livefast52 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I've started doing some leatherworking, mostly baldrics and belts and simple things so far. I'm trying to decide what type of buckles I should get to put on my baldrics. As I'm sure we all know, larger size buckles are a pain to come across, but I've found a couple resources. In your opinions, would you like to see a more rustic blacksmithed buckle or a shiny brass one? I'm not sure which would be more period correct as I'm sure there were people making brass buckles but also blacksmiths making this type of thing. I'm attaching a couple pictures of the options I'm looking at, any advice would be helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascabel Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I would go with the brass one. If you give them a wipe with acetone to remove the protective lacquer, they will tarnish quite nicely over time, or you can help things along by giving them a wipe with dirty gun cleaning patches, after removing the protective coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livefast52 Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 I've thought about doing that, but I've asked around on a few other pages I belong to and most people seem to be interested in the blacksmithed buckles for some reason. I'll probably end up doing both when I have some more funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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