There is no one who goes to the right after making a champion belt. "Ace of the belt world", what is Dave Milikan?

Every world has the best master of the contemporary, but there is also a champion in the world of champion belt production. Mr. Dave Milikan is a belt maker who is widely known for its name in the wrestling world of the United States and is called "Champion Belt Ace".

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Mr. Dave Millikan, a belt maker who is called "The Ace of Belts" (Ace of the Champion Belt), "This Godfather of the Championship Belt world".


Many professional wrestling goods are decorated in the workplace.


Mr Millikan himself is a big pro wrestling fan.


The atelier making a belt is like this.


Electronic equipment and ... ...


Oil etc.


Mr. Milikan in a good mood surrounded by numerous "works". He seemed to start making a belt from the age of 13, and he said the deceased maiden was terrible.


Mr. Millikan who aimed at a belt craftworker entered his discipleship with Mr. Reggie Parks, a maker of belt making (left).


Mr. Parks, a former wrestler and referee and a belt craftworker, is a leading person in making a belt that handled the WWE belt. By the way, the right man is Mr. Milikan of a young day.


Mr. Michikan studied with Barks said he learned everything from belt making to business Iloha. After that, Mr. Barks retired and WWE's champion belt production was handed down from Mr. Barks to Mr. Mikrian of his disciples, but "Since everything was created by BARKS, there was nothing I made," It seems that he respects Mr. Barks still so much as to say.


I will look at Mirikan's belt production scenery.


The first step is to lick the leather.


Next I will draft the shape of the belt using the mount.


The shape varies with the belt.


after that,etching.


Mr. Milician finishing around the belt.



Next, the work of attaching the metal plate which becomes the "face" of the belt.


I give various decorations.


Finally paint work on the plate.


It is completed by polishing the metal part.


Mr. Millikan who became a belt making ace The biggest customer is a pro wrestling organizationWWE.


Starting with WWE 's champion belt, I'm working on various fighting belt.


So, which belt is the best favorite among the many belts that the ace of the champion belt did?


"I am often asking that question ... ... it's like something like choosing the best favorite among the children ..." Mr. Millikan is in trouble.


Although saying, my favorite child chosen by Ms. Michikan is Kore.


It was the champion belt of heavyweight title of NWA TV.


Mr. Ace Dave Millikan's work of making champion belt can be seen in Mr. Millikan's official website "Championship Belts by Dave Millican".

Championship Belts by Dave Millican.
http://www.davemillicanbelts.com/index2.htm