How to Keep Layered Pants Up Without Belts


 I dont use belts because they constrict my waste, so I opt for suspenders. When outdoors however, its often the case that layered pants are required. Fitting too many layers into one suspender clamp will not only damage to clamp, but the hold will not be secure.

To remedy said issue, I have arrived at the following solution which does however involve puncturing the fabric of your pants if you do not take the time to sew a good loop. 

On the rim of you pants where the clamps of your suspenders would grab your pants, conservatively puncture under the top seam then slide a strong string or leather strap (or sew securely a loop with a strong fabric like buckskin) through. Tie the cord to creat a final loop which has roughly an inch wide gap. 

Do this for all the pants you will layer.

Tie four 7 inch long cords, made of a strong material, into loops; two of these loops can be secured to the first pant layers rear two loops; this will allow you to quickly undo the rear clamps and not loose the looped cords when shitting.

When a layer of pant is added slide the folded loose loops (or secure loop already tied to you first layers pants own loops) through the already secured pant layers loop. Fold this main loop over and secure in your suspender clamp.

Said method will require the suspender clamp to hold only two strings of cord, regardless the number of pant layers worn.

After some experience, frustration due to inevitable wear on the clamp material, longing for a simpler design and finally making the required augmentation, I tor off the clamps of my suspenders and added simple wood buttons which allow the loops on my pant to hang, near securely, upon.

If the toggles on the end of your suspender straps dont work or you don’t have suspender straps, try two ropes, each long enough to reach from your waste in the front, over you shoulder and to your waste in the back. Parallel to each other, tie them together at a third of their length so you would have an X. Flip the connection knot over your head and shoulders and use the loops made on your pants as described above to secure a slip knot on all four attachments. Rope suspenders.

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