The leather of this single-layer belt is a vegetable-tanned cowhide with a rather smooth surface, a circumferential edge embossing reinforces its striking impression. The belt is worked with a silver-colored brass buckle - more precisely a roller buckle, where the leather slides easily through the buckle and is thus protected.

Founded in 1963 in Offenbach by Erich Kreis, the Hessian leather manufacturer Kreis became specialised in belts early on. The firm is run today by Bernd Kreis, the son of the founder. He uses only full-grained leather: classic box calf and traditionally pit-tanned cow leather from Germany, saddle leather from England and the legendary Shell Cordovan horse leather from the Horween® tannery in Chicago. Kreis is one of the very few manufacturers of hand-made leather belts which still cultivates the time-consuming art of triple layer belt construction.