Club Obi Wan

Has anyone ever attempted this? It seems like Indy's bag would be easy to replicate, or at least approximate. The pattern seems excessively simple. The difficult parts would be: finding the fabric. (for this i think i would buy a used military back pack or something of the same material, that i could cut down), and the snaps. (I suppose the snaps wouldn't be as difficult as the drainage hole. Which could be abandoned.)
Is there anyone who has tried/considered trying this? if so, any stories from the front? I think i'm gonna try it! (Just today i started modifying a surplus army shirt to have the classic Indy pleats. Once you start DIYing, it's hard to stop.)
regards,
JockThePilot

Yes!
infact i have!
i am almost done with sketches
of each view of the bag. I have all of the
measurements written down, and have
found cotton duck (what the bags made of)
at a fabric and craft store. I am still looking
for the hardware. when the sketches are
done i am going to post them.
Mola
p.s. ill be back for good feb. 1st.

The 'hat' piece that's on the side of the bag might even be harder to get than the drainage holes.

I've got a beat, and I mean beat, W&G bag I've been meaning to dismantle for some patterns. When I get home for thanksgiving break I'll take it apart. I'll finally have some time away from all this school work to get some of these fun projects finished.

The WPG bag is good, but I always felt that it lacked texture... that canvas just feels a bit smooth to me. Also, the drains on it bother me, anyone have any leads on better hardware?

I think it would be great to make our own bags. The webbing for the metal rings could be cannabalized from original bag straps. Plus the fabrication of individual bags could really put to rest color preference for many, as you could just choose whatever shade of green/tan you like best.

What do you mean by hat piece? I've never seen a bag in person. I was just going to take my measurements off the specs on the main Indy gear page. I take sewing lessons, and my teacher is really good at figuring out what size fabric you'd need to cut to make something a certain size. I figure with her help, the specs on the website, and the fact that i'm just going for a reasonably close approximation, i should be fine. I would love to see a pattern if you managed to make one, Mola. Also, a really good fabric store opened near me recently, i will go look for cotton duck. I can feel the excitement growing inside me!!
Thanks and Regards,
JockThePilot

Here are some images comparing a WPG bag and an original Mk VII.

http://medlem.spray.se/larskalvemark/in ... omparison/

The "hat" is a metal disk for wrapping the lanyard around your waist.
And the "drain holes" are air vents as the filter of the mask was put inside the bag allowing air to go in from the bottom.

Regards,
Swindy

Great reference pics. Thanks alot!
JockThePilot

Hey Jock. You know what would make great drainage plugs? ... Look on the side of most older mattresses. They have little metal disks that look "very" close to what's on the bottom of a MK-VII!!!

Skip

Ive noticed that also!! Heck of an idea....

I J

IndianaJames wrote:Ive noticed that also!! Heck of an idea....

I J

Great minds think alike!

Although, ...... I'm only allowed "1" great idea a year! Everything after this will be @#$%!


Skip

Literally LOL!

Good Call on the matress bits. I may even have a matress i'm getting rid of soon, i'll have to check it out. The only problem is how to get them onto the bag? Most metal inserts like that are a one time sort of application, i think. Either way, matress parts would make an interesting story for when people asked me about my bag.
Thanks,
JockThePilot

The drain holes are just grommets.... I bought a kit at Wally-World once upon a time so I could add extra grommets to a tarp I had cut up to make smaller tarps.... the kit included a bunch of grommets, and a die and cup for placing the grommets... you would set the cup underneath, put the grommet on top, then set the die on top of the grommet and whack it with a hammer....


-L