Club Obi Wan

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Ghost and the Darkness was a good movie; Val Kilmer was also very good in Tombstone. He wore a nice hat as Doc Holiday, a hat shaped by Tom Hirt. Hirt has made a lot of hats for movies. Sam Eliot usually wears Hats made by him. Watched Tombstone on Blu-ray two days ago. The movie is a bit of a mess...

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_ wrote:A couple folks asked about camera and lens used in my pics.

Canon EOS Rebel T2i and Tamron Di II 18-270mm 1:3.5-6.3

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I have the exact same camera. My favorite gadget by far!

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I've been stupid enough to actually use the cargo pockets and handwarmers on my six-year-old Raiders wested, which caused them to sag and completely ruin the look of the jacket. This, and the revelation that the wested COA isn't worth the paper it's printed on, stopped me from wearing it for more th...

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I got one of these too. It rocks

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The more I watch CS the more I like it. After doing an Indy marathon for the 30th I felt that it was a pretty good (no, not the best) addition to the series. I agree, if you watch all the movies back-to-back, CS actually segues in pretty nicely. I still find a lot of Koepp's dialogue pretty clunky,...

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That ad seems a little too good to be true... looks like something made by a fan.
According to the Making of Indiana Jones book, Lucas wanted a hat similar to Bogart's in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Bogart used to have a tight pinch on his hats.

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Huh. I bought a Stetson many years ago at a vintage shop here in Norway, that had "Weil's Department Store, Hillsboro, Oregon" stamped on the sweatband.

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Found this over at A Continuous Lean, very well-made little film. Thought you good people might enjoy it.

http://vimeo.com/9533389

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Having a roundish head, I didn't achieve a nice 'long oval' brim swoop on my Henry until I padded out the front of the sweatband.

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I'd love to see that. The center dent always loses its shape in my hats...

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I regularly roll up my year-old Henry. It looks like this: http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/985/img0093m.jpg For comparison, this is what it looked like the day I got it: :) http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8885/hatt1.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6714/hatt2.jpg http://img120.imageshack...

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This happened to my Fed Deluxe too. I just let it dry and brushed the salt off, it was fine.

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90. Mogwai storage!

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CairoIndy, your beaver hat is going to give me nightmares. It looks like you're being eaten by either Chip or Dale.

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Works for me, thanks for the quick response!

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Comparing the scene with the location photographs, I'm struck by how meticulously detailed the soundstage reconstruction is, right down to the bricks, rails, and concrete in the pavement. This strikes me as odd compared to how relatively unconvincing some of the other soundstage stuff is, like the R...

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Actual eyewitness testimonies are no match from the wisdom one draws from scrutinizing grainy stills.
There's no way the Bantu Wind was built on set, it's too big. Just like the Temple of Doom, which was shot in an actual mine in India...

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John Wayne wore the same white hat for nineteen years, from Stagecoach in 1939 to Rio Bravo in 1958.

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The pics are taken right after it came out of the box, the dents are shallow because they are fresh. I'm still fiddling with it to make the dents deeper.

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Restless Dreamer wrote:nice bash, gobo! LC, right?

you might want to try to curl up the sides of the brim: give it a try, you wont be disappointed

Actually, I was aiming for a CS bash... But hey, LC ain't bad either

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That's a bummer... the hat came in a box covered in Spanish stamps, meaning it didn't have to travel too far to get to Oslo. Maybe yours is aboard a cargo ship in the middle of the Atlantic right now.

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Mine got here today, a little less than four weeks after I ordered it. Dark chocolate color, lightweight and comfy, great tall stovepipe shape, and it takes thirty seconds to bash. Speechless. :D :D :D http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8885/hatt1.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6714/hatt2.jp...

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You could try getting one of these and reblock it yourself. I did, with nice results.
http://www.hatshapers.com/Product%20Pag ... d_Dome.htm

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The Deluxe was subjected to far worse treatment for about twelve times longer than the regular, and did not shrink at all. Mind you, the regular did only shrink a half-size, but that was enough to render it useless for me. The difference in felt quality is huge, though. It's like comparing petting a...

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Unless you have ordered already, you might want to consider my Fed story. I bought a Deluxe five years ago, and wore it daily, in all kinds of weather and conditions. It did end up tapering a bit, but nothing a reblock wouldn't fix. I bought a regular Fed IV to wear on May 22nd :D , and started wear...

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Weston's fedora needs its own fanclub or something, its that awesome.

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Many thanks, it was easier to do and turned out better than I expected. Good luck with yours!

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I've got one, read all about it here:
viewtopic.php?t=33242

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MY Fed Deluxe is four and a half, and has turned really nice and stiff since I reblocked it two weeks ago. Maybe rigor has set in?

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My Fed posing on a hiking trip in the Norwegian mountains last week.

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Here's my Regular after about a month of wear. It has already seen quite a bit of action, like rainstorms and blistering sun. http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/5258/frontwr1.jpg http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/5258/frontwr1.4488695c04.jpg http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/6792/sideym9.jpg http://img7...

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The Fed IV is not tapered. Mine actually has reverse taper in frontal view.

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This hat is turned:

Note how the bow is at the left temple, instead of directly above the ear.
You've probably seen kids who wear baseball caps sideways. It's basically the same.

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Pop the bashes out, and while looking in the mirror, turn the hat clockwise while wearing it, until the brim looks right. Then rebash the hat.

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The gear is his work uniform. Lots of guys wear more or less the same style of clothing their whole life. Like Seinfeld says, "All fathers are like a frozen-in-time pedestal that says 'This is 1964'. They somehow manage to get hold of old new clothes."

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After two months of daily wear, and two trips in the washing machine. I have not been nice to these, they are durable as heck.

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binkmeisterRick wrote:Wow! How'd you get your hat to look like a TIE fighter?

With some difficulty... the 'Death Star Trench' bash is quite hard to get right. Takes some steam and a lot of Fullers earth.

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Got mine today, quite happy with the preliminary bash. The block shape fricking rocks!

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I had a Poljot once, it was rubbish. Kept horrible time, the glass cracked, and the crown fell off after a month. Looked pretty cool, though.

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Yikes. I wear Wayfarers when I ride my Vespa, it never occurred to me that in an accident, they could shatter and blind me. Thanks for the warning, Kittlemeier.

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I always liked this set, and was disappointed it didn't appear in the other films. We'll get to see it again may 22, though

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Snowman attire!

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The Akubra does bleed, but only if it gets really soaked. Wore mine in heavy rainstorm last week, and stained the liner a little.

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Beaver Falls? Does it trip over its own tail?

Thanks for the replies, been pondering this question for a few days...

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Are there beaver farms, or are they hunted?

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Weston, I think that's the best-looking fedora I've seen in my life! Awesome!

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Henry Sr. had a pocket watch in LC. My guess is Indy would have one as well. In my experience, a wristwatch tends to snag and get caught on stuff out in the field...

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At this site:
http://www.tackwholesale.com
The gloves were accompanied by a weird catalog for all sorts of horsie-and-riding-type-stuff.

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These arrived in the mail today:

I have assigned them as Vespa-riding gloves. Maybe in a few months, I'll post a new picture to show how they distress.

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That's a wonderful bag, Harry. Welcome to COW!

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