For anyone interested in getting a identical Jacket, shirt, trousers, or all three might want to give this site a visit:
http://www.wested.com/home.html

They are the origional makers of the garrnment. Producing a total of 48 for the triology.

If you are also interested in the bag, revolver, whip, belts and shoes (I mean who isn't???) then visit this page:

indi gear

It starts of with the hat, sroll to the bottom of the page to select other pieces of gear. The only thing that is missing is his zippo.

Personnally love to have his bag and Jacket although I found $250 a bit on the expensive side (to say the least). So i'll visit charity shops in my region to find a similar jacket or visit the factory. Maybe they have a discount store. And although expensive they do seem to be good quality.

Reinhardt

One should be carefull with such wardrobes. During my student days I wore faded khakis acquired when the Coast Guard went to a new uniform. I also wore an Akubra hat from David Morgan, maker of the movie whip and carried my field kit in a leather dispatch case. This was before the movie. One of my peers mentioned I looked like somebody out of a 30s movie. We were excavating the old rectory at the Plaza Church in Los Angeles. The next day he appeared resplendent in a pith helmet, white shirt and tie and riding breeches <img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> to humiliate me. The only problem was the local CBS affiliate showed up to do a local news piece. They ran up to me and started filming and prefacing questions with " Now Doctor...,Uh, I'm not the field supervisor." So they ran over to my friend in the pith helmet who also pointed out the director of the dig.They were taken a back looking at a bald hippie with tie dyed shirt and bifocal glasses. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> After that I wore denhim jeans and a baseball cap <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

That should be "indy gear".

Bountyhunter

That story brings back a good memory. When I was a student in 1980 at the University of Missouri, a group of us from the dorms used to get together to play Hacky Sack (way before it was cool) in front of the student union. We looked like kind of a cross between hippy and grunge with a bit of midwestern country boy thrown in. One day a local news crew was nearby stopping students and interviewing them. Every now and then, they pointed the camera our way. We finally figured out what they were up to when we watched the news that night. They were stopping students wearing "Izod" shirts and interviewing them about the preppy movement that was in full swing on campus at the time. They closed the story with footage of us playing Hacky Sack by saying "some people still choose not to conform". GDI and proud to the end!

Terry

For a replica of Indy's lighter, look here...

Relic Raider

Leo

Thanks for the link now I really can go the WHOLE nine yards if I would want to...

Chris great to hear you story, as always.

Reinhardt

PS on your link did you notice the zippo converter to a flashlight?

Yes I did. I already have one of the Zippo flashlights around here somewhere. After seeing that, I plan on converting mine. Probally wont be anytime soon though. I've never done a flashlight conversion and need to do some research first.

Leo

But to be honest when a lady friend asks if you got a torch to find her keys isn't it way cooler to present a flickering flame splitting the dark, holding it typical Indiana Jones fashion, than using a flahlight? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

And from a survival aspect you've got fire as well as light. <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

BTW the one thing that I have not seen so far on any prob-selling-website is the Holy Grail book. Imagine a printed version.... <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

You mean the diary that Senior sends to Junior? If yes I've seen them around. But wouldn't it be better to have your own? Now when everyone has PDAs and electronic gizmos it would be nice to carry a leather bound journal.

Thats the one I meant. Your absolutely right, the book becomes precious once personal experiences and ideas are captured in it.
When I was looking for a book to use as my diary I started for something similar to what Dr Jones Senior used. I failed and now use something of a completely different style.

Reinhardt

I used to carry pen and paper a lot. And when I travel I write down my observations and collect little stuff (ex pink flamingo feathers when in Africa). I love it. I just opened up my diary and read my entry from Kilimanjaro and it really brought back memories and made me feel good since past few years crazy hours, psycho girlfriend and school work started to catch up with me and I needed a lift.

I think the point of having a journal is to write the truth in it and not sugar coat anything to make it look cool. I would love to supplement mine with great drawning and tracings but I could barely draw a straight line so mine has a lot of cut outs and little labels. I write everything from due dates, to quick notes, to part of the lectures. Lately I'm forced to use electronic devices that contain paramedic protocols, drug databases so more and more my journal stays in my pocket which worries me.

I know that bookstores in the US sell nice leatherbound books for $10 which will last you for a while.

On the different note... In the movie we only see Junior going thru maybe max 15 pages of the journal. On average book like that has 120 pages or so. If you get a replica what is the book filled with?

The Journal you describe sounds precious. I think you only enrich it with local articles etc. You don't need to be Van Gogh to include personal drawings. Any drawing created gives a sense of achievement for me. But little is drawn-created with the introduction of the camera <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> OTOH now I can include photo's which in turn tell a thousand words.

I'd love to create a Journal you describe. Even if it is only from local camping trips. Adding natural foundings in the book complemented with photo's and drawings. Sounds great, only wished now that I started sooner... <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

On the repllica note I wouldn't have a idea what it would be filled with. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Interesting...I've been a newbie here for about 3-4 months, and this past weekend I found the indy gear site through my own stumbling around. Of course, being outdoors gearheads it seems to fit. On the forums at that site, they have several threads talking about what they EDC in their MKVII gas mask bags.

About the Grail diaries. In addition to the 15-20 pages or so that you see in the Last Crusade, a computer game came out from Lucasfilm that had a printed grail diary as a companion. That grail diary had around 100 pages of mostly handwritten text with some illustrations that gave a very good outline of the grail legend. That is what most of the people who do grail diary reproductions use as filler material. You can also find very similar leather bound journals on that site as well.

After spending too much time on that site this weekend, I think I'm going to do an Indy costume for Halloween, if for no other reason than half the gear is stuff I'd wear most of the time anyway. Plus the MKVII bag looks like a great everyday bag for EDC and this would be a good way to ease it in at work so that I won't get the "man bag" comments.

Here's a replica of the WWII era MKVII bag: http://www.whatpriceglory.com/mkviibag.html

I'm planning on buying the long sleeve safari shirt from Cabelas as it matches the outfit and seems to be a decent piece of outdoor clothing. I'll probably usually sport my Tilley hat with it instead of the Indy fedora, though.

Well, I can testify that the "look" was apparently pretty authentic.

My paternal grandfather spent a lot of time in China and Tibet in the '30s and '40s, and I remember as a child seeing pictures of him on his travels wearing a leather flyer's jacket and fedora. When I first saw "Raiders" my jaw dropped... that "look" was just very dated and sort of quaint before it was glorified on the big screen. My grandfather didn't look anything like Harrison Ford... he was brought up as a cowboy, though, and he owned pistols, and braided lariats and whips as a pastime.

I'm not sure a modern reproduction of the bag is going to hold up like the orignals. I carried a WWII musette bag for some years, almost every day as a shoulder bag (LONG before "Raiders"), and can testify to the durability of canvas stuff from that era. Even though the material didn't seem that thick or heavy, it wore like iron. The only reason I don't have it today is that it was at my feet when some twit girl on the bus I was riding threw her lit cigarrette on the floor, it rolled up against the bag and burned a hole in the bottom. I've been told that some of the canvas stuff from that era was made from hemp canvas instead of cotton, which supposedly wears better, but I don't know if that's true.

I carry a shoulder bag on my daily commute ('bout time for another one, actually- this modern stuff does NOT seem to hold up), I sometimes wear a waist jacket, and on occasion might wear a Tilley in the rain. I own real fedoras and leather jackets. It's all very functional stuff that has worked for generations, but I have to admit that I'm far more concerned with NOT looking like a wannabee, so I try to avoid combining them at all.

I agree, it can be hard to avoid looking like a wannabe. That's why I use my Tilley Hat for all my outdoor excapades and will probably only wear the fedora once or twice a year.

Too bad to hear that the quality on most of the replica bags is lacking. The guy who makes them gives a pretty good guarantee though, and I've heard good things about him, so I'll probably give it a try and return it if it doesn't look like it's going to hold up. Thanks again for the input.

>>Too bad to hear that the quality on most of the replica bags is lacking.<<

Didn't really mean to imply that- I don't know anything about this guy's merchandise, the quality could be very good... it's just that it seems to have been really extraordinary in some authentic "period" pieces.

Well, I guess I'll find out soon enough. <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Schotsman,
Keep us updated. Intrigued to know what you think of it. Could you include some pictures at all?

Ryan

Ryan,

Here's the photo from the website:


As my employer(a children's book publisher) greatly encourages it's employees to dress up for Halloween, I'll probably buy this for the costume, and if it seems durable, start using it after that.

Thanks for the reply Scotsman. When writing my post I misworded it. What I meant was whether we could see a haloween picture of you dressed up as Indy? My mistake.

Reinhardt

Well, if I can get everything I need for the costume, I'll try to have a couple of pics made. I'm not really going to get any of the high quality stuff, though.