HJ hat linings and other stuff...

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Posted by Greg from kenn002b-p3-116.cybertours.com on February 20, 2001 at 17:18:03:

Hi folks. I just got my new HJ hat linings in the mail and I thought
I would report to folks that they have changed their hat linings
again. This is the third incarnation of hat lining since the films.
The first linings seen in the movie hats (most auspiciously in LC when
he takes his hat off and when it blows across the ground in front of
him) had burgundy and gold printing on a white lining. The second
lining (and those that I have had on my two hats up until now) were
white with a burgundy oval seal afixed to the lining with gold print
on the seal. Well, the new linings are simply white linings with gold
print on them. I am a little disappointed as I really liked the look
of the burgundy seal. Alas! Time marches on. Still nice though.

Also, I recently bought some petersham ribbon which wasn't dark enough
to replicate the LC ribbon but I dyed it successfully with RIT liquid
dye (combination of dark brown and black) and came out with a great
looking ribbon! Thought I would share this with anyone else who
wanted to try it. The ribbon was Judith M ribbon (which is
cotton/rayon - cotton blend ribbon takes dye vs. polyester which does
not), but it was too light. I used a combination of 2/3 dark brown
dye and 1/3 black dye and heated in a pan on the stove, left the
ribbon in the pan (hot water, not boiling) for about a half hour. It
came out terrific!

The other thing I wanted to mention is that with all of this talk
about the jackets, I looked again at my early Leather Concessionaires
jacket (the former name of Wested-still made by Peter). I can
officially report to you all that it looks exactly like the Raiders
jacket on all of the nitpicky points that have been scrutinized (size
of collar, leather colar facing, length of pleats in back, width of
the back shoulder panel, location of straps, gussets under the arms,
etc.) and for damn sure looks better than those images of the flight
suits jacket. I am wondering if this older pattern was more authentic
because it hadn't gone through so many incarnations. I think that
when I choose to buy a new jacket, I may consider mailing this old one
back to Peter to not only have it replicated but give him the
opportunity to t


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