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FS: Bill Kelso Relic Hunter Raiders Indiana Jones Leather Jacket sz. 40L

Mulceber

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The Relic Hunter is Bill Kelso's reproduction of the famed jacket worn by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I used to wear it quite a lot, but my collecting has shifted in other directions, and it hasn't been worn in years, so it's time to move it on to a good home. The leather is BK's striated lambskin, which was specially tanned to replicate the distinctive character of the lambskin of the original. It is the nicest lambskin I've ever handled, and it oozes character and quality. Bill Kelso offers perhaps the finest replica of the Raiders Jacket that money can buy, and their wait times are frequently long.

Condition: this jacket has been worn many times, albeit in an office setting. It has also been extremely well cared for. While I cannot claim that it's in like-new condition, it has not received any wear that would detract from its beauty. Judge for yourself in the photos.

Measurements, taken on a hard flat surface:
Pit-to-pit: 22”, jacket and measuring tape pulled tight
Shoulders: 20” (for the off-the-shoulder effect seen in the movie)
Back: 24.25”, measured from the base of the collar stand to the bottom (seems short, but because of the off-the-shoulder effect the jacket still hangs a couple inches below my beltline)
Sleeves: 26.25”, measuring along the outside arc of the sleeve

Asking price: $500 shipped in CONUS, payment made via paypal friends and family. I'm willing to discuss shipping abroad, but we'll have to discuss shipping

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Jon Crow

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Alcalá De Henares Madrid
The Relic Hunter is Bill Kelso's reproduction of the famed jacket worn by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I used to wear it quite a lot, but my collecting has shifted in other directions, and it hasn't been worn in years, so it's time to move it on to a good home. The leather is BK's striated lambskin, which was specially tanned to replicate the distinctive character of the lambskin of the original. It is the nicest lambskin I've ever handled, and it oozes character and quality. Bill Kelso offers perhaps the finest replica of the Raiders Jacket that money can buy, and their wait times are frequently long.

Condition: this jacket has been worn many times, albeit in an office setting. It has also been extremely well cared for. While I cannot claim that it's in like-new condition, it has not received any wear that would detract from its beauty. Judge for yourself in the photos.

Measurements, taken on a hard flat surface:
Pit-to-pit: 22”, jacket and measuring tape pulled tight
Shoulders: 20” (for the off-the-shoulder effect seen in the movie)
Back: 24.25”, measured from the base of the collar stand to the bottom (seems short, but because of the off-the-shoulder effect the jacket still hangs a couple inches below my beltline)
Sleeves: 26.25”, measuring along the outside arc of the sleeve

Asking price: $500 shipped in CONUS, payment made via paypal friends and family. I'm willing to discuss shipping abroad, but we'll have to discuss shipping

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Nice jacket Jan
 

RDS

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Bill Kelso offers perhaps the finest replica of the Raiders Jacket that money can buy, and their wait times are frequently long.
It’s great that BK even reproduced the ‘Bermans & Nathans’ label.
At the time Bermans were one of the top film, tv and theatre costumiers in the business and although I don’t know for sure presume they originally supplied clothing for the ‘Raiders’ movie.
They were bought out by another top theatrical costume company back in the 90’s and are now part of Angels.

 

Mulceber

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At the time Bermans were one of the top film, tv and theatre costumiers in the business and although I don’t know for sure presume they originally supplied clothing for the ‘Raiders’ movie.
You're spot on - they were the suppliers for Raiders, although for the jacket they sub-contracted out to what is now Wested Leather (at the time they had a different name, can't recall).
 
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RDS

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Taken from the Wested Leather Co website:
‘The original Raiders and Last Crusade leather jackets were made in a little place in England called Kent. In 1980 Wested Leather Co (Leather Concessionaires at the time) were commissioned by Bermans & Nathan to design and make Harrison Ford’s first Indy jacket’
 

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