Quote Originally Posted by thescot View Post
One thing I have found is that you can bend the belt the way it would be around your waist before sticking the velcro down. That seems to make it easier to get the thing to flatten so it will lay down when you slide the leather keeper up to the metal.

If you bend it back to stick the thing together without making the bend first, you try to force two curves of the same size together, and it won't work. Think of it as a geometry problem. What you really need is two curves with two different radii. That, I have found, makes the resulting bend much easier to get flat.
You are absolutely correct. I always put a curve on the outside piece of the belt before laying the hook side of the velcro down on the inside. Sits much better on the waist that way.