The belt is handcrafted from genuine English bridle leather sourced from a UK tannery that has been around for over 150 years. The leather is 100-percent vegetable pit-tanned, a traditional English tanning process that takes several months to complete. After tanning, the leather is hand-dyed and hand-stuffed with a blend of fats and waxes. Bridle leather is known for its strength and durability, as well as its smooth feel and depth of color. Made from either stainless steel or solid brass, the belt buckles are hand-stitched to the belt using heavy bonded waxed polyester thread. The edges of the belt are hand-beveled, hand-dyed, and hand-burnished.