I’ll post it tomorrow!

bearbeast wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:29 am Great looking hat and great DoD cosplay, Daniel!

Cheers,
Bear

Thanks so much, Bear! I’ve beaten the jacket up A LOT more since this picture. I’ll share soon!

IJJTM wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:24 pm Where was that last picture taken? Is it green screened?

I’m glad you have to ask! It isn’t green screened but it was photoshopped. The background image is from Tangiers

This was my first Herbert Johnson and I am madly in love. Michelle made a perfect hat that I will treasure forever.

Thanks Mike! I’ve got a lot to catch up on and share!

bearbeast wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:17 am That looks like a great strap, the aging on it is mind-blowing!

Cheers,
Bear

I know! I can’t get over how good it looks!

Thanks Canyon! I’ve missed the old place

Hello dear Club Obi Wan, It's been quite awhile since I've posted here. I want to reconnect with y'all as COW was my online home for many impressionable years! So... kicking off my return I wanted to share this beautiful bag strap I received from Penitent Man Leather Works. He was having a Black Fri...

Having just received my Legacy LC, I'm inspired. Amazing work, sir.

I reported this and confirmed with Brian Lalonde (Screencapped) they are his stolen photos.

Capt. Blumburtt wrote:Hey everyone,

I don't post much, though I'm always around here. I just wanted to share that I found some great boot laces on amazon recently.

Thanks for finding these! Just ordered a pair. I really hate the stock Alden laces. They tear up so easily! Thanks for sharing!

Ahhh... Heather. My close encounters of the swinger kind. What a fantastically strange evening.

I know I already posted but I needed to share this. One QM, I believe it was 2006, we were smoking cigars (Walt gave me my first) on the Observation Bar. Rundquist, Koreana Jones and several others were present. A very VERY drunk individual asked Walt for a cigar (as they always do) and he graciousl...

Walt was the second gear head I met in person. He became a father to me when I was 15 at a time when I really needed it.

"Life goes on, Indy. There is the proof." - Sallah

I always thought those BCF hats were pretty good, especially for that price. Every once in awhile I am shocked to find things there. I remember seven years ago all I saw were 100% wool felt pieces of junk, and then, one day, there are a whole shelf full of fur felts. I was always interested to get o...

Welcome

Deborah wanted the Red Wing boots. They were talking about an actual deal, but Ford said he wouldn't wear the cheap junk and insisted on the Aldens, that was just before principle photography. Now, in the eighties, Lee Keppler (a legend in indygeardom) had a meeting with a Lucasfilm representative a...

Shane... what's your size?

IGB, it seems that we love a good debate... but I have to clarify something to honor those originally involved. Noel Howard DID NOT manufacture or design the original shirt and trousers. Andre Dometakis of London designed the shirt and, subsequentally made several shirts for Bermans and Nathans. The...

The first time I met Rundquist and Sergei was at a gunshow in Costa Mesa, Ca and a man walked up to me and said "Are those Aldens?" I said "yes." Immediately I thought he was either Sergei or Rundquist... nope. Turned out he was a contractor who went into the original Sherman Oak...

This is a very different Optimo. Visit www.optimohats.com Optimo Hats is located in Chicago and is owned by Graham Thompson. Graham makes some of the most beautiful hats you have ever seen. His prices are high, comparing it to the other Indy selections, but you get what you pay for. His selection of...

Why no pen pocket stitch?

A question... May I see a close up of the left breast pocket? and a side shot of the collar?

I've spent years devoted to this particular connection of gear and I am so pleased that a FAN has finally done what needs to be done. There are a few minor inaccuracies, but you, Mr. Magnoli are my hero. For what it's worth... This is the best Indy shirt I have seen yet! The price, the options, the ...

Haha. I remember that summit. Yes I am. Seattle rain, New Mexico snow, London Fog...pun... , Florida Humidity. Yes they've held up quite well. Quite well indeed.

Regards,

Dan

BTW, is it just me, or does anyone else have a problem with rolling up the sleeves on their Wested shirt? I can't roll them past my elbows otherwise their tight enough to cut off the circulation! Are the sleeves supposed to be THAT fitted? :-s Yep - way too tight... I have to "pre-roll" t...

Thanks Agent 5. I've been so busy I haven't been around the community lately (obviously)

But I still believe that the MBA, even his last version (before he went belly up) is not completely accurate.

What's a mickey pocket type? Did Indy ever actually buy anything in any of the films?! I think the AAF Eastman wallet (Matt Deckard owns one) would be the perfect Indy wallet, it even has the awesome Flying Star mark on the front. Great wallet! For awhile, if I was purchasing fabric in the garment ...

Lee Keppler does not get the credit he deserves. He was figuring out the details of this stuff before VHS! It's people like him that makes our job so easy. Those are great boots! I've never found my size in the old colors. I found one pair one size too big from the late 70's (Raiders era) I'd fit em...

Yes, but there is much debate on how many suppliers provided hats for Temple of Doom. And even though HJ supplied the hats back then, there is also opinion about the current quality of their hats now as opposed to then. Personally, I think it'd be cool if they used AdventureBilts! Especially with t...

I have been studying the Wested shirt lately and am surprised that Peter still rounds the cuffs, also has it been your experience that the tails on the shirt are too short like Howards? I used to be known on this board years ago for being the shirt expert, unfortunately I haven't kept up with all th...

I have owned four Kepplers (ordered my fifth today) Lee knows the Raiders hat. Hands down. I can't wait to get mine.

My money'd be on Cage, I've seen pics of him wearing fedora's and I hear he's a pretty down to earth guy for the most part and likes to get out and talk to normal people when possible. My mom was friends with an older woman (passed away) whos' son, Trevor, manages a Exotic Tropical Fish store in Be...