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I just read on the indiana jones gear french website
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jones-jr/fedora.html
about the original hat... and it says

Pour Les Aventuriers de l'Arche Perdue, la base des chapeaux était fournie par la société brésilienne [Cury]. Pour les films suivants, ainsi que pour l'actuelle production, le nouveau fournisseur est la société italienne [Borsalino].

From the little french i can read I underestood that they have the original brazilian manifacturer which was unknown as far as i know.

Well the link to this Cury company is this

http://www.chapeuscury.com.br/

maybe this?



I really dont know... i'll wait for hour TOP MEN to have a look at the website

Old OLD news, erri. Fedora has already sourced and used this company over a year ago before moving onto a better source, as Cury's felt ended up being a shadow of what they USED to be.

He can fill in more details if you need.

Regards! Michaelson

as usual


well... so is this the original manufacturer? I didn't know this because on indygear.con there is clearly written "unknown"

That information is well over 10 years old. That's why it's been so hard to update. If you do a search here at COW, I believe you'll find the Cury discussions. I know Steve and Lee Keppler had phone conversations with these folks, and both received sample felt.

Regards! Michaelson

Worst felt I ever saw. I doubt if HJ ever used them for the felt bodies, even the worse HJ felt I ever saw was better than the samples I got from Cury. Now, there are other companies in that neck of the woods that HJ may have sourced bodies from. And they have decent bodies too. I would bet that if South American felt was used, it was not from Cury. Fedora

Fedora wrote:Worst felt I ever saw. I doubt if HJ ever used them for the felt bodies, even the worse HJ felt I ever saw was better than the samples I got from Cury. Now, there are other companies in that neck of the woods that HJ may have sourced bodies from. And they have decent bodies too. I would bet that if South American felt was used, it was not from Cury. Fedora

Maybe in 1981 they had good felt bodies

Michaelson wrote:Old OLD news, erri. Fedora has already sourced and used this company over a year ago before moving onto a better source, as Cury's felt ended up being a shadow of what they USED to be.

A friend of my fianceé was offered Cury Indiana Jones hats as "the original Indiana Jones Hat" on a fleamarked here in northern Germany. She knows NOTHING about hats, but even to her it looked like @#$%

DISCLAIMER
I haven't seen those fleamarked hats myself, so I'm only reporting what I heard.

Regards,

Marc

wow, I've been really away for a long time Michaelson. I thought the cury episode was already long over. I've got a cury here somewhere.. it just totally isn't what they say it is. It's @#$%.

It was, and WHERE IN THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN???????

Folks, for those of you who don't recognize our old friend, DJ, he's an oldtimer and friend who was one of the very FIRST to explore this Cury company many MANY years ago and started the first actual dialog with them as well.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!!

High regards! Michaelson

thanks for the warm welcome Michaelson. I've been very very busy with other stuff these past year(s). But I hope to log in here from time to time.
yet again, thanks fot the warm welcome!

It's always good to see one of our gear pioneers show up, even if it's to pass through and wave.

High regards! Michaelson

It's great to be back Michaelson. Nice to be remembered. But I was one of the first to register to COW. Don't know which number I have... top ten at least.

In this iteration of COW, number 6. (grins)

Regards! Michaelson

Right after Michaelson, btw.

Yep. I found out about the 're-up' the monday after the deed had been done, or I'd have been a bit higher in the numbers. (grins)

Regards! Michaelson

yeah! would love to receive my official membership card, with number 6. And it ain't the number of the beast.

The Beast in me... ain't it a song?

Oh well. I tried to search the Cury had last night, can't find it. I'll search for it later.

Yep. Raunchy or not, it has a place in gear 'history', as it was the first example I'm aware of that was found. Dust it off and give it a place of honor in your collection.

Regards! Michaelson

Don't forget my membership card

Heck, they haven't even shown ME the secret handshake....let alone a membership card!

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson wrote:the secret handshake....

Michaelson wrote:In this iteration of COW, number 6. (grins)

Regards! Michaelson

I'm not a number! I'm a free man!

That's how the boiler room door looks too! I just don't remember Indiana Johns hand being that big.

Regards! Michaelson

That was after the giant boulder ran over it.

Michaelson wrote:That's how the boiler room door looks too!

I thought it looks like this:

That's the break room.

Regards! Michaelson

VP wrote:

Michaelson wrote:That's how the boiler room door looks too!

I thought it looks like this:

WoW i cant remember this part!

It's Part III, LeChuck's Fortress. After you go through that door you get caught by LeChuck and you and Wally are locked into the Torture Chamber, where you have to spit the candle's light out before you are lowered into the acid.