Before purchasing the Orion Latigo Belt I purchased a Carhartt Journeyman belt. That is what I currently have worn for 7 years and love that belt. To my surprise like a lot of leather product these days (such as lazyboy furniture) the Carhartt Journeymans belts appear to be made of bonded leather instead of full grain leather. You might as well have a solid plastic or vinyl belt instead of bonded leather pieces all glued together. Fortunately return shipping with Amazon was painless and free. I also purchased a Wrangler belt which was returned to a local mart store. Sick and tired of buying junk stuff, that's what lead me to Orion.

Orion Latigo belts are about 50% more money than the Carhartt Journeymans belts but worth it in my opinion.
There is no question it is made of real 100% leather. It feels substantial,  3/16" thick is what the product description says. It is pretty firm and is the right width and design to look good with jeans or dockers. I bought one black and one brown Orion Latigo belt and think the black one is more classy of the two. They both have stainless steel roller buckles. I wear brown belts 95% of the time, kinda wish I went with the Orion bridle leather belt but that was over twice as expensive as the carhartt. It is stiffer (per their sales rep) and I prefer the solid brass roller buckle with brown belts. However $50 is a lot to shell out for a belt, but considering I buy them every 7 years (for a quality belt) it is still a good value.

This is a good example of a quality product that's made in USA. Seems like belts are like the old saying, "You get what you pay for". Do your homework to be sure you didn't spend a bunch of cash on a junky belt. I also considered purchasing a belt from Yourtack.com. They had comparable belts for less money but wanted $32 to ship two or three belts. Happy Shopping
I just might buy the bridle belt anyways...