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    Well-made leather jackets and coats with two-way zipper?

    I have a Steinbock wool jacket that has a two-way zipper - that is, the zipper zips "up" conventionally, plus when zipped up can be zipped from the bottom to "unzip" to the limit of its conventional facet. Please identify well-made leather jackets and coats having such a zipper arrangement.
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    How to free a reluctant zipper?

    I solved the problem by replacing the zipper with the largest zipper Stan Logan could obtain. Not only did larger teeth render use easier, larger zipper pull piece enhanced ease. And lastly, he affixed a strip leather pull tab to zipper pull. Overall result is a ridiculously heavy, warm...
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    How to free a reluctant zipper?

    I just acquired an Aero Longshoreman in excellent condition, except for its quilt-rayon lining along the bottom interior. Its horsehide is thick enough to be body armor. . . which brings me to its brass zipper. The zipper is in good condition, but either it is sticking or its surrounding...
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