Question On A Belt

[BRay]

Greetings,

I joined this forum to ask a simple question of the experts here. I have a 2" wide leather belt that is soft and pliable. What happens is that it is so soft that the extra belt past the buckel curls and makes it look like I have an extra arm. Is there something I can do to get that section of belt to simply wrap around my body instead of curl away?

I am open to treatments as well as other more mechanical methods to eliminate this problem.

Thanks for your help!

Ray

[Dangerous Beans]

Hi Ray,

If your belt is too long and flopping, make a free running belt keep.

You can then slide this along the third arm to keep it in place against the belt.

Nige

[BRay]

Thanks for the thought, however, I have no leather supplies or tools. Is there any other way?

[mlapaglia]

You need to get another keeper. Buy an old belt and take the keeper off the old belt and put it on yours. Go to tandy and buy a keeper. Get a strip of leather and make your own. You can staple the ends together. The other option is to cut your belt down. The Billet end of the belt, the end with the holes should be about 5 inches from the hole that you use on the belt. It sounds like you have a billet that is way to long so cut it back or get a keeper.

There isnt any real magic with this.

How long is the billet after the hole you use? Your other option would be to get a new buckle with a built in keeper and use the old one as the free one for the end.