blue sharkskin belt by bertrand montillet

[T4phage]

i've been wanting to get a blue sharkskin belt for awhile
and spoke to a few makers
i chose to work with bertrand montillet
a former hermes craftsman.
because i like the fineness of his handstitching
and also that he uses leather interlining
instead of fibreglass like many others.

he kindly provided photos
as work progressed on my belt:

i am quite happy with the result
the workmanship is superb;
handstitching, finishing, edging
and details are all top rate

the rest of the photos can be found
in this part of his site

 

[SpooPoker]

Absolutely gorgeous, my friend. Im jelly.

 

[Wes Bourne]

Sick.

 

[GoldenTribe]

Very, very nice.

 

[Mimosa]

Beautiful. Imagine having a photo montage for every handmade/bespoke piece you own? Yum.

Mim

 

[MalfordOfLondon]

Not sure how I missed this thread the first time round. Simply wonderful.

 

[luk-cha]

lovely color, shark is such an underrated leather IMO

 

[in stitches]

wow
that is
one hell of a belt
enjoy, and wear it well.

 

[Wiker]

Amazing work of art!
I would love to have one

 

[ThinkDerm]

unreal. quanto?

 

[SnarlPatrick]

I've never seen that kind of keeper retainer. Genius. And gorgeous overall.

 

[ThinkDerm]



I've never seen that kind of keeper retainer. Genius. And gorgeous overall.

+1

 

[Rambo]



I've never seen that kind of keeper retainer

Me neither. what do they call that? Nor did I know that they put fiberglass between the layers of leather/outer material. Is that common?

that's a gorgeous belt Phage. What did it run you?

 

[in stitches]



Nor did I know that they put fiberglass between the layers of leather/outer material. Is that common?
that's a gorgeous belt Phage. What did it run you?

+1, +1

 

[forex]

Great belt, don't want to know the price. Are you going to wear it with your shark skin chukka boots?