There are belt buckles, then there are Clint Orm belt buckles. Orm is recognized as the best of contemporary Western-style engravers. His impressive and impeccably detailed pieces are collected the world over.
“There are a million ways to make a belt buckle,” says Orms, “but there’s only one way to get the look we get. I want to get that look and keep it, rather than doing things the easier way. If you’re going to make buckles and put all that work in, you might as well make good buckles. I’d hate to see one of my buckles 75 years from now and find that it doesn’t look good.”
A Clint Orms belt buckle might have as many as 150 pieces. “To solder that many pieces is an incredible feat in itself,” he explains, “then to engrave it and make it all fit together is an equal feat.”
Works include cast buckles of solid sterling silver and hand-formed hollow buckles and trophy buckles. All buckles feature the detail and engraving for which Clint Orms is known.
Duval - 1817
Pecos - 1892
Carson - 1831
Blanco - 1800
Duval - 1804
Blanco - 1802
Clay - 1820
Clay - 1803
Clay - 1804
