Collars

If you want the best then go to Hurricanekennels.com
Otherwise stillwater is the way to go.

 

UK: http://strong-stuff.mysite.orange.co.uk/

Contact email for your needs is: strongstuff@hotmail.co.uk. His phone number's on the site. I've had/seen 3, 5 and 8 ply collars from him. Not only will they handle all your usual Bull & Terriers, but they handle our heavier-duty Presa Canario dogs from the old working lines too.

Tell Aaron Dan (DanUK) put you on to him. He deals cash, up front, sent by recorded delivery, but is 100% solid, reliable guy. I just put down another £150 on collars with him that's how reliable he is. Whilst I've seen equal quality, I've not seen better.

 

like this?....

http://004a781.netsolhost.com/price_collars.htm

 

LOL, thank you so much. It wasn't them, but, for some reason your link jogged my memory and I found these folks http://www.leatherbrothers.com/Collars/Nylon/115N.htm

That's the type of buckle I'm looking for.

 

Do yourself a favor and just get in touch with Shane @ Stillwater. His hardware on his collars is top notch and puts that junk on that link to shame. His stuff is solid stainless steel, not malleable iron, which just looks like stainless steel.

Once you buy his stuff, you will never go anywhere else IMO.

 

http://www.newmansleather.com/

Top Quality Collars,Leads, and Harnesses

 

Stillwater is the way to go and they last a long time so thanks shane !!!

 

i agree with preciouspits508 newmansleathers makes collars that last a lifetime and look good too

 

Barretts Bullpen Sells their collars out in Mass, ill get pics up soon

 

yup- got this one there in 1994, used it for 12 years...

 

Thats awesome them collars last for a while

 

I understand and appreciate what you're saying. The toughest collar in the world means nothing to me if my dog knows how to lay down and roll his way out of the buckle used on the collar. The disign on that buckle is what I've been looking for and I just cannot find the supplier I used to use. I've had some of their collars for more than a decade, and its just time for some new ones. Like I said before, I know Stillwater makes excellent collars, they just don't use a buckle design that gives me the worry-free use I need without having to tape, zip-tie, and rivet the loose end down. When I spend so much for a collar, I don't want to have to do that to it.

 

do you know of anyone that sells mail order and decent prices the old classic collar?

i mean the old brown leather collar with the double ring. no pins or artistic stuff on it.

 

i used american eagle or abercrombie and fitch belts for collars... i dont know if thats what youre looking for, but it sounds like it. just a 2' leather stip with double d-ring and you can cut it to size

 

www.bulldogsupplycompany.com i bought my dogs collar from there and I love it! they have padded collars which I love!!!!!

 

These Are Real good Collars

 

if you are looking for some thing special then have a look at these collars i have had a set of them in the UK HARRIS AND WATSON DOG COLLARS - Home the best i have had

 

I have a few of those harris and watson collars on my dogs , there good leather collars

 

small world them harris and watson collars must be popular , i use them too had one ten years now i reckon youll wear the dog out before the collar :dogtongue:

 

In the "collar making" business, it is common to put the D ring at the end and to sow the buckle about 2 inches up the collar. This is a mistake. In this situation, both the buckle and the D ring are stressed. I have seen stitching fail and the buckle slide to the D ring making the collar about 2" longer...long enough to slip over.

If the buckle is at the end, and the D ring is back...then only the buckle is stressed, but it can't go anywhere because it is at the "loop" end of the nylon or leather. In this case, the D ring is 2" back and it doesn't stress the stitching or rivots. In fact, if the buckle is in the loop and the D ring is slipped on...neither would even require stitching as the tension itself would hold it together...The D ring could even just be "slipped" on without even being sown in and it would still work fine. This is how the best collars are made.

Tell your collar maker to make them this way...and they will last longer and your dog won't slip the collar some day should the stitching give way. Tell them why. They can even post the information on their site if they want to. I don't care. I just want to see more collars made correctly.