RIRI size 8 zipper replacement

[Bawheid]

I just had a RIRI size 8 zipper replaced here in Perth Western Australia.

Replacement is a nickel YKK size 10, slightly "beefier". Put into a horsehide Eastman Luftwaffe fairly vintage jacket.

Getting a RIRI replacement in Australia was not going to happen,

Zipper tape at the male insertion pin had frayed ( as they do !) and a self repair didn't work ( as they don't)

$180 AUD to supply and fit the YKK ( around $120USD). May sound dear to some but it's the going rate here.

New zipper is hard to pick as a replacement, the leather seamstress, whom I met, reused the original stitch holes as good as new.

Delighted I am. Photo of the removed RIRI which I will keep for "spares", puller etc .

Job done by Sinnika leather of Osborne park, Perth WA

https://www.sinikka.com/category/apparel

 

[photo2u]

I just had a RIRI size 8 zipper replaced here in Perth Western Australia.

Replacement is a nickel YKK size 10, slightly "beefier". Put into a horsehide Eastman Luftwaffe fairly vintage jacket.

Getting a RIRI replacement in Australia was not going to happen,

Zipper tape at the male insertion pin had frayed ( as they do !) and a self repair didn't work ( as they don't)

$180 AUD to supply and fit the YKK ( around $120USD). May sound dear to some but it's the going rate here.

New zipper is hard to pick as a replacement, the leather seamstress, whom I met, reused the original stitch holes as good as new.

Delighted I am. Photo of the removed RIRI which I will keep for "spares", puller etc .

Job done by Sinnika leather of Osborne park, Perth WA

https://www.sinikka.com/category/apparel


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Excellent work and a nice price for the work done. P.S. keep the riri zipper. It will come in handy for a repair job!

 

[Pandemic]

I just had a RIRI size 8 zipper replaced here in Perth Western Australia.

Replacement is a nickel YKK size 10, slightly "beefier". Put into a horsehide Eastman Luftwaffe fairly vintage jacket.

Getting a RIRI replacement in Australia was not going to happen,

Zipper tape at the male insertion pin had frayed ( as they do !) and a self repair didn't work ( as they don't)

$180 AUD to supply and fit the YKK ( around $120USD). May sound dear to some but it's the going rate here.

New zipper is hard to pick as a replacement, the leather seamstress, whom I met, reused the original stitch holes as good as new.

Delighted I am. Photo of the removed RIRI which I will keep for "spares", puller etc .

Job done by Sinnika leather of Osborne park, Perth WA

https://www.sinikka.com/category/apparel


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Looks like a cool shop! I’ll check it out when I go home to visit my mum (North Perth) next month.

 

[whitetail_country]

Looks great. RiRi is better than YKK though in my opinion.

 

[photo2u]

Looks great. RiRi is better than YKK though in my opinion.

YKK is hard to beat for the price. I have about 8 Johnsons with their American-made YKK. Not a single fail in heavy SH and HH. YKK has several finishes in its #10 line. in the 80s they had an excellent nickel-plated #10 used in the Korean production Harley Davidson cycle champ jackets. Their nickel-plated finish is excellent and easy to find for a bargain. Now Riri are excellent zips. However, they are hard to find in sizes #8 and 10. For the high price they command, they are worth it in my view.

 

[Bawheid]

Just had to put my 1999 " Eastman Luftwaffe" copy in for a zipper.
The original size 8 YKK had frayed at the insertion pin, OK for 27 years I suppose.
I had my original Eastman Luftwaffe copied exactly in 1999 in black Goat with light lining to help with the summer heat here in Western Australia.
So the copy is getting a size 10 YKK same as the jacket earlier in this thread, one of my "original" Eastman Luftwaffe jackets.
2 variants offered, one with a paperclip puller.
They will use the best fit, I left it to the experts.
The old original maker just called me to offer to reline at the same time as it has obvious wear but I politely declined as I have too many other jackets already (like a lot of us haha)
Photos next week on return.

 

[Bawheid]

Job well done.
Size 10 YKK.
$200 Australian fitted.
Thats around $140USD
OR 105 pounds sterling.
What ya gonna do ?
99.9% of us could not DIY this.
There are folks on the Lounge who can, and Kudos to them