I don't have much input for stiffening the belts, but I will say, as another H.O.E. (Hard on equipment) guy, stay away from the kydex stiffeners. My Comptac kydex stiffener broke apart into about 20 micro stiffeners within a year.E.Marquez wrote:A: I don't currently own any belts that have a plastic stiffener sewn in.gemini wrote:A lot of "gun belts" have a kydex or other material sewn between the belt layers
to help stiffen the belt. I think it would be really difficult to re-stiffen a worn out
leather belt. I've worn out a couple of nice gun belts. They got rather flimsy, but,
it took years not 3-6 months to wear them out.
B: I have 3 belts currently, all from names this group would recognize and consider "quality" so Im not asking about some cheepie belt.
C: I believe my belts last so short of a time is my use.. I am VERY active in my work, often sweat soaking though a pair of jeans and several shirts in a day. That belt is soaked in sweat as well...The area most commonly "softened" first is the portion along my back (where sweat runs in quantity) and then on either side of the holster where the bet rides against the pants/body.
I just got more belts & rotate them so I can keep at least 1 or 2 in good shape. I started using the web belts for IDPA & 3 gun.