You can also sew some belt loops in at the appropriate placed--a chore I wish I'd done when I ordered my own breachan feile. But the illustration show how to do it very well. I think that's how I learned myself. Actually, the pleats really should be somewhat free flowing rather than pressed and sewn, I think.

BTW, Geoffrey (tailor) had one at the Stone Mountain Games with a draw string of sorts sewn in. It looked interesting.