Horween Chromexcel Leather Belt Brass Thunderbird Buckle
Item details
- Clothing accessory material
- Leather
- Color pattern
- Black
- Engraved Thunderbird emblem inside a pointed leaf outline
- Radial line field framed by Greek-key meander border
- Black satin top with tan core and edges
Type: Belt
Dimensions / Size: 1.4 in (35 mm) strap width; softly rounded square buckle face
Thickness / depth: about 0.14 in (3.6 mm), not fully uniform along the length
Materials: Horween Chromexcel black tea-core full-grain cowhide; solid brass buckle with silver plating; solid copper rivet; matching leather keeper loop
Finish / color: deep near-black satin top, warm tan core at edges, pewter-like buckle face with brass undertones
Closure: hinged lift-flap buckle, leather folded over the bar and fastened with a domed copper rivet; single keeper loop retains the tail
Worn at the waist, it suits jeans, chinos and boots, and pairs easily with denim, canvas and other leather pieces. The strap is roughly thumb-width, with a buckle face about the size of a large coin.
Everyday wear, casual Fridays, weekend drives.
Concerts and flea markets.
Fall and winter layers.
Denim and workwear outfits.
Travel days when one belt does the job.
Keep leather dry; wipe with a soft dry cloth.
Store flat or loosely coiled away from direct sun.
Avoid prolonged contact with moisture and abrasive surfaces.
30-day returns & exchanges
30-day returns & exchanges
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A closer look
This belt is a 1940s-style American vintage piece built around a solid hinged buckle and a single full-grain leather strap. The strap is cut from Horween Chromexcel (CXL) black tea-core full-grain cowhide, taken from the dense spine area of the hide, giving it a notably tight fiber structure, heavy hand and substantial body. The top surface is a deep, near-black shade with a low satin sheen that catches light softly along the curve of the strap, while the reverse and the burnished-looking cut edges reveal the natural warm tan core and flesh side of the leather, which is where the "tea-core" character comes from — the black finish sits over a lighter body so the base tone shows through at the edges and eventually through wear. A Horween maker's stamp is clearly embossed into the flesh side near the buckle end, rendered in faded blue-black ink lettering with a curved arc and dot ornaments above it.
The strap measures 35 mm in width and approximately 3.6 mm in thickness, with the thickness noted as not being absolutely uniform throughout the length, which is consistent with genuine single-layer full-grain strap leather rather than a corrected or laminated blank. The strap end is finished with a smooth semicircular rounded tip, and the edges are cut straight and left showing the natural undyed core. Because the leather is genuine Horween material, natural characteristics such as growth lines, vascular or vein markings, and small surface scratches are present and are intrinsic to the hide, and slight color variation between batches or on different displays is expected.
The buckle is an American vintage Thunderbird lift-flap hinge buckle made of solid brass with a silver plating, giving it a cool pewter-like face with warm brass undertones where the plating wears toward the edges. Its front face is a softly rounded square panel filled with a fine engraved radial field of dense parallel line work, centered on a stylized Thunderbird emblem set inside a pointed leaf-shaped outline, the bird rendered with outstretched wings, a cross-mark on its chest and jagged feather detailing along the tail. Framing the entire face is a raised border of repeating Greek-key meander scrollwork with small X-shaped corner motifs. The reverse side shows the hinged flap mechanism, with engraved arrow, star and chevron ornaments on the hinge bar and slotted cutouts on the mounting tabs, allowing the buckle to be attached without stitching.
The buckle is secured to the strap by folding the leather back over the buckle bar and fastening it with a domed solid copper rivet or snap whose bright rose-gold color contrasts clearly against the black leather. A single matching leather keeper loop, made from the same black-over-tan Chromexcel with its edges showing the lighter core, slides along the strap to retain the tail. The belt is shown coiled and folded
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