Exotic Stainless Steel Belt Buckles by Don Applegate

"A Don Applegate Buckle" hand fabricated - welded - polished - some with pistol cartridge heads - some with gem stones in primer pockets made with cylinder that spins.
    All ESS (Exotic Stainless Steel) Buckles are designed by Don Applegate. The Don Applegate story is as follows:
    I made my first buckle in 1976 for a pipe fitter that I worked with in Longview, WA. It turned out so nice, with a piece of birds eye walnut wood, that I kept it and made him another. I sold it to him for $35.00 and today that would be equal to counting inflation $350.00.
    I got hooked on making buckles and made about 100 that year. None were engraved on the back and most were one of a kind. I quit making buckles until 1998.
    In 1988 I started keeping a record of each day of my life. What I did, where I go, & etc.... When I started making Stainless Steel buckles again. I recorded each day, what kind and how many. In 2003 on March 22, I was in "Ripley's Believe it or Not" for contributing the most unusual stainless steel buckles in the world. By March 2006 I had made over 9,200 buckles and put into my collection close to 400 different models.
    In February 2006, I got a pace maker at age 74 and had to quit welding. So now the business has expanded to a family adventure.

There are quite a few celebrities who have my buckles. To name a few:

Charlton Heston
President G. W. Bush
Vice President D. Cheney
Sen. Stevens
Sen. Murkowsky
Rep. Don Young
G. Gordon Liddy
Dean Cane
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jack Fisher
Tom Selleck
John Walsh
Bruce Willis
Floyd Vanlaningham
Dick Graham
and Others

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Welcome to Exotic Stainless Steel Buckles
Our number one priority is serving you, our customers and friends. Each one of our buckles is handcrafted, welded, and polished, then individually inspected before it gets sent to the customer. We ship your order within 24 hours, same day if we get order early in the morning.
Our buckles make great gifts, including, we have found, commemorative gifts for wedding parties, groom and groomsmen, bride and bridesmaids. Email us or just give us a call for special wedding prices. We also make buckles for groups and clubs, send us a sketch or copy of your logo, we will give you a quote to make your design.

Watch us grow, new designs are in the works, western and more.

OUR GUARANTEE:
We guarantee our buckles for life!!! Regardless of circumstances, If anything happens to your buckle, ( IE: It was run over by a truck, or it fell into a grinder) simply return it to us, We will repair it or replace it free of charge, you just pay the shipping cost.

Some of our designs include:
Grizzly Bears
Bucking Horses
Custom designs
some inlay or cutout
Gem stones
Eagle

Makes the perfect gift for hunters, fisherman, bikers, cowboys, or anyone who appreciates fine jewelry

Exotic Stainless Steel Buckles by Don Applegate P.O. box 367 * Nenana, Alaska 99760 1-419-651-3679 *Fax# 1-419-859-2424 customerservice@exoticstainlesssteel.com

Exotic Stainless Steel Buckles
by Don Applegate
P.O. box 367 * Nenana, Alaska 99760
1-419-651-3679 *Fax# 1-419-859-2424
customerservice@exoticstainlesssteel.com