They are like snaps that are in jeans, not 501's, but normal jeans. The snaps are just glued to the back of the leg armor and then the elastic is glued to the snaps on each side. Two pieces of elastic and two sets of snaps for both the shin and thigh armor. Only one set for the knee armor obviously. No velcro on the real knee pads, but I would suggest it. Just my opinion.
And Seeker, anyone with the right oppportunity like me can have the knowledge, but you have what all of us would like...
...the look!