Crossbreed Belts: Part 2 - SPONSORED
Rob PincusWhat Crossbreed Holsters has done recently with its tactical belt series is added a nice low-profile belt option. The Executive belt buckle comes in both a gloss gunmetal and a matte gunmetal, and the belt is offered in either black or brown leather. The Executive belts allow you to be more stylish and versatile in terms of what clothing you wear. It will be less obvious that you are wearing a tactical belt.
Yet these Crossbreed Holsters belts still do the job of supporting a lot of gear.
Who Are They For?
Plainclothes police officers and detectives will appreciate the Executive belts, as well as anyone who carries a lot of gear while wearing a sports coat or a suit. For example, if you carry a gun while attending church on Sunday, or in a business environment, or on a dinner date, the Executive belts are ideal for looking less like a tactical belt.
Is a tactical belt self-defense gear? It is if you’re relying on it to support your firearm and holster so you can draw the firearm smoothly from the holster. The belt needs to have enough vertical stiffness so it does not bend or give when your firearm/holster and perhaps other gear such as a flashlight are attached to it.
Benefits for Concealed Carry
In addition to their low-profile looks, the Executive belts have another feature that will make concealed carry of a handgun easier, especially if you carry appendix inside-the-waistband or another position up front.
Other Crossbreed belts that look more overtly tactical maintain their double thickness all the way through the loop that goes around the buckle, but on the Executive belts, that has been reduced to half size. There’s a double layer in the body of the belt that is stitched together, and a single loop that comes around where the buckle is so you’ll get an even lower profile, especially when carrying appendix IWB. The less material you have around the buckle, the better, because it will push the buckle out less.
And one final important consideration: the Crossbreed Executive belts are comfortable to wear all day.
Now, what CrossBreed has done recently is they've added a really nice, low-profile option in both a gloss gunmetal and a regular kind of matte gun metal offering with brown or black leather and these belts are gonna allow you to be a little bit more stylish, a little bit more versatile in terms of what kind of clothing you wear. And it will be a little less obvious that you're wearing something tactical. You know, that's the thing with this Ares belt buckle is that it clearly screams something, you know, more masculine, more rugged and this isn't gonna work with dress pants or a suit for most people, whereas these belts may very well do that and still support a lot of gear. So maybe you're a detective, plainclothes police officer or maybe you just carry a lot of gear and you wear a sports coat or a suit on a daily basis or you're wearing your gun to church and on Sunday you want to dress a little bit less tactical and this Executive belt buckle is gonna be a great option. And this new CrossBreed logo definitely lends itself to blending in more in low-profile or even non-gun friendly situations.
You know, those big tactical belts, something like the nylon belt, really probably isn't going to fit in for most people with what they wear to church or what they wear in a business environment or maybe when they're going out to dinner, on a date, something like that. These Executive belts absolutely are. And again, not only are they sturdy, but they're also gonna come in a couple different colors, both the buckles and the leather and different thread colors to accent whatever look you're going for. One of the other nice pieces here you that can see is that while the old belts retained their double thickness all the way through the loop that went around the buckle, on the new Executive belts this has now been reduced to half-size. You've got a double layer here that's stitched together, obviously an adhesive attached there and then you've got a single loop that comes around where the buckle is, so you'll get even lower profile, especially if you're carrying appendix, if you're carrying anything inside the waistband up front, the less you have up here the better because that's gonna push the buckle out less.
So that's just a nice cleaner look on the Executive belt. When you're looking for a belt to support your gear, when you're looking for a gun belt, something to carry a gun in everyday life, you want a belt that fits the belt loops that you have on your pants, you want to make sure that it obviously integrates well with your gear and that it has that vertical stiffness, but is still comfortable enough to wear all day, so that you aren't digging into your side, digging into your hips, digging into your stomach, but you are supporting all the gear that you need to be prepared for a personal defense scenario.
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