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My daughter has one of the prototypes that came out of my collection, and I have one in black lambskin. Great jackets!

Regards! M

Any G&B Expo acquisition is a great buy, depending on how much you paid.
Congratulations!
You need to determine if it is an off the rack or made to measure. They sold both versions.
The ‘T’ had a longer body than the standard by about 2” or so.

Regards! Michaelson

Not by much.

Let’s just say, if we had gone to the same school, we could have probably shared some classes.

Regards! M

l might be older than Michaelson. The internet was a serious tool in his world, academia, and then I got a cheap computer and free Internet in 1998 and I had no internet manners. Don’t know about that. I retired from a career as an industrial/educational videographer after 50 years back in 2022, 30...

Actually, $630,000.

Regards! Michaelson

Check out posts by Rundquist. It’s all back there in his 35 pages of posts.

Regards! M

R The M-421A does make me long for the old khaki cotton Indy US Wings produced way back. I’d like a cotton Indy in khaki and olive drab with a thin liner! I have a Wings cotton in size medium hanging in my closet. Regards! Michaelson I was pretty sure you did. I’ll admit I was fishing for that! :ro...

Illinois James wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2024 10:56 pm R

The M-421A does make me long for the old khaki cotton Indy US Wings produced way back. I’d like a cotton Indy in khaki and olive drab with a thin liner!

I have a Wings cotton in size medium hanging in my closet.

Regards! Michaelson

Adam Rundquist was the first I recall discovering the turn as well as the fact it was soft felt, not the hard finish we were all used to. He posted photo after photo proving his points.

Regards! Michaelson

Got mine from Make-It-Jones.

Just an FYI…..if you break them, they sell comparable buckles at fabric stores , like JoAnn’s or like outlet.

Regards! Michaelson

Excellent jacket and reasoning. I’m occasionally torn about replicating my original Wested lambskin and would have ordered exactly the same jacket, with the exception of adding gussets (screen accurate, but more so because I drive a lot, and with arms raised a jacket without gussets rides up terribl...

I didn't know he had passed. Even after 16 years, I always had hope that I would see a new hat. I'm glad I still have my "Ford Felt" hat. ~Ron Probably not. This thread is 14 years old, and Fedora passed away last year. :( Regards! Michaelson Still have and wear mine, too. Regards! M

Probably not. This thread is 14 years old, and Fedora passed away last year.

Regards! Michaelson

If you want to accelerate the soak in, hit it with a hairdryer on low until the surface Pecards liquifies, wipe the excess off, then buff with an old cotton tee shirt.

Looks great!

Regards ! Michaelson

USWings once had a version in Cape buffalo hide that, though not 100% SA, was a fantastic bag. I picked up a couple for my wife and myself and use mine as a travel book bag. She keeps her medical paperwork in hers. It’s no longer cataloged, but he may still have a few in stock if you ask/are interes...

Rob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:48 am I'll keep an eye on this. The Hattery is one Indiana Jones costuming vendor that I can actually drive to!

If you do, tell Patrick I said ‘Hi’!

Regards! M

Rob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:23 am
Michaelson wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:17 am Times flies, whether we’re having fun or not!
Aint that the truth? 20 years. Crazy. Good to see you, Michaelson!

You too, old friend!

Regards! M

Looking forward to reading your review!

Times flies, whether we’re having fun or not!

Regards! Michaelson

Beautiful craftsmanship!!

Regards! Michaelson

Here’s a boot review video and their website. Personally I’ve never heard of them, so I can offer no information or suggestions. The only post I can find regarding them was from last December, so they’re not getting much attention. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKXSw98voEo https://www.luosjiet.com/p...

Iandiana Jones wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:54 am

Makes me think a Fed V is on the way...

Watch this space.

Regards. Michaelson

It’s located in my county seat, about 10 miles from where I’m sitting.

Regards! M

Winchester Hats is located in Winchester, TN

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We had to do that years ago as we had several folks just register to drop sales items in the ads section or purchase items and never participated at all in the community. This is a discussion site.

Just stay engaged in the conversations and the sales sections will appear.

Regards. M

Good times.

Regards! Michaelson

It will magically appear once you’ve posted enough posts to the site.

Regards! Michaelson

Depends. If it’s one of the Stetsons LFL originally had produced in Europe to sell in theaters, then run, don’t walk, and grab that hat. I have one. 100% beaver and VERY well made. I still wouldn’t wear it as it’s more a collectible. If one of the regular production run Stetsons from 1984, I’ve seen...

lol No. I’m sure eventually others will chime in.

Regards! M

The two items you have will serve you well in wet weather. Just be sure to allow them to completely air dry, then re-treat them with product for the next outing. I remember well wearing a USWINGS VIP cowhide and AB beaver in a day long pouring rain that turned into a heavy snow during my Dad’s funer...

Beaver hats, no issue. Just allow to air try crown down. Rabbit, not a very good rain hat. Jackets, after treatment, goatskin and horsehide (buffalo as well) excellent, but should be allowed to air dry too then retreated. Cowhide works ok, depending on weights. Lambskin, no. Even with treatment, soa...

Lots of discussion and debate over that Bantu Wind jacket all these years, that’s for sure.

Regards! M

It’s interesting NOTHING was mentioned that Wested had NOTHING to do with TofD as Peter himself stated he had been blackballed from film projects for a while by B&N as he had taken on a Bond film without their participation or approvaL. He did not participate on any part of TodD. So, the jacket ...

I own the prototype and first production model. If they’ve stuck with the same material and patterns, they’re excellent warm weather jackets. I found the sleeves a bit short for me on a size 44, but nothing I couldn’t live with. Do NOT toss in the laundry. Dry clean only! The material will ‘pill’ if...

Based on that premise, we could also surmise everything else in this article is supposition too.

Regards! M

The only real thing I raised my eyebrow over was the comment DN ‘collaborated! with Peter Botwright to create the original jacket. :-k Thirty years ago she stated publicly many times she never HEARD of Peter or Wested, and that all work was done through the main costume company sub contractors. She ...

I wish Lee Keppler were around for this revelation. Lee loved him some Indy guns and holsters. I can hear him now - "well, why wouldn't Indy have worn one?" Then he would've had an interesting factoid about WWII-era shoulder rigs. We miss you, Lee. :whip: I was thinking the same thing whe...

I was using the same supplier at the time.

Regards! M

The gloves are another example of the mindset they had during the production of Raiders. Gloves were never in the original outfit, but Ford needed a pair when on the ropes dropping into the Well of Souls. He grabbed a pair off a grip who was working set pieces and VIOLA! Indy had gloves. The studio ...

Totally agree. Just tossing that observation on the pile for consideration.

Regards! M

Bear in mind just about everything the prop department grabbed pre-production was at a military surplus store in London. They didn’t spend much time creating anything ‘special’. It’s probably just a dirty military surplus shoulder holster from the 60’s or 70’s. In later films they customized, but Ra...

That sturdiness was the reason Steve moved away from the Campdraft as it was fairly difficult to work into the Raiders shape he was searching for. The examples he sent me to test were gorgeous, but stiff as a board.

Regards! M

IVE SAID IT, IVE SAID IT, IVE SAID IT all these years. Indy has two guns!! Like we have spoken about offline Ben. Its so awesome to finally get more meat on this bone!! Awesome post bud! This just goes to show to stick with what you believe! :whip: Eric, we’ve known there were two guns on Indy for ...

FYI, for an Indy connection, Steve Delk first started experimenting with hats using the Campdraft as the base.

Regards! M

Appreciate you printing that out. I couldn’t get either to work for me.

Regards! Michaelson

Hear hear!

Regards! M

Done.

Regards! M

https://www.indygear.com/igABstory.html
Too many memories over too many decades to recount, going clear back to the original Indyfan days.

Goodbye old friend.

Highest regards! Michaelson

….and don’t get me started on period guns!

I was watching an old film about the Seminole War, and all the army personnel were carrying Winchester repeaters and 1873 Colt Peacemakers!

Regards! M

Understood, but it's a shame they don't give their audience a bit more credit than that. Many DO notice....

Regards! M

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