Can't find info on the zipper
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Can't find info on the zipper
Ok so it's excruciatingly SA-Nazi... but I'm trying to find a zipper that looks like the one in the screens. Best I came up with was this at the YKK site...
http://www.ykkfastening.com/global/search/index.html
Any thoughts? Nobody seems to care about it but maybe someone has an idea! 5 gauge, of course for the zipper.
All I need is to send this and I can finalize my order!
http://www.ykkfastening.com/global/search/index.html
Any thoughts? Nobody seems to care about it but maybe someone has an idea! 5 gauge, of course for the zipper.
All I need is to send this and I can finalize my order!
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Idunno I could've sworn I caught a glimpse of it at some point...
again I have the first 3 on VHS so it's pretty difficult to take stills.
Will do though, thanks Holt!
on that note, been looking around the net and this is the only shot I can find with the pull in it...not from the opening scene but rather from after the well of souls exit I believe
looks like a small teardrop shape with no hole at the bottom like a lot of them tend to have...but then again it's blurry... I don't think it really matters that much but I thought I'd ask what you guys used on yours, as you've been at this longer than I have!
again I have the first 3 on VHS so it's pretty difficult to take stills.
Will do though, thanks Holt!
on that note, been looking around the net and this is the only shot I can find with the pull in it...not from the opening scene but rather from after the well of souls exit I believe
looks like a small teardrop shape with no hole at the bottom like a lot of them tend to have...but then again it's blurry... I don't think it really matters that much but I thought I'd ask what you guys used on yours, as you've been at this longer than I have!
Speaking oif zippers...
Why is the active side of the zipper on the left hand side of the jacket (while wearing it), rather than on the right?
In America, most mens jackets (of all kinds) have the zipper on the right. Women's zippers are on the left, as well as buttons. I've been told that it's like that, because women of wealth were often dressed by others, who were of course facing them. Therefore, it was done that way to make it easier for the person dressing them, to have the buttons on the same side as THEY would have themselves, as well as since they were often right handed too.
But this is a men's jacket.
I know in Canada, ALL zippers are on the left side. Is it that way in England too, since Wested is of course a British company?
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Why is the active side of the zipper on the left hand side of the jacket (while wearing it), rather than on the right?
In America, most mens jackets (of all kinds) have the zipper on the right. Women's zippers are on the left, as well as buttons. I've been told that it's like that, because women of wealth were often dressed by others, who were of course facing them. Therefore, it was done that way to make it easier for the person dressing them, to have the buttons on the same side as THEY would have themselves, as well as since they were often right handed too.
But this is a men's jacket.
I know in Canada, ALL zippers are on the left side. Is it that way in England too, since Wested is of course a British company?
edited for spelling like a Spaz
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I've heard that men's clothing fastens left over right because then the gap between the plackets (?) - you know, the buttons on the under and the button holes on the over - is facing away from the "sword side" when drawing your rapier/sabre. Then the pig-sticker won't get caught in the overlap....EchoSix wrote:Speaking oif zippers...
In America, most mens jackets (of all kinds) have the zipper on the right. Women's zippers are on the left, as well as buttons. I've been told that it's like that, because women of wealth were often dressed by others, who were of course facing them. Therefore, it was done that way to make it easier for the person dressing them, to have the buttons on the same side as THEY would have themselves, as well as since they were often right handed too.
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women didn't fight with swords much I guess.....
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The pull is on the left side, which of course is the side it's supposed to be on. The right side being the side that hooks into the left side, just like a button on the right goes through a button hole on the left.EchoSix wrote:Speaking oif zippers...
Why is the active side of the zipper on the left hand side of the jacket (while wearing it), rather than on the right?
In America, most mens jackets (of all kinds) have the zipper on the right. Women's zippers are on the left, as well as buttons. I've been told that it's like that, because women of wealth were often dressed by others, who were of course facing them. Therefore, it was done that way to make it easier for the person dressing them, to have the buttons on the same side as THEY would have themselves, as well as since they were often right handed too.
But this is a men's jacket.
I know in Canada, ALL zippers are on the left side. Is it that way in England too, since Wested is of course a British company?
edited for spelling like a Spaz
Zippers are this way in Canada, Britain, Eurpope, and much of the rest of the world. A better question would be why is the US out of step concerning zipper installation ;-)
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To be screen acurate, aluminum is correct.
But, you should be aware that the wardrobe department practally made a career out of repairing these zippers on set (along with the [off topic] straps). Perhaps the reason that pic you posted has no pull is because it was ripped off... Again... (my eyes aren't good enough in that picture to tell one way or the other)
So, it is also true that for SOME SCENES the zipper was painted an antique brass/brown/black color as the shiny zipper was drawing too much atention. This is not true for ALL the zippers used in the movie, so either is technically SA, and up to your choice.
My personal choice? Go with the 5-gage nickle that Peter offers. It is durable, silvery colored and SA for some scenes (like laying on his back at the entrance to the well of souls).
Alternately, you could go with 5-gage brass, and do what another member suggested: get Birchwood-Kasey "brass Black" (these guys are sold at most gun/outfitter stores) and this will turn the brass 'black' (really dark) and then through use and/or 400-grit paper you can make some areas bright brass again. To me, this option is alot of work for a zipper only we freaks would ever notice...
Or let the bras age naturally. The accelerated leather wear is to simulate years of wear. Years of wear will have the zipper and leather looking 'right', and at the same time. Brass tends to have a smoother zipping action as well. Brass is my choice technically, but I think the nickel is 'better' for the raiders jacket. Just my opinion...
But, you should be aware that the wardrobe department practally made a career out of repairing these zippers on set (along with the [off topic] straps). Perhaps the reason that pic you posted has no pull is because it was ripped off... Again... (my eyes aren't good enough in that picture to tell one way or the other)
So, it is also true that for SOME SCENES the zipper was painted an antique brass/brown/black color as the shiny zipper was drawing too much atention. This is not true for ALL the zippers used in the movie, so either is technically SA, and up to your choice.
My personal choice? Go with the 5-gage nickle that Peter offers. It is durable, silvery colored and SA for some scenes (like laying on his back at the entrance to the well of souls).
Alternately, you could go with 5-gage brass, and do what another member suggested: get Birchwood-Kasey "brass Black" (these guys are sold at most gun/outfitter stores) and this will turn the brass 'black' (really dark) and then through use and/or 400-grit paper you can make some areas bright brass again. To me, this option is alot of work for a zipper only we freaks would ever notice...
Or let the bras age naturally. The accelerated leather wear is to simulate years of wear. Years of wear will have the zipper and leather looking 'right', and at the same time. Brass tends to have a smoother zipping action as well. Brass is my choice technically, but I think the nickel is 'better' for the raiders jacket. Just my opinion...