Well I ordered a Harrison Raiders full bunny variant from Advintage :lol: . It seems the Raiders sable colour is not available in my size as the order would not go through in my size bit it worked for the sable one. I read a lot of threads and it seems a great value. I did request one without the &...

.... Check out the recent thread about the original Raiders hat that is going up for auction. There are some great photos. I can't get the same jaunty slope to the front of the Fed that the original hat has, that high crown and long front brim dip look . I can't get the crown to slope backwards lik...

Thomas, if you were to do a factory Harrison travel hat, I think a Raiders Clipper model would be more popular than a Crystal Skull Train model. My vote is for your closest colour to the Raiders Clipper Hat. Also, since the Clipper is more of a cool shade of grey, it is more versatile for Indy's for...

With respect to Fed or Advintage, I think a big question is how important screen accuracy is to you? I had the same debate between a Fed and the Harrison when ordering my first hat a month ago. The Fed is nice, but I understand that its not as stovepipe in shape and can taper. Also, the Fed is a dar...

The washed lamb is indeed a very nice leather. Shame they seem to have run out of it at the moment. Yeah, I also gave mine the hot shower treatment as well and it looks very similar to The Character's now. The colour is perfect and exactly what I was looking for. It's a nice cool brown and and can ...

you need to check out Steele and jones. a little more money, but a lot more jacket. Oh I have, as soon as they offer the Ribby Merino again, I'll be grabbing one. I'm just personally not a fan of horsehide (my mother who had rescue horses would murder me) or how it looks, so they are not an option ...

I'm so happy with my Washed Lambskin Standard Raiders from Wested, that I kind of what to take the plunge and get a Hero in the same skin. However, the Washed Lambskin has disappeared from Wested's website. Is the skin no longer carried? Second, any advice on sizing for the Hero vs the Standard? I k...

Yeah If I can get some good pictures in daylight I'll post them. It's a good premium quality leather. A rich deep dark brown, the texture is not overdone but enough to show character on the jacket when the light catches it. I ended up ordering a OTR Raiders jacket in Washed Lambskin and I'm really ...

So does S&J only do horsehide now? Is the ribby merino or other lambskin no longer an option? Some of these posts make it sound like horsehide is the only option now. Thanks for any clarity.

Thanks folks! For those that might be interested, I emailed Wested and they advised that the Washed Lambskin is darker than the current brown lambskin. There are also jackets in last year's very dark goatskin still available in select sizes.

So looks like 3Thousandbucks was right about the folded sweat. It's amazing how many little details the old guard of members here figured out through their research and years of trial and error. I've been reading through old threads since I joined and it never surprises me how much dedication and t...

I just picked up an OTR Raiders jacket in Washed Lamb from Wested today. Because they are offering that leather in stock sizing for their 'Raiders' jacket. I noticed a couple of things that have changed on their OTR Raiders pattern that bring it closer to the Hero pattern they offer. Just a couple ...

I took Holts advice and got the Standard Raiders in Lambskin. The shipping was fast. I got it today and am very happy with it. I think it fits great. :lol: Now time to break it in. I also got the Wested Indy boots. They look great to me. I wore them tonight and they fit well. Thanks for all the adv...

This might be stretching your budget a bit, but another to consider is the Penman Everyman, which sells for $275. Probably the best factory-made hat on the market, and, with materials of comparable quality to Penman’s handmade hats, and made using his excellent Raiders hat black to boot. That would...

Hi, I'm a newbie here, but I am a long time film fan and, in particular, a long time fan of classic men's tailoring and attire in film. My first inspiration in this area was the inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones, James Bond. Some recent re-watches of the Trilogy and fascination regardi...

Hi, I'm a newbie here, but I am a long time film fan and, in particular, a long time fan of classic men's tailoring and attire in film. My first inspiration in this area was the inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones, James Bond. Some recent re-watches of the Trilogy and fascination regardin...