How-To: Keep Your Fly From Falling Down

[Corky]

Thanks To Craftszine...

 

[Rudie]

Cool! I need to forward this to my dad!

 

[Edward]

Excellent idea! If ever I find this a problem on a pair of jeans I'll give it a go.

 

[HeyMoe]

I say if he busted a wing or a leg, get the little bugger a small set of crutches!

Man I crack myself up!

Anyway, this is a good idea although I have never had an issue with my fly falling down before. Well at least not when sober

 

[Dinerman]

The other alternative, found on most golden-era fly zippers was to have a prong on the zipper pull so that when pressed down it "locked" the slider into the teeth of the zipper.

An outerwear version.

 

[scottyrocks]

What a brilliantly simple idea. I've had a pair of pants or two whose zipper didn't want to stay up.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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Those pronged zippers were still being made when I was a kid. I remember one on a pair of Sears "Toughskins" jeans I had.

 

[HeyMoe]

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Those pronged zippers were still being made when I was a kid. I remember one on a pair of Sears "Toughskins" jeans I had.

I also remember them- I think it was on some old Wrangler jeans, but I may be mistaken.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Or you could just forgo the zipper route & use a button fly.

 

[Mario]

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Those pronged zippers were still being made when I was a kid. I remember one on a pair of Sears "Toughskins" jeans I had.

I haven't bought a new pair of jean in a couple of years but I seem to remember that those zippers have been in use on some jeans until very recently. Of the few jeans I still have at least three have this feature and they're not older than maybe five years.

 

[HeyMoe]

I haven't bought a new pair of jean in a couple of years but I seem to remember that those zippers have been in use on some jeans until very recently. Of the few jean I still have at least three still have this feature and they're not older than maybe five years.

Not sure if it is common here in the USA any more or not. I haven't owned or worn jeans in 5 years.

 

[dhermann1]

This thread made me immediately start fumbling around with the zipper on the trousers I'm wearing right now, and almost as quickly realize that I was sitting at my desk at work, and should therefore probably cease that activity. I went discreetly to the little boys room and looked in the mirror (my tummy obstructs a convenient direct view).
Much to my amazement, no tooth on the tag! :eusa_doh: In the immortal words of Dick Martin, "I didn't know that!".
I was so used to the old zippers with the little tooth, that I hadn't even noticed they were missing all these years. I guess they became extinct when nylon zippers supplanted metal ones in the 70.
Live and learn.

 

[PADDY]

Olde Tyme advice:

Gents, get a standard wax candle; Rub it firmly up the closed zipp teeth; When jeans get washed, just re-do (Come on Chaps...am 'I' your mother now? .

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Olde Tyme advice:

Gents, get a standard wax candle; Rub it firmly up the closed zipp teeth; When jeans get washed, just re-do (Come on Chaps...am 'I' your mother now? .

But Moooooooom...That sounds like a lot of work.

 

[Espee]

Don't let him drink so much?