Featured Opinions on a "NA" concha belt please?

Yup, glass stones. It does actually fit me, sorry charlie. I'll keep an eye open for you!

I still have some NA style stuff from the 80s, even the yee haa boots. I also have a solid silver signed proper concha belt, no leather, bought near Tucson back in, oh, the late 80s. Bit of a treasure, that.

I cheated with black leather trousers. I've excellent fakes, which go in the washing machine.

 

No worries obb, at least I know what they are called now

Even if this one's not authentic, it's still a 'belter'

 

What size do you need, in case I see one.

 

32 waist

I see quite a few in charity shops, but girly very cheaply types

I'm sure this one's better than the average

 

32 inch waist ?!? I hate you !

 

That's when I'm breathing in though John, breathing out I'm a 42

 

<snort>!

 

Now thats funny ! LOL !

 

Sorry that I can’t help. I see them all the time but shipping would not be worth it from the US.

 

sometimes ya gotta pay up...for what you really desire..!!!!

 

we ever gonna see that one ????? eh?

 

I agree and if Charlie wanted a genuine one the shipping would be worth the cost but IMO it isn’t on a costume piece. I never buy them myself but if a costume one was desired, international shipping would definitely up the price.

 

If searching for one like Morrison’s, you wouldn’t want to use “butterfly”. The vertical pieces are the “butterflies”. Morrison’s is a traditional concha (or more commonly described by the American term “concho”)

 

You can buy one of any size and just have the conchas put on a longer strap. The small ones can be made far less “girly” by mounting on a wider strap. One of mine is too narrow for me but it’s a really good one so I had a wider strap made that the narrow strap of the belt weaves through so it becomes a lot more substantial. I’ll post a picture of what you can do with a narrow one but IMO you’ll have to put too much into it to justify doing it on a costume piece.

 

I've hidden the silver one somewhere, if I can fish it out, there will indeed be photos. I know where the receipt is.....

 

OOOhhh...no hide please.....pull out.....polish lots...( unless u like the dull silver look..) ...and show off prize !!! Heehehe!!!!!!!!

 

I’m definitely a “no polish” on NA jewelry (unless modernist) although I do wipe mine down to remove any serious blackening. I want my NA silver to show it’s age (but never pit) but that’s just me and I agree that to polish or not is personal preference.

 

They started life shiny & gleaming.........for the most part....
but ya...it's a choice....
depends to me...on the item itself !

 

Respectfully, I know no one ( not a single person) who would shine a classic vintage concha and I see literally thousands of them every year as I go to the vintage NA shows, dealers and trading posts but yes, it’s a choice.

I strongly advise anyone who owns one to never polish it unless they’re committed to the piece for themself. Again, I do believe in gently wiping off serious tarnish with a light hand. The one I pictured is mid century and I inherited it in the early 80s. It has never been polished but it is wiped when needed.

I believe that all silver should be protected from blackening and pitting but I don’t believe that all silver should be kept shined. It depends on the piece and I definitely don’t believe in shine on vintage NA classic pieces.

On the other hand, I keep all my Peretti highly shined as well as some of my mid century Mexico. I definitely polish all my modernist pieces but I don’t polish the ones that reference MesoAmerica. So yes on my Pineda and no on my Spratling although again, I do wipe down pieces that I don’t polish.

 

I hate shiny silver. I only use Sunshine Cloths, very gently, or sometime a gentle ultrasound bath to get the gunk off. The concha belt is living in a cloth bag which stops it getting blackened. (Still can't find it. Safe place. Arg.)