Club Obi Wan

Let's face it, an Indy jacket isn't made off the cutter, it becomes one. Older generation jackets have more character, more scrapes and adventure marks to prove it...



.....so POST 'em UP!

and let's see how them strips o' leather are a weatherin'

Tell about your adventures.




*Disclaimer: not to be confused with the old timers thread

My eldest daughter has (and still wears and loves) a Wested Raiders from 1997 I gave her many years ago.

It's been on many archaeological digs and through 14 years of college, and still holding up great!

Not bad for a lambskin, but I honestly think it was a bit thicker back then than the current issue.

I have two Expedition prototypes (lambskin and goatskin) that are showing their age (2000-2001'ish), and they, too, are holding up great.

Regards! Michaelson

It would be great to see them, document how they have aged, and it just reinforces the idea that if a guy gets a new jacket, and maybe something is not too SA about it, hang in there and put some mileage on it. The most important thing is that it becomes the Indy styled jacket for you, not for an ideal.

I have an 11-year old cowhide Expedition jacket that has been on many hikes in Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. It has also been worn & traveled to many, many other places as well.

Below are some links to a few naturally sunlit photos taken in 2012 of my naturally-distressed Expo. The pics are two years old and the jacket has even more distressing now. I believe I purchased this jacket from G&B back in 2003, might have been Flightsuits back then. Anyway, here are the links ...

http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 8.jpg.html
http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... g.html?o=5

http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... g.html?o=6
http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... g.html?o=7
(yes, that's a Kepler fed & a WPG bag w/ Kepler strap that you saw there)

http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... g.html?o=3
http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... g.html?o=2
http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/India" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... g.html?o=1

Joe