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Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 6
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 11:33 am: | 
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Does anybody know exact sizes of life jackets a what kind of material was they made of, or some other informations, drawings and plans.
Do you know a shop, where can I Titanic - life jacket buy? Thank you very much. |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 12056
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 5:26 pm: |
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To my knowledge, you can't just go to any old shop and buy a lifejacket from the Titanic. Any that are genuine are extremely few in number and are in the hands of either collectors or musuems. If you want to see what one of these things looked like, go ahead and click on This Hotlink.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 8
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 5:49 pm: |
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I know how it looks like, but I want to have that jacket, even if it`s replica. |
Bob Godfrey
Member
Username: bobgod1
Post Number: 2269
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 6:13 pm: |
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The reproduction life belts made for Cameron's film were sold off and they come up again on Ebay from time to time - not very cheap. But it's not difficult to make one - they were simple devices made from canvas and cork. The dimensions have been posted here at least once by a member who took them direct from a real one in a museum. Might take a while to find - Try the search engine (at bottom of this page) with variations like lifebelt, life belt, lifejacket and life jacket. |
Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 9
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 6:30 pm: |
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Thank you very much. I have already tried to find pictures of life jackets to make it and also lot of pictures from Cameron`s movie. But Thank you. I am only 15 years old and I would like to make it by a coutiére. |
Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 10
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 6:32 pm: |
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Do you know approximately size of the life jacket?
Thank you very very much |
Bob Godfrey
Member
Username: bobgod1
Post Number: 2270
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 6:55 pm: |
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Click here:
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5919/65071.html#POST94350 |
Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 11
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 7:05 pm: |
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Thank you very very much!!! You are super! And I have a one more questions. I have read about Titanic gymnasium, there was written something like "titanic`s gymnasium had more kind of machines as indian club". Do you know, what´s or what was an "indian club"?
Thank you very much |
Bob Godfrey
Member
Username: bobgod1
Post Number: 2271
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 7:14 pm: |
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'Indian clubs' were exercising aids. Click again:
http://ejmas.com/pt/ptart_dick_0101.htm |
Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 14
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 7:30 pm: |
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Thank you again. This word "indian" does mean India (Land) or Indians (sort of people)? |
Jeremy Lee
Member
Username: achynes
Post Number: 1369
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 10:12 am: |
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Land, I should think. Like 'India' ink, to think it the people would be a racist connotation. Anyway, India Ink originated from China. |
Bob Godfrey
Member
Username: bobgod1
Post Number: 2275
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 10:21 am: |
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The origin of these devices was as a weapon - a war club - in India, and their use as a tool for physical exercise was developed also by the Indians. Some of the officers of the British army in India adopted the idea in the nineteenth century and brought it back to England, and from there it spread to the US and other countries. |
Vitezslav Ivicic
Member
Username: gilderoy
Post Number: 18
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 10:57 am: |
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I want to translate it in czech language, so this is very important for me. Thanks |
