Club Obi Wan

SkyChief

Anyone know where I can find some decent cargo pants, similar in color and drape to Indy's pants but with cargo pockets?

I can't seem to find anything worthwhile online, everything seems to be "skinny fit" with slim legs, nothing like Indy's.

Thanks in advance for any leads!

SkyChief

Thanks for the suggestions, guys, the ribbons from Etsy worked great.

SkyChief

Does anyone know where I could purchase 1.75" black grosgrain ribbon?

SkyChief

This is an off-the-rack Wested I purchased in 2007. I...removed the shoulder pads and sewed the lining back in place. Sounds like a new jacket to me. The seller mentions "authentic lamb" and "80's fit." All terms I remember from a couple of years back in regards to Westeds. But ...

SkyChief

I saw a post in the classifieds section about a Wested circa 2007. The seller mentioned that they'd removed the shoulder pads and sewn the lining back up...

Have I missed something? When did any Indy jacket come with shoulder pads?

SkyChief

I hope you guys are joking about the burning of witches and public hangings. Either that, or maybe this place isn't so different than the other forums I've left for aforementioned reasons?

SkyChief

I don't know, SkyChief, you've been a member since 2004, that's pretty old by internet standards. Ahh yes, but judging by how far back IndyGear and IndyFan go, 2004 is but a blink of an eye. ;) ...we have a mix of very strong snd smart people who bring to the equation different temperaments. These ...

SkyChief

_ wrote:Drama? Nope - pretty dull around here...

Maybe things are calmer nowadays? You mentioned a freak up above who used to cause drama? Luckily people on the board now aren't as troublemakery (I just made up a word).

SkyChief

Sounds like there's a rich and even turbulent history to this online fan-dom that most of us relative newcomers are unaware of. Makes you wonder why some fans from "the old days" are still active posters, and why some have gone the way of the proverbial dodo. Internet forums inherently bri...

SkyChief

That's an amazing hat you've got there. All too often we see photos of brand-spanking new hats, and while they look real nice in their own right, there's something "Indy" about them that's missing. You've nailed the shape, the brim swoops, the ribbon, the sweat and grime that would come fr...

SkyChief

;0 sorry, had to do it. Bravo. No offense to Bufflehead at all, but Parise is completely right. In viewing threads like these I find myself simply scrolling down looking for pictures. When I find none, I move on. To be perfectly honest, in this hobby, a thousand words is not equal to a picture, bec...

SkyChief

Grey. Because that's what my eyes have seen on Beta, VHS, the big screen, and now DVD. And also because of the sheer fact that the "Life Magazine Nazi" is wearing a clearly brown hat in the same lighting, scene, set, etc. I haven't really been following this "debate," so I'm not ...

SkyChief

Kt Templar wrote:

Where is this picture from and what is it of?

SkyChief

agent5 wrote:Notice how it is a plain, white sheet of typing paper and how Indy's shirt is NOT white at all.

To all you whitewashing, dye happy gearheads out there...Noel Howard had it right all along. Indy's shirt was NOT white.

Amen!

SkyChief

In past posts it seems the general consensus about What Price Glory's reproduction MKVII bags is that they come with inferior straps. Is this still the case? Do they still come with straps that, according to one post, "leave much to be desired"? Also, are there any other reproduction bags ...

SkyChief

They are 290$ direct from alden now. The price has gone up in the past few months, It actually went up to 290$ from 275$ a day before i ordered mine :? I feel your pain, Mola Ram. But if it's any consellation, I'm sure they'll go up even more before the year's through. Pretty soon you can say, &quo...

SkyChief

The color looks the same as my new pair..... Mola Ram's Aldens Magnoli's Boots Hmm...maybe I should check my monitor's color settings... :wink: As for the shape of the toe, I think the sole may give it that squared off look... I'm thinkin' you're right. The toe itself looks fine. I think the sole w...

SkyChief

Not sure if you're wanting to hear design comments, but it seems like the toes are just a tad too squared. Anybody else think so too? I'm not sure if it's the toes themselves that are creating this appearance, or the cut of the soles. Other than that (and of course, the thick laces), they look great...

SkyChief

binkmeisterRick wrote:Well, considering Aldens has had that shoe for longer than the movies have been around...

And considering the price has increased by roughly 50% in the last 5 years (concurrent with the explosion of Indy clothing popularity on the internet)...

SkyChief

Mola Ram wrote:I bought my aldens just a few weeks ago,
and the final price with tax and all (@ a store) was around $320 us.

Ouch. Talk about a monopoly. It's nice to see Magnoli coming to the rescue with another option.

SkyChief

Hemingway Jones wrote:SkyChief, here's to minutia; exactly why we're here.

Hey I'll drink to that. Got any more of that Root Beer?

SkyChief

Bjones wrote:Minutia was just the word I was thinking of....this thread is downright exhausting to read.

Cool, then it fits right in.

SkyChief

You may want to start a separate thread with his name in the title so you can be sure he'd see it. Thanks for the tip, Agent5! I may just do that when Peter gets back to the office. Peter just mentioned the James Dean jacket. He didn't say which James Dean jacket, what it was made out of, if Peter ...

SkyChief

The "James Dean" jacket as I understood it was not in stock, but rather the mock-up that Peter made as a model, out of cloth, and from his imagination to show Deborah as a starting point, or Genesis, for the Indy Jacket. Deborah Nadoolman liked a James Dean jacket that Peter had and she a...

SkyChief

I never said, and Peter never said, it was an identical copy; merely based on, and inspired by. I'm sorry, I guess you didn't say that. The first Raiders jacket was cloth and it was a copy of Dean's cloth "Rebel" jacket. Or wait...hmm, sorry I got confused. :wink: In any event we now know...

SkyChief

The first Raiders jacket was cloth and it was a copy of Dean's cloth "Rebel" jacket. It was indeed cloth and it was indeed modeled after the "Rebel." This from Peter to me at The Observation Bar of the Queen Mary. :wink: See I've always been a little leary of relying on second-h...

SkyChief

Based on the above, can we assume that the "James Dean jacket" Peter showed DN ^ was indeed a leather one and not the famous cloth one? Or am I just reading too much into it. I'm with Alabama. I've never took it to mean Peter had any coats that were anything like Dean's cloth jacket. I th...

SkyChief

I fear my question was sort of lost on the previous page, but to ask again... It was COTTON lining, C-o-t-t-o-n, Not SATIN... Peter, while we're on the lining subject, what was used in the sequel jackets? And again, it would be great if you could type up (or relay to somebody in an official capacity...

SkyChief

WHAT I SEE is a leather facing. Indiana Jerry, guess you and I are both seeing something that isn't there, per Peter. :wink: It was COTTON lining, C-o-t-t-o-n, Not SATIN... Peter, while we're on the lining subject, what was used in the sequel jackets? Also, like I said, it would be great if you cou...

SkyChief

Here is a thread I found that has Peter saying himself that the original jackets were cotton silesia lining (all cotton). http://www.indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t=2560 I'm saying it would be nice for "the entire history of the Raiders jacket from development, tailoring and materials" (...

SkyChief

I don't think [the history of the jackets] has every been published or written down, except in the emails exchanged between Mr. Botwright and Mr. Michaelson. I am sure that, if it was required for the Main Site, those who posses first hand knowledge could provide some narrative. Ideally it would be...

SkyChief

MK and I sat with Peter Botwright in the Observation Bar of the Queen Mary in November. There and then, he recounted the entire history of the Raiders jacket from development, tailoring and materials. Does anybody know if this history has ever been documented in a definitive manner? It would make q...

SkyChief

Completely understood, Michaelson. That was perhaps just a poor attempt at humor on my part. I completely understand how quickly a topic can "turn." Hopefully this one won't turn bad.

SkyChief

...I'm sure this string can go on and on, but exactly where are you hoping it will end up? I have no idea, but carry on....just keep it between the ditches. I appreciate your allowing me to post a topic which adheres to the goal of the forum, "The definitive outlet for discussion of collecting...

SkyChief

I realize the last post in this thread is nearly 3 years old, but I'm adding to it because a new thread I created in January 2006 was removed because it "got ugly" and "had to be locked down." I was told that "the information in the string has been discussed before, and can ...

SkyChief

IndyDoc, I hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your image to post in a jacket thread.

SkyChief

Very well done, looks very professional. And man, that leather looks great. I didn't see K on the run's picture earlier (must not have loaded on my end). Yours looks quite good too, very nice color and texture. Why...WHY would anyone want to wear a "new-looking" jacket after seeing how gre...

SkyChief

We have a winner! I didn't mentioned before since I was currios who gets it first. It's the same coat, changed the collar pattern and the applied the press studs. You did an outstanding job, it looks very natural. Quite impressive. See image below: http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7469/lccollarco...

SkyChief

If only somebody could find a leather that looks like BreinederIndy's right from the start, we'd be in heaven. I'm almost drooling at how cool it looks. But sadly he ran into the same problem I mentioned earlier, the maintenance. Pecards as well as BreinederIndy's antique finish eventually fade away...

SkyChief

I was going to say that most of the pre-distressed coats that I've seen have never taken to Pecards, they seemed to "lighten up" pretty quickly after being Pecarded. But after seeing the results of BreinederIndy's darkening methods I'm very impressed. Although it would be interesting to se...

SkyChief

Havana, two thumbs up on the changed avatar, it's like night and day. Now you look like the original Havana's son.

SkyChief

I think that I recall that the jacket (the one that was auctioned off), may have been used during the scene where Indy is hanging onto the barrel of the tank....Someone posted some screen grabs for us to look at and the amount of distressing looked remarkably similar to that particular scene. http:...

SkyChief

You can split a topic off at any point, but you cannot cull out individual posts from a thread and only move them. For example, you can decide from which post forward you want to split, but you could not choose every other post and turn that into a new thread. If I understand the "split topic&...

SkyChief

...the specific details of these jackets aren't as important to anyone, except our group so who knows which one the Smithsonian actually got or which one actually got auctioned..when it comes down to it, it could just be a guess from someone that should have known.. but to them it was just another ...

SkyChief

**Request for the moderators** Would it be possible to split this topic from my first post on down, and make a whole new thread with it? Or maybe merge them onto the end of this thread ? It seems the focus of the thread has shifted from Floribama's original intent. And for future reference it would...

SkyChief

The funny thing about screen used props is, it could be a stunt jacket or a long shot or it could be the jacket he was wearing when he rode off into the sunset at the end. How would you know? 'Tis a very good point, indeed. Heck it could even be the coat that Ilsa wore during the "Mickey Mouse...

SkyChief

agent5 wrote:Havana, we have so much in common. I'm also 33 and my girlfriend is also 20.

Alright, now I have two new heroes.

SkyChief

Though my post above was created after a misread of the material that preceded it, it still stands as the academic background it was mant to be. I would imagine that someone had to offer this item for auction or was it anonymous? "...Profiles in History will be auctioning off memorabilia from ...

SkyChief

Wait...okay on a real side note here, you're 33 and your wife is 20? Man, forget Indy, I think we should idolize you instead. I'm gonna start HavanaGear.com, 'cause I've got a new hero.

SkyChief

Hemingway, I can't speak for Flattery, but I think he is referring to the same jacket that I am referring to, and that isn't the one from the Smithsonian or the Chicago movie display, it's this one , from a recently publicized auction. There are more photos of it here . Its details simply do not mat...

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