What it’s like inside Canada’s only leather belt factory

By Randi Bergman | February 2nd, 2012 | 1:00 pm

Ever made your own belt? We have! Late last year, the FASHION team headed to North Toronto to take a tour of Brave Leather (the only leather belt company still producing its pieces in Canada) to preview the Spring collection as well as to participate in the brand’s all new service: custom belt making. Seriously! After sipping a little bubbly and slapping on some aprons, we followed founder Scott Irvine around the digs to choose our leathers, buckles, edging, and stitching. While on the tour, we discovered lots of quirky little tips about belt making that we never realized before. Like, did you know that you have to step on a lever with your feet to place studs? And that you can actually thin leather by placing it through a machine? Have a little look at our visit to Brave’s factory, and then get to work on your own belt at braveleather.com!

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5 Responses to “What it’s like inside Canada’s only leather belt factory”

Y Tektas says:

February 2, 2012 at 1:23 pm

Nice to see how other companies works. If you want to see, how SILVIO TOSSI produce her leather clothes, there are some nice picture on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/silviotossi

http://www.silviotossi.com
Gabrielle says:

February 6, 2012 at 2:14 pm

BRAVE is not the only company still producing leather belts in Canada. BELGO LUX INC has been in business for more than 60 years and is still proudly produing most of their leather COBALT collection at their Montreal headquarters.
Rick says:

February 7, 2012 at 10:00 am

BRAVE is a great Canadian success story – we buy the line and it is a gorgous product
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August 9, 2012 at 12:45 pm

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