Many belts feel like punishment. Black strip. Brown strip. Mehbuckle. But this ain't dem. This the Best Made Famous Red Belt. It’s Best Made red: axe red, tool red, find-it-in-the-snow red. The company ties it back to its Famous Red Axe, which can be used to split wood or to store the back of your Range Rover Classic in case of zombie attack. This belt has the same useful-object-good-in-fight swagger.
The build is the real trick. 1.5-inch American bridle leather, vegetable-tanned by Wickett & Craig, the old Pennsylvania tannery founded in 1867. This eye-turner has a solid brass roller buckle, brass Chicago screws, and the type of hardware that looks better after getting scraped against Land Cruiser doors.
Inside, stamped where only you’ll see it, are the words “Be Optimistic.” Check your postmodern pessimism at the door at start living the credo.
Wear this red devil with jeans and a white tee and suddenly the outfit has a pulse. Wear it with fatigues and boots and you look like you might know how to fix bayonettes.
Wear it with a navy jacket and it flashes just enough to ruin everyone else’s milquetoast little belt situation.
USD 198 is a good sweet spot for a quality belt. Be honest, cheap belts die ugly deaths. This one wants scratches. It wants darkening. It wants ten years of your hands pulling it through denim loops before coffee.
Is it the coolest belt you can own?
Maybe.
It holds up your pants and starts a small fire under the outfit.
Best Made Co.
