Dress belts are simply not substantial enough to support the weight of a holster and handgun. The thin designer-type belts commonly sold in department stores may look nice, and do a fine job holding your pants up, but lack the strength required to adequately support the
weight of a holstered weapon. To attempt to carry a handgun for any length of time on a belt not specifically designed for this purpose is a disaster waiting to happen.
High Noon Holsters® ROCK STEADY line of belts are designed to carry the weight of a handgun. Our belts are built for comfort and action, and will retain their striking good looks through years of use.
We use only top-quality premium grade, full-grain, vegetable-tanned steer hide, grown and vegetable tanned in the USA. Vegetable tanning involves only non-hazardous organic materials, unlike other methods that use heavy metals. The belts are individually handmade and are constructed from two pieces of 6 to 7 oz. leather. While this makes the belts a bit thicker, it's still quite comfortable, doesn't "ride heavy" in the hips and sure doesn't look like a gun belt.
High Noon Holsters offers a synthetically reinforced two piece belt, (in other words two pieces of leather with a synthetic insert in the middle) because it's far superior then just two pieces of cowhide/bullhide/horsehide sewed together. A special extruded material produced exclusively for High Noon Holsters® is sewn and laminated in between the layers, which gives the belt
excellent rigidity and provides the maximum support for any combination of weapon and accessories. Its takes three times as much work to laminate, sew and then finish our belts. A belt manufactured in this way is much stronger then just one piece of thick leather or two pieces sewed together with nothing in the middle. The reinforcing layer also increases the life of the belt because it prevents the stretch, roll out, and sag you get from an ordinary all leather double thickness gun belts.
High Noon Holsters was the first in the industry to reinforce gun belts with a synthetic insert. The facts are the facts, its common sense the leather is stronger and pushes the gun up against your body with the synthetic in the middle. The cowhide/bullhide/horsehide fibers break down unless you synthetically reinforce the belt like we do. This information comes from the extensive testing we did in house here at High Noon.
Customers describe the feeling of our Rock Steady Belts as someone holding/pushing the gun against their body all day. Its a nice feeling. The belts are stitched around the perimeter just like a fine dress belt. The stitching adds dimensional stability and its really a classy look. All edges are rounded, then meticulously burnished. The belt is dyed by hand and sealed to a luster that illustrates High Noon Holsters® attention to detail. As a final touch, they are fitted with a solid cast, brass or chrome buckle. We also went to the extra expense of a fitted
solid cast, brass or chrome keeper to match. Quick-change decorative post and screws are standard which makes changing the buckle easy if desired.The belts are absolutely a work of art, as you can see from the pictures below. High Noon Holsters® belt sizes are measured from the end of the buckle to the center hole of the belt. Instructions below.
Look at it this way, it's much easier to buy the right equipment the first time and cheap is almost always too expensive and its a once in a lifetime purchase. As we stated above, its the center of your carry system. This is cheap insurance to make sure that gun and holster combo is right there when you need it and the fashion statement it makes, well lets just say "Priceless". You can't afford NOT to have a Rock Steady belt.
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