Repro Talon M-41 or M-42 Zippers?

[Jennison]

Does anyone have a source for a quality repro war-time Talon? The cheap M-39 repops take an hour to zip past the first 3 inches and feel like they’re gonna fall apart. I have an NOS original but I don’t want to use that (yet).

 

[Dany McDonald]

Inquire Jay @Skyhawk. Yeah he is out of stock for now...

Repair Supplies

www.headwindmfg.com

Hope this helps.

D

 

[Pilot]

John has all:

Good Wear Leather Coat Company — Products

www.goodwearleather.com

 

[mulceber]

Yeah, for M-42s, Jay or John are your best bet. M-41s are a problem, as nobody, to my knowledge, has reproduced them - which is REALLY a shame, because they're FAR more common than M-42s on the wartime contracts.

 

[Jennison]

From the above, looks like Jay is out of stock. Regarding John, is email the best way to reach him for parts?

 

[Dany McDonald]

From the above, looks like Jay is out of stock

Yep, but if all fails, he may be able to put you in contact with another source cause high-end repro zippers are a pain to obtain...

I tried buzz and other japanese outfit for repros and it was a dead end.

D

 

[Jennison]

Got it. Gracias!

Yeah, for M-42s, Jay or John are your best bet. M-41s are a problem, as nobody, to my knowledge, has reproduced them - which is REALLY a shame, because they're FAR more common than M-42s on the wartime contracts.

This is good info to know. To that end, how often were stop-box marked M-39s found on 1942 contracts?

 

[Silver Surfer]

Mash-Japan?

 

[mulceber]

Got it. Gracias!

This is good info to know. To that end, how often were stop-box marked M-39s found on 1942 contracts?

Good question: part of the difficulty is that there’s often enough corrosion that being totally sure whether the zipper is an M-41 or an M-39 is difficult. From having looked at a whole bunch of originals, my sense is that the 39s weren’t very common.

 

[Dany McDonald]

I don't know if you guys noticed but MASH NOS zips are mostly out of stock now, again... Crown chevron, WW2 Talons...

Grab them while they last.

Just saying,

D