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DIY Webbing Tutorial on a Budget, Part 1: Materials & Hardware
Super helpful series and pretty stinking funny to boot. I paid $5.50 for my picker so I am a verified idiot (though that was after 10% sales tax ;-).
You can get products at a fabric store to prevent fraying, or you can just use clear nail polish.
I've used them quite often. Never let me down and seem competitively priced.
Point: Single-handedly, the female buckle is easier to release from male than vice versa.
"Squeeze-release" buckles are correctly named Side Release Buckles
"Feed Through" buckles are correctly name Ladderlocs
There is good quality polypro webbing out there as well, so don't right it off completely. Applications that are going to be in contact with water frequently can benefit from polypro's advantages over nylon in this situation.
Love the video as well...it's sharp, down to the point yet still sympathic.
Very time efficient presentation of the contents :)
the two big sites for outdoor/technical fabric/haberdashery are:
http://www.profabrics.co.uk/
and
http://www.pennineoutdoor.co.uk/
they are good if you need technical specs on the stuff you are buying, but you can't beat ebay for range.
http://exploriment.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diymyog-material-sources.html