Hand Forged Artisanal Belt Buckles
Each belt buckle is hand-crafted in small batches using traditional blacksmithing techniques. The result is a unique piece where not two buckles are identical. Our belt buckles are 100% designed and hand-forged in western Montana. Like all that things that endure, they are made with unrelenting care and attention to detail.
Below you’ll find more information on available styles, sizes and finishes. As well, contact us directly for custom work or wholesale inquiries.
Rectangular Plate Style Belt Buckles
Barbed Wire
Barbed wire from our farm is forged into plate steel.
Welded Panels
Steel strips are welded together and then forged for a unique texture.
ElkHorn
Celebrating these magnificent creatures, dual antlers are pressed into steel plate.
Aspen Forest
Lines are fullered into steel plate to celebrate aspen groves everywhere.
Montana Stamped
Hammer textured and stamped with the ‘Last Best Place’.
Waves
A hand sledge creates standing waves.
Zia Mountain Hills
We may live in Montana, but we love New Mexico. Hand-chiseled contours celebrate the rolling foothills of the Sandia Mountains.
Zia Mountain Peaks
Keep climbing and you’ll hit the summit. Zia sun rise over the southern Sangre De Cristos of northern New Mexico.
Land of Enchantment
Zia sun stamped into a clear New Mexico sky.
Custom Buckles
We make custom buckles like this style created for Vermejo Ranch in northern New Mexico. Please contact us directly for more information.
Prong Style Belt Buckles
Ball-Peened
Overlapping marks made with my favorite, small ball-peen hammer, highlight one of my favorite blacksmithing textures.
Radial
A small cross-peen hammer brings out the border in this unique style.
Compass
A cold chisel marks the way on our compass buckle.
Belt Buckle Sizes
Our rectangular, plate style buckles come in two sizes. Our larger rectangular buckle (2.25” X 4”) can be made with either a 2” or 1.5” belt loop, while our smaller rectangular buckle (1.75” X 3.5”) can be made with either a 1.5” or 1.25” belt loop.
Our circular, plate style buckles (not shown yet, available soon!) will be made to fit either 1.5” or 1.25” belts and will have a diameter of 2.25”.
Our prong-style buckles are all 2.5” diameter and are made for 1.5” belts, but will handle other belt sizes.
Custom sizing needs are available upon request - just let us know what you’re looking for!
Zia Mountain, Elkhorn, Barbed Wire, Wave, Custom (Elk Bust), Land of Enchantment and Aspen Forest buckles showing size comparison in various finishes.
Belt Buckle Finishes
Our four finish options of Copper, Brass, Oxidation colors and Matte Black are shown below on our welded panels and Montana Stamped buckles.
Elkhorn Color Gradient
Our three finishes add unique character to each buckle style. With our Brass and Copper finishes, the hot steel is brushed with a brass brush before a cool quenching, resulting in shades of gold, brass and/or copper. For Oxidation Colors, we ‘run the colors’ on wire brushed steel resulting in shades of blue, purple and straw. A relatively hot quenching results in our distinct Matte Black finish.
Prong Style Buckle finishes
Finished in either Brass or Matte Black as shown below on our ‘Ball-Peened’ style prong buckle.
