I was gearing up for spring and decided to throw on a NATO strap this afternoon. If your like me, the whole additional 'fold over' with a NATO strap just serves to add unnecessary bulk and ruins the whole look. This video is well shot and provides a very simple solution that preserves the aesthetics of the NATO strap, sans bulge. Hope someone else finds this useful. http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2012/4/20/video-how-to-shorten-a-nato-strap.html Here is how mine turned about: