Imma come back to this thread after RAW airs here. For now wanted to show the NWA concept belt i received.
So this one is decent. Again it’s not sized properly but I’ll chalk that up by calling it a prototype because this belt as is never existed.
Here’s the original Crumline sketch:
Here’s the product i received:
Overall for the price i paid ($138 ) i can’t really complain. Yes it’s not perfect and on the plates you can see the plating isn’t smooth so it needs polishing, which i can do with my drill and my polishing bit. He installed the side plates upside down so I’m gonna need to flip them which means i gotta open up the leather
The leather is decent and floppy and made ok cut wise, but because of the massive plates they should’ve gone double the size.
I sprayed it down with some window cleaner and got it shinier from when i unpacked it. I don’t wanna use brasso so imma look into other polishes.
Again for the price it’s a great show item. I’d definitely take it to any events. I won’t be ordering from this seller again but again you do get what you pay for. As I’ve dived into this hobby I’ve been learning. Some of this Pakistan belts can fetch upwards of $700 for the”HD” version. as I’ve joined various FB groups I’ve learned there’s HD, SD, CNC and basic acid etched. Some belts look amazing in these HD and CNC versions that have tremendous detail but look a bit better than the original.
Again it’s great for what it is and for the price i paid.
I have an intercontinental belt coming that i had this new eBay maker put on yellow leather strap to match when warrior had it for WM 6 but i also had him make it with a red WWF logo like the Macho Man version. He wasn’t the best of communication and he’s only really sent me one pic. He did do the revision i asked to the side plates that i discovered to make it more accurate. I’ll see the quality and decide if i go with him for a winged eagle. I have 7belts still on my list to grab:
Winged eagle (belt worn through 80s-90s and retired after Stone Cold won it at WM 14)
Big Eagle block logo belt (first version of big eagle given to Austin on raw after mania14 and only around for a bit till it was changed for the scratch logo version)
True Crumline Big Gold
NWA Heavyweight Belt
Smoking Skull belt
WWF Tag Team belt
WWF European Championship
I’m definitely gonna pay about $300 for the winged eagle cuz you gots to have quality for the classic.
I also received my UFC belt and I’ll show that one off tomorrow.