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http://img82.exs.cx/img82/5959/wwibag.jpg Here's my modified WWI bag. From what I see, the differences in yours actually work out to the Indy fan's favor. There are no D rings on the front, the buttons are not push through, and the color is a perfect green. I actually dyed mine, and the color has f...

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Thanks for the recap and pictures SJ. That was some interesting stuff, and it made me realize for about the millionth time that I need to travel to Europe.

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Texas, is that a WWI reproduction bag? If it's not, it's very similar. They do make good "close enough" Indy bags, and after all, in the 1930's, that's what would have been available.

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Ah,come on. It is just a piece of felt. You guys are talking like it is the gold idol or something. :lol: Fedora I don't know, what's it weigh? That thing might be worth more than gold. :D And Jerry, that was a very mean, yet very clever idea. :tup: I'm proud of you. Maybe you should get one of tho...

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Indiana Jerry wrote:I don't dare take on that kind of responsibility.

I'm in the same boat. I'd probably just see the box in the mail, chicken out, and send it along without even opening it. Then I would panic and wonder if I got the address right.

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No problem. The only reason I could find it quickly was because I had seen it while looking through my posts the other day. It's always frustrating trying to figure out which key words to put into the search engine.

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http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight=

Here you go.

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I was looking back through the archives today and found this.
http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic ... c&start=50

If you scroll down to about the 10th post you'll see something familiar

It's funny how short our memory is here at COW.

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Today, as I was opening my package from Tapco with my rifle straps, I found a pleasant surprise. I totally forgot that I had ordered a $4 Danish haversack along with the order, and I remembered one of the reasons. Besides looking like a nice bag, it appeared to have 1 inch buckles on it. http://www....

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. I was just glad that modern day kids recognize and are familiar with Indy so that he can continue to be an American (fictional) icon. That's so true. Indy's staying power is amazing. As for me, I was flying all night, making this was the second year in a row I was on an airplane for all night of ...

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Hemingway Jones wrote:It almost looks as if someone forgot to pay the bill!

You might be right.

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It looks like he's just having server issues. That seems to happen a lot with smaller businesses' and other websites that get a lot of traffic.

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VP wrote:Well Swindiana is the Master of the MkVII's. It could be his picture.

Yea, that's definitely Swindy's. He was helping me convert my WWI bag and showed that to me. I think if you see any notations on a picture of a gas mask bag, there's a 100% chance that it's Swindiana's doing.

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Don't practice in the street. Instead find a grassy area that will be much better for the life of the whip. As for treatment, the whip itself rarely needs to be taken care of. In fact, if you condition it too frequently, it will be ruined. The fall on the other hand needs a little more care, and sho...

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Thanks for the pics Jerry, and for the find Ace. I really like the way those look, especially the buckles. In fact, I like them so much that I copied you and bought 5. They'll work perfectly on the 3 bags I have that need straps, and these are a heck of a lot cheaper than making them on my own. And ...

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The first time I treated my homemade strap, the same thing happened. I just kept buffing it over the span of a few days until no more dye rubbed off, and it's been fine since. I even wear mine without a shirt a lot and it's unaffected. However, if you don't trust it, I believe Lee Keppler recommends...

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I think it's like a very hard rubber. It won't droop when you pull it out of the holster :lol: I ordered one of these because I need something to go in my holster on halloween and this nails te shape of the Raiders gun pretty durn well. Has anyone tried the new spray paint that's supposedly made sp...

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Fedora, do you know how the Mercury was added to the felt? I've handled Mercury before, and I'm having trouble visualizing how this was done, and when in the process.

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Alcohol and acetone have the same general effect on the jacket, but acetone is much stronger. The alcohol doesn't take off nearly as much dye as the acetone, as the acetone gets deeper into the leather. The alcohol seems to just take off some of the surface chemicals. Also, after a few applications ...

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Thanks Hemingway, everything makes sense now. I never knew those were referred to as members only. You guys are right, they don't look at all like a true bomber jacket, let alone a Wested Indy. I like in the first link how they describe it as belonging to a former male model...and that's important b...

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Would someone clue me in on the "members only jacket". I'm picturing the satin jackets of the 80's, but I really have no idea what you guys are talking about.

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Good on you for hanging in with this! It does look pretty weird - probably a non Wested. thanks for the encouragement Langpuss, I hoped I'd eventually prove to everyone I wasn't just imagining things, at least this time :wink: Trevelyan's family is probably thinking, This is an obsession Trevelyan!...

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I don't think we need a poll. That is clearly a boot.

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All right, I dug up a post a made a while back just to show everyone what I was looking at. I finally got screen grab software, so here's a shot of the strange jacket I saw. It only appears in a couple of scenes, and it just looks like this jacket was made differently than the others. I don't think ...

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Ok, I looked at this scene from a slightly different shot, and here's what I see. Indy has a wooden rod at the bottom of his closet used as a shoe rack. On it, he has a couple of rolled up papers, one pair of black shoes with a black heel and light brown leather soles neatly placed on the rack, and ...

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I'm sorry, but that's a boot to me. I don't see anything that resembles a hat.

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Looks great to me.

I wish someone would start mass producing a similar shirt for the department stores. Since I've gotten into Indy gear, I've really started to like the look of the front pleats, but you rarely ever see them.

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The only problem I've had with my mba shirt is the short length. It always seems to come untucked whenever I'm moving around a lot or bending over. I can't imagine the Wested being any shorter.

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Trevelyan might have been kidding, but if the shirt is cheap enough that it's worth playing games w/ it, I really did pick up two in case that idea worked...Trev, were you just thinking to have enough extra material to make epaulets and runner trim down the front, or would you actually take specifi...

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ob1al wrote: And for under $10, who needs pleats anyway??

And for $20, you can buy 2 and do the modifications yourself. That's a good find Colby.

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I can't imagine not being able to easily buy rubbing alcohol, cheap shot coming. It seems like such a basic thing to have around the house, cheap shot coming. I mean, what would Kitty Dukakis have done if she lived in England?

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you'd have better luck slapping the jacket against a brick wall..and crawling and rolling around on the ground, and have a lot more fun!! That would be a lot more fun, but you'd end up with a destroyed jacket. When sanding it, you have to be really careful along the seams or the thread will be torn...

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Well, after having my jacket for about 9 months, I finally decided that it just looked too darn new. I had planned on letting it naturally distress itself, but I realized that I would be long dead before it actually happened. Even after giving it a couple rub-downs with 91% alcohol, it was only slig...

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I'm a little late on this thread, but here's my 2 cents. If you truly want a warmer jacket, the goat's not going to make a difference over your lamb. The Indy jacket is just not made for very cold temperatures, due to the lack of insulation and the thin leather. However, You could probably have Pete...

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Forrestal wrote:I bought a New York Knights baseball hat

I love that hat. I've got the Knights jersey with the lightning patch. If I hadn't started collecting Indy gear, I'd probably have the letterman jacket and the hat by now.

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I think that's the best buckle I've seen so far. Great find!

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It's too bad you didn't search the posts hereat COW before you ordered from them. No one seems to have had a good experience with Texas Bullwhips, and they seem to be compulsive liars. Well, you live, you learn.

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It sort of looks like Liam Neeson to me. "Marion, I could have done so much more. This whip would have payed for a plane ticket. This hat, this hat could have paid for a meal."

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Thanks for the quick reply Peter. It never ceases to amaze me how someone who supplies clothing for the stars replies on our little message board. I hope this issue can be settled quickly, so we resume arguing over the minute details of our jackets again.

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Judging by the about us portion of the site, the company has an international slant. If that's the case, English is probably their second or third language, so that would explain some of the strange English usage. It's not a good reason for poor business grammar, but a reason nonetheless.

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They seem legit, but why do they have a post office box as their head office address? That's a little shady to me.

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It's good to see someone else wears their jacket all the time. I totally agree about the accessibility. I hate having to put stuff in my pants pockets. With the Wested, I can load up the cargo pockets, put my wallet in the inner, and I don't even realize anything's there. When I have to put my walle...

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Mr. Das wrote:I thought you were going to tell some story of the desert winds cooling down Tampa once the sun sets

Only when I'm out digging for the Ark, or I guess it would be the Fountain of Youth in my case.

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I work in a really cold building, so 5 days a week I have it on all day inside. It's not like I'm running around Florida in the summer with a coat on. But I do wear it to and from the beach with just a t shirt on underneath. After a long day of being out in the sun, and I'm driving my truck back hom...

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I guess I'm the only one who wears his Wested during the summer?

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ob1al wrote:Well, speaking as an new member of the Historic Open Action Pleat Lovers Appreciation Society, or HOAPLAS

HOAPLAS

That's a good one. For some reason that made me think of Calvin and Hobbes GROSS club. Good acronyms seem to stick in the mind.

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If it's not that old, you might want to try just wearing it very often. You might have been doing this already, but I know my Fed fits tighter now than when I first got it. I wore it often while shoveling snow and then I wore it a few times while at the beach. I think when the sweat band gets wet on...

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I would have never noticed those stitches if I hadn't read that thread. Now every time I put my jacket on I'm going to wonder if I should keep them or not.

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As I understand, all new Akubras come with adhesive backed foam strips for this purpose. The strips can be placed underneath the sweatband where needed to create a snugger fit. I'm sure you could rig up something like this by going to a fabric store and gettting something similar.

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Molorom wrote:I dont understand why people are so afraid of their whips getting damaged.
Adam

I spent quite a bit of money on my whip, and I want it to last as long as possible. I think that's probably the main reason most of us baby our whips.

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found a "new" strap buckle today

I decided to distress my Wested dark brown goatskin