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by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:00 pm
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: question about horsehide from wested.
Replies: 17
Views: 814

Indiana Holt wrote:hey hem.care to show us some pictures of your horsey?

I remeber the pictures of when it was new.I would llike to see how it looks today
Sure. I'll break it out soon. :)
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:39 pm
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: question about horsehide from wested.
Replies: 17
Views: 814

I love my Horsehide Wested and there is something certainly to be said for getting it measured by Peter personally, as he did for me on the QM. It has conformed to my shape perfectly.

It's not too terribly wrinkled though. I has remained pristine. My lambskin on the other hand...
by Hemingway Jones
Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:54 pm
Forum: The Bullwhip (Sergei's Place)
Topic: Sergei (funeral service held 1/17/09)
Replies: 126
Views: 11650

This is such sad sad news. I never met him, but it felt as if I had. He cast a long shadow, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he cast a wide beam of light. He was an icon, and from everything I heard, an exemplary man. The world is just that much smaller without him. I will take a mom...
by Hemingway Jones
Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:47 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: The NEW Raiders block I am NOW using......
Replies: 43
Views: 2702

Beautiful overall shape. Just when I think it couldn't get any better, you reach another level :clap:
by Hemingway Jones
Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:52 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: So can a Raiders fedora be too straight sided?????
Replies: 89
Views: 4695

It's a gorgeous hat, from color to style. I love the deep top crease.
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: HAT LOOKS WEIRD UPDATED WITH PICS
Replies: 20
Views: 1319

That hat suits you well, Gunk. I would not do anything yet. Wear it around a while, get used to it, move into it. At first, it's going to look very tall, very awkward, but it's just because you're not used to it. Soon, you'll wonder why it had ever looked funny to you. Looking at the photo, I think ...
by Hemingway Jones
Mon May 26, 2008 12:34 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Now official. Crystal Skull fedoras are ABs.
Replies: 290
Views: 36613

I think the AB's looked fantastic in the film. Best Indy hats since Raiders! Congrats again to both Steve and Marc for getting their works of art in the film. 'Blues I agree with Blues. Even if I didn't know Steve and Marc I would still be calling this the best hat film in years. The hat looked fan...
by Hemingway Jones
Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Indy Style Summer hat
Replies: 59
Views: 2878

My PB Indy straw is a life saver in 100° heat in the summer out here in the west too. It's ventilated enough to let a breeze flow through and cool the noggin. I think Arkansas Russell can attest to this also, since he like the image of my Indy straw at Disneyland so much he used it as an avatar. :w...
by Hemingway Jones
Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:35 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Indy Style Summer hat
Replies: 59
Views: 2878

This year bodes much better and there are some great adventures ahead!

Thanks for the friendship fellows! Bink graces my cell phone often. Michaelson is much more elusive! ;)
by Hemingway Jones
Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:19 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Indy Style Summer hat
Replies: 59
Views: 2878

Tim! They let you out of Monkey Rehab! Good to see you, my friend! :wink: I know Chewie also has a straw from Art which is very nice. I've seen it in person and it makes me want to save up for one. Just barely! I think everyone needs some sort of summer hat. The old felt can roast your head! Uh, wh...
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:28 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Indy Style Summer hat
Replies: 59
Views: 2878

binkmeisterRick wrote:Tim! They let you out of Monkey Rehab! Good to see you, my friend! :wink: I know Chewie also has a straw from Art which is very nice. I've seen it in person and it makes me want to save up for one.
Just barely! I think everyone needs some sort of summer hat. The old felt can roast your head!
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:06 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Indy Style Summer hat
Replies: 59
Views: 2878

I have a 30s style Panama Hat from Art Fawcett and Vintage Silhouettes that is amazing. The block is totally stove pipe, the brim is wide, and the style makes it equally adept as an adventure hat or a dress hat if one were wearing a vintage suit. http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4404/image932512ti...
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:10 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: PB Straw
Replies: 30
Views: 1585

Milano is very tough and very nice. Certainly a suitable material for such a nice hat. I would buy one of these. I may buy one of these! :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:24 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: PB Straw
Replies: 30
Views: 1585

That's a Milano straw, isn't it?

It's really quite nice and you wear it well.
by Hemingway Jones
Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:54 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Umbrella
Replies: 3
Views: 466

What's a 'Brigg' umbrella? http://www.classicluggage.com/Swaine_Adeney_Brigg_Umbrellas_by_Sterling_and_Burke_Ltd9730.html Only the finest umbrella known to man! Along with Fox. I have a solid hickory one that doubles as a walking stick. As to the question at hand, check out the local Ralph Lauren o...
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:29 am
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: If you were sized at Wested, please reply
Replies: 5
Views: 922

I was measured by Peter at The Queen Mary. I am a 42 and he wrote down a 44. However, it's always best to consult Peter or one of the good folks at Wested directly. :wink: Out of curiousity, were you being measured for an 80s fit? I'm a little puzzled since I've read that Wested's sizes tend to run...
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:53 pm
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: If you were sized at Wested, please reply
Replies: 5
Views: 922

I was measured by Peter at The Queen Mary. I am a 42 and he wrote down a 44. However, it's always best to consult Peter or one of the good folks at Wested directly. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:29 pm
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: Is Horsehide Leather Fragile and Creaky?
Replies: 9
Views: 829

I have ordered one and "it ain't so."

You have chosen... wisely.
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:22 pm
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: I got my Dr. Who/Das Boot jacket!!!
Replies: 51
Views: 5842

Wow!

That is an amazing jacket. I read somewhere it was made for "Das Boot" and recycled for Chritopher Eccleston. I love it and would love to have it!

I like David Tenant's frock coat too, but that's another story.

Congratulations and enjoy.
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:06 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Dobbs Fifteen
Replies: 24
Views: 1651

Well, it's your hat and you can do anything you want with it, but I often wonder when I read a post like this; is it so terrible to have a non-Indy hat? You could have gotten $200 for that hat on eBay if it was a popular size. That would have been enough to buy, or nearly buy, another Indy hat. Inst...
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:57 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Wested Pants Fit - Feel like MC HAMMER?
Replies: 67
Views: 3143

The trousers were the one thing the costumers got wrong. If Indy were alive in the 30s and wearing his pants where Harrison Ford wore them, people would have looked at him like he was crazy. The pants were one place where screen accurate and historically accurate were at odds. Those pants are more o...
by Hemingway Jones
Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: Leather Jacket
Topic: Does the Horsehide Wested drape like a true Indy jacket?
Replies: 9
Views: 924

Here is a link to photos of mine. Horsehide is about as Indy as it gets for field work; tough as nails and drapes nicely. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:45 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Hat-Hair
Replies: 41
Views: 2883

I've noticed that a slightly large hat won't cause Hat-hair. An extremely tight hat will wreck your hair. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:54 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Adventurebilt pictures
Replies: 14
Views: 959

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by Hemingway Jones
Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Keppler Fedora
Replies: 54
Views: 2317

Rundquist,

Thanks for dusting off those classic IndyGear pics. It warms the heart to see those images that I haven't seen since I was a lurker around here!

And I hardly recognized Dan and forgot that hat test has his.
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:28 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: New Grey Adventurebilt w/ pics
Replies: 35
Views: 1559

Oak, that hat has the best Indy bash I have ever seen, bar none, including all of my own. Awesome and congratulations. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:26 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Seaplane gray has arrived.
Replies: 20
Views: 1043

The gray AB is a wonderful hat. Post a picture when you have a chance. Mine is one of my favorites and is in heavy rotation.
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:45 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Kennebunkport weekend AB pics
Replies: 16
Views: 790

PJ,
Excellent hat and excellent surroundings. I wish I had known you were up there. It's only about an hour and a half away.
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:55 pm
Forum: Gear Care & Distressing
Topic: Anyone know how to shrink sleeves?
Replies: 9
Views: 582

Any good tailor will undo the seams at the shoulder and move the entire sleeve up for you. Piece of cake. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: AB 'overheating' problems?
Replies: 59
Views: 2925

Michaelson wrote:Uh.....I'd rather not talk about it. 8-[

Regards! Michaelson
Maybe if we put our hats in the freezer prior to going out!

The English used to soak their Pith helemts in cold water. There could be something to that!
by Hemingway Jones
Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:00 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: AB 'overheating' problems?
Replies: 59
Views: 2925

Michaelson wrote:

Been there, done that! =;

Regards! Michaelson
Have you dipped the bottom of your hat in a river? Or soaked your hair and put your hat on over it?
Oh, the things we do to keep our lids on!
by Hemingway Jones
Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:54 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Hat-Hair
Replies: 41
Views: 2883

I have found that if your hat fits a little looser, it tends to not produce hat hair as much. Pomades don't seem to avoid hat hair. In fact, with something in your hair, if it bunches up, it may stay that way. Currently, I put gel in my hair and with a hat with a slightly looser fit, it has become l...
by Hemingway Jones
Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:20 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Indy DVD Bonus Disc - What hat is this?
Replies: 17
Views: 1083

I remember hearing Spielberg say that Lucas' original idea was for a man in a gray fedora. But they probably saw how it looked and opted for brown.

Selleck's hat is nice though. I would wear it.
by Hemingway Jones
Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:17 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: The best priced close-enough pants since Dillards Oak Creek
Replies: 19
Views: 928

Those are great pants. I love the button-fly. They look very military. Are they high-waisted? They look very military.

Taupe is close to gray, by the way.
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:31 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Maybe it IS just the hat
Replies: 55
Views: 2275

I recently got the "Indy" comment in a big white Panama!

To people with limited frames of references ALL hats are Indy hats!
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:04 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Indy's Cigars
Replies: 100
Views: 5364

I have never heard that, but I can tell you that there are very long takes in Pulp Fiction. That film is famous for them. Also, John Travolta is a big time smoker. Most actors who fake it, smoke cloves like the "Cigarette Smoking Man" on the "X-Files" who didn't smoke.[/i]
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:27 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Indy's Cigars
Replies: 100
Views: 5364

Harrison Ford smokes. Still does, I believe.

I remember the great behind the scenes footage of him in the Millenium Falcon smoking away in his Han Solo garb. Most recently he smoked in that Russian Sub movie "K-something or another."

As for Indy, he would have smoked a pipe. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:56 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: LL Bean Dark Khaki vs. Sepia
Replies: 13
Views: 941

Bufflehead Jones wrote:HJ, on my monitor, I am seeing gray/grey. :shock:
Is your monitor as updated as your television???
by Hemingway Jones
Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:54 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Noel Howard Shirt just arrived!!! (pics added)
Replies: 49
Views: 3739

erri,

Fantastic shirt, you Keanu Reeves lookin' B@3%^&*d. :wink: :D

That shirt looks spot on and is worth every penny.

You wear it well, young man.
by Hemingway Jones
Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:50 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: LL Bean Dark Khaki vs. Sepia
Replies: 13
Views: 941

Yes, the reddish brownish pair are the sepia.

Thanks for posting the pics, Winston. :wink:
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:37 am
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Adventurebilt Grey/Gray
Replies: 48
Views: 2347

Here's mine for reference. Looks like the same color. Obviously, it looks different in different lighting.

Image

BTW, that's Spielberg hidden under that hat. :wink: :D
by Hemingway Jones
Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Adventurebilt Grey/Gray
Replies: 48
Views: 2347

That is a beautiful hat, G. Fedora really has a nice color gray. It is well-styled and very nice.

It is a little dressier than the brown and compliments it well; filling in for the more formal occasions.

Enjoy it! It is a wonderful hat.
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:02 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Year round Wool LL BEAN trousers?
Replies: 29
Views: 1136

The good new is that each fall they roll out new colors. Perhaps this will eb the year to feature the return of taupe.
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:07 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: LL Bean pants
Replies: 7
Views: 515

Eucalyptus is very green in person.
by Hemingway Jones
Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:06 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: Year round Wool LL BEAN trousers?
Replies: 29
Views: 1136

They are excellent pants. I have a pair, but the back pockets are all wrong, sadly. The color is right though.

For me, the Indy pant has to have the flap pockets like their dress chinos. If only they'd bring back taupe.
by Hemingway Jones
Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:16 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Herbert Johnson: Indy agrees !
Replies: 16
Views: 1337

I just had my hands on a vintage HJ about an hour ago, I would say late sixties or seventies. It was a brown, stingy brimmed fedora with a ribbon like a Stetson Open Road. There was no liner and the HJ emblem was glue to the underside of the hat; it actually looked more like a decale. The interestin...
by Hemingway Jones
Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:53 pm
Forum: Guns & Holsters
Topic: The Best Blank Firing S&W Yet!!
Replies: 5
Views: 644

I agree. Weaver that is a great looking gun, but boy, is it pricey!
by Hemingway Jones
Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:41 pm
Forum: The Fedora
Topic: Raiders hat was really SO untapered?
Replies: 21
Views: 1333

A truly untapered hat would never terminate, or it would never be allowed to form those humps. :wink: Fedora's block is spot on, in my opinion. It's getting to the point that some of the Raiders hats are starting to look like ABs to my eye. :wink: :) And an untapered hat with a tall crown does not a...
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:21 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: The Mysterious Self-Removing MkVII Strap
Replies: 28
Views: 1251

Weaver,
Wait until you're my age and they call your gear "retro!" For me, that's a compliment!
by Hemingway Jones
Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:26 pm
Forum: General Gear (Lee's Place)
Topic: The Mysterious Self-Removing MkVII Strap
Replies: 28
Views: 1251

As a rock climber, I can tell you that gear must be constantly maintained of any sort. Webbing that frays, carabiners with hair-line cracks, camalots with bent posts or kinked wires, all go in the trash and some of this is $75+ a pop! :wink:

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