I was excited to order my new grip6 belt and belt buckle. I currently had 3 others. I really wanted the buckle with the birds. This did require getting the wider belt. It seemed ok only a little wider than my other belts. The appearance on is fine but does seem a little more masculine because of the wider width. I also noticed the belt gets a buckle type fold in the back because of the width where my narrower belts didn’t. Maybe there could be a width in between the narrow that I had originally and the current 1.5. Although I get that for marketing this probably isn’t feasible.