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I made this illustration of my vision of an Indy winter jacket several years ago. It has the closable sherling collar of the M-422a and hidden knit kuffs inside the sleeves.

original pic by Wested Leather Co.

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Welcome to the other side of the world.

Nice jackets!

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It´s definitely not a replica of any government issued WWII A-2. Fords Jacket has penpockets on the sleeve and press studs on the windflap instead of a hook and eye on the collar.
Seems to be a modern day civil version of the A-2 and two sizes too big on Ford.

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I reading through this thead I couldn't find a model number for this German rucksack. Sort of like our beloved gas mask bag is called the Mark VII, what would this ruck sack be called? The M47 or something similar? Cheers! Dan To be precise it´s not the bag that is called MkVII but the gas mask the...

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Steve, believe me nobody here will ever get tired about your posts. Always a good read. Always bringing in new thoughts. If there will ever be "Indygear- The Book" it will be your posts that are quoted. I can see what you´ll do after you stopped making hats: You´ll be a philosopher whether...

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Colt New Service 1917

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Interesting photo. By the uniform and Gas mask it may be older than a Mk VI bag even I found out the mask in the photo shows the british Small Box Respirator 2nd Model from 1915. Just for those who are interested. ;-) http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/Bullitt1979/Indy/SmallBoxRespirator2Modell.j...

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MkVII bags have this little loop unless it was removed for some reason. The MkVI got a metal ring, as shown in the pic below. A string was attached to that loop. The string was supposed to go arround the wearer´s back and than wrapped round the metal disc on the bag when the gas mask was in use. htt...

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Looks exactly like the AB buckle that Marc sells.

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Oops, I confused USW and FS! Sorry

The FS A-2 has nylon cuffs and waistband.
USW jackets have cotton cuffs.

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Just want to add one more thing. The FS A-2s do all have cotton knit cuffs and waistbands. The USW have synthentic knit cuffs. The cotton ones are much more durable and can still be in good shape after years. The synthetic cuffs begin to fuzz after only weeks of wear and lose their tensibility. That...

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Okay, Jens. Just tell me what you put on after the bath. Say it. SAY IT! ...umm... wintergear accidental?

;-)

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These jackets are made by Eastman Leather Co. in England. Beautiful!

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Last winter I had the idea of an Indy winter jacket. It´s a ANJ-4 - M422a - Indy- hybrid. It´s lined with mouton and has a closable mouton collar and knit cuffs inside the sleeves. I made this Photoshop prototype back then. Maybe this is something for Wested to offer? 8) http://i9.photobucket.com/al...

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In case you do not have a long head the only way to get reverse taper is to turn the hat. This is not entirely true. I have a regular oval head, and I was able to achieve a degree of reverse taper (when viewed from the front) by simply extending the side dents toward the back of the crown either to...

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I think the best way to get a decent reverse taper into a hat is to wear a gegular oval hat on a long oval head. I have a long oval myself and I only wear regular oval hats for the reverse taper You can see how a hat reacts on a long head by putting your hands into the hat and stretching the hat sli...

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Tony made the jacket for CS. Not only Indy´s but Mutt as well and sells very nice replicas of them.

http://www.tonynowak.com/

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I started a similar thread some time ago.

viewtopic.php?p=227482&highlight=#227482

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The buckle could be for the shoulder strap of the Sam Browne belt or for attachment of the gun with a lanyard.

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You need a hat stretcher.

http://www.villagehatshop.com/jack_stretcher.html

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When I recieved my first AB in June I got the wrong size. I just sent Steve the size I wear on my Akubras instead of measure my hat again and since Akubras are running a little big I got an AB that was too tight for me. Steve asked me to send the hat back and exchanged it immediately with a new hat ...

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Here´s one out of my collection. It´s a very early Eastman from 1998.

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We are collecting OTR-Sizes on the german board as well. We are using this pic to specify all important measurements. Maybe it helps here, too.
Feel free to use it.

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viewtopic.php?t=29365&highlight=

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Last Crusader, I'm am totally digging that carbon gray right now. That is one of the best bashes I've seen. Any other shots of it, on your head or something? I'd like to see and I'm sure the thread starter would like to see some more photos too. Thanks! :D Here some more pics: http://i9.photobucket...

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I also have a federation III in carbon gray. The hat on the right is the federation III dlx. Hope that helps.

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I´m really in shock right now. This is terrible news.
My condolences to his family.

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Fedora wrote:All we made were Indy's and his stunt double's hats. We worked for the guy who was Harrisons costume designer, and as far as I know, that was his only job. I guess they had other folks covering the other costumes and hats. Fedora

So Indy´s grey hat is an AB as well?

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It´s hard to tell by pics (in case you post some). But you could make some close up pics of different areas of your jacket. We might tell from the graining of the leather. Goat has a very smooth surface and goat can have a very heavy grain.

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What kind of hide is Novapelle actually? Is it Cow or horse or...?

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Thanks and danke.

I think you can´t get any closer to the original hat with an Akubra right out of the box. Remember that the Fed. has not been reblocked. I only trimmed the brim.
I only can emagine what one can make out of the New Federation IV.

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This is my Federation Deluxe I got two months ago. I put in the Raven Bar bash and distressed it slightly with fullers earth. Opinions? http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/Bullitt1979/Indy/Federation2.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/Bullitt1979/Indy/Federation3.jpg http://i9.photobucket.co...

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The company was founded by two brothers named Bountros. Maybe Italians. The building of the ZAMA company was built for Andreas Cambas, founder of the well-known spirits-making Company and Distillery CAMBAS in Athens in 1897 . During WWII it was home of italian soldiers. Maybe the ZAMA founder was on...

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Found little info on the zipper namely that the "Zama" zipper manufacturing company produced zippers from 1952 to 1986 in Athens, Greece.

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Max, you have a PM.

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The production of motorcycle jackets made Belstaff famous and they seem to make every jacket they offer with this tight motorcycle cut. In this case they are missing the character of an indyjacket completely. But maybe this look is caused by the tailor's dummy while the jacket is pinned onto it on t...

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In Last Crusade it IS a MkVI.

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Outstanding work. This is really the first hat you´ve made? Awesome!!!

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On my Todd´s standard I have no patch pockets but integrated pockets just like the Westeds have.

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Alpha Industries had the contract for the M-65 till 1990 when the jacket was replaced by the ECWCS-Parka that was also made by Alpha.
I´m not sure if Alpha was the only contractor at that time, but Alpha was definitely one of them through the 80s.

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We have discussed this topic here already: viewtopic.php?t=6581&highlight=hair

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How about adding a poll with the hat sizes?

I wear a 58.

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Here is my grey regular and my brown deluxe:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/Bu ... G_1882.jpg

And another brown deluxe:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/Bu ... Feddlx.jpg

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Yes, go with the open crowns. This way you can make the hat your own by bashing it by yourself. Not everybody likes the CS bash... so I´ve heard.

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http://www.tonynowak.com/index.html

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I wonder why Indy wears his gunbelt reversed? The buckle is pointing to his left...

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Great news. Now if the jackets only had nicer more scalloped pocket flaps...

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Sorry for moving this a little bit "off topic" ... but, do you got a link to those boots, Pilot? These sounds interesting as well and I need some footwear to complete my adventure gear. ;) http://www.aeroleatherclothing.com/webapp/aeroleather/servlet/AeroViewPage?page=displayproduct&s...

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It IS a B-3.
Have you seen Aero´s version?

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Who said that the shearling on the Indy jacket has to look like the shearling on the B-3?

I would have taken the ANJ-4 for reference. It looks much more indy without the shearling on the cuffs and waist.

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Thanks, Steve(Fedora)!

My Federation Deluxe