▲ 1293 ▼ We never wash our belts, although they are the first thing we touch when leaving the toilet, even before we wash our hands (feddit.de) submitted 3 years ago by ttk@feddit.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 239 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) You wear out leather belts? I swear I still have the same 3 leather belts I had 15-20 years ago permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Retix@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) There's a lot of shitty "leather" belts that look great but fall apart rather quickly. I also tend to go through belts on my work pants, but I work construction and that is hard on the leather permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Exactly. I have one really expensive belt my uncle gave me that I’ve been wearing since about 2012 and it’s just fine. I have trashed several Walmart belts in that time. I have a Dickies belt that has held up pretty well too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DangleBerry@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And there's always that torn up section on the right hip where the tape measure goes permalink fedilink source parent [–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Get some dubbin and treat your leather products with it. They will last longer if they are treated right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Retix@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) There's a lot of shitty "leather" belts that look great but fall apart rather quickly. I also tend to go through belts on my work pants, but I work construction and that is hard on the leather permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Exactly. I have one really expensive belt my uncle gave me that I’ve been wearing since about 2012 and it’s just fine. I have trashed several Walmart belts in that time. I have a Dickies belt that has held up pretty well too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DangleBerry@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And there's always that torn up section on the right hip where the tape measure goes permalink fedilink source parent [–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Get some dubbin and treat your leather products with it. They will last longer if they are treated right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Exactly. I have one really expensive belt my uncle gave me that I’ve been wearing since about 2012 and it’s just fine. I have trashed several Walmart belts in that time. I have a Dickies belt that has held up pretty well too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DangleBerry@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And there's always that torn up section on the right hip where the tape measure goes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Get some dubbin and treat your leather products with it. They will last longer if they are treated right. permalink fedilink source parent