Hi all. I'm asking for a mid ranged leather belt suggestion to replace my current belt.

I am currently using braun buffel belt with the solid bull logo, which is 2 years old now. The condition of the belt is very bad and I would say it is time to change soon. The black leather skin is peeling at the area near my stomach due to sweat while in sitting position and wear and tear.
I do send to BB for polishing, but I guess 2 years is good enough? (Only had one belt thus I've been wearing it almost everyday)
I would like to keep the buckle if possible but it sender's BB don't provide belt replacement?

Any suggestion is kindly appreciated. Looked at AX, but the price after 20% is around rm380 which is close to BB

I like Alain Delon belt. Budget and durable. Not sure if it's leather or not, could be those PVC leather.

If you are looking for something that lasts, I strongly suggest getting something custom made for you from either bridle leather or harness leather. I have personally bought from these 2 sites:

http://www.narragansettleathers.com/belt114.html
http://leathergoodsconnection.com/

The first only has bridle but will deliver to Malaysia.

The second has both but will not deliver to US so you will need to use something like ComGateway or Borderlinx.

Or if your budget is higher(I am personally not willing to spend RM400++ on a belt):
http://www.equusleather.co.uk/
About GBP70 for a basic West End with delivery to Malaysia (use 10% discount code styleforum10%)

If you want some real stuff minus the marketing BS, you should look further.
Like niakulah suggest, bridle/harness belt is something you should seriously consider. I've got mine from MD at sub RM250 including delivery. It will still getting scratches here and there but can be polished away if you like, the built of the hardware and leather suggested that it will last forever, even possible to pass down to grandchildren. Ok, maybe I have exaggerated it.

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/dont-mourn-organize-bridle-belt

I use one piece leather belt which i wear constantly everyday for the past 4 years and still going strong. Im not sure if its formal since the buckle is a brass with 2 pin. Then again been wearing that belt for every formal function and looks good

dont like the big logo advertising board kind of belt...
go for Uniqlo belt made with Italian saddle / vachetta leather at lower than RM100

Not 100% leather

How about coach? https://www.instagram.com/p/BLxtQI7gJAP/?ta...topformen&hl=en

I see...but it's quite durable. I used for a bout a year plus and it's still working good. Well to me since belt is going to be hidden away by my shirt (unless you tuck in your shirt or you wear formal), as long as it serves the function then it's fine to me

I'm using Kickers for nearly 3 years...no problem so far

I used 1 alain delon for 1.5 yrs, it's starting to crack and im afraid it'll break. Now im trying Playboy, so far used 2 months already got a bit crack lines appearing. But the playboy was only RM29.

Well Alain Delon is affordable so if use for 1.5 years already then it's already worth the price

i just buy leather belt at parkson/tangs/metrojaya.....can last 1-2 years...can always get below rm100 or maybe lower during sale...good enough for me...

They so to call genuine leather are bonded leather, where cracking and peeling will be obvious after several use. Once you go to the real leather, you will never look back. Consider that an investment, rather than a consumable products.

Maybe U can checked this?
http://www.lelong.com.my/men-s-belt-premiu...7-01-Sale-I.htm

When I browse and notice they do sell belt only thou without the buckle.

I think you choose the design for the buckle and the strap length. I have tried this, and its bonded leather, flaking after 2-3 years of uses, which is ok considered the money paid.

True, should last about 2 years. Nows days its about style u wouldn't want to be seen using the same belt after 5 years everyday man its just lame even rich ppl buy expensive belt and then throw it or give away after 1-2 years.

Disagree with those statements. Fashion moves fast. Style, less so.

And not all rich people buy to throw away. To quote the late Terry Pratchett:

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”

I agree, listen closely to the rich man...money no issue.

Spend more to spend less. Well sortta.