JOEY - SUEDE CHARCOAL BROWN // SOLID BRASS

Unlacquered solid brass. Charcoal brown Italian suede. 20mm.

JOEY is built around four solid-brass components: one buckle, two keepers, and one tip. This version pairs that hard, shifting surface with suede that absorbs light rather than reflects it.

Solid brass hardware is often protected by a clear lacquer to keep its colour stable and visually consistent.

For EXPERIMENT 001, we left the brass unsealed. The main product photographs show the general starting tone you can expect, but unlacquered brass may continue to shift in storage and transit.

Without a clear lacquer, air, humidity, touch, and time remain visible on the surface. Its tone may already have begun to shift by the time the box reaches you. The most visible changes usually happen early. As the patina develops, the brass tends to settle into a slower, more stable state.

Frequently touched areas may behave differently from recessed areas, and the buckle, two keepers, and tip will develop at different rates. These changes are not damage. They are the material remaining visible.

The belt is cut from a single piece of 3.2mm full-thickness Italian suede. Neither bonded nor split, its deep matte surface feels soft from the beginning and carries natural variation in tone and nap. With wear, the colour deepens, the nap softens, and the edges begin to feather.

Here, leather and metal record wear in different ways.

If you want hardware that remains visually consistent, choose our mainline JOEY.

If you want to see time, choose this one.

BELT

• Italian suede — Charcoal brown
• Width: 20 mm
• Thickness: 3.2 mm
• Full-thickness suede

HARDWARE

• Solid brass
• Unlacquered finish; no clear coat
• Four-piece set: one buckle, two keepers, and one tip

INCLUDED

• Velvet storage pouch
• Dry fibre care cloth
• FREE THE METAL Care Card

Made in Hong Kong.

KLDSCOPE LAB // EXPERIMENT 001.

For routine care, wipe the hardware with the enclosed dry fibre cloth.

Keep the suede dry and avoid transferring residue into the nap.

Do not apply metal polish to the hardware while it is assembled onto the suede belt.

Follow the full Brass Care guide before any other treatment.

Standard sizes refer to the distance from the buckle end of the leather to the centre hole.

All KLDSCOPE measurements refer to the leather length only and exclude the buckle, as buckle dimensions vary by design.

For your first purchase, please review our Size Guide carefully. Made-to-Measure allows us to adjust the leather length, number of holes, hole spacing, and tail length to your specifications.

After placing an MTM order, email your requirements to info@klds.co. We will prepare a final measurement drawing for your approval before production.

Please allow up to 14 business days for production.

Italian Full-Thickness Suede
Defying the fragile reputation of conventional suede, our Italian Full-Thickness Suede is a testament to uncompromised structural integrity. Sourced directly from Conceria Mangusta—a revered 50-year-old Tuscan tannery that supplies Europe’s leading fashion houses—this leather represents the pinnacle of Italian craftsmanship.

Cut from a single, continuous piece of 3.2mm heavyweight leather, this is neither a bonded layer nor a cheap split suede. It is the complete, unaltered hide, presented flesh side out, with all its natural strength and density intact. The result is a striking physical contrast: a deep, luxurious matte surface that feels remarkably soft to the touch, yet has the rigidity to resist folding, rolling, or creasing.

It redefines what suede should be—delivering the refined texture you expect, backed by a hard-wearing resilience built to stand the test of time.

Note: Due to the rich, natural nap of the suede, the leather may display subtle shifts in shade depending on the direction of the fibres and the way the light falls. These dynamic variations in texture are authentic features of true, full-thickness suede, not defects.