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Polypropylene Webbing

Webbing can be used in many ways leather can, and is an economical choice with advantages worth considering. Weight and bulk will be lower than a leather equivalent. Webbing can be washed, and is more readily sewn (particularly on home equipment). Most webbing is stronger than leather.

Why polypropylene (often refered to as simply "poly")? It's less expensive for one thing, by a lot. The main commercial drawback vs nylon... it's not nearly as strong. However, at about 600 pound load-bearing capacity per inch of width, poly webbing is plenty strong for the vast majority of BDSM applications.

Poly webbing. Heavy weight, available in three widths, black in color. Purchase by the yard, shipped as single length up to 50-yard full roll.

Combination Buckles

Think a locking closure for webbing might have BDSM uses? ;) These buckles need the right two digit combination before they'll open. Default combination may be reset following the enclosed instructions. Made from nearly indestructable acetal.

Combination buckle. Very heavy construction. Includes tri-slide strap adjuster.

Webbing Buckles

There are a number of different webbing buckle styles, but these are the few I think are the most useful in BDSM.

Dual adjustable side squeeze buckle. This reliable closure is the most flexible, in my opinion, because it can be adjustable on none, one or both sides of the closure depending on what you sew where. Streamlined look and a gentle curve to the body, strong acetal construction. Squeeze side tabs to release.

Jam lever buckle. The jam level buckle is the fastest and easiest to adjust. Simply pull to the desired location and press down on the lever. Pull up to release. Acetal body, nylon lever.

Tensionlock buckle. With this style of buckle, you start loose and pull to the desired tightness. The tension itself clamps the webbing in place, and no amount of tugging gets it loose. Lift protruding tab to release tension. Very inexpensive, strong acetal.

Loops, Dees, Sliplocks

Loops, dees, and sliplocks provide the means to attach webbing to things, attach things to webbing, and adjust webbing. These pieces are all acetal.

Loop. Generally fixed to something using a short tab of webbing. A free length of webbing (a strap) is then run through the loop and back on itself, where it is fastened and adjusted with a sliplock.

Dee. You can certainly use steel dees with webbing. However, these Acetal dees are consistent with the rest of the webbing hardware, very strong, and of course won't set-off metal detectors.

Sliplock. Used to adjust the length of a looped strap, or of two straps joined in-line.

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