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Just watched Indy 5 over and over.......new jacket seems to be cow or calfskin....seems light in thickness..Like a windbreaker jacket....not thick.You can really see it...when he is at the back of the boat....taking the wax of the tablet.....but the color....aside from there distressing the jacket....seems spot on with my Indy Dark Novapelle Wested jacket....which is thicker leather......of course......but same texture...And distresses just like his......not saying that is what it is....just saying......better if someone orders a jacket that they want to have like in the film....least the thicker leather will last longer...But...like I said here 20 years ago....your not buying a Indy jacket for Harrison Ford.....your buying the right Indy Jacket that suits you......Cheers

Interesting observation. Did they ever state what material the jacket was made from? I could have sworn I heard it was cowhide, but I might be getting my jackets mixed up.

To be honest...have not heard yet.....was just trying to go by my old leather jacket business schooling....would love to know....but ...it does look like it.....then again....with new acid washes on hides......I have heard...they can make a goatskin...witch is pebbles to the touch....smooth like lambskin........tough to tell.....love to know really....Only thing that I do know....after the leather tanning process is done..(no more veg tanning....all chem tanning.....aside from Eastman leathers or Aero leathers ...etc..).........lamb....cow....goat..horse...hides......all distress different..that's why its called movie magic....with a little shoe polish if you like...or fake mud....proper lighting.....looks different.....And btw....forgot to say Castor....the novapelle is a cowhide...just treated leather.....not explaining that to you....others chiming in.......Cheers

I had a friend make a convincing argument that it was calfhide based on the looks of other jackets made of that material, but nothing has been confirmed to my knowledge.

DoD jacket is lambskin 100%.

I concur, there's no way that could be anything but lamb.
LC was cow I believe, but would be awesome as well in lamb.

Croft

So...A treated lambskin......thank you for posting....I knew it was thin leather.......Cheers

Indiana Croft wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:10 pm I concur, there's no way that could be anything but lamb.
LC was cow I believe, but would be awesome as well in lamb.

Croft

Not so certain here on the LC jacket... I would swear it was in lamb, now cowhide, but heaven knows, I could be wrong on this! W>

Indiana Croft wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:10 pm I concur, there's no way that could be anything but lamb.
LC was cow I believe, but would be awesome as well in lamb.

Croft

Rauders, ToD, LC and DoD lambskin. KotCS cowhide. For sure.

IndyAl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:59 am

Indiana Croft wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:10 pm I concur, there's no way that could be anything but lamb.
LC was cow I believe, but would be awesome as well in lamb.

Croft

Rauders, ToD, LC and DoD lambskin. KotCS cowhide. For sure.

Thanks! This is what I thought too! Appreciate your clarification! W>

I don't see how Wested's Last Crusade jacket can be cow. I have the Legacy version, and it is by far and hands down the lightest Indy jacket I have.

EDIT: Oh! I missread your post. Yeah, KotCS is surely cow...

Like I said, I was shooting in the dark with no amo.
Always thought CS was cow the way it was distressed.

Croft

Thanks guys....yeah...we found out here over 20 years ago that the LC jacket was treated lamb.....and in 2008 the crystal jacket was cow.......I just like how you all still want to know....like we did back then.....makes me feel good to be back....Cheers!