Club Obi Wan

jasonalun

I'm looking to get my eleven-year old Garrison cleaned and maybe a liner replacement - it's gotten pretty oily. I see there's been no updates since 2022 on the status of Dave's business - is he taking orders like this, clean up jobs on his old hats? Still my favorite Indy hat!

jasonalun

Yes! Like! Doesn't seem quite as weathered as the screen version, but maybe that's just the light. I like it, nonetheless. I haven't weathered my special-order LC cowhide yet cause I'm a-sceared...

Nice job!

jasonalun

Indiana Holt wrote:How dare you come out here saying that and dont show pictures!!

Yes, I know, I'm a worm. I'll get to it ASAP, sir!

jasonalun

I got an LC from Wested recently that used some of Holt's specs combined with some of KT Templar's, and I got what I think is the one of more accurate LC jackets I've seen, if I may say so myself (sorry no pics yet). Here were the specs I gave Peter: Pocket placement 2.5'' from hem. Pockets should b...

jasonalun

He said he built that Batmobile himself from screen grabs. That guy lives in my neighborhood, right next door to a good friend of mine! He had it parked in his driveway and my friend says he takes it out for drives all the time. It shoots real flames out the back turbojet or whatever it is. I'm goi...

jasonalun

Riley has not misrepresented anything. He said he was closing at some point in the near future when orders have exhausted themselves. There is nothing dishonest in that at all. He will do that. Just because he doesn't do it the way you think he should, does not mean he is misrepresenting himself.

jasonalun

Exactly, Han. I'm getting a little weary of the "so-and-so owes us information" and lecturing the person on "taking responsibility" from people who have no business with the person at all. He does not "owe" anyone who is not ordering a jacket from him anything. If you w...

jasonalun

Wow, very nice! They look just like Indy's in the Last Crusade where he was in the cave of the temple going through the various traps.

jasonalun

I'm not really counting taper in my assessment because as long as the felt is not damaged you can always re-block it and your hat is virtually as good as new. But yeah, if you live in a hot, humid climate your rabbit hat is certainly more apt to taper than a beaver hat, although I've seen beaver hat...

jasonalun

I would like to counter what's been said about rabbit. The good rabbit felts, like Akubra, can last just as long as any beaver felt, under everyday conditions. No one is going to be drenching them in a river (I presume) or wearing them in desert heat and covering them with sand and dirt, like Indy. ...

jasonalun

Wow, very nice John! Can you say what the particular differences are between this block and your previous LC block? I have one of your LCs from last year and I love it, but this looks even better than mine. I'm just curious, did you lower the crown height any, or just tweak the transition points? I'...

jasonalun

Wow, great pics steerpike!!

That is one of the best Raiders hats I've seen.

LLS, you've done it again! Makes me proud to be able to say I'm wearing the first official Garrison Raider!

jasonalun

RCSignals wrote:
gwyddion wrote:Now I'm getting curious about how a CS would look in SL Probably not as good as this though

Regards, Geert
According to recent discoveries Geert, it would be indistinguishable from the 747

Well played, sir!

jasonalun

I for one don't view YJ's explanations as fantasy - far from it.

This is a discussion about the leather used in the hero jacket, so I don't think differing opinions should be banished to separate threads, just because _ doesn't agree with them.

jasonalun

Ok, breaking down the logic of which jacket was what with what we know: 1. How do we know how similar calfskin is to shrunken lamb? Can anyone post pictures? Because there are a LOT of assumptions flying around here. 2. Puting aside the jacket Tony got was examined with someone with many years of p...

jasonalun

Again, I don't want to come across as an arrogant jerk here (something I can do with amazing ease sometimes). . You arrogant jerk! :lol: :rolling: Seriously, crismans, I hear and I'm in complete agreement. When I say "the only catch is cost," what I mean is "I don't know if I can scr...

jasonalun

go for Magnoli. I would ask for a thin warm brown cowhide. really. its the best choice to replicate the LC look. I assure you, you wont get dissapointed. :tup: Magnolis LC pattern is polished since I got one. you dont have to provide a bunch of specs. and the the construction is top shelf. you will...

jasonalun

I wouldn't say there are "really a lot" of choices when it comes to LC. Seems a bit limited to me, at least if you are concerned about screen accuracy. Magnoli or Wested (if you are fortunate) seem to be the only choices for SA LC jackets. Wings if you want a great quality jacket with an L...

jasonalun

Photoss wrote:Sorry I came off that way, my fault, long day at work...

All's forgiven.

I've been there, done that, too.

Holt's pics are great. I wish I could see what the lamb version looks like, but I would imagine it looks pretty similar to the soft goat Holt has.

jasonalun

Photoss wrote:Did you do much of a search? I found this in about 45 seconds....

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28324&hilit=magnoli

No need to be obnoxious. I searched on "Magnoli Last Crusade LC jacket" and for whatever reason this post did not come up for me. Thanks.

jasonalun

Can I reiterate my request that anyone with a Magnoli Last Crusade-style jacket post pictures, please? Holt, you had one at one time but the pic is gone from the post you made about it. Anyone else? Anyone...Anyone...?

jasonalun

Take a closer look. 8-[] All of the US Wings Indy jackets follow the same pattern right now, and it's not Raiders. Unless I'm totally missing something or going blind, the only lambskin Indy jacket on their site is this one: http://www.uswings.com/aviatn.asp#SSLambIJ which doesn't have storm flap s...

jasonalun

Wait another 90 days, and you'll see a lambskin offering from Wings that, from what I'm hearing, should lay your concerns to rest. Wings has also altered their pattern just slightly to make it more SA for the LC jacket, too....check out crismans post in the Vendor Annoucement section, to see some g...

jasonalun

Hey guys, I have finally decided (and have the money for) my "perfect" LC jacket. With Tony Novak's passing (RIP), that eliminates a sure winner of a choice, so I am left to decide among the remaining options. My criteria: must be lambskin and it must be fairly screen accurate (though I'm ...

jasonalun

Hey Michael, thanks so much for sharing that! That's very nice work. Also very nice of you to document it like that so some of the more enterprising gear-heads around here can perhaps try it ourselves if the desire seizes us.

jasonalun

It's already been mentioned that the Henry uses the original Raiders block. I think it should be clarified that this is nothing but speculation. No one knows where the original Raiders block was or is. I have had a Henry and while I think its a tremendous hat, and makes a nice Raiders hat, it is no...

jasonalun

Michael, I have to say, I know next to nothing about belts, and particularly Indy's gunbelt, but seeing these great pics sure makes me want to have one just like yours. I particularly appreciate the helpful info passed on from Wade on how to distress leather belts. I would have had no idea how to do...

jasonalun

I'm posting pics as this is for everyone's interest, John. If you want something more afterward, we'll see. First I have to see when I can even get access to the machine I want. It ain't gonna be tomorrow, if you know what I mean.

jasonalun

Are you volunteering to send me a hat body and sweat? ;) The only hat I can possibly try it on would be an old hat of mine, which my son wears. I'm not going to send that anywhere. It's not like I have hat bodies and sweats lying around to test on. Close-up pics and maybe some video as well should b...

jasonalun

Don't worry, John, you will.

Either way it turns out, I'll post the results.

jasonalun

jbbowers, I was going to mention the stitch-awl, but you beat me to it. :TOH: I'm not sure how much faster that would be than the way Steve does it, but something to consider perhaps. Dave, those pics were in the Singer 107 manual I posted. I was wondering if anyone looked at it. There's a lot of in...

jasonalun

Of course you have to pull the sweat outwards, Ohio! :roll: :lol: Yeah, it would be real easy if you could just sew it all right down together. :lol: As long as your customer doesn't mind a stitchline in their sweat... :- There are things similar to that in tailoring, where you have something pulled...

jasonalun

I don't think that's the reason, Dave, as I have demonstrated with this graphic http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5476/sewingmachinehat.gif that you can slide the hat under the needle on the machine right up to the brim break if you want. Actually, I'm NOT sure I could sew it in AT the brim break on ...

jasonalun

The discussion on this thread has been (so far) could it be done, not whether it was better or not, although I did state on another thread that, since it was a lockstitch that these machines do, it is just as good as a hand-done lockstitch as far as holding the material together despite stress and e...

jasonalun

Hey LLS! Glad to see this finally posted. I've been anxiously awaiting it! I'll comment more later because I have to run. Just wanted to say thanks and looking forward to seeing some other stuff from you soon. (cough*seaplane*cough) Did you get my PMs?

jasonalun

John, I guess it's just a confidence in knowing what can be done on "my" machines from experience with sewing, and watching a tailor sew a wide array of things on them for many years. These machines are very flexible and there a way to sew almost anything on them - some things that you wou...

jasonalun

Ohio, that is a good point, and that might be what John was getting at. The needle "foot" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sewingmachine04.jpg ) can hold things down pretty firmly (and you can adjust it to hold tighter if you need it to hold something in place that wants to come apart),...

jasonalun

When hand stitching a sweatband into a hat what type of stitching pattern is used? If it is anything like my hand sewn holsters it will not unravel. The old school style of leather stitching uses one piece of thread with a needle at each end. It creates an interlocking stitch, as the thread goes al...

jasonalun

I'm a civilian! I mean, uh, civil.

jasonalun

John, as I said, I simply wanted to clarify the misunderstanding about stitches and the machines Steve was talking about and I was talking about. I didn't want anyone thinking I was calling Steve's statements about stitches into question. We were simply talking about different things, and were both ...

jasonalun

Again it's not that simple. I have looked into it. John, have you used a Viking Husqvarna, of any kind? Could you please explain exactly why it isn't possible, instead of just making vague blanket statements like that? I didn't start this thread to revive any conflict. I thought it would be of inte...

jasonalun

Well, I know my mother's Viking Husqvarna machine would do it, at least for fedoras with a three-inch brim or less. Cowboy hats with a four inch brim or longer might be a bit of a problem, as the long brim might have a bit of trouble fitting underneath the sewing arm, although they could be bent to ...

jasonalun

That's my understanding of it right now, M.

jasonalun

Well, with Steve's helpful post on his 2006 AB, I've managed to gather some info that will perhaps resolve some of the disagreements that surfaced in this thread . I made the assertion that sewing machines could do the same kind of stitches done by some hatters here by hand. I was speaking of sewing...

jasonalun

You know, Steve, I didn't even know hatters were using an antique like the Singer 107 for sweat-sewing. :shock: Wow - can you even get those anymore? I did a quick Google just to see and I found only one place that looked like they might have them for sale. I just assumed guys like Art and Gary woul...

jasonalun

Fedora wrote:While it is not the Raiders block, to my eye...

Aha! Steve agrees with me!

I liked my Henry a lot for a number of reasons, but I never thought it was a completely accurate Raiders block. And now that I have a Garrison Raider I can really tell the difference.

jasonalun

I think I understand. To keep the brim break sharp, as would be desirable for a regular fedora, you just don't want to pull the sweatband up into the hat as much as we do. So, if you were handsewing, you would move up from the brim break 1/8 and inch, and sew in the sweat. Just high enough so the r...

jasonalun

Steve, so even if you don't put in a lot of stitches at the brim break, that will keep it sharper? Just curious if it requires the many stitches that factories tend to put in to do that, or if you put in wider-spaced and hence fewer stitches in, would you still get that effect. I would prefer my hat...

jasonalun

A sewing machine is a tool. So is a needle and thread. Both tools are controlled directly by humans who operate them to create a piece of clothing. This is far different from factory machines where the person is pulling a lever/pushing a button or just sitting back and making sure the machine doesn...

jasonalun

Jordan fades back to shoot................. Nothing but net................ He scores! \:D/ That doesn't disprove anything I said, John. I simply said that you can sew just as good a quality stitch with a (hand-guided) machine as you can do by hand. I said nothing about duplicating the Raiders look...

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