This is the third Hanks belt I have purchased since January, 2018.  The first one I threw in the trash because the color was nothing like what it was advertised as and it generally just didn't feel right.  My money was refunded so I thought that was reasonable and decided to purchase the "every day"  belt.  That belt was so uncomfortable around the buckle area and stuck out so much there that I put it in a bench vise to see if I could squeeze a little thickness out of it.  The leather around the buckle attachment area split on both sides of the prong so now I have a new belt that is held together with some nylon thread.  The third belt is the Canyon Belt.  The leather is really nice but at the spot where the belt attaches the leather bows out and cannot be made to stay in place.  Like the other two belts,  I can not use this one either.  This belt does not even do its main job, which is to help hold my pants up.  To the contrary,  my pants stay in place better without this belt than with it. I struggled with it today, twisting and turning it in every direction with some pliers and a wooden dowel.  Still,  when I look down I see the end  of the belt bowing outward,  as if I am looking under a bridge.  Most belt makers have solved this problem by skiving off some of the leather in the area of the belt strap which is devoted to securing the buckle.  Not Hanks!  Apparently they have some secret intention to make us all look like slobs.  I reluctantly wore this belt to work, thinking that since I had spent $70.00 for a stupid belt I might as well get some use out of it or give it to somebody or something.  During the night I had to use the bathroom and fully expected Hanks belt to perform adequately in this regard.  By the time I made it to the bathroom I had to go pretty bad. A swift and strategic dropping of the drawers was in order to avoid a costly and awkward mistake, if you know what I mean.  Visions of Hank squirming on the cross flashed through my mind as I yanked and yanked, first with one hand,  then with two on the heavy strap digging into my sides, then one hand on the buckle and one on the strap, yanking and pulling as hard as I could, with no regard for the damage being done to the flesh surrounding the load of which I wished so strongly to be relieved.  Luckily, I carry a 4.1 "  Zero Tolerance flipper in my pocket and was able to make short order of the crappy  Hanks belt which was destined, it seemed, to ruin another one of my days.  I do not know what was wrong with that belt, but the only way I could get it off was to cut it off.  Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?  How can a company stay in business selling crap like this? That makes three in a row,  Hank.  You know what they say don't you?  THREE STRIKES,  YOU'RE OUT!