Club Obi Wan

IndyMcFly wrote:Those are the flat black? I expected them to be a little.... flatter. But I like that more than I was thinking they'd be. Glad I didn't pick gloss... can't imagine how they'd look if that's supposed to be flat!

In Christ,
Shane

`It's so ... black!'' said Ford Prefect, ``you can hardly make out its shape ... light just seems to fall into it!''

The blackness of it was so extreme that it was almost impossible to tell how close you were standing to it.

``Come and feel the surface,'' he said in a hushed voice.

``See?'' said Zaphod, ``it's just totally frictionless."

Not much good for sliders heh?

Id say they are more of a satan black...I bought 4 myself..

Indiana Ripper wrote:Id say they are more of a satan black...

I thought he was supposed to be red???

Just kidding...I went ahead and ordered 8 of them, I'm not taking any chances.

Dr. J, thanks for the find...and Gobler, thanks for the pics!

I'll finally be rid of the dreaded D-rings!

-GCR

SATIN....oops I cant spell to save my life.......

If you jab your finger while installing them, I'd say your original spelling would be fairly correct to the situation at hand.....

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson wrote:If you jab your finger while installing them, I'd say your original spelling would be fairly correct to the situation at hand.....

Regards! Michaelson

Now that is funny ! Good reply Mr. M.! W>

Been there, done that....

Regards! Michaelson

Kinda like when you are repairing a frayed cable or coax ? Ouch.

Oh, that's SOP around this joint.

If you don't sacrifice some blood to the video gods, it won't work!!

Regards! Michaelson

Thanks for fixing that spelling error by the way. My brain is still at home sleeping, its a cloudy, kinda snowy day here.

What spelling error? 8-[

Regards! Michaelson

Just kind of an update....I guess..... I now have 6 sliders up for grabs, not the black ones,....still at the low ,low price of free with free shipping......let me know.

Dr. J, thanks for the find...and Gobler, thanks for the pics!

Glad to help. It's about time I contributed something to this forum!

The flat black loops do have a little sheen to them. I'd be curious to see what the charcoal gray ones look like? At that price, it'd be easy to do a comparison.

Regards, Dr. J

Just kind of an update....I guess..... I now have 6 sliders up for grabs, not the black ones,....still at the low ,low price of free with free shipping......let me know.

Geez, you can't GIVE these things away!

Shoot, Rip, I'll take 4 of them off your hands. May try my hand and changing out the D rings on my cloth Wested. I have NEVER liked those on cloth, so the sliders might work out better.

PM on it's way with address.

Thank you!!

Regards! Michaelson

Shoot, Rip, I'll take 4 of them off your hands.

I stand corrected. Heck, you can always depend on good ol' Michaelson!

Regards, Dr. J

No problem Michaelson...Im here to help! .....Now if anyone would like two..........

Heck, send those as well. I might mess two up in my efforts....

Regards, and thank you!!

Michaelson

No problem...it is actualy easy to do and you should have no problem.........

I know. I already have the anvil, 16 pound sledge hammer and iron tongs waiting for their arrival. Shouldn't take me more than, say, 4 days to do the job.

Regards! Michaelson

Dont forget a forge and bellows to heat the metal

Got that covered too.

Regards! Michaelson

Got that covered too.

I can hear my wife now....

"Honey, the jacket looked great...until it burst into flames..... "

Regards! Michaelson

The replacement sliders are a Super discovery fellas!! That's one thing I never liked on my USW jacket. And such an easy swap, and cheap too. I just ordered a set of them. Thanks for the info!! raider 57

Almost $30 to ship 8 bucks worth of sliders to Canada!?! Must be nice being American!!

So?? Any of you yanks wanna do a neighbor (even spelled it the American way) a favor???
...seriously though, if someone can pick me up a few (16 for 3 jackets) and send them to me via regular USPS, I'd gladly Paypal the funds to you.

I just installed the new sliders on my USW jacket. A tip I figured out: Much easier to tape up the plier ends rather than the sliders themselves. Also, I used large needlenose pliers, and gripped with the smooth areas about halfway down. Fortunately I bought two extra sliders, cuz I scratched up the first attempt! Oh yea, Michealson,I found a cup of Cafe Verona helps too!! raider 57

JulianK,

I am SURE that Canada is producing these kind of sliders. We may have kinda crappy movies, but I'm sure we have gotten to the point where we can figure out how to bend metal! :)

Lets take a look on the Interweb and see if we can't find something.

CLM,

when i was shopping in canada for sliders/buckles, the manufacturers that i found were all out east (ontario).

there was not much choice in hardware that would work on a jacket. besides, the cost was $0.23 each.....not bad but you had to order a minimum of 1000 peices.....not good....not good at all.

IndyG...

I wonder if MEC, or Campers Village might have those. I remember seeing stuff like that.

If not, I am sure they have a catalogue where they can order some, and I am sure they would.

IndyG...

I wonder if MEC, or Campers Village might have those. I remember seeing stuff like that.

If not, I am sure they have a catalogue where they can order some, and I am sure they would.

i haven't checked MEC yet but campers village has a 'textiles outfitters' inside of it. unfortunately those guys don't carry the right sliders....the ones they supply are more for webbing belts/straps.

I ordered a set of sliders today. After adding the flat black color they jumped to double the cost. And shipping was double that.

Total was about $6 for four sliders.

Russ

Well, the way I look at it, it's a one time purchase and money well spent.

Keep the old D rings, and should you ever sell or trade the jacket, either make the new sliders a selling point, or replace the new sliders with the old D rings and put the rectangular sliders on your new jacket.

Regards! Michaelson

Or I can just buy a new set of sliders for $6.

They went on easily enough. I probably should have bent them a different direction than I did, but they're on now and they aren't coming off.

Now I just have to lightly distress the jacket to stop looking showroom fresh.

Russ

Rook wrote:Or I can just buy a new set of sliders for $6.

Sure, YOU can, but I'd just as soon keep MY money in MY pocket, especially when I already have something taking up room in my drawer at home that could be easily used on the departing jacket.

Regards! Michaelson

Well, unless I happen upon a Wested sale for $10 each, this jacket will last me a few years.

Darn kids these days, don't know how to save.

Russ

Yep, that extra $6 in the pocket could represent another can of coffee for the pantry shelf, don't cha know!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

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What finish were the loops from Wested? Thanks.

Dr. J

My authentic seal brown jacket I just received from Peter came with rectangular sliders (and silver zip) as requested.

The sliders are a thinner diameter wire than the antiqued D-rings he uses (from memory), and the rectangular are silver/nickel/whatever, but not black. (I will post pics later)

What is the SA color for the sliders?

My order was 99% perfect, they forgot to add the 2nd interior pocket but I can live without it, the other stuff was more important. Actually the main interior pocket was bigger than I expected so I think I am fine with it.

I got leather facings too - I know not SA but just a preference of mine.

ANZAC_1915 wrote:My authentic seal brown jacket I just received from Peter came with rectangular sliders (and silver zip) as requested.

The sliders are a thinner diameter wire than the antiqued D-rings he uses (from memory), and the rectangular are silver/nickel/whatever, but not black. (I will post pics later)

What is the SA color for the sliders?

My order was 99% perfect, they forgot to add the 2nd interior pocket but I can live without it, the other stuff was more important. Actually the main interior pocket was bigger than I expected so I think I am fine with it.

I got leather facings too - I know not SA but just a preference of mine.

;0 of your new jacket !

when i was shopping in canada for sliders/buckles, the manufacturers that i found were all out east (ontario).

Hey, I'm close enough to Eastern Ontario. Do you per chance remember any manufacturer names??

Lets take a look on the Interweb and see if we can't find something.

Sounds like a plan Murph. Now that I'm back from vacation I'll definitely take a scour.

Dutch_jones wrote: ;0 of your new jacket !

Yeah took some flash was a bit bright.
The rectangular sliders are nickel (in fact).

I have a problem with the jacket puffing out at the shoulder blades. I might need to drop in to see Peter when I'm in the UK in a couple of weeks.

I just had my wife wear it, it isn't a fit issue, more of a cut issue (unless of course this is normal).

Yes, I know, pics....

Here are the recent Wested rectangular sliders. Somewhere between nickel and black chrome I guess

Just ordered 12 of these in flat black myself.

I ordered some as well and I have not gotten them yet, ordered them like last week sometime and still no sliders. I don't know, maybe I will give them a call. I ordered 15 of them just in case I break a few. If I don't get any sliders this week I think I am just going to get some free from Peter and pay the shipping.

IndianaChris

Yeah, I just realized this is a rather old thread resurrected. Hope the company is still in business and didn't just abandoned their website and leave it working. I used Paypal and it all went thru OK.

Michigan, I just got my sliders today so hopefully you will be getting your sliders soon. Just wanted to let you know that. They look really great just have to put them on my jacket which should not take to long once I find some tools.

IndianaChris

Is the strapworks website link still working? Good to know! I just put a pair of their rectangular loops on my Todd's Standard and it looks awesome!

Regards, Dr. J

Yes strapworks website is still working. I am having difficulty getting the rectangular ones to bend and I already pretty much ripped the black coating around one of them already. I may get some better tools tomorrow, I was using some pliers and some needle nose pliers to try to bend the metal some and used a cloth to try to not to take the coating off. I will try something else tomorrow see what works. Yes strapworks is still in business, luckily I ordered 15 of these metal loops.

EDIT-Well now I broke about five or six, I damaged about 6 more now I only have two left, I have one on the jacket. I don't think I am buying anymore of these rectangular buckles, even when I put a cloth over the slider the grooves in the pliers just eat right through it. It still damages the black coating, which can easily can be taken off. It has literally taken me hours and I only got one on. Peters D-rings came off easily, but dang the sliders from strapworks just can break with very little effort. I can't figure a way to bend the slider without damaging the black coating so much. I even tried taping some velcro to the pliers to soften the grooves and it worked for one. That was it. I give up on these sliders, I am calling Peter tomorrow and getting some black sliders from him. It is just not worth all the effort. My knuckles were turning white.


IndianaChris

Mine just showed up today, they look good, but I haven't worked with them yet. Hopefully I'll have better luck than IndianaChris711. Glad I ordered extras too!

Put mine new sliders on last night, no real problems encountered. None broke prying open, only slightly scratched one. World of difference in appearance and how securely the straps stay put now. Only tip I figured out for install was to use needle nose pliers (2 pair) with the tips padded with several wraps of duct tape (the product which can solve anything!) I started out with one pair of needle nose and one pair of regular pliers. The teeth on the regular pliers chewed thru the tape in no time. Needle nose generally have less agressive gripping teeth/surface, and worked much better for me. $10 well spent, IMHO. Plan on doing my USW next, and I bought 4 extra for any future jackets.