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Will it relax back out over time? I dunno. I have done that with over a hundred jackets (no exaggeration) and have never had one 'relax' to a noticeable degree. Once it is shrunk, it is shrunk. You may have some of the elbow wrinkles loosen, assuming you made them. I always build wrinkles into my j...

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Roll them up inside? They are barrel sleeves, so you can usually wet them and re-seam the bottom of the sleeves and nobody will know. You can roll them up and tape the inside edge where the seam of the lining meets. Try not to get tape on the leather because taking it off again can mark the leather....

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She said, 'it's a nice hat for fishing and yard work.....' then silence.

Hahaha, that says everything : )

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Michaelson wrote:Time has proven, though, it WOULD have been a route to go. This old thing just keeps on going and coming back for more!

Exactly what we want in a hat. Like the old Timex ads - It takes a licking and keeps on ticking

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Last year I wore my fairly stiff Akubra Fed IV while traveling, and it soon reached the point where I did not want to wear it because of its propensity to go sailing off in the wind. On a similar trip this past month, I wore a much softer Akubra Pastoralist (with a Indy-ish bash), and while the wea...

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Hey Michaelson, wonder if it was from the same batch Steve sent me? The one he sent me says "Stunt Double Indy IV" and some more writing that was scribbled over it with marker, under the sweatband. Before he sent it to me, he put my initials in it. For year it just sat on a shelf, then I t...

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Hahaha! I forgot we spoke about hiking in the past! I love the White Mountains! I have done the 48 four-thousand-footers most more than once. It is getting more difficult now, but my younger son hikes with me now as well. Not sure if he really wants to or he is doing it for my sake, but I cannot tel...

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I want to apologize in advance for any types or odd grammar. I was looking at some interesting posts from a while back, and I came across the Floppy vs. Stiff post. It seems like the majority of the people feel that the answer is floppy is better. I agree with that entirely and thought I would as so...

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I usually wear a leather vest in the cold weather. Sorry about the crummy image.

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I am really sorry to disappoint people who area thinking there are new hats. You have to remember I am old :) I have not been here for a long time and have not really looked too much at hats since Steve made my first pre-Adventurebilt hat. I think we are looking at 2004? Steve was the first person w...

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There are some fairly new vendors that have some nice looking hats! Some try so hard to accentuate certain features that you almost get a bit of a caricature of the Indy hat, but overall they are really solid looking. There is no real question here, but I am wondering how durable they are. Some of t...

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Who does not shop for these things at once? I am not sure if this will help anyone, but my daughter-in-law got a blanket for Christmas. I was on "trash detail" and as I was throwing things away, I noticed the blanket was wrapped with what looks like a decent "poor mans" Indy ribb...

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I am curious... When did you receive your hat? Do you know what caused the crease? Do you have images?

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Find a hatter that has a conformateur?

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Looking better every time! Nice work.

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Having an Adventurebilt and not wearing it, is like having a new Jeep and not driving it. They are both meant to be used, and the dings and scratches along the way add to the character, not distract from out.

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I am still wearing my Adventurebilt. I have hiked all 48 of the NH 4,000 footers with the Adventurebilt, except Osceola and Osceola East, when I wore my Crocodile Dundee hat. Last year the last hike I took with the Adventurebilt was North & South Baldface. Nothing but compliments about this hat.

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No problem. You created an amazing version of our Bruno jacket that looks fantastic on you. I just do not want people to arrive at the assumption that I misled you to believe we used (American) bison instead of buffalo.

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Indiana Jeff wrote:Another one to show off. A filmjackets Bruno in black bison.

By "bison" Indiana Jeff means buffalo. We do not use American bison

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In short, there is not one. I try to keep a low profile (business-wise) here - as this is where I come to play - but I want to clear up misconceptions and rumors (not from this site). This is reprint of a post from FILMJACKETS.COM: We were recently alerted to the fact that the Tony Nowak Original si...

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Hey, the Fight Club jacket in the background...

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An unmade bed?! :lol: I am not built like Ford either, but that Wested image left a lot to the imagination and I think it was better that way. You cannot tell about the collar stand, the pocket flap shape or even which way the side straps are facing, really. Back then, that was enough, but now every...

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That is definitely the one! Thank you so much. Now I need to find a better image of this for an article I am writing.

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When I started looking at the Indy jacket, Wested had a very specific image on the site that "sold me." I thought I had saved it, but cannot find it anywhere. It is a shot of the jacket from the rear left side. The arms are folded in front of the jacket so they cannot really be seen. I thi...

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Thanks Gorak, I appreciate that - the Heron J212 is a great jacket for certain. One thing you may want to ask for is a (hidden) snap on the chest pocket as it has no closure right now. In the end, people associate the fedora worn with virtually ANY leather jacket with Indy, but it never matters beca...

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It will not matter. Many of the replica jacket companies are owned by the same people. If one gets a bad rap, they close it down and open another company selling the same jackets using the same images. That is why we try to expose these sites. Knowledge is power but in reality, the facts are simple....

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Actually, it is design roots are from the late 60's/early 70's style denim jackets. I am just trying to show some variations is all. I know these jackets are not for everyone. While I realize that this is an Indiana Jones site, I think that the fedora can compliment much more than an Indiana Jones s...

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Thanks Michaelson - these are jean buttons, so they are very secure and not as clumsy as regular buttons. The leather is thin as well so it makes buttoning the jacket a snap. Uhmm, you know what I mean. Here is a close-up shot.

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I thought you were looking for non-Indy jackets that work with a fedora.

Oh well, here is one I took a few minutes ago that I also like.

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Actually, there are now over 20 sites to steer clear from. They use stolen images, screen captures, and many other "fleecing tricks" to try luring unsuspecting buyers. After a while you can tell just by visiting the sites because most of them use the same images. And I know where they orig...

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Those guys again... You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Soul Revolver is cool though, and Lee is a good guy. As far as jackets that you can wear a fedora with, I tend to think the less detail of the jacket, the better. Once a jacket gets too ornate, then the fedora starts...

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That looks terrific. I am going to need a few close ups of that bad boy! Nicely done.

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Thanks Guys! I did the alcohol method then Soaked it in the shower...Letting it air dry now. Wow, you only asked an hour ago. LOL. Once you remove some of the surface finish that gives the jacket the shine, water will penetrate easier. I soak all of my jackets that I distress as it swells the fiber...

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I agree with the alcohol. It is the answer to everything. http://filmjackets.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_drunkdude.gif It is also probably the least damaging way to remove the shine. Other methods have their merit, but acetone can be too aggressive and sandpaper/Scotch Brite pads/steel wool if not...

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I have no idea what it is anymore. I bought it many years ago because I thought it had the look of an adventurer watch and was reportedly from the 1930's. The brown band is broken in nicely... http://www.filmjackets.com/non_filmjackets_stuff/30s_watch-001.jpg http://www.filmjackets.com/non_filmjacke...

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If Mr. Kelso wants to send me a jacket, I would be glad to look. : ) The jacket looks really good, but you have to go by fit, of course. In case I do not have enough jackets...

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For many the label (or other logo) is the difference between a replica and a counterfeit. One of the few things associated with clothing that can currently be copyrighted.

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I cannot say whether the rights to use the label were obtained or not, but I did want to mention that I do not agree with the use of the historic labels for companies that have gone the way of the dinosaur. Even if it was done with the utmost respect to the original and the manufacturer clearly stat...

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Short answer: Don't use it. Long answer: I have used WD-40 on a vintage 1930's Archer leather jacket with no ill results (yet). The jacket in question had a very strong mold odor and the sleeve seams were ripping. When all the orthodox methods failed I tried Naphtha and then WD-40. I figured that if...

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I went to the website and can't see any links that would allow me to enter a sleeve and back length. Has something changed? I even selected custom sized and still didn't get the option to enter any sleeve or back lengths. Anybody have any information that would help me out? Thanks in advance. Rikim...

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For vintage jackets, inclding some 1930's jackets, I highly recommend Rin Tanaka's Motorcycle Jackets: Ultimate Bikers' Fashions and Motorcycle Jackets: A Century of Leather Design. We have exchanged a few e-mails and the man is amazing. Brilliant books and terrific images. If you can look at this b...

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Yep, just another ( yawn ) vendor. :- Hahaha - Maybe in another 10 years... http://filmjackets.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_thinking.gif _, believe it or not, that Wild One jacket was supposed to be the first jacket we ever released. It was to be symbolic because it was what I considered the first...

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Not really. It's just another vendor selling jackets that's being talked about here, and one who's been a member here for years....LONG before he started filmjackets.com. Hahaha. I have been a member here since Jul Sat 06, 2002 7:09 am according to my profile. I would have sworn it was longer. But ...

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youngjedi71 wrote:so if wested made Indy's jacket wouldnt their jackets be accurate?

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No problem. Another thing that I forgot to mention is that the jacket selection will be more obscure than you might expect (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Shattered, The Cleaner, Sky High, Four Brothers, Carlito's Way, Training Day, Land of the Dead, etc.) because they do not really know the films, the...

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Hey guys. I have a list of at least 15 vendors who use varying degrees of lies, theft and deception to try to sell their products. I can back all of it up with images from their own sites. One vendor even used an action figure to advertise their jacket - and I am not making that up. Capitalism is on...

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That's cool. You are entitled to that. And you are absolutely right about the feeling of ownership - I feel it myself when we design a jacket based from screenshots. I am not going to argue about who is right and who is wrong when copying jackets - we all have differing opinions of that. Besides, I ...

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For clarification, Tony is a decent guy. It was not Tony who wanted to do that, but comonbub.

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I am very interested in this topic for different reasons than most. We have a horse in this particular race as we are the only company that sells the X-3 jacket in question from the original manufacturer. While process copyright may enter into this it is very unlikely. That would mean that a manufac...

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It depends on how and when the crease was developed. If it is a light crease from shipping, it may come out. If it is a deeper crease, was creased prior to making the jacket or pressed into the jacket in any way, you will probably always notice it - although you may get it to fade somewhat. Many cre...

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