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Which ONE of these best represts the Raiders jacket?
I think that is a PERFECT breakdown of the bunch. I would have to agree with ya.Tibor wrote:Well, you only let me pick one...!!!
In order:
Kelso - excellent cut, nearly perfect hide, drape, color, excellent
Steele & Jones - verrrrry close second
Todd's - if the sleeves fit you
Nowak - great cut, Tony resurrected the pattern for everyone, but hides were too heavy.
Wested - the ONLY thing that holds them back are the hides, though the new shrunken lamb is pretty great, could be a smidge darker
Magnoli - I have never seen one in person though I like the pics
Gibson and Barnes - great quality, but a bit too good to match the Raiders drape and movement
Wings - c'mon, fix the darn gap between the back panel and the pleat, but solid otherwise
Now all that said, that does NOT take into account durability or price, real world factors that make a difference. But if you're trying to match what you see on screen, that's my list.
wow! Thank you so much for this referrals.Bdgsi11 wrote:I think that is a PERFECT breakdown of the bunch. I would have to agree with ya.Tibor wrote:Well, you only let me pick one...!!!
In order:
Kelso - excellent cut, nearly perfect hide, drape, color, excellent
Steele & Jones - verrrrry close second
Todd's - if the sleeves fit you
Nowak - great cut, Tony resurrected the pattern for everyone, but hides were too heavy.
Wested - the ONLY thing that holds them back are the hides, though the new shrunken lamb is pretty great, could be a smidge darker
Magnoli - I have never seen one in person though I like the pics
Gibson and Barnes - great quality, but a bit too good to match the Raiders drape and movement
Wings - c'mon, fix the darn gap between the back panel and the pleat, but solid otherwise
Now all that said, that does NOT take into account durability or price, real world factors that make a difference. But if you're trying to match what you see on screen, that's my list.
CM wrote:This seems to come up a lot.
I went for Gibson and Barnes. The jacket I saw was not made of lamb, wasn't striated and was tough as nails. The drape was probably goat and the pockets details were hard to identify but looked like A2 cargo pockets.
The G&B is what I saw Indy wearing. A jacket that wouldn't tear, would be abrasion resistant but wouldn't be too heavy to wear in warmer climes.
I tend to ignore the forensic examination of those costume patterned jackets that we see here, like insects pinned to a board, as that's not what I saw in Raiders. In the movie the jacket remained largely mysterious, like the main character himself.
Texan Scott wrote:There are several different ways of thinking in terms of your choice of these jackets. Like CM said, you can think of it conceptually, as if Indy was a guy who actually lived in the 30's, and given the rough and tumble adventures he faced, what type of jacket could have used, or was best suited to him from that perspective? He would have needed a sturdy jacket that would have held up under many of these extreme conditions, yet was light weight enough to wear most anywhere, easy to carry, packable-mobile, on the go. The way this jacket was made, it was more of a leather covering, for say, chilly nights in the desert, when temps. drop rapidly from the extreme heat of the desert sun; or as protection from the hazards of the jungle, such as razor grass, poisonous plants, mosquitoes, pre-Off days, etc.
So then shouldn't there be 3 more polls?Tibor wrote: Now all that said, that does NOT take into account durability or price, real world factors that make a difference. But if you're trying to match what you see on screen, that's my list.
.With Wested get either your exact size or size smaller if your going after Raiders jacket....Standard Raiders. Then there´s Hero (See the thread,I wont touch that with a 10 foot stick 
) I´ve reasoned get custom made one if sleeves and backlength are an issue.They´re patient enough to make alterations; pockets and such, people see details differently. .But the Bottomline is "do your research and then go to the field"
SadlyTexan Scott wrote:Try the first post. Which jacket in your opinion, looks the most like the film jacket?
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Huh? What I read in this post is "what did I see on screen and therefore what jacket bests represents this." In the film we didn't really get a good look at the jacket. I got into this in 1981, before computers and screenshots so what I saw was an A2 style jacket that looked very tough and was probably goatskin. Didn't realize there were no knits until I saw the video a couple of years later. I've never seen Indy wearing a costume jacket. To me it was as I wrote above.backstagejack wrote:CM wrote:This seems to come up a lot.
I went for Gibson and Barnes. The jacket I saw was not made of lamb, wasn't striated and was tough as nails. The drape was probably goat and the pockets details were hard to identify but looked like A2 cargo pockets.
The G&B is what I saw Indy wearing. A jacket that wouldn't tear, would be abrasion resistant but wouldn't be too heavy to wear in warmer climes.
I tend to ignore the forensic examination of those costume patterned jackets that we see here, like insects pinned to a board, as that's not what I saw in Raiders. In the movie the jacket remained largely mysterious, like the main character himself.Texan Scott wrote:There are several different ways of thinking in terms of your choice of these jackets. Like CM said, you can think of it conceptually, as if Indy was a guy who actually lived in the 30's, and given the rough and tumble adventures he faced, what type of jacket could have used, or was best suited to him from that perspective? He would have needed a sturdy jacket that would have held up under many of these extreme conditions, yet was light weight enough to wear most anywhere, easy to carry, packable-mobile, on the go. The way this jacket was made, it was more of a leather covering, for say, chilly nights in the desert, when temps. drop rapidly from the extreme heat of the desert sun; or as protection from the hazards of the jungle, such as razor grass, poisonous plants, mosquitoes, pre-Off days, etc.
But there in lies the rub. This thread is not about what Jacket do you think Indy would be wearing as an adventurer in the 1930s. It's not about the practical aspects of it.
This thread is about what current run jacket out there is the most accurate representation of the jacket Indy wears in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
It doesn't matter if it is durable or is lightweight or is accurate to the time period, etc, etc etc.
What jacket available to us today tickles our fancy towards the look of Indy in Raiders. The movie jacket is made for looks, not durability, not functionality, not even historically accurate.
As the original poster stated, " the look, drape and feel" not "real world application"
