Club Obi Wan

kiltie

There is nothing wrong with the "cockpit" hat. They show an over-the-shoulder shot a couple of times, and the hat has a big dent in the two or ten o'clock position ( I forget which ), and it's pulling the sides in from the front view. Watch the scene real quick: it's not even a "blink...

kiltie

That's really cool. And thanks for the heads up on the cap. Being between 7 1/4 and 3/8, I'll definitely go up.

kiltie

Hey Kiltie I reenact WWI and we have a lady who reproduces WWI canadian 7 button uniforms. WPG makes British uniforms IL You mean that's two different countries?!? I jest. But in all honesty, I'da thought the cap would be the same pattern in any event. Also, at another look, I thought it was the so...

kiltie

REALLY like the 10th Bn pic, too! I've been looking at that hat for a long time. Did you get it through WPG? If so, did you go a size up? Regardless of where you got it ( unless it's the real deal ) I imagine only so many people manufacture them, and I've heard they tend to run small. That's fairly ...

kiltie

Interested in what the hat makers have to say about this: http://www.hartfordyork.com/product/1365/borsalino-hats Just saw it while I was cruising around: it looks awfully light. Where's Borsalino get their felt, and have any of our resident craftsmen used, or contemplated using a beaver felt of thi...

kiltie

Concur with the sizing up, primarily because it will almost certainly shrink a half a size ( doesn't AB intentionally go just a hair big, so that the hat can 'settle' to the right size? ). That's the nature of a hat of that quality*. Sizing up will also lessen the radical slope of the front of the b...

kiltie

Something else, very important, and easily overlooked: stand back from the mirror several feet when you're checking out your hat. It makes all the difference in the world in terms of perspective, how your eyes process the information, relation to surroundings, etc... It really makes a big difference...

kiltie

Maybe get some backlash here, but lower crown and some taper ( not a tapir ) do tend to be a bit more acceptable to contemporary eyes. With that, you may consider something a little more 'Temple of Doom-y'. In fact, I went to one of my local hatters the other day and - here's a cat who's been around...

kiltie

Could someone give me a definitive answer on Christy's sizing? Should I go 1cm up from my usual size or not? I can always pad the sweatband, correct? My problem is that I am like a 59.5, but every hat I've ever ordered has been a 60cm and they have all fit perfect. I also hear these things tend to ...

kiltie

fedoralover -

Best part of this thread ... It's always great to see someone wearing a hat, and not the other way around, if you know what I mean. Great hats!!!

...and not too bad a tie, for that matter: looking sharp all around!

kiltie

Rundquist wrote: What you meant was a knit waistband. Elastic came into use on leather jackets in the 80's. A waistband would be cinched with leather covered elastic. It looks horrid, in my opinion, lol.

^^^ That's the stuff ^^^

I meant "elastic" more as an adjective.

kiltie

Ah ha...

I'm not familiar with any of the peripheral stories: I'd forgotten it was meant to go back so far. So, _'s history: on the mark ( as far as I know, and who am I ? ). Still, a movie worth looking at for the other reasons stated.

Thanks for the refresher

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kiltie

I've been wanting to post this for some time, but being tech stunted, I dunno how to get screen grabs. There's lots of posts on where little bits of "Indy Inspiration" originated: Secret of the Incas, Zorro, etc... Most recently, on the "Schott" thread, there was some discussion ...

kiltie

I remember reading somewhere on here that you, Michaelson, were involved in some conservation... Do I have that right? Over the last few years, as I've amassed more, "high end" leather goods ( Tony Novak jacket, a good whip, in things Indy ) and nice bits of older leather goods ( Six inch ...

kiltie

Understood. The things that primarily struck me were not so much the more 'genuine' conservation techniques, but rather the instructions on using saddle soap and the combination of neat's foot oil and lanolin. Using saddle soap correctly may seem like a no brainer to folks who's everyday lives invol...

kiltie

I saw this while playing with my internet machine:

http://www.garciaaviation.com/cgi-local ... 90126.8426

Some good information for a lot of Indygear maint. and peripheral vintage

kiltie

Dorfman Pacific, with Adventurebilt running a close second. Once AB sources some pins, they'll be hard to beat.

kiltie

I'm so pleased. I posted something tongue in cheek and y'all turned it into a useful dicussion. You guys are the best. Let's get together and go trash somebody's thread on "back panels"....

kiltie

I'm thinking more in terms of composing the shiniest Indy kit possible. I think this is a good place to start.

kiltie

http://www.amazon.com/Orvis-Vanson-Leather-Ike-Jacket/dp/B003BVRKGC/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1276665770&sr=1-24 The search is over. I don't think there's anything else to say*. *except "sorry", in the event that someone else had the unmitigated gall to post this alread...

kiltie

binkmeisterRick wrote:Loose lips sink ships!

Ahh ha ha haaaa...

I always thought it was: Loose lips sling shi...
er...nope, that's just what people say about me. Nevermind.

kiltie

As for pictures: It'll most assuredly rain more today, and I'll have the pics to prove it!

kiltie

I wore a mid-fifties Stetson in the ( heavy ) rain last night and it's right as...uh...rain.

Somewhat disappointingly, I've yet to get the Adventurebilt out into a serious rain, even though I put it on when the sky looks threatening. It's sorta the reverse of the "car wash" effect, I guess.

kiltie

If you don't get "the right ribbon" it just not the same. It's not just the color that has this effect. It's tgevpattern on the ribbon and the material it's made of. It reflects light differently. John ...and the first thing I noticed on both Penman and AB hats. So much so that lifting th...

kiltie

yoshinori hatakeyama - VERY nice hat indeed, great jacket, and nice gear all the way around. Honestly has to be in the top 5 best fitting gear I've seen on this site. I mean that both in terms of it suiting you VERY well and that the custom fit is dead on! Nice job. I, too, like the liner on that ha...

kiltie

Just for fun, a coupla pictures from Christmastime last year while I was wearing my Penman. You can't see the hat especially well, but it serves to illustrate this is my "go anywhere, do anything hat". These pics were shot on the patio bar of a place on St Mary's St. while having an improm...

kiltie

I don't like reading this thread. Lemme tell you why: I just flipped back a couple of pages and saw Bink's hat. I don't think I can properly express how impressed I am with it without wildly gesticulating and perhaps urinating in my pants. "Nice hat, Bink," will have to suffice for now. Jo...

kiltie

Come on kiltie...... If you can't take the heat become a cop. :CR: :Plymouth: Wha...??? A coupla news pics and one from a camera man friend of mine of the summer so far**: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/AGE-b.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/age-c.jpg htt...

kiltie

Two recommendations - Don't ignore your body: If it's telling you you're hot, you're hot. If it tells you you're thirsty, drink. Just because others wear their felts in summer, that doesn't necessarily make it a good idea for you. I do wear felts in summer, but that leads me to my other point... I w...

kiltie

It's been a while since my last post, but still lurking... Here is one of my ABs ( second hand - mine for about two years ) on a walk out in the sticks. This is an older Raiders block, no particular scene being mimiced. http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1252.jpg After two years...

kiltie

It's been a while since I looked in on this thread. If I can scrape up some batteries today, I'll get some pics with the pistol in the holster posted later.

Thank you everyone for the compliments, and thanks Wade Egan for the gear.

djd, you rig looks fantastic!

kiltie

I'm not the world's biggest gearhead, per se. Interestingly, since joining this site however, I've gone from having some pretty darn good Raiders kit* to trading most of that out for some really hyper accurate KotCS gear**. At the end of the day, keeping it strictly Indy, if I had to say what my fav...

kiltie

enigmata_wood wrote:Theinterchange. Do you remember when I dropped in for afternoon tea? Watson thought my impersonation of Sherlock was 'most festive'.

That's a knee slapper

kiltie

Wade asked for my usual belt size and adjusted accordingly. It looks pretty good on ( like the KotCS stills ); sorry I don't have a "wearing it" pic. It sits comfortably at the hips on either the first or second notch ( before or after supper ;) ) with a good 9 or so inches of surplus. Eve...

kiltie

Here's my Penman: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1316.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/photo1-1.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1316.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1317.jpg http://i275.photobucke...

kiltie

( crickets )

kiltie

I don't have a Penman to post up...yet. BUT, I just got a call letting me know that my hat ought to be going on the block in about a week or so. Re-reading these posts ( and looking at the pictures of fantastic hats ) has doubled my excitement. After wearing felt hats for about nineteen or twenty ye...

kiltie

Yeah... Now that you mention it, I do remember something about that. When _ was out and showed him the film, right? Well, there you go: two people getting the cloth jacket story from Mr. Ford. So if that stands up ( meaning no one is interested in another source ), I guess my only question would be:...

kiltie

Thanks, alpha. Just to be clear, I'm certainly not openly disputing the claim that the jacket is cloth*, and maybe that's where I crossed my lines with RC. I'm just wondering if anyone had ever come up with anything concrete as to the jacket's origins. *conversely, I wouldn't be shocked to find it w...

kiltie

Indeed, I remember the discussions, just not reading anything that could be called conclusive. My recollection, in any event. I can't remember anything about the mock-up being called definative, and if this is the case, why's it not mentioned on the main page. Can anyone offer any insight as to the ...

kiltie

I think that when alphared6 was new on the boards, he 'busted out' by disclosing that Ford told him that the jacket he went into the river with, was chased by the Hovitos was a cotton type jacket, because it held fullers earth better than a leather jacket. To me, it made sense because he was also a...

kiltie

Relative to posts near the end of this page: http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=40802&start=400 http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/denimjacket.jpg Just thought I'd pick up the topic here. I see no pleat and possibly a seam running around the cuff. Anyone else care ...

kiltie

Here are a few more pictures, this time next to a vintage holster for a six inch pistol. Also in the pics, a Caicedo cowhide, and an AB Raiders: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1836.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1837.jpg http://i275.photobucket.c...

kiltie

Twenty bonus points to those who got the Close Encounters ref... Here is the Wade Egan KotCS style holster, thirty minutes out of the mail box: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_1832.jpg For reference, it is pictured next to a Tony Novak CS jacket, an Adventurebuilt CS, an orig...

kiltie

Netchurebillin : Made to netchure, billin to last

Sweet company logo -

kiltie

The jacket looks really nice. I had a Todd's for a while, too: they certainly look the part.

More importantly, though: Going by your first picture, I think we can all be content in knowing what Jack Nicolson and Meatloaf's lovechild would look like.

kiltie

The block is the initial shape the hat is formed on ( before the dents, creases, etc... ). Check this thread out for a primer:

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f ... 81&start=0

kiltie

Interesting, and quite understandable. I am in the process of ordering a custom, and what you describe was heavily weighed in my decision making. **I'd be interested in hearing from the hat makers: lightweight beaver - possibility? impractical? enough demand? Desirable results ( as far as what has b...

kiltie

If it's any consolation, I found it in about 8.3254 seconds... It's the only listing when using the description from the post above.

kiltie

Good article - Further corroboration of my experiences in a bigger city. When I wear my hats to the suburban watering holes, I get a lot of, "Hey, Indy..." in ANY hat ( the occasional "good evening, detective" - which is a pretty good one, actually ). Wearing a hat downtown is of...

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