TIE Pilot Belt Detail - Original Trilogy

Accurate Style Imperial Belt Buckle

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  • An accurate style imperial buckle is shaped with long flat sides and lightly rounded corners.
  • Correctly shaped buckles also have a slight horizontal curve.

Inaccurate Style Buckle

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  • Take caution when choosing/ building a proper looking Imperial Belt Buckle.
  • Notice that the corners and sides of these inaccurate style buckles are too round. Almost oval in shape.
    • This also causes the buckle to be the incorrect size.

Although these rounded buckles are readily available online, the cost of purchasing such a buckle is comparable to the cost of purchasing the metal pieces and simply constructing an accurate version. Because of the comparative cost, the rounded inaccurate buckles will not meet Imperial standards.