Indy's flash light. New Gear.

cooncatbob · Post by **cooncatbob** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:40 pm

Anyone know what brand of flashlight this is?

Jaredraptor · Post by **Jaredraptor** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:45 pm

Ask Michaelson: I'm sure he'd know.

Bemo · Post by **Bemo** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:00 pm

Looks like the old chrome Ray-O-Vac with the glass lense.

The Pilot · Post by **The Pilot** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:00 pm

One of these, maybe?

The Pilot · Post by **The Pilot** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:02 pm

Bemo wrote:Looks like the old chrome Ray-O-Vac with the glass lense.

What do you know? It does have a glass lens! More than I expected from a 're-introduced classic'.

cooncatbob · Post by **cooncatbob** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:07 pm

Or it could be a Yale from the 20s. Looks much older then the 50s.
Looks like a fish eye lens, which date much earlier.
The glare of the light makes it difficult to see the details of the head and Ford's hand blocks the barrel and switch.
I found this here but so many choices and none exactly match.
http://www.flashlightmuseum.com/

ANZAC_1915 · Post by **ANZAC_1915** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:38 pm

What about this one? (HIPCO)

http://www.flashlightmuseum.com/flashli ... er=HI00018

The Pilot · Post by **The Pilot** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:42 pm

Hm. The end cap on the HIPCO looks a little too rounded to me compared with the one in your enlargement.

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:17 am

Call this one mine, think it is quite similar

The Pilot · Post by **The Pilot** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:32 pm

Indiana Max: Looking at the end cap in ANZAC's enlargement, the two rings on the end cap of the one you posted look similar. The front ring looks similar as well, though it seems a little farther back than the one in the screen shot.

What kind of flashlight is yours?

Rabittooth · Post by **Rabittooth** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:35 pm

Max's flashlight looks like the frontrunner to me. VERY close, if not exact.

-Rabittooth

The Pilot · Post by **The Pilot** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:39 pm

I agree that his looks the closest so far.

Arlington Beech · Post by **Arlington Beech** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:43 pm

Heres the pic that was posted in another thread:

An old Ray-o-vac model

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:06 pm

My one is an old Pifco torch flashlight made in the good old empire

Post by **Michaelson** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:28 pm

Looks like an Eveready to me too, but opinions will vary, as you can see above.

Regards! Michaelson

The Pilot · Post by **The Pilot** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:49 pm

Michaelson wrote:Looks like an Eveready to me too...

Taking another look. I thought Indiana Max's looked closer. But on a second (OK, tenth) look holding my light in a similar angle, it's sort of looking more like the Eveready. The front rib in the screen shot is fairly close to the head. There's a ring on the Eveready that looks similar. Also, the button looks as if it might be black in the screen shot and the Eveready has a black button.

I've not been able to find Evereadies like mine online, so I don't know how available they are. But they were widely available around 2000. I bought my set as potential props (I'm a sometime filmmaker), and I can imagine someone in a prop department seeing in them the same potential I did.

OTOH, Indiana Max's torch is made 'in the good old Empire', so it might fit better with Indy's propensity for English accoutrements.

Bemo · Post by **Bemo** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:04 pm

I didn't think the empire made lightsabers?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

IndyFan89 · Post by **IndyFan89** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:09 pm

Cool Lightsabers guy's!

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:37 pm

Better than all the Graflex

Andymac84 · Post by **Andymac84** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:52 am

Max, u got it from your holidays over there,right?But there's no Adress or something else to purchase it?pm me

rebelgtp · Post by **rebelgtp** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:37 pm

IndyFan89 wrote:Cool Lightsabers guy's!

thats what i used one for when i was a kid

like i said in the original post i think it is one of the ray o vacs a sportsmans model to be exact. that pic up above shows the two end caps available on that model. they do have a glass lens and it breaks very easily if dropped.

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:04 pm

I'm resurrecting this...

This definitely isn't any of the flashlights already listed...

I watched it again in the theaters today and it's definitely black with 2, possibly 3 silver rings at the bottom. The light/head end also is "stepped", with the end being larger than the middle.

I like the idea of this one:

but I think it's too smooth.

This is another nice option:

but I don't think it's quite right either.

It's definitely a 2-cell model, that I can tell. Anyone have any other info?

Derek

Andymac84 · Post by **Andymac84** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:16 am

Nice find. I think both looking very good.

Long John Tinfoil · Post by **Long John Tinfoil** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:22 am

So, where can we get them?

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:38 am

Dunno yet. I think I've got a lead on one, but if someone here grabs it from me, I'm gonna flog them with the butt-end of my Morgan!

Indiana MarkVII · Post by **Indiana MarkVII** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:45 pm

ACK! I just posted this and saw how big the picture is on my monitor. Is it too big to post? How do I make it smaller if I need to? I thought just the link was going to post, like I did with other postings of our Marion and Indy outfits.

I found this one a few months ago. I just got around to unwrapping it, as I came with 3 others of different antique styles

Anderson · Post by **Anderson** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:05 am

Looks to me like they modded a lightsaber.

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:21 am

I'm talking with someone right now that might be a source for a bunch of these at a really nice price...

Derek

Indiana MarkVII · Post by **Indiana MarkVII** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:50 pm

Any update on a souce for more flashlights? How does the one I posted look to you all?

Guardian Devil · Post by **Guardian Devil** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:14 am

I'm also interested in one of these. I'll be watching this eagerly!

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:06 pm

Minus the red button, I think it looks fine. The source didn't really pan out. Ahd a lot of similar looking Evereadys, but they all have the 3 lines and not just 2. I haven't quite seen anything that looks spot on yet...

Indiana Tim · Post by **Indiana Tim** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:48 am

Is there anything new to report on finding this flashlight yet?

Ronski · Post by **Ronski** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:14 am

Whatever light it is, it looks like its got an indicator light on it.

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:35 pm

I have the one Indiana Mark VII has. I don't really think that's a red indicator light on the side of it, and it's not the red button under the slide switch because you can see the slide switch between his fingers. I believe that's just a lighting artifact. I haven't freeze-framed it on dvd yet, but I believe the one I have to be as close as reasonable possible unless new info ever comes about.

HJoe · Post by **HJoe** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:44 pm

Indiana Mark VII's looks almost dead on, is it vintage?

HJoe

IndyGeek78 · Post by **IndyGeek78** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:45 pm

Does anyone know where to purchase this torch from then?

ANZAC_1915 · Post by **ANZAC_1915** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:11 am

Anyone been able to get screencaps from blu ray on the flashlight?

Imahomer · Post by **Imahomer** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:45 am

A SA flashlight to put in your bag?

tym · Post by **tym** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:31 pm

jedidentist wrote:I'm resurrecting this...

This definitely isn't any of the flashlights already listed...

I watched it again in the theaters today and it's definitely black with 2, possibly 3 silver rings at the bottom. The light/head end also is "stepped", with the end being larger than the middle.

I like the idea of this one:

This looks very very close, but the head might flare out differently? The one in Ford's hand seems to have an even taper.

I agree that some Blu-Ray screencaps would be a big help.

Indiana MarkVII · Post by **Indiana MarkVII** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:36 pm

This is a bit of a late response to the question about my flashlight. Yes, is is an antique that I bought in a collection off of eBay a while back. There were several different styles and sizes in the batch, but that was the one that I wanted out of the set. I just checked the end cap and for some reason, I'm not sure that Indy would have had this one in his bag. The one in my photo was made in Hong Kong.

Imahomer · Post by **Imahomer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:40 am

One more item for my Indy bag. Any more and I'll have to add wheels to it!

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:50 am

Indiana MarkVII wrote:This is a bit of a late response to the question about my flashlight. Yes, is is an antique that I bought in a collection off of eBay a while back. There were several different styles and sizes in the batch, but that was the one that I wanted out of the set. I just checked the end cap and for some reason, I'm not sure that Indy would have had this one in his bag. The one in my photo was made in Hong Kong.

So is mine...but who knows...it's vintage and would have been available at the time. Indy was certainly a patriot, but I don't think he would have looked that closely

Indiana MarkVII · Post by **Indiana MarkVII** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:53 pm

I get the feeling that Indy would use anything from anywhere, actually. It seems that his glasses and hat came from England, backpack in KOTCS from Germany or Switzerland, and he would have used whatever was handy no matter his location. So I retract my earlier comment.

PLATON · Post by **PLATON** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:16 pm

You guys are nuts.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:39 pm

We hope you meant that in a good way, PLATON.

Regards! Michaelson

tym · Post by **tym** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:12 pm

PLATON wrote:You guys are nuts.

That's what she said.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:19 pm

Quit quoting my wife.

Regards! Michaelson

Indiana MarkVII · Post by **Indiana MarkVII** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:40 pm

I would rather be "nuts" than just average. Thanks for recognizing that.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:49 pm

You no nuts, you CRAZY!

Indiana MarkVII · Post by **Indiana MarkVII** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:56 pm

That works, too.