I noticed that Wested is not offering goat anymore. Given everyone's experience here on the board, what is the closest leather that Wested offers currently to goat (similar durability and weight)? I e-mailed Wested as to when they may be offering goat again, but did not hear a response. Has anyone h...

Does anyone know the likelyhood that TAG will be back? I wanted to buy a strap from them. If it looks like they are gone for good, I may as well buy it from Todd's Costumes. It appears that people think they are the second best source for straps. How sturdy are Todd's bag straps? I know that they no...

Check out: http://www.tilley.com/thumbnail.asp?gender=&extractBy=CategoryId&id=1 Tilley now makes a brown (mocha) TH3 and TH5 out of hemp. I have a LT6 which served me well in Houston Texas last summer during a heat wave. I don't know how cool hemp is. I just ordered an Akubra Traveller, bec...

I was wondering why the movie costumers picked lambskin instead of a tougher leather like goat or cow. Could it have been the ease of artificially aging the leather, the hot filming locations and the necessity to have Indy stay in "uniform", or possibly a combination of both? The fact that...

Mmmmm, I was finally getting around to ordering my first Wested jacket after a great deal of research. These postings were enlightening regarding the goat versus lamb. Is the lamb really that fragile? Will it survive every day use or is it just for special occasions? I thought it might be tougher, s...

Hello everyone, I am new to this site and to collecting Indiana Jones related items. I just received and bashed my Akubra Federation a couple of weeks ago, and I found indygear.com an invaluable resource. I am planning on ordering a Wested jacket soon. Actually it was supposed to by my birthday pres...