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Belts · Damascus, Syria

Damascus tooled belt — chestnut

Hand-tooled vegetable-tanned leather, brass buckle. Cut to size.

$145 Available

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Origin
Damascus, Syria
Material
Vegetable-tanned cowhide, solid brass buckle
Dimensions
36" × 1.5" (cut to size on request)
Acquired
March 2026

About this piece

Tooled by hand in a fourth-generation workshop just off Souk al-Hamidiyeh in Damascus. The pattern — a continuous interlocking vine — is stamped, not printed, into vegetable-tanned cowhide that's been soaked, shaped, and burnished over the course of a single afternoon.

The buckle is solid cast brass from the same workshop, with the maker's mark on the back. Edges are slicked with beeswax. Comes ready to wear at 36" and can be cut down on request.

This belt will last decades. The leather will deepen and pick up the marks of how you live in it.