Leather belt construction

[Medicus matt]

Tony's method is how I'd do it, skiving the overlapping edges to keep the overall thickness the same.

What I do find very odd is that the maker has gone to all that effort and has STILL rivetted all the way through both layers, rather than just through the outer to give a nice clean finish on the inside (see top picture). Odd.

I do like that copper plate with the interlace on it though...