yellowfever
One of the Regulars
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THIS is something only we zipper nerds would seize on---but HOW in the hell are they using a #10 Talon pull on what appears to be a Crown/C&C track!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!? We MUST be misidentifying this track right!?!!?!?!? I always understood it was impossible to mix pulls with other brands tracks---especially a Crown. They were so different from other tracks...... I know that --sadly---you can't just slap a Vintage Talon Pull on a YKK track. Would be so easy to fix vintage jackets if that were the case. The main zipper replacement is the Grandmommy of all general maintenance repairs second only to the Granddaddy--the Full Jacket Re-line. Many a fix could be accomplished if it were possible to effectively mix and match pulls. Especially a YKK with a Talon pull.
CALLING ALL ZIPPER NERDS/SNOBS---please give this Cal a look and decipher what you see as to the main zip combo. What is going on there???? Maybe it's just a Talon all the way around but I agree with Yellow, it appears to be a Crown track with a Talon pull. Is my zipper nerd world about to change forever today????????????
Well it’s indeed odd. But on closer inspection of the eBay pics I’m totally wrong as the zip box looks like it says “Talon” (vertically) on it too (not C & C), so it is not mismatched with the talon branded pull. But the track teeth do seem to be the classic crown/C and C shape hence my confusion (wasn’t aware of Talon zips with this shape of teeth)! The different colours of the zip components also make things look odd but could be due to the plating wearing/different base metals under the plating? The seller says main zip is a replacement... it’s all still a bit of a puzzle. Maybe a real zip guru (not me!) can enlighten us!
As an aside, in my limited experience some mixing and matching zip brands is not always impossible. I successfully used a modern YKK male side of a zip mated to the female side of an original 1970’s vintage CLIX zipper in a jacket I refurbished... but clearly finding what might work with what is a long and potentially fruitless trial and error process....