So you need a real leather belt. Not some laminated mall garbage that peels apart the first time you cinch it down after a big lunch. I’m talking about a slab of hide thick enough to tow a truck, something you can wear for the next twenty years without thinking about it.

Usually that means wandering into the misty world of heritage brands and dropping a hundred bucks or more while some guy with a waxed mustache tells you about vegetable tanning.

But here’s the twist.

For reasons that defy modern economics, North Star Leather is out there quietly making full-grain 1.5-inch belts in all kinds of styles for under sixty dollars. Full grain. No filler. No cosplay lumberjack marketing campaign. Just honest leather and solid hardware.

I bought one in brown. Then I bought one in black. Because at that price, you’d be insane not to.

Frankly, there’s no reason to look anywhere else.

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