Number 1 and 2 Padlock Hasp Sliders

I'm not convinced the first one would be very good. If you look closely at where the zip-pull bit is connected to the bit that travels along the zip-teeth, it doesn't look like it's connected securely. Looks like it's a reverse 'C' shape around it, not a full loop... This could easily be bent off.

There is not my best, it is the best I have seen. I saw at the Egypt - Israel Border, and took photos, I need to find again and inspect again. The pull of a zipper connects, the C or part that the pull is connected too, almost always can be bent and opened. I hope this is not the case with the number 1, however then how do they get the pull on the zipper pull?Someday, I see Christmas Yet to Come, I will need to design and have the factory make one.However, both of these pulls were extra think and strong, the slider pull is not just going to beak in two piece, like the typical YKK.

I've got an eagle creek backpack that has these hasp zippers on them. I did a quick google image search for them and found http://zenbackpacking.net/Zippers.htmwhich has info about them. Maybe that company can tell you where to purchase them.

I've got similar zippers on my Patagonia MLC bag. They're just YKK zippers. Go to the YKK website to order them: http://www.ykkfastening.com/global/search/index.htmlLook at the size 10 sliders, for example the 10M DFLS

That is funny, no easy way to look at photos, howeever when I search for 10M DFLS or 10M I can go look. This task is extremely difficult in Africa or say Nepal where each page switch take 2 minutes, here on highspeed I can look.There is a YKK vendor in Philippines, I think only if we tell them what we want to buy, and not ask, I think they will work. So now that we are drilling down to a name, maybe the 10M DFLS it is possible we can buy. ThanksMore or less, if you know what you want, you can sell to yourself.

I wrote this page:http://zenbackpacking.net/Zippers.htmThe Zen Seeker wrote me back, saying purchased some from Ohio Travel Bags. The price from Ohio Bags forces me to go direct to the factory to purchase. Zen Seekers says if I find a cheaper source to write him and tell him.I think YKK sells, however they do not speak English so well, so need a face to face situtation, with the Number of Zipper Pull, pictures.I am under the belief now, that maybe YKK does sell, their distributors say no, because they do not know or have never seen. This is the best of the best products and only on about 1 in 100 bags, and not the bags I see. I only have seen it one time in the last 3 years of travel and I see bags daily.

I move all the time, this is not helpful, hard to send me samples, or wait the three weeks it takes to get a call back. I am hoping the backpack person in Philippines can receive calls, and receive the samples, and after maybe four months we have the proper types and a source to buy. I on the other hand may just travel to the factory and live until they give to me the samples. Research and Development of a bag is a long process and to make the best take a lot of time, this is just the zipper, the material and clips all require tons of time.