Belt Boxes.

The belt is coiled with the buckle at the centre, facing up, and seated in a ring-shaped well insert. The insert keeps the coil wound so it doesn't spring open and tangle when the lid comes off. We size the ring so the strap follows a gentle curve with no kink, because a tight bend can leave a crease.

The lid comes off to show the buckle first, which is the classic way belts are presented.

Stiff straps, heavy western belts and anything that fights being coiled go into a long flat box. Our flat format is about 13 x 4 x 2 inches. A box that long and narrow flexes along its length, so we specify a heavier board than the footprint suggests.

A fitted insert stops the strap sliding from end to end and keeps the buckle from knocking the end panel.

We leave clearance above the buckle and line the interior with tissue, so metal never rubs straight against the lid. A coiled belt is dense, and in transit the buckle presses into whatever sits above it. Without that gap a polished buckle marks the lid and picks up scratches in return.

Interior surfaces are kept smooth and acid-free, and we leave out any sealed plastic film against the leather.

Yes, set boxes with separate compartments for a strap and one or more buckles are a regular order for us. Each piece sits in its own die-cut pocket, so buckles can't knock against each other or scratch the leather. The layout is drawn around your actual parts.

Send us the strap width and the buckle measurements, tongue included, and we'll draft the insert free of charge.

Foil stamping and debossing on a dark board suit leather goods best, in our view. A foil maker's mark on the lid echoes the stamp on the belt, and printed saddle-stitch lines along the edges give a workshop cue. Western brands tend to go further with tooled patterns and buckle imagery.

Full CMYK and spot UV are available. We'd keep a dress belt box restrained and save the busier artwork for a western range.

A coiled belt box is roughly 5 inches square, with depth set by the strap width and the buckle. Our standard coiled size is 5 x 5 x 2.5 inches, which fits a typical dress belt. Wide straps and chunky buckles need more depth, and we set that from a measured sample.

We can change either dimension to suit your range, and the well insert is redrawn to match.

Belt box orders begin at 500 pieces. Coiled and flat formats share that minimum, and set boxes with buckle compartments do too. We can produce up to 100,000 in a run.

If you sell both dress and western belts, it's worth sampling one of each format before choosing how to split the order.

We quote 7 to 10 business days for production after the artwork proof is signed. A faster rush slot of 5 to 7 business days is available. Because the well insert has to fit your actual coil, a sample is sensible, and at 5 to 7 business days it doesn't add much. Its fee is credited to the production order.

We send finished boxes anywhere in the USA.