Aero Zipper Wavyness

[ButteMT61]

What's funny is that the LW's I have/had use hide that's like a baseball glove - thick as h*ll. They all have the flattest zippers of any jacket I own. I think Stu must use a book press to get them like that! Or he just tells it to flatten and it does

 

[zebedee]

Manly zippers don't wave or crinkle.

 

[Otter]

I thought real men used buttons not zips, or stride around with their jacket flapping in the breeze.

 

[ButteMT61]

I thought real men used buttons not zips, or stride around with their jacket flapping in the breeze.

No, they just don't b*tch about wavy zippers

 

[Cyber Lip]

Manly zippers don't wave or crinkle.

Now that you mention it, the wavy zip lips do kinda resemble vulva

 

[zebedee]

I have no idea how to respond to that. What have I unleashed?

 

[Sloan1874]

No, they just don't b*tch about wavy zippers

There's surely scope for an OCD jacket owners forum, where people can sit and wail over the smallest squint stitch, solitary stray threads or how the leather has 'just the wrong type of grain'...

 

[ProteinNerd]

You mean this isn't that place?

 

[Benj]

I was going to mention Lost Worlds as a counterargument to Devilish's hypothesis, but I'm done stirring the pot. Also, not interested enough in Lost Worlds to really investigate whether their jackets display it or not. For all I know Lost Worlds has wavy zips too, Aero's website shows straight zips as well but it seems like that's not necessarily what you're going to receive.

Also, Devilish, who told you that Japanese companies ask Shinki to roll the leather and make it smooth? A representative at Shinki or a Japanese brand?

 

[AdeeC]

Now that this can of worms has been brought up how about the "tyre marks" left on seams by the unthinking sewing machine foot on otherwise perfect looking jackets? Seen it on all the best jackets. Not that I think this is a defect but I just want to alert the OCD sufferers just in case they missed it.

 

[Otter]

See, told you, buttons are the way to go !

 

[AdeeC]

See, told you, buttons are the way to go !

I can tell you a lot of stories about hand sewn button holes lacking the mechanical precision of machine stitching.

 

[zebedee]

I hurt my thumb on a stiff button, once. It left a wavy mark in the flesh.

 

[Superfluous]

 

[Sloan1874]

You mean this isn't that place?

Oh no, I think there's potential for a place where even Schitzo would be classed as sloppy and half-assed.

 

[Superfluous]

Oh no, I think there's potential for a place where even Schitzo would be classed as sloppy and half-assed.

 

[Edward]

Ok, let's not go too far down that road...

It is an intesresting question, though: given that ideas of perfection vary so strongly (as discussed in Japan/Scotland thread), where do we draw the line? And do we sometimes obsess over things that aren't really flaws.... Or even accept things that are ... in our individual understandings of perfection? Clearly these things are very much an individual notion on some level - not the big stuff like, sake, pockets that don't line up or a faulty zip. Must require tremendous patience on the part of the manufacturer to deal with the likes of us as a customer base!

 

[zebedee]

It's that funny combination of 'Indestructible, weighs a ton, withstand the elements, throw yourself at a wall- these jackets are made to endure!' and 'I'll wear it on Wednesday, I think, if it's not going to spot in the rain. Wait a minute- is that a tiny scratch I see?' that makes for true obsessiveness.

When we're in the right mood, you give us a gold bar and we'd complain about the weight...

 

[Sloan1874]

What colour is the gold - white or yellow? These things are important, you know...

 

[zebedee]

It's battered, veg-tanned gold. Embossed with a little wave. I put it in a bag. With a zip. The fabric next to the zip is quite heavy.