If anyone knows a good place to get a surcingle with leather both ends then please let me know...

Cordings do not actually seem to have a lot in stock if you look online. That may be a bad sign going forward.

Then again, there are closures everywhere Paperchase shops and one thousand Stonegate pubs to name but two.

As for surcingle belts, the delightfully named Pakeman, Catto and Carter used to offer them. They went out of business a few years ago. Parking issues near their shop in Cirencester was the final straw.

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Lands End sometimes does them.  Aside from that its https://www.elizab.com/surcingle-belts.html or O'Connels from the USA

Eliza B - don't you end up paying through the nose for postage and customs charges..? Is it worth it? 

I loved JS's classic Canterbury belts with the horseshoe buckle back in the day.

Inspired by this topic I went back to read Weejuns 'whatever happened to the surcingle belt?' written in 2012. A good read. I have a few including an Anderson weaved belt for £20 bought from TKMaxx. Current prices appear to be over £100 which I think is too much for a belt. I'm not actually that keen on the horseshoe buckle, or at least not that bothered about that detail.

Thanks Alvey. The Regimental Shop looks like a good option.

Although I would like a non-brass option for the buckle.

Didn't mean to imply Eliza B no good - they're decent if you can get the US shipping.  The customisation is a plus.

Thanks for the link to the regimental webbing shop Alvey, that's exactly what I had in mind.

Inspired by this chat I've just bought one from The Regimental Shop in Teddington. It looks good, decent materials and, most importantly, it's non-stretch. Only downside is the whiff of Brexit/Help for Heroes crap which places like this have. It's one of the problems with the Ivy/Prep look - that portion of the Venn diagram where it intersects with the right-wing/flag waving/borderline racist element. Hey, thought I'd stir it up a bit in a post about belts!

I think I stopped wearing snake belts at about 10 years old. Didn't wear any belts again till I was in my 20s and have been wearing belts ever since. Only ever wore braces for about 6 months and couldn't get on with them.

Chums Elizab and Barrons-Hunter are old school.  Been around private labeling (at less the later) for a while

For leather in the old days Coach.  Haven’t had them in years.  Alden and Filson are good these days for leather belts.


Polo and brooks used to do good croc

There are not many holes on a surcingle belt.  So changes in  waist size have a bigger impact.

I had one Smart Turnout surcingle shortened.

Equus shortened some leather belts, but a new hole could have been an option as there is more leather to play with.

Stretch belt might address increasing waistline.

I've found the JS McRostie(?) belts to be excellent, expensive yes but a lifetime of wear in them as long as your waist doesn't change dramatically, the Anderson weaved stretch belts are also very good and allow for expanding waistlines,