A new material called Metaklett is like hook-and-loop (“Velcro”) made out of steel and much scarier. One side of the material bristles with sharp spikes and the other side has jagged steel ...

There are two sides to these VELCRO® brand fasteners. Elliot explains that the softer loop side doesn’t collect so much debris. It’s the rougher hook side you’ll want to focus your cleaning ...

Velcro, also commonly known as hook-and-loop tape, works so well because the hooks on one side of the tape grab onto some of the many loops on the other side. The hooks are designed to be more rigid ...

CRKT and Trip Felton are releasing their patented Hook & Loop Tool and many in the field are breathing easier. The dirt, fibers and debris that used to weaken their VELCRO fasteners are now being ...

Each hook and loop Velcro fastener is comprised of two pieces of nylon — one piece has a side with a soft, fur-like texture, and the other piece has a side with a prickly texture — that form a ...

"There's only one Velcro brand. Everything else is just hook and loop."Velcro has its roots in nature. Swiss engineer George de Mestral came up with the design in the 1940s after studying burrs ...

The U.S. Army has a problem with Velcro. It’s too noisy. And its little loops get clogged with dust from the Afghan and Iraqi deserts. The so-called “hook-and-loop” fastener was added to ...

E-mail him at [email protected]. Disclosure. Velcro's great, but for when you need that extra hold, there's a new hook and loop fastener made from spring steel in Germany that can pinch together ...