ReFasten started with a simple frustration: if you wanted to repair a favourite piece of gear, build something from scratch, or just find the right zipper pull, you were usually out of luck in Canada.

Most technical sewing supplies were either unavailable domestically, buried inside minimum-order wholesale catalogues, or sitting in US warehouses with shipping costs that made a $4 zipper feel like a $20 decision. The ultralight and MYOG community was thriving — people building shelters, backpacks, and kit in their basements and garages — but the supply chain hadn't caught up.

So we built what we wanted to exist.

ReFasten is a Canadian e-commerce shop stocked with the materials that outdoor makers and gear repair folks actually need: technical fabrics, zippers by the metre, buckles, hardware, webbing, and more. We keep things accessible — whether you're sourcing notions for a single repair or materials for a full production run of custom packs.

We also believe that making gear goes hand-in-hand with understanding it. That's why we've built tools like our MYOG 3D Design Tool, the Canadian Outdoor Gear Makers Map, and a Repair Shops directory — because this community is better when it's connected.

We're based in Canada, we ship across Canada, and we're genuinely into this stuff. That's the whole story.