Club Obi Wan

carolinamike

If it weren't for the whole SA issue, I would say it looks better. I kinda like the cleaner front. I'm not sure though. Can we see a pic of you wearing it?

carolinamike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPW_XLTwJcA

carolinamike

Just a quick search on "Conmar" shows they just made the zippers. The jackets I've looked at, so far, with Conmar zippers were all from the 50s

carolinamike

Where'd you get this?

carolinamike

Here's the real question. Will it still fire? If so have you fired it yet? If so, how does it shoot after all of these years. Some old guns can be really nice, if they're taken care of. I have a 1947 Remington .22 long rifle. Absolute beauty. Other than being a bolt-action, it'll out fire any modern...

carolinamike

It looks great! I would love to know what the process is on this. I've been wanting to make one for myself.

carolinamike

I don't know. That's listed as $28-40 for a very non SA shirt. If only they could combine the Look Three and Look Five. The Look Five had double pockets and a better price, but the material and cut were off.

**** I just noticed that the pockets on the Look Three are a little wonky also.

carolinamike

You'll have to start dressing more like this though:

Gotta be SA

carolinamike

But the naphtha doesn't actually water proof, it's just a carrier for the waterproofing agent, right?

carolinamike

Steve,
When you say naptha-based what does that mean? Because I have a bottle of naptha right here. Now if I used it on my hat, would I have a waterproof hat or just a VERY combustible hat?

carolinamike

Alright, done.
Less than 2 minutes of cleaning and I have a perfectly stain-free hat. That's pretty much what I figured; but when you have a panel of experts as close as your fingertips, you might as well check. I figure there's nothing I can do to my hat that someone on here hasn't done before me.

carolinamike

Thank you so much. I figured this would be the case, but I wanted to make sure since it was fur and not some other material, and because the stain was grape juice. I will try this immediately.

carolinamike

So I fell asleep last night with my drink beside my bed. I never ever do that but I've been somewhat sick and fell asleep after watching a movie in bed. I was frightfully awakened by my alarm this morning (reveille at full volume on cellphone) and as I hastily reached for the phone I spilled my drin...

carolinamike

Yeah, I wasn't overly enthused about this specific jacket, but the style gives me some new search terms to try in google. Eventually I'll buy a jacket from one of our vendors, but for now I just don't have the cash. In the meantime I'd love to find a decent good enough. I thought maybe I could find ...

carolinamike

Yeah everything on that sites expensive. I'm trying to see if anyone else offers them.

carolinamike

I found this jacket online. It is surprisingly similar to Indy's (at least from the front.) Perhaps this was some of the inspiration for his jacket. Also if they were wearing these in Alaska and West Texas, then that makes it pretty versatile as far as climate. Something Indy would have considered. ...

carolinamike

Jonsey, DON'T! :shock: Better using a 100$ banknote to roll yourself a cigar and smoke it rather than buying a DP. Trust me. And Each handcrafted hat is made of the highest-quality material Apart from the "highest-quality material" lie, could you gentlemen tell me why and how they can cla...

carolinamike

You can see some more details in this one:

It's from the Royal Geographical Society's website. http://images.rgs.org/search_.aspx?personInPhotoID=9

carolinamike

Anyone know what one might search to find such an item? I tried "Indiana Jones Shirt", but I don't see any $9 ones.

carolinamike

I would have said Keppler based on the felt thickness, but you've already dismissed that and it flares out so much at the top. Is it one of 3thousand's.

carolinamike

Well I hit ROTLA, because it started out as that. Not sure what it would be now. It's got some taper and the creases are really tight, but it's not really a TOD or LC. I guess it's just a Raiders in bad need of a re-blocking.

carolinamike

Cammer wrote:They are natural stag horn. They are not synthetic, so the coloration and the shape varies as individually as a fingerprint.

Dang that means it won't be perfectly SA

carolinamike

I discussed this a while back as I didn't realise that Indy would have worn suspenders (braces in the UK) with his suits. Actually we call them braces here in the US also. Just most people don't know what braces are. Suspenders are the cheap things that clamp down on your pants. Braces have slots t...

carolinamike

Thanks a lot. It probably looks simple but it took quite a while. The leather there is made up of different parts. One layer is the seam, one the distressing pattern, the other the actual leather texture in a different color. And then of course it took forever to get that logo "burned" in ...

carolinamike

Great stuff guys! You inspired me to throw one together today. Enjoy

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carolinamike

They're just salt deposits in the felt. You should be able to just wash them out. I have to do it every couple of days during the summer. It really gets hot down here in SC.

carolinamike

Maybe I'm just missing it, but it appears that the "Shop Online" section goes away when you go to an English speaking site.

carolinamike

If you look really closely it appears that Indy is wearing shoes. I say this 1) because of the shape, not quite a natural foot shape and 2) because of the way the pants bunch a little on the front of the leg. If he was barefoot the pants would come down further. I also believe those are his suit pan...

carolinamike

A pastor friend of mine used to always tell a story about his dad. Whenever the family got a new car, they would all go outside, stand around the car, thank God for the new vehicle and ask for Him to bless it. Then the father would pull out the key and make a tiny scratch on the bumper. Everybody wo...

carolinamike

So I thought it would be interesting to trace the lineage of my hat. So I set out to find out who all had owned it before me, and exactly how old it was. So here it goes. The first owner of my hat was of course Lee Keppler as it is a Keppler hat. I don't know how long it was from the time Mr. Kepple...

carolinamike

carolinamike

When did we get guest accounts? I remember having to join in order ask about what hat I should buy. In fact that's how I came to be a member of this community. Otherwise I would have just gotten my answer and then moved along. Instead I came home every day and checked to see if I'd been approved for...

carolinamike

Adam Savage's hat is actually a replica of Clint Eastwood's from Fistful of Dollars made by the Knudsen Hat Company. He does also own Akubra's and and a Adventurebilt. How do I know? I emailed him yesterday and asked. He did mention that he was going to wear his AB in an upcoming Indiana Jones myth...

carolinamike

Yeah it sure doesn't look like an AB on camera. It just seems like the hat should be showing up in some episodes by now

carolinamike

I found the original thread. The conversation went like so: ob1al: Keep watching 'mythbusters'. :wink: Michaelson: So, he finally decided to move away from an Akubra and get an AB, eh? VERY good! :D :wink: Regards! Michaelson ob1al: Indeed - I'm waiting for it to show up on TV so I can bore my good ...

carolinamike

Well a couple months ago someone who worked on the show or something, not sure. Anyway it sounded like they knew for sure that Adam had ordered an AB, and they knew it from the Mythbusters side and not the AB side. I just wasn't sure if the current season was filmed late enough to be the AB. It sure...

carolinamike

Someone on the board has inside knowledge on this subject and posted a while back that Adam was getting an AB. I just can't tell. If it is an AB then it's definitely not an Indy. However I didn't think AB was doing non-Indys anymore.

carolinamike

Does anyone know if the hat that Adam has worn in the last few episodes is the fabled AB?

carolinamike

Wasn't trying to offend anyone with a hat like this. I was just commenting on the way the overall outfit looks. It kind of looks like it could be his gear if he had gone homeless and lost all regard for how he looks.

carolinamike

He kind of looks like Indy gone homeless. I can see it now Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Tin Cans.

carolinamike

Great job! I'm going to have to try this before the August heat rolls in.

carolinamike

I enjoyed the segment overall. I wish that it had not played it up so much as the lonesome few, but as a style making a comeback. As far as the stingys go, I think it has a lot to do with the music scene. That's where you mostly see stingys making a comeback (all fedoras for that matter); and the st...

carolinamike

Here's a new pic. I call it Carolina Mike and the Removal of the Stubborn Bush. I was trying to catch all the mud and splattered all over me and the dust on the hat, but I don't think the camera was really sensitive enough. Still it's a good pic of me in my Indyish (certainly not SA) shirt. You'll n...

carolinamike

I put some foam tape in my Keppler but the sweat has not shrunk. I guess that is a testament to the quality of Lee's hats. It fits quite nicely with the foam and the distortion to the sweat doesn't bother me as it is on my head all the time anyway. Dave Well that's disconcerting. I've always been a...

carolinamike

Has anyone had a Keppler? Do the sweatbands shrink up in the same manner? If anything my hat seems to be sitting lower than when I first received it, but that may be because I haven't used any sizing tape yet.

carolinamike

I have a wool Scala cowboy hat, and have worn it through a hurricane. Don't worry about it. Many people just baby their hats.

carolinamike

Haplo81 wrote:How long did it take to get from when you ordered it?
Looks Great!

It only took a couple of days, but I didn't order it from Lee. I got it scondhand in the bazaar.

carolinamike

Indiana Strones wrote:Marc what do you think about that panama? It looks very good, and I need a Panama for this summer...

You know Ken at Camptown (Jersey Jones) just started a line of straws. It might be a week or two before he gets back on though, as his wife just had a baby.
Mike

carolinamike

It's black. I'll have to eventually swap it out.

carolinamike

Bought from Serecuir in the Cairo Bazaar. Absolutely Marvelous. http://photos-209.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/10/16/110500209/n110500209_30604526_7032.jpg http://photos-209.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/10/16/110500209/n110500209_30604527_7352.jpg http://photos-209.ll.facebook.com/phot...

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