Club Obi Wan

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Any updates on this? Is the final run of these still in the works?

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Can anyone explain to me - why did the price jump from $195 to $449.95? Also, some of the photos show an orange tip on the barrel, and some appear all black. Which is accurate for a customer in the US? Thanks

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Living in southern California, which is basically a desert, the Raiders shirt is the only piece of gear that I really wear on a regular basis, especially in the summertime. And with very little to do in this very unusual year, my near-lifelong quest for the perfect Raiders shirt has taken on a life ...

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Obviously, yes, it was tailored in 1979. And it was tailored to look like a 1930s shirt.

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Feel like I'm a broken record here, but can someone suggest that for $125, we at least get an accurate button count? Six buttons; not seven. Such an obvious detail that almost everyone overlooks. Six buttons is period accurate to the 1930s. Seven-button shirts didn't come along until the 70s or 80s.

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Thanks, Dalexs. Good to see you, too. Yes, I remember following your instructions to un-dye and re-dye my Noel Howard shirt, which sadly fell apart years ago. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you the man who first suggested 'The Turn?' That seems to be a taken-for-granted fact now, but as I recal...

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With the California lockdown now entering month 4 and not a lot going on, I find myself returning to my Indygear roots. It's an exercise in double nostalgia now (or perhaps triple nostalgia?) -- nostalgia for the joyful hours I used to spend on this site in the early 2000s, a time when I was being n...

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Just glancing at the Wested shirt, it looks like it has too many buttons (I count eight buttons, and they appear to be spaced too close together), and the pockets look big to me. The Azuma shirt looks great. I got an affordable-ish Magnoli off-the-rack shirt just the other day, and am wearing it now...

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Just placed an order. Thanks for the info, and for the deal!

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Sorry, but I don't buy the 'son' excuse. This guy can't spell either.

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Yeah, definitely Jim Steranko. He also drew (and wrote) Nick Fury in the late 60s. Great artist.

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Hello all. I haven't posted in quite a while, and I don't follow the forum daily so forgive me if this has already been asked. I really like the look of the Tony Nowak jackets, at least the crinkly leather. But I'm not wild about the loud label or the huge paragraph of writing on the inside, and $97...

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Remember the whole scene in 'Witness' where the boy is describing the man he saw, and he says he wasn't 'schtumpfig' (or whatever, meaning a runt), like Harrison's partner. At which point Harrison says, "He was a big guy? Like me?" I distinctly recall reading or seeing an interview with hi...

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Beautiful hat. Is the color in these photos about right?

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Interesting. I noticed the flatter butt too. Here's a Paris-Dunn rifle on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/1903-Springfield-Training-Dummy-rifle-gun-USN-M1_W0QQitemZ6630646584QQcategoryZ4721QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem The dummy idea seems right, because I was in the military, and they were hyper safety-conscious ...

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Thanks everyone. I guess that's the 'thirty-aught-six' I used to always hear about. I don't really understand what those numbers mean. I guess the .30 part is the size of the bullet, but what's the 'aught-six' part all about?

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Let's try this.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/548 ... 5318nvVzyc

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Hope you gun experts don't mind my posting this here. I was going thru photos of my grandparents and came across this one of my grandfather. I think the gun he's holding is a Springfield M1903, but it has a in indentation in the stock that I don't see in comparison photos. Can anyone help ID this gu...

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Steve, is there a difference in felt thickness between these two hats?

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I'm wearing one in my avatar, if that's any help.

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Well, everything I've read about Harrison Ford points to a rather fastidious person. He picks his words carefully when he speaks. I read that he is involved in all phases of character development, right down to what kind of gun they carry and what kind of shoes they wear. There's the story where he ...

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Forget the hat - I wanna know where I can get a shirt like the one Glenn Randall's wearing!

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The impression I got was that he was trying to act aloof by pretending not to know the character's real name. I'm sure he's long forgotten everything about the jacket and hat except that they were leather and felt, but I don't think he would've forgotten what Indy's name was. He was just trying to ...

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Well, yes, I can post the link, but I'm really annoyed now because the hats (two of them) arrived, and they're not even close to the right size. She said size 62, when in fact they're size 58. I'm guessing she measured around the outside of the brim, rather than the inside. I sent her an email but s...

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I can't recommend his shirt enough. Um, yeah, I second that opinion. The Noel Howard shirts are hands down my favorite, though not everyone agrees. They are ultra-light-weight, so not for cold winter wear, but for tropical wear they are tops. I dyed my first Raiders shirt off-white, and wore it unt...

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I bought a Homburg on ebay, which hasn't arrived yet, and I'm wondering: is it possible to bash a homburg into a fedora and wear it that way without altering the bound brim edge? I think Fedora said he bought an HJ Homburg but altered it by removing that ribbon. Contrary to conventional wisdom, I ki...

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Yes but look at this picture - it's SO Raiders - I don't think I#ve seen such a reverse taper coupled with a deep dent and still a straight front crease. Looks fantastic - just picture a brown ribbon on that. WOW http://www.raidershat.com/Pastoralist3.JPG Yeah, I gots to concur. It looks like the b...

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enjoy old boy

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Those straps in those screen grabs could just as easily be facing forward. If they were bowing out to the side (away from the jacket), you'd still see them sticking out. It's like an optical illusion. Just use your imagination and try to see them facing forward. Even if they are facing backward, if ...

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As far as I've been able to make out, the Raiders and Temple shirts both had greenish buttons. I've never seen anything exact. Closest were the Noel Howard Temple / LC shirt buttons.

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The default position for Wested's Union Jack label is on the breast pocket unless you specifically ask for it to be moved under the back label. It's an 'authentic Lamb' from 2003, I think. You should be receiving it by noon tomorrow, George. Make sure you're home so you can sign for it.

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I think back in the days when there was still such a thing as etiquette in America, men unbuttoned their suit jackets before sitting. Unless it was a double-breasted jacket. I may be wrong about that, but for some reason I think I'm right. Anyway, this may be the reason - clothes are tailored while ...

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Intersting because the pockets appear to be hidden, rather than patch pockets.

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Magnoli, if I send you an MBA shirt, would you consider trying to match the fabric?

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I've been waiting for some resourceful soul to fill this vacuum. Very good looking shirt and a DANG good price too, for those who remember MBA's prices. This has really been a good year for Indygear collecting as we have seen both an improvement in accuracy of products and a sharp decrease in cost. ...

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Um, yeah... that's only 1/4" larger than my size (7 3/4), and I'm only 5'9".

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Strider wrote:Does wearing a fedora take some re-adjustment when you put it back on after a long time?

No. Tu eres loco.

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Lock it in your basement and call Geraldo Rivera. Tell him to bring a camera crew - you think you've found Lucky Luciano's secret vault!

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Just buy it and don't tell her until you have it. Then, tell her you found it in the woods, or that a hobo gave it to you or that you've always had it. Works everytime... Actually, these have never worked for me but I have tried. Ha ha! Me too! Actually, I use the line, "You ask me that every ...

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I love the name Marjorie. I've often wanted to name a daughter that, but my wife is stuck on Elinore or Eleanor or however it's spelled. That's a good choice of scenes, by the way. I've always loved the 'hood of the truck' hat. Oof, and that side view photo showing the brim curl did it for me. I've ...

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I guess I've been around long enough to have gone into reruns, and this question has come up before. I believe the last time we talked about this, I theorized that they used a belt because they couldn't find a bag. Also this shot wasn't used in Rolling Stone, but I believe it is from the same photog...

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I was wondering when someone was going to wise up and shop like an adult. The last thing you want to do is walk into London's finest hat shop wearing jeans, brandishing a bullwhip, and sporting a three-day growth of stubble, shouting, "Where's them Indiana Jones hats? I want me a Raiders one wi...

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[quote="erri_wan"]Guys... it looks a lot like my 1984 stetson, are you sure it's original?? Look at the middle of the humps offcentered! it's the same shape, maybe they changed the brim Your hat's ribbon is shiny, indicating polyester or rayon content. The 'screen' hat's ribbon is dull, in...

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Indy didn't carry a wallet - he left it in Harrison Ford's civilian clothes. His pockets and even his bag were always empty, until he needed to pull something out of them, and then the item would magically appear. Frank Sintatra carried one key that could open all the doors in all his houses so that...

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If it costs more, it has to be better. :wink: Uh, yeah, I was at a party this weekend and talked to a guy who used to tend bar at a really expensive Italian restaurant. He said that when he started working there, the person training him said, "this is the button you hit on the cash register fo...

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Well, I feel guilty because I think I'm the one who asked you to get a 7 3/4 block, and to date I have not ordered a hat from you. Rest assured, I shall in the future, provided it doesn't disappear. My priorities have shifted somewhat over the past year, but I still need an Adventurebilt fedora.

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As a postmortem, the trousers came back from the dry cleaner looking pretty presentable. They don't seem to be seriously harmed from the machine washing / drying, and I can't find any trace of the stain. The only real difference is that the pockets feel strange when you put your hands in them, as th...

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Yeah, that's kind of what I thought. We'll know for sure when I pick them up from the dry cleaner.

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Vannevar wrote:where is the stain?

/at least the wife does your laundry...

Er, yes, well, that's just it. I've had these trousers for three years, and this is the first time she's done the laundry in that time...

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My darling wife MACHINE WASHED and TUMBLE DRIED my Noel Howard TOD trousers yesterday, failing to notice a stain, which now appears to be permanently set. I wear these as the dress trousers they are intended to be, as they are far too expensive for any other use by a rational person. To say that I a...

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