Club Obi Wan

Havana

The jacket looks great! Now, don't do anymore. I think the key to distressing is knowing when to stop. Wear it well and put some miles on it.

Havana

Congratulations. Please post some pics when you can.

Havana

I recommend checking out Sunbody Straw hats. They specialize in western hats but also have several fedora models and even offer open crowns. Their hats are made from palm straw and can be shaped with water. They are also rugged and not as fragile as a panama.

Havana

The hat looks really fantastic. I love the rich brown color.

Havana

These all look fantastic. This style really captures the quintessential Indy look. Too bad it was only featured in Raiders.

Havana

I think the grain looks great on that jacket.

Havana

I've got to go with the Streets of Cairo version for the rough and tumble look, followed by the Venice Pier hat for the man about town look.

Havana

That's absolutely fantastic. Put a smile on my face.

Havana

The current production PPK's run between $500-600 depending on your location. Most are stainless steel but blued ones are still available. It makes an excellent pocket gun.

Havana

Reminds me of a jacket that my grandfather wore. As a truck driver in the 40's & 50's, he always wore a waist length leather jacket, brown fedora, beige Dickies pants and a tie sometimes. He looked a lot like Alan Ladd in the movie China.

Havana

I really like the color and the graining is excellent.

Havana

That is one of my favorite fedora/ribbon color combinations. Looks great with the jacket, too.

Havana

I bought one of those new. $29.95 in November of '84. Big money back in the day. I wonder what an Akubra would have cost me back then?

Havana

I've got to vote for the revolver he used in the Cairo street sceens. Those scenes are just so iconic. Besides, Indy is a bit of a cowboy and a revolver fits his character.

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It's not the years, it's the mileage that suggest more than one hat. Even in the world of Indy fiction, there's just no way a single hat could survive what Indy would have put it through over that long period of time. How many times would it have been covered with dust and dirt or snow and rain. How...

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My favorite hat comment is the one I get when I rarely go without one. I'm constantly surprised by how many people ask, "Where's your hat?"

Havana

Seeing your jacket makes me wish my authentic brown lamb looked that good.

Havana

I'm a long time Akubra fan.
Cattleman - 5 over time in different colors
Federation (III)
Squatter
Snowy River - converted to a fedora
Bushman - DM version
Safari
Bobby - converted to fedora
Down Under

Havana

Poppers serve a useful purpose if you ride a motorcycle or live in a colder climate.

Havana

I cannot recommend a modern Stetson based on my experience with the Stetson Temple. Within two years, mine shrank to the point that I could barely wear it. The color actually ran in the rain. I have since learned that they use a dye powder to color their hats. It also began to come apart in flakes l...

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Fedoralover, your new A-2 is simply fantastic. I love the color. The fit looks spot on. I am envious!

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The submachine gun sounds heard in the Raven Bar and other scenes in Raiders were taken from an authentic MP-40 recorded at a gunrange in California by Ben Burt. The MP-40 has a relatively slow rate of fire and makes a very distinct mechanical chattering sound which can best be heard in the Cairo st...

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Those are beautiful hats. The grey really looks great with the contrasting black band. I don't know why so many fedoras today come with same color ribbons. I hate that.

Havana

I haven't seen the movie but I think we're talking about two different hats here. Judging by the gallery images on the movie's website, Sam appears to have a shorter brim lighter colored hat in the day scenes and a wider brim brown hat in the night scenes. It's nearly impossible to guess what the ha...

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That's a really fantastic jacket. I've considered getting the same one. It's got a classic look that will set you apart from the mall jacket crowd. I bet it looks good with a fedora, too.

Havana

That jacket really looks fantastic and the distressing work is spot on. Looks almost black in the pictures.

Havana

I always thought the campfire scene had the best hat of ToD. Check it out. Worst hat of ToD, had to be the cockpit hat.

Havana

Also, I think there was a conscious effort to have Indy carry a revolver as his primary weapon to tie into the "cowboy" image. In many ways, Indy is a modified version of the classic serial cowboy heroes. He just looks less modern and so much more classic when he runs up and points his rev...

Havana

I've got an old FN Hi Power that doesn't have this "safety" feature. I would classify the inability to fire with the magazine out as an idiot feature. Hi Powers used by the SAS in years past did not have this feature. It leaves you totally vulnerable when reloading. Keep in mind that you d...

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I just saw your jacket pics. I really like the uneven distress marks on the back of the jacket. I think it looks much more realistic than the usual parallel scratches that are so often seen on artificial distress jobs.

Havana

That same gun has been available for about 10 years now under the Uberti name for around $650. Uberti builds them for Beretta and Beretta charges you an extra $500 to put their name on it. Beretta now owns Uberti so I'm not sure if the Uberti brand Schofield is still available. Check your local gun ...

Havana

Scandinavia's right. Total hobo look. What's with the hole in his pants?

Havana

If you're caught between sizes, I recommend going with a slightly larger size. You can always put some kind of spacer in the head band to tighten up the fit. I've never had a hat stretch out. Even the best ones seem to contract a little over the years. I think it's just nature of the material.

Havana

I bought a Stetson Temple in the early 1990's. I really loved just about everything about the hat except the interior head band. Mine was made out of some kind of vinyl backed with a thin strip of cardboard. It didn't breath at all or ever really conform to my head the way a leather band does. As I ...

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I have an Avirex A-2 made in the early 80's. It is also made of very thick lambskin that comes through as tan in areas where the finish has worn off. It is literally as thick as cowhide and very tough. It's quite a heavy jacket too, nothing like Wested's current lamb offerings. Must be made from sup...

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Based on my own experience, I'm just not convinced that any leather is really much warmer than another. Some are just heavier which doesn't always equal warmer. It's just not an insulating material. I strongly recommend layering both inside and outside. When it comes to cold, the week points of the ...

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Wested is offering some sporting vests now. Check their website.

Havana

That's simply a fantastic jacket. I love seeing these unique creations. Hat's off to Wested for working with you and making it happen. Where would we be without them?

Havana

I've always found it odd that Indy didn't smoke. EVERYONE in the 1930's smoked. I believe that Indy didn't smoke because George Lucas simply would not allow it. He did not want young people seeing the film to be influenced by a smoking hero. It just wasn't fashionable despite being period correct. A...

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At one point, I seriously considered ordering a Wested without the sleeves or the collar to wear as a summer time vest. But just in time I found a leather safari vest, at Wilson's Leather of all places.

Havana

Check out this place: http://www.solidcolorneckties.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/9346?gclid=CIWWzPCR5IYCFQgiNAodVj46BA They've got a great selection of very reasonably priced solid ties for that Last Crusade look. They've also got a great selection of bowties for the professor look. I'...

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I keep my hair cut fairly short to accomodate my hats. Even when it does grow out a bit and I do get hat hair, I usually just let it go. Of course, I work at a university among young people. They already think I'm dressed up because my shirt has a collar.

Havana

Whenever I see guys in cheap wool fedoras, I want to scream but I hold it all inside and remind myself that I use to wear a wool Stetson (hatpin included) from the ToD days and later a Stetson Temple (which I believe was made from roadkill). The point is everybody who wears a good hat today probably...

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I'm not taking a position on either side of the hat color debate. I will say that she often states contradictory things about past projects. Regardless of who she is or anyone else involved with the production of Raiders, it's been 25 plus years. As any lawyer or historian will tell you, after so mu...

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I had dark lamb and sold it for authentic lamb. I discovered I much prefer the darker color because to me it looks more like the jackets do on screen. My authentic lamb photographs dark but looks much too light to my eyes. It's all in the eye of the beholder I guess.

Havana

Try not to feel too bad. After getting my first Wested, I convinced myself that a different one would be better. I sold the original and bought a different Wested only to realize I had the best jacket the first time. :shock: These are the kinds of voyages of discovery that we all go through. Discove...

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Getting philosophical about the jacket? I believe he would rate it second only to his hat in terms of importance. It's part of his field uniform and a beloved garment, custom made to his specs. Putting it on probably makes him feel at home (Anyone know that feeling?). While I don't think he would pu...

Havana

Looks like you got a good fit. Now wear it everywhere.

Havana

I think the hat looks great on both of them but mostly her. What exactly makes this a ToD bash? All I remember from ToD is super tapered airplane scene conehead hat and the good looking campfire scene hat. Is this the bridge scene bash?

Havana

Can anyone recommend a practical way to evenly darken an authentic brown Wested? It's a great jacket and looks good in photos but I'm not satisfied with how it appears to the naked eye. I would love to make it a bit darker if possible. Any ideas? Anyone ever tried this?

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