still wear it. (Currently wearing it today, in fact.) No...it's not a braided belt.
One might say I was prophetic to buy one a bit too large for my waistline back then. Let's just say that I have gone from the last hole to the first hole...and bounced around in between thru the years. Today it's on the third hole from the end...
Now I just keep and wear it to see how many years I can get out of. I wash it and condition it regularly. My wife thinks I'm a psycho.