictured at left, features silver inlay, a hammered gold share and inscription-free banners above and below the eagle so you can personalize it with your own engraving. But be warned! It measures 4″x5″ and weighs more than a pound. Only true cowboys can pull this one off.
Pick of the Week: A Belt Buckle for the Low-Tech
Posted on April 28, 2008 by admin Filed Under Collecting Belt Buckles, Fun, Pick of the Week, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment
The LED belt buckle has gotten a lot of press. Now meet the anti-LED buckle. The white board belt buckle is to the LED what letters are to email, walkman is to ipod and rotary is to cell phone. Low-tech and proud, the white board belt buckle is user-friendly–one need only decent penmanship to operate it–and has several handy applications:
1. “Can I get your number?” no longer requires frantic search for cocktail napkin and embarassing request of bartenders pen.
2. Writing address on it means cabbie will drop your drunkenness home instead of on street corner.
3. No memory yields no documentation of stupid one-liners and fake phone numbers (see #1).
Warning: Do not wear in rain, snow, sleet, hailstorm or shower as contents dissolve when wet.
Pick of the Week: Say Hello to My Little Friend
Posted on April 21, 2008 by admin Filed Under Celebs, Collecting Belt Buckles, Pick of the Week, Quotes, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment
I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So trust me when I say that one of the coolest belt buckles I’ve seen so far has got to be the Scarface belt buckle. It features a photo of Pacino centered, Caesar-like, between four laurel leaves with a scroll reading “Money, Power, Respect” beneath. The silver buckle measures a little more than three inches wide and is so well detailed you can see the pinstripes in Pacino’s suit. Make way for the bad guy.
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