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I think the jackets in Raiders had a fairly loose fit under the arms:

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For a leather jacket in 1936, Michaelson is right on the money. Literally! 1933 Spiegel catalog: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Misc/SpiegelCatalog-1933.jpg 1936 Sears catalog: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Misc/SearsCatalog1936.jpg 1938 Sears catalog; http://i24.photobucket...

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Raven Bar, baby, Raven Bar! Unfortunately this scene was cut from the movie...

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The 107 can space stitches up to ½ inch, so weakening the felt by having perforations too close together is not a problem. That’s only two stitches per inch – if you want! Here’s the 107 installing a sweat: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Hats/SweatInstall107.jpg Notice the hat is held at...

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Looks great Holt, good job! Making a block is a lot of trouble, but the result can be very satisfying. It's amazing how small changes to a block shape can make a huge difference in the creased hat - at least to the eye of a perfectionist. Now let's see the block! What are the brim and creased crown ...

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Darth, I'd take Swales at his word on this matter. As Fedora said, the hat could have been stock Berman and Nathans and not necessarily part of the Raiders order from HJ. It could be an old HJ (or Christys, or Lock for that matter) that B&N had on hand in basic black - perfect for the villain. -...

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I believe someone here posted that you can make out the old HJ logo in Toht's hat A while back 3K$ posted that he thought this: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Hats/TohtLiner.png ...was the HJ blue shield logo in the liner of Toht's hat. Like this one: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c...

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RaidersBash wrote:Steve, Can you elaborate on this? If the block doesn't have a slightly domey top, what is it...flat?

See this post RaidersBash:

viewtopic.php?p=176073#p176073

* Illustration by ANJALI

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Looks fantastic! Congratulations kwh. What's next on your gear list?

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Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!

Great work JF; I'm still chuckling. I can't wait for the next installment!

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Your jacket is very nice Greatdane, congratulations! It fits you quite well. I wouldn't worry about the "squirrel effect" unless you walk around normally with your arms out like that. :lol: Take a look at the photo again. It's clearly not zipped up Actually the jacket is partially zipped i...

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Geert, here are several videos of apparently motionless clouds over varying intervals of time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=161ePpo5C9E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wEFVgRItY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZi9PK_X-0E If there is enough detail in the scene to make out clouds, with a strong lig...

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Geert, for what length of time are those areas visible in the film?

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The lack of 3D movement in the background sugesting a painted backdrop, the stationary cloud behind the crane Geert do you see distinct clouds in any of the location behind-the-scenes photos? It's a gray overcast day. In the Making Of video there are no moving clouds visible in the Batu location sc...

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Maybe it was Gunga Din released in 1939. In that movie, set in India, a scoundrel (Cary Grant) seeks to make his fortune (and glory) by plundering a secret golden temple belonging to the murderous Thugee cult (lead by a fanatical guru.) Oh… wait…no leather jackets in that movie. It’s hot in India. :...

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Here's Ernie, a WWII naval aviator, wearing his original issue goatskin M-422A.

After all these years both are still going strong.

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gobo wrote:Actual eyewitness testimonies are no match from the wisdom one draws from scrutinizing grainy stills.

Isn't that the same conclusion the Warren Commission arrived at with regard to the Zapruder film?

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Apologies for mudding the waters, but as the pocket spacing on the Butterfield was mentioned and RCSignals introduced a mid 80’s Concessionaires jacket for comparison, I felt it was good place to point out the early Concessionaires ostensible similarity to the (alleged?) wider storm flap and pocket ...

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She indicates her mock up had both action pleat and side straps before they went to england, and that the Wilson's jackets were a copy of her mock up. It could be read that way, RC, but it could also be read the other way. Nadoolman says that, “I was given the OK to design and make another set of 1...

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Sorry Mac. your estimated sizes of a Nowak storm flap are off. Chris King's requested an exact copy of the hero (with a few changes, and storm flap width wasn't one of those.) http://www.indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?p=513500#p513500 Interesting to note that the storm flap IS wider than all other ...

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That's a fine jacket you have there Exit! The fit is terrific and you simply can't go wrong with goat. Congrats.

I'm looking forward to more pics.

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Look at the left pocket/flap distance on this jacket http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/RCSignals/jacket%20stuff/th_prewested4.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/RCSignals/jacket%20stuff/th_prewested1.jpg That mid 1980’s Leather Concessionaires appears to have a wider storm flap tha...

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Those photos were previously identified as being a Wilson's jacket. So you are now saying that it may not be? I’m merely pointing out that there is an apparent discrepancy in the account of that Terry Leonard jacket. The TL photos above appear to me to show a pleat, and, if this is the jacket _ exa...

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That's twice. Count 'em'. TWO times it's been identified as a Wested. Regards! Michaelson Thanks Michaelson, that's the point I've been trying to make! _ suggests in this post that he has examined that particular Terry Leonard jacket: http://www.indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?p=289245#p289245 I exa...

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Seems pretty close, Holt. :tup: Now, regarding the Bantu Wind... The dockside/still jacket does most resemble the jacket worn by TL for the truck drag sequence (as well as on horse back which I consider part of the sequence) The only discrepancy is the jacket worn in the dockside/still does appear t...

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Here's a slightly larger photo of that particular jacket:

Click to enlarge.

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As I recall from the video he's walking away after completing the stunt. Prior to the stunt TL was riding a horse up to the truck. No, not in the “Making of the Trilogy” video, from where those shots were grabbed. Terry Leonard is shown walking down the road while Nadoolman talks about how there we...

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Sure we do, it's related to the truck drag scene , as is the photo you posted of TL on horseback. The photos were posted before as well, and are in the write up identified as the Wilson's jacket. Of course it’s related to the truck drag, RC, but as far as I can tell, we don’t know specifically that...

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Holt and Mac have done show some very convincing arguments on how the bantu wind/sitting by the dock jacket is the same one as the truck dragging jacket. Made completely differently than Peters jackets. Actually NB, my thrust was more along the lines of, based on the similar yoke and pocket placeme...

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In the making of book there is a clear picture of the filming of that night scene,labeled-'last day of filming in LaRochelle France-june 26 1980'. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Misc/38114.jpg The scene in Raiders, from the time Indy and Marion appear on the docks, through Sallah's embr...

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Of course Mac. I'm trying to keep my focus on the actual skins used in ROTLA which have been credited to be from NZ which present as having the ribbing striations throughout the hide and used in the ROTLA jacket(s) and that present as shrunken lamb. After 'normal' tanning some may still show slight...

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The purpose of exhibiting Todd's jacket is to show that you can have some few rib marks, which can be cut out , rather than multiple striations over the entire skin. No, I don't think you can cut out those particular rib marks, which is likely why it wasn't used. Holt, Todd told me that only one ski...

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9. Cutting around these ribbing striations does not seem like a viable option From the South African Journal of Animal Science 2000, 30(Supplement 1), A comparison of leather properties of skins from ten different South African sheep breeds PDF here: http://ajol.info/index.php/sajas/article/viewFil...

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Kt Templar wrote:He has a small sample that is 'holy grail' like at least to me, deep rich colour like the Bantu, slightly shiny, very light rib, very light croc and it's soft like modern lamb. Unfortunately, the tannery that made it is gone now.

How about a photo KT!

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Mac; same pocket and same distance from the bottom of the jacket. a perfect match. I was hoping someone else would see the same thing I did. :lol: If they are the same jacket, and the Wilsons jacket was modified to have a "mock" pleat for the truck drag, then why does the jacket have a wo...

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You may be missing the point. We are talking about the marks left after the tanning process. The enzyme helps accentuate and retains the marks. My friend, the point is that the striations are rib marks: a "naturally occurring defect in woolled sheepskin,… consisting of numerous long, raised ri...

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The problem with the freshly flayed photo is just that, it is freshly flayed and not finished . Isn't that the point? In finishing the leather is buffed and plated to remove imperfections. The striations are there before the skin has been tanned. If they are not removed in finishing they would be t...

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It supports the research previously done by neutronbomb. I have to disagree with you here, RC. By my read, tanning can accentuate the marks, but they are not exclusive to, or a product of, "shrunken grain" tanning and, in fact, can appear on freshly flayed sheep. Freshly Flayed: http://i2...

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From the glossary of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies : http://www.iultcs.org/leather_terms/r.asp Ribbiness : Naturally occurring defect in woolled sheepskins, especially of the merino, finer wool types, consisting of numerous long, raised ridges on the surface...

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Well done KT!

Thanks for sharing your research and sources.

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Note the distance of the pockets from the bottom: How does it compare with the Bantu jacket? Terry has the same amount of padding there that harrison has in the Ravenbar Scenes, makes him almost look like a Hunchback. :-s Dutch, I believe you've utterly failed to grasp the heart of the issue at han...

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Note the distance of the pockets from the bottom: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Misc/snapshot20090606033645.jpg Same distance from the bottom as this one: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/Mac0/Misc/RaidersFlap4.jpg How does it compare with the Bantu jacket? http://i24.photobucket.c...

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Yojimbo Jones wrote:To me, this is one area where we can all be right. Wouldn't the process of shrinking lambskins make such scarring / stretching more pronounced? And isn't it possible that BOTH causes of such marks could co-exist?

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http://www.leathercentremalta.com/page12.html Growth marks and veins. These are an indication of the age of the animal and, in that respect, are similar to the graining on a piece of timber. They range from often quite pronounced marks in the neck area to subtle bands across the hide perpendicular t...

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From Jan 2007:

viewtopic.php?p=285132#p285132

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Here is a USWings on that auction site that shows scalloped flaps http://i.ebayimg.com/14/!BTHV52gBmk~$(KGrHgoH-D0EjlLlvkV2BKGvISFyC!~~_1.JPG That looks like a Wings jacket that has had a fan use the old water stretch treatement to make it look scalloped. I did it with a Wested. If the seller is to...

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Because of the low yoke on the Bantu Wind jacket I think KT’s photos are on topic. Other than the Bantu Wind, Terry Leonard’s jacket is the only jacket I can find that has a low yoke and is on screen. If that is a Wilson’s jacket in KT's photos, it’s extraordinary that the yoke matches his jacket in...

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It has been stated that the US Wings flaps have no scallop at all. In the photo above it appears they do not, however the US wings jackets I have have scalloped pockets. I've seen photos of other US Wings Indy jackets posted here that show scalloped pockets as well. Without doubt some US Wings jack...

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Yojimbo Jones wrote:Mac, could you do Holt's "X" shot?

I checked that shot, but I can only make out a big blur - probably due to the compression used. Maybe VP's copy is better for that shot?

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agent5 wrote:Can you get a shot of the cap a few frames after this one where Indy has his arm up pointing?

A5, Indy's in motion and its a little blurred; this was the best frame showing the strap:

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