Hey I'm looking for some opinions on using an aluminum zipper with black tape. I have an old (late 60s/early 70s) A-2 like black jacket that i can't seem to sell and it's got a "wavey" aluminum zipper that I'm considering using on a new jacket from Wested. This aluminum zipper is made with black tape (cloth). My thought is that the black tape [as opposed to brown] would not be too noticable with the Wested dark cotton liner (planning on no facing behind the zipps). I must have a silver zip this time but I sometimes feel the ones provided (usually nickel) are just too shiney, almost like jewelry compared to a good old aluminum one. So what do ya'll think about this?
Doug C
Aluminum Zippers with black tape..
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doug c,
wested has silver zips with brown tape. if you are adament in supplying your own, i went online and got a silver zipper with brown tape quite cheapley from a new york company (any length you wanted)......the bad news was, peter's zippers are higher quality than what i received.
you're right though, all the silver zips that i've seen off the shelf have the black tape.
wested has silver zips with brown tape. if you are adament in supplying your own, i went online and got a silver zipper with brown tape quite cheapley from a new york company (any length you wanted)......the bad news was, peter's zippers are higher quality than what i received.
you're right though, all the silver zips that i've seen off the shelf have the black tape.