Stainless Steel Buckles

[MFarrar]

Does anyone remember the Scubapro "5 piece" stainles buckles for 2" webbing. It was a hinge pin buckle with welded (not peened) tabs on the ends of the pin. Very heavy duty stuff. I still have one laying around.

More to the point, does anyone know where such a buckle can be found these days? Most everything I see is plastic or stamped metal.

thanks,

[rjens]

Fredt sells SS buckles to go along with his bp on the American Underwater Lighting site.

AUL Site (http://www.aulinc.com/Htm_Files/AUL_Info-main.htm)

This may be close to what you are looking for.

RJ

[ericfine50]

Halcyon and Dive Rite also offer a SS buckel

Eric

[MFarrar]

Thanks for the help

I've been in touch with Fred T and have ordered some form him.

[Bob3]

Fred's other hardware, like his keepers & D-rings, are all laser cut out of heavy sheet stock. (2x-3x the thickness of the cheezy stamped stuff) They're a delight to behold even if you're not one of the hardcore hardware geeks who describe them in terms of being an art form.
;)

[bwerb]

Bob3 once bubbled...
Fred's other hardware, like his keepers & D-rings, are all laser cut out of heavy sheet stock. (2x-3x the thickness of the cheezy stamped stuff) They're a delight to behold even if you're not one of the hardcore hardware geeks who describe them in terms of being an art form.
;)

They aren't sharp or anything right...how do they compair in edge radius to really nice beefy round D-rings?

[Bob3]

I like the edge radius of the keepers & billy rings as-is, (kind of square, but not sharp) there is no burr as with the stamped.
If you prefer a more rounded radius it's easy enough to hit them with a file & emery cloth, as they have sufficient material thickness to take on a decent radius.
The best part is no welded joints, they're cut from 1 single piece of stock.