User talk:Elkcub

Overall, the Buckle topic is a good start, but it needs to be enlarged to cover: Ancient, Victorian, early 20th Century mens and womens, Western, Cowboy, American Indian, Mexican, Dutch, German military, Civil War, etc. These should probably be separate branches from the trunk of definitions being grown here. I've written about many of these branches in the (now defunct) magazine "Basically Buckles," — except for the military areas. There are several books on those topics. My personal interest are primarily in silver buckles.

The current writeup focuses upon "frame" construction and says nothing about "plate" or "box" construction, which were the prevalent types for dress buckles during the 20th Century. This seems to result from the particular orientation of the authors that are referenced. Most Western trophy and cowboy buckles, however, are of plate construction. Most men's slip-grip buckles from the the mid-20th Century are box construction, as are many Mexican tourist buckles. Chape and mordant (attachment and adjustment) mechanisms vary in typical ways for these various buckle types.

Hope I haven't offended anyone and look forward to a meaningful collaboration.

My screen name, Elkcub, is "buckle" spelled backwards. My sir name is Revlis. ;)

Elkcub (talk) 01:24, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Buckle

Those changes you suggest are welcome. Of course, images would be particularly useful here - and likewise, it's important to use references. (20040302 (talk) 12:28, 27 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Sorry. I can't figure out how to attach the .jpg, which is only 128KB. Need help. What's the difference between "Show preview" and "Show Changes"? "Save page" seems to enter the post. Whew!

Show preview allows you to see what will happen to the article/section if you save it. Show changes will show you how the article/section will be changed by your edit. Save page commits your text to the screen. Use 'save page'! (20040302 (talk))

Upload (post) an image here: Wikipedia:Upload

I saw your terrific comments in Talk:Buckle and have incorporated much of it into belt buckle. You'd mentioned that you could provide references for terminology, among other things. If so, please do so. Also, if you would like some help on uploading images I would love to provide it. Thank you! Rorybowman (talk) 17:35, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]