Crouse W.

The Jasgood web belt is good. I nearly gave it a really bad score. It's a good thing I had the extra buckle and a 6-inch strip of webbing that I had cut off so the belt would fit with very little overhang. When I got ready to go to bed I couldn't get the darn Jasgood unhooked. I mean I tried everything, including a letter opener to pry the buckle upward. I was getting ready to get the scissors to cut the belt in two. Fortunately, I noticed the free extra buckle I had. Aha, I wasn't going to let a plastic gadget defeat an engineer, even if I am 80-years old. Next, I dug into my trash basket and found the 6-inch piece I had cut off. Now I can put this thing together see how this gadget really works, as opposed to how I was trying to make it work.

If you look at any side view of the buckle on Amazon, you'll see 2 holes for 2 pins to attach the teeth piece to the big buckle and also the standing end that stays attached to the belt. The forward holes are where the complete buckle mechanism bends to release the belt. Aha, aha, aha, ha, ha. I was grasping the buckle too far in the wrong way. You have to grasp the buckle down near the end where you think you shouldn't. OK, you've got the buckle. Put both thumbs underneath the buckle just forward of the pin and pull bend the mechanism toward you. Presto. The belt is loose and you can take your pants off to go to bed or whatever.