Posted by Patterson from adsl-63-201-103-106.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net on June 28, 2001 at 10:21:00:
In Reply to: What is up with the Flightsuits zipper??? posted by Indy W. on June 27, 2001 at 21:08:16:
This one came up before, and I was not sure what was meant by it. This is, however, something the Talon zips apparently have had a history of doing. FS has sourced a YKK nickel of the same guage (which IS the same size as what my little old eyes saw in the flesh) which does not have this characteristic. Still, when I noticed a bit of the snake on my chrome goat, I just ran a warm iron down the inside and I have not seen it since.
On the BIG zippers? They just look way too 1970's to me - break out the bellbottoms? Anyway, the size zip is correct. BTW - the original had a cheap aluminum zipper. They were notorious for breaking during production. Also, they had attempted on some of them to put a little brass paint on them so they'd not look so cheap.
Cheers!
Patterson