Club Obi Wan

davidd

Hi Sasch1987, and welcome to the forum! Not owning either an HJ or an Advintage myself, I cannot directly address your question. However, I would suggest that you be a bit more specific in your topic title. "Indy Hat" is, well, it's pretty much what this entire forum is about. I would enco...

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Excellent pix - capturing the ambience of the films!

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It's great to see a number of new Fed IV pix since I last checked this topic! Lookin' good, y'all! I'm kind of on the fence about keeping mine at this point. My size 61 just doesn't have the "adventure hat" look when perched on my fat head. The brim width isn't "scaled up" with t...

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You made a modern-day Gladstone bag? That is incredible! Impressive work! And impressive ambition! :clap: Some years ago (2011) I found and purchased a vintage Gladstone bag via ebay: https://live.staticflickr.com/6217/6339304142_4fe95167d7.jpg The bag was marked "Warranted OX Leather" on ...

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Oh, and I've got a Carlsbad! The funniest thing about this hat is this ad I found, which describes it as having "conservative proportions." :TOH: How cool is that! Thanx for sharing the pics of the hat and the advertisement. The Carlsbad looks similar to the somewhat more recent Tom Mix m...

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Making these kind of inflation comparisons is tricky. The average car cost $760 in 1936. That's $16,200 in 2022. Cars are certainly at least as popular and plentiful as they were in 1936, but a new one is significantly more expensive than that. The comparisons are tricky, and I find that the "...

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Or, the $4.65 hat would cost, according to online inflation calculators, $99 in 2022. Yet in reality, a good quality felt fedora can cost easily five to ten times that price, $500 to $1000. So hat prices have escalated at somewhere between five and ten times the regular inflation rate. Kind of a rip...

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. . .and I thought it made a really good ‘close enough’. Model 2954. Turns out they stopped making them in 2019, just before I found out they existed....... Not sure if you can actually get them in the USA. That model is not even listed on the Redwing USA website, which is unfortunate. By the way, ...

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https://www.puuikibeach.com/images/hats/camel_ad.jpeg Ha! Yes, I do remember those ads! I remember them as being the only advertisements that actually tempted me to take up smoking. If I recall correctly, I went so far as to purchase a pack of Camels. Never opened it, though, and never took up smok...

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I would guess not since all of the Thuggee are wearing them (the guys on the other side of the lava pit kneeling). Like much of TOD, I think they snagged on a bit of Indian/Hindu culture and used it as part of the costuming. So you think it was simply part of the generic "bad guy" costumi...

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Found this information. The bolding is mine. That's really fascinating! So there is potentially a lot more to that bit of string around Indy's wrist than, well, just a bit of string around Indy's wrist. This has me wondering if there were deleted scenes referencing Indy's receiving of the Sacred Th...

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CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS OF INDIANA JONES and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK!

Wore the Fed IV Deluxe, cracked the (nylon) whip, and popped off a few rounds to acknowledge the day!

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Nice firearms, and nice looking gear! Do you live in a place where you can still go pop off a few rounds in the woods without getting arrested or fined?

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Is it me. Where are you guys seeing the price point. I'm not seeing it, either, which makes this topic confusing. :-k I was beginning to think it was hallowed knowledge somehow only visible to a secret cabal or inner sanctum :notworthy: , but Croft has been on the forum since forever ago, so appare...

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Now that's an impressive uniform! Wow! Lookin' sharp, indeed!

Any chance you could detail some of the pieces you're wearing? Is that official "scout issue" gear, or WWI repro?

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IndianaSmitty , I like the way the curtains behind you in the second pic almost look like the side of a cliff! I thought it was an outdoor shot at first glance! I, too, wore my current Fed IV Deluxe in an unbashed state for a while in an effort to get it to "form fit" to my head, and then...

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Canyon wrote:davidd, that is an awesome picture! Thanks for sharing.

I looked back through the entire topic before posting, and I still like the fun of your "camping action" photo, Canyon!

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Indy Magnoli wrote:... although I did post here at COW first (though you wouldn't get an instant notification of that post).

Thank you for continuing to offer the first notifications at the COW site!

I appreciate your commitment to the True Fans here on the forum!

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Dominion Geographic Society Field Camp, circa 1921

Or maybe my Akubra slouch hat, yesterday.

Anyone else still wearing the Montana Peak from time to time?

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It was Indiana Jones everywhere: posters, books and collectibles all over! It’s a tiny place, just a two room bed and breakfast but the owner was incredibly friendly and makes delicious food. And it was an added bonus to have my Last Crusade Fed 4 to make it feel even more authentic. That looks lik...

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What a thrilling "Indiana Jones" adventure that was, staying in the actual "movie house!" I did not know it had become a vacation rental!

Do they have any "Indy" themed decor inside?

Sharp lookin' lid!

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Ah, Matt Deckard! Good to see you, man! As I am no longer on the Insta, and you rarely update Deckard's Guide, I do not know how to keep up with your shenanigans. I hope you continue to pop in to this forum once in a while! I don't know if you remember, but a couple of years ago you kindly answered ...

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IJJTM wrote:I can still see them all, maybe it’s an issue on your end...

Now the pics are all showing up again. Must have been some kind of connectivity glitch... which, yes, is an all too frequent occurrence on my end.

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A "fun little afternoon project"? #-o Mad skillz is what I'd call it! As evening rolls around, you have the most "screen accurate" Indiana Jones belt of all time! Amazing workmanship! And superb photography, too! Excellent work-in-progress pics, and a marvelous final few images. ...

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Looks fantastic!

Does the Advintage have a taller crown than the Fed IV?

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A Territory? With the wide brim? Niiiice!

Lookin' sharp in the Fed, there! I much prefer the fawn color to the dark chocolate brown of the one I have.

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I was just perusing the HJ website after seeing the Doctor Who mention. They offer a "Fourth Doctor" version of the Poet. The brim is 3-1/2 inches wide rather than being "Indy" width.

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Hi, Hobbit Fedora! Welcome to the forum! Great way to introduce yourself! That Fed looks fantastic!

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Nice whip, and great review! Thank you for sharing your impressions! And for letting us know that this is now available.

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After reading the article, I have a question about the jacket. The article states: "... she found two original jackets with brass zippers and D rings at the hip, which differed from the supply’s other European styles...." When I purchased my first Wested jacket, ages ago, it came with a ni...

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I should pull up some ungraded film footage and show comparisons to graded and final release. That would be fun to see! Please do this if you can! I am always fascinated by the huge difference in picture and sound quality I see in "behind the scenes" clips from "making of" docum...

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Nice! One of these days, when I'm a little more knowledgeable, I'd like to get a nice vintage .38 with the lanyard loop.

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http://www.puuikibeach.com/images/hats/sw1.jpg I chose a Smith & Wesson Model 10 in .38 Special as my first "real" Indy-style handgun. Yeah, I know it's only a .38, but .38 was good enough for military and law enforcement use for over 80 years. And I know it's only a Model 10, but the...

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http://www.puuikibeach.com/images/hats/fed2018/fed17.jpg The idea when I purchased this Fed IV Deluxe a couple of years ago was to let it "distress" naturally. But despite my wearing it while doing stuff like tearing down old garden sheds and cutting firewood, it's holding up extremely we...

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Interesting! Thanks for the info! I've been getting in to kerosene lanterns over the past year, and have done some perusing on the Kirkman site myself, but I missed seeing this.

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There's some lens distortion in this pic which may be affecting the way the jacket looks on camera. Actually, there's a lot of lens distortion in this pic. Note the cabinets in the background and the door frame and counter to screen right. To get an accurate pic of the way the jacket fits, those bac...

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I said, 'reminds you of what an old man wears?' She said, 'yep, and you told me when we were younger to shoot you if you ever started wearing those when we got older. This is your warning shot....' Convey my regards and appreciation to your wife. Would Indy have worn a Tilley? No! I will admit to s...

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Last year I wore my fairly stiff Akubra Fed IV while traveling, and it soon reached the point where I did not want to wear it because of its propensity to go sailing off in the wind. On a similar trip this past month, I wore a much softer Akubra Pastoralist (with a Indy-ish bash), and while the weat...

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I was wearing my Akubra Pastoralist during recent travels, along with a khaki colored shirt, and for the first time in years somebody commented, "you remind me of Indiana Jones."

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Lightning wrote: One of my daily drivers is the Wing Sung 601. ... Being a $14 pen there is always the chance of getting a dud, but hey it's $14.

Thank you! Excellent information!

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That 2011 tutorial was a fascinating read! Thanks for the link back in time! Are there any "close enough" modern fountain pens that convey the Indy film look? Ideally for less than several hundred dollars? Personally, being a classless low-brow with a tendency to break or lose things like ...

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My favorite "close" shirt is made by Orvis. I wear these in the field for work and I still get an occasional "nice Indy shirt." Great quality. https://www.orvis.com/p/bush-shirt/21le" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; YES! The Orvis Bush Shirts are excellen...

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Kind of like when I get my Bride a new drill for Christmas? I've seen the pics you post to Flickr; your Bride is totally gung-ho when it comes to the home remodeling projects! I bet she'd love a cordless DeWalt or Milwaukie power drill! This Hi Power clone looks pretty sweet. I have been seriously ...

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This is one of the most exciting news releases I have seen in a long time!

Five-hundred bucks... but wow! The return of the A-2 to military service with true military specifications!

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Mark Brody wrote:I ordered the hat new from ScoutShop, I can confirm that they are still made by Stetson.

Thank you for the confirmation. The ScoutShop hats are much more reasonably priced than those from other online sellers I found.

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There’s 2 on eBay now. One looks pretty good, the other has, well let’s just say, significant character. Thanks. I can find one of them. Looks good, but the cost of shipping really bumps up the price. I found an online vendor that offers Stetson campaign hats: https://www.filenesbasement.com/produc...

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As a fellow fat head... err ... I mean, size 61 wearer, based on my experience I would discourage you from sizing down with your Stetson campaign hat. I do not own a Stetson campaign hat, but I have an Akubra slouch hat, which is essentially the same "round" shape, which I bashed in to a c...

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INTERNATIONAL FELT HAT DAY 2019:

Now that's a hat! Forest hike while wearing the Akubra Sombrero.

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Now THAT is a Grrrreat hat! How much was it if you do not mind me asking? End of season sale plus free shipping promotion, it ended up costing less than $30 USD. That is considerably less than the (far too high) original list price. Now, last year I was able to take a Caribbean cruise, and I notice...

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I got my Panama hat from the J. Peterman Company:

I waited for an end-of-season clearance sale and a free shipping promotion last year.

Availability of Peterman products is seasonal and... kind of random.

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