Originally Posted by tekenaar
. . . great idea, Tom! . . . got me thinking a bit further "outside the box" and I thought I'd try some fabric shops here. First one I called actually knew what I was talking about, very encouraging I might add, but unfortunately no longer carried it. Asked them where I might find something similar and they said to try another fabric shop in town, about which I didn't know.
Called them up and, sure enough, they had a whole variety of widths, colors and designs, from frilly/lacy to stout double-weave, just what I needed. Found some 1" wide olive-drab double-weave remarkably like the 40-year old original . . . at only $1.49 a yard!! 
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. . . stopped by the local "shoe repair" shop - yes, we still have one of those here - right next to Poor Richard's, a local breakfast/lunch place where I've been going since mid-'73, when I moved to Plano. The shoe repair shop has been next door since then too!
Anyway, brought in my broken belt and the material I bought Saturday and asked him about riveting the new woven belt to the buckle to duplicate the original. No problem, had a rotary hole punch for the woven belt and rivets to fasten it together, almost exactly like the original!