These zippers were outrageously difficult to get. They go in a Peter Lynn arc-style kite. They are "sealed," and we don't use quotation marks lightly. You'd think you'd be able to get an inexpensive sealed zipper in this country. However, not so — they're made in China, and it means they aren't available outside of products already built there. You can get German ones from Germany for an outrageous sum each, or you can order them from YKK and wait three months.
We needed some because we were repairing a Venom for a customer. Enter Blake Pelton, our good friend who also used to be a distributor for Peter Lynn, and who had some lying around — not in a drawer, but in kites. Sheer luck. Thanks, Blake. You saved our customer from the goofy-looking, degraded zippers shown here.
