Club Obi Wan

While visiting an old hardware store to obtain some plexiglass last friday, I discovered a rather abundant supply of WL 1130s. All of the gloves where of the desireable variety (no palm add on), and most being a darker yellow. Also, none had a wrist border.

I went through some old posts, and recall reading that someone had found that some 1130s where simply repackaged 1123s. Have i found some of these? What distinguishes the older 1130 from the 1123?

Either way, I'd be happy to pick some of these up if anyone is in need.

-Paul

The 1123's have a striaght thumb to them. The 1130's have a keystone thumb, which is a totally seperate piece sewn into the rest of the glove.

bink

Actually the 1130's I purchased a couple of years ago have a straight thumb. At that time the 1123's were discontinued so the 1130's were the next best thing. However I now believe that the 1130's were/are more accurate to Raiders than the 1123's. I have come to this belief because the main difference between the 1130 and 1123 is that the 1123 was part of WL's "Grips" line in which the gloves were pre-curved to mold to the hand better without breaking in.

I doubt that the Grips line was in existence in 1980 and even if it was, I doubt that a movie production trying to emulate 1936 would have used that model over a more basic model like the 1130 which just looks more "period." In addition, I believe that at one time the 1123's had an additional logo of "GRIPS" imprinted on them, which is obviously unacceptable for an indy costume.