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Taking Care of Turquoise Belt Buckles

Posted on May 2, 2008 by admin Filed Under Articles, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment

J.W. Cooper’s Indian head belt buckle was cut from 441 carats of turquoise culled from the Kingman Mine in Arizona. It’s set against sterling silver and the feathers are mother of pearl with onyx tips. Priced at $2700, this is not your standard western belt buckle.
All jewelry requires care, but turqoise, because it is naturally porous and easily scratched, demands special attention. It takes millions of years and very specific natural conditions for even the smallest amount of turqoise to develop. For these reasons, you’ll want to treat your turqoise belt buckles and accessories as the precious gems they are. For a ten point list of cleaning and care suggestions, click here.

Bands in Belt Buckles at SxSW

Posted on April 29, 2008 by admin Filed Under Articles, Events, Fashion | Leave a Comment

South by Southwest, Austin’s annual music festival, gets props for introducing little-known alterna-rock bands to larger audiences. It’s also known for sparking hot trends in fashion. This years festival, held last month, was no exception.
Seen on the scene were skinny jeans and, surprise!!, belt buckles. Gaspard Auge, of goth dance band Justice, sported a retro belt buckle while headlining the Playboy Party at SxSW and Texas’ own Trail of Dead’s members were snapped donning western belt buckles with tight black jeans throughout the festival.

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.

My Million Dollar Belt Buckle Idea

Posted on April 24, 2008 by admin Filed Under Fun, Special Buckles | Leave a Comment

Another post for the ladies. Fashionably Geek recently highlighted a hilarious belt buckle that features a pivoting magnifying glass and tweezers “to assist in “working with all those small parts”.
My dirty mind zipped immediately to, ahem, small body parts on the opposite sex but the author could have been referring to eyebrows or nose hairs or hangnails or…
Which brought me to my next thought. What if you mounted your entire personal care kit on your belt buckle? Kind of like a fanny pack–ugghh, remember those?–for a gal on the go. And, it has the added bonus of giving you a great ab workout; the higher maintenance your regimen, the heavier the buckle, the greater the effort to remain upright.
For non-believers, check out previous Western Belt Buckle posts on funtional belt buckles. Bottle openers and knife belt buckles? Ha! They’ve got nothing on the dop kit belt buckle…coming soon.

Raising the Bar for Western Belt Buckles

Posted on April 23, 2008 by admin Filed Under Articles, Celebs, Vintage Belt Buckles | Leave a Comment

Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR’s most popular driver, has opened his very own watering hole in Charlotte, North Carolina that features a bar rimmed with vintage western belt buckles. Not only is it gorgeous but it’s one of the finest recycling efforts I’ve seen in a while. I just hope they’re affixed with more than superglue. Creative collectors might get sticky fingers after a few beers.

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