Double Barrel Belt Buckle
Posted on May 7, 2008 by admin
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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