I had previously ordered this item 4 years ago and it matched the photo exactly. I re-ordered the same thing, just a larger size, and was very disappointed. It's a muddy brown instead of the russet shown, and has more of a matt finish rather than the shine the first one, and the photo shows. The stitching is on the surface rather than recessed as the first one and photo shows. Looks like a cheap knock off of what used to be the best you could buy.

My last one only lasted thirty years. Basically, I out grew it and stretched it to oblivion. One can only drill so many holes in a good belt before its beauty is compromised...

Heavy, beautiful leather!!! Bianchi's heritage. Uncompromising quality for perpetuity. Nice to see old world quality in today's greed inspired throw away society. Bianchi's quality and reputation is still fully intact. Not many companies can claim that anymore.

Good quality belt that looks good but has major issues with sizing which is why I only gave it 3 stars. Bianchi really gets it wrong with sizing. I saw the other posts saying they run small so I ordered it one a size bigger than my daily wear belt. I wear a 36" belt so I ordered a 38" belt from Bianchi but it is still a little short. Another reason for the 3 stars is Bianchi's lack of sizes. I wanted to order a 40" belt, due to the posts, but they only offered 36", 38" then it jumps to 42" which I thought would have been too large but turns out probably would have been just right.
Fortunately I can still use the belt, on the second hole, since I can't return it without major inconvenience since I am in Afghanistan. For some ridiculous reason Amazon would not direct ship the belt to me in AF so I had to have it sent to my home and pay additional shipping to get it to me in AF. I will not order anything else from Amazon in the future that won't direct ship while I'm deployed.

Overall, I recommend the belt but strongly caution you on the sizing. If you wear a 36" belt the 38" will work but I'd go 42" if you are even a little bit worried.

I bought one of these back in about 2002 and it was a great belt. I had it for 13 years and wore it every day. I finally had to replace it a few years ago and the 2nd one didn't last 2 years before the leather tore where it wraps around the buckle. It also stretched alot more than the 1st one ever did. I would recommend finding a different belt for the same money or less.

Very nice belt. It is a little wider than I was expecting, but that is no problem. I bought this to primarily be a gun belt for various different types of guns and holsters and it has worked very well for that purpose and just as my casual Friday belt as well! It is very thick and well made.It has subtle style with the decorative stitching and just what I was looking for. Not too audacious, but not too plane either. I do wish these were still made in the USA, as my previous Bianchi belt was, but the quality does not seem to be much of a drop off.