This is how a Bullhide creased edge belt holds up after a few years.
Bought this when I was a 44 and now I have a 38 inch waist. Diet, exercise and cut out Coke, Dr. Pepper and sweet tea (really miss that last one). Obviously wasn't going to just pitch the belt, so I bought an oval hole punch from Amazon and increased the number of holes. So the number of holes isn't standard.
Also keep in mind that I even sleep with this thing on, so it gets more wear. I'm an EMT and when at the station we have to be ready to get toned out on a call so most of us sleep with our pants on so we can get out to the ambulance, engines, booster, command or whatever and call enroute within one minute. I also sometimes sleep with cargo shorts on, if so I usually have it on at home too.
I typically condition the leather once every 6 months. It has a bit of scarring at 3-4 o'clock from my pistol (obviously when I'm not at work), at 6 o'clock from the radio and at 9 o'clock from a double mag carrier. iPad pics don't really show it. The conditioning has also kept it to a minimum, but it's a little bent at the back. I use the double snap Galco Summer Special IWB holster and the double snap two mag carrier and just loosen the belt and put the straps inbetween the pants and the belt and then pull it up to the top and snap it.
At any rate I'm happy with it.
Bought this when I was a 44 and now I have a 38 inch waist. Diet, exercise and cut out Coke, Dr. Pepper and sweet tea (really miss that last one). Obviously wasn't going to just pitch the belt, so I bought an oval hole punch from Amazon and increased the number of holes. So the number of holes isn't standard.
Also keep in mind that I even sleep with this thing on, so it gets more wear. I'm an EMT and when at the station we have to be ready to get toned out on a call so most of us sleep with our pants on so we can get out to the ambulance, engines, booster, command or whatever and call enroute within one minute. I also sometimes sleep with cargo shorts on, if so I usually have it on at home too.
I typically condition the leather once every 6 months. It has a bit of scarring at 3-4 o'clock from my pistol (obviously when I'm not at work), at 6 o'clock from the radio and at 9 o'clock from a double mag carrier. iPad pics don't really show it. The conditioning has also kept it to a minimum, but it's a little bent at the back. I use the double snap Galco Summer Special IWB holster and the double snap two mag carrier and just loosen the belt and put the straps inbetween the pants and the belt and then pull it up to the top and snap it.
At any rate I'm happy with it.