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ANJALI

binkmeisterRick wrote:An aviary?

Naughty boy ...you're jealous !

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Happy New Year all people of COW Just recieved my hat HJ by Jason last week. I was in France and didn't have with me a "good" camera. Great work of Jason !!! http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s342/pruvotal/essai-198web.jpg http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s342/pruvotal/essai-195web.jpg ...

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Thanks Mitch and Fordperfect for the pictures
The best hat I have ever seen here
Congratulations Jason, you've found the secret !
stand firm !
Jason the "Perfectionist"

Anjali

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binkmeisterRick wrote:Well, both the Temple and Nostalgia are still offered today, even if the specs have changed some. But that's a topic for another thread since this one is about HJ and Mr. Swales.

Of course !

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Stetson made the licensed hats in both wool and fur felt versions. If my memory serves me correctly, the current Stetson "Temple" is essentially the same hat they produced as the fur felt licensed hat. The "Nostalgia" is a good looking hat, though, and is designed to emulate the...

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We don't forget the contract between the movie's production (a "speciality of Spielberg") and Dorfman...perhaps HJ didn't have the law ? Actually it was Stetson who originally held the "official" license in the '80s. It was only after Stetson let it lapse some years later that D...

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But I'm sure that the body and the felt used for my hats (bought this day) was this used for TOD and LC but my hats were not so tall and the brim larger. :-k Do you have a picture of these hats ANJALI? Unfortunetly no picture for the moment because I don't have these hats with me in Kenya But when,...

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I was under the impression that they didn't use the poet or any of their mass produced hat models but a unique model just for the film. I'm sure I distinctly remember my first visit to SAB and one of the male staff (not Swales) talking to me about the hat design. He said that the poet is the neares...

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I think the answer is very simple. What is the X factor in the raiders hat. Why it was different than TOD and LC? What changed? DL is that X-factor. I used to think that there was a lot of people making that hat ( Raiders) that we all love so much but have now changed my thinking to the real creati...

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Permantly this one :

Last crusade...the best movie of the four
Same body and same felt than TOD (bridge) but special pinching at the top only and different cut for the brim.
(best general look also)...for me

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If Bogart can pull it off, then you can too! :[ http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg295/LVskywalker/stanley32art2.jpg I wouldn't care. It's an adventurers hat, it's supposed to look that way. :H: Fantastic movie, fantastic Bogart : treasure of Sierra Madre ...John Huston (novell of B. traven) One ...

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The thing is Christys current felt is the correct thickness for a Raiders LC and TOD hat ! it seems to be the same thickness as the movie hats;) if you go with thicker felt you get a hat that doesn't look "quite right" anymore. I have to agree on the strategy part! I heard stories of him ...

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I don't want to disturb Mr swales but...we have so many interviews of people around him

(Deborah Noodelman by example...) and nothing from him

, that, if he is always alive, to have only once, seriously, an interview of this man will be a good thing.
Just my opinion...

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It could be a "strategy" to let this man in "peace". It's no difficult to imagine how he was disturbed at the end by fans...asking always about Indy fedoras. he wanted to be quite but...I repeat : it's strange that nobody (except you) was looking about him ! Perhaps, he has left ...

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If my source was reliable (ex-HJ employee) Swales is dead. ???? I'd like to have more information about that ! That's strange because since the beginning, that Man is THE MAN ! and nobody has really search about him... The felt, the body...all these informations = R Swales ! :-k I hope he's still a...

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Mods, if you want to merge this into the other thread, I understand. Here is Todd's new Indy Downtowner Hat. It is very stiff...just like a cowboy hat, and comes pre-bashed. The bash is nice, and the quality seems good. Nice leather sweat, and satin liner with the Coyle's logo. Overall, a very nice...

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From what I understand, he had over 500 hat orders hit him between September 07 and January 08 when news leaked out he was the maker of the CS hat. He is a one man show, and even when he had an apprentice helping, they were pushing out 3 hats a day. He's now around 2 hats a day on average, working ...

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Can you post a pic of the top of the hat while its on your head? The current Christys' felt is the seems to be perfect as it is There've been so many hats that have been "improved" that the Christys seems one of the few left that comes on the right felt as it is. Ok Dutch_jones, First pic...

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Good idea ANJALI and great looking hat you've got there! (did you buy every colour of their catalogue?) Thanks Erri... Perhaps ! I'm always surprised to see the "quality-beauty" of the colour...far away actually the best for me! ;) The fed is so sad...comparatively! ANJALI http://img.phot...

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Hi, fan of christy's Just want to show you a new colour : maize http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVOT/IMG_0685web.jpg I asked to "Hornets" if it was possible to produce these hats with a better felt (a little bit more thick and specially dense). They pass the message on Christy...H...

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The ribbon on the burma looks like the same colour (and size) of the light sable, can you confirm me that? Did you specifically asked for that colour? yes, the ribbon has the same colour. i've just ordered a burma hat without specifically colour. Burma = green-grey (near (but not like) the colour o...

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Just to join Erry...even I've been disappointed by a severe shrinkage with my first Christys. I must recognize that It's the best deal on the market for the moment. I've been disappointed by the Fed IV, and must confess that I don't wear the Fed but always the Christys except the old Fed...but, unfo...

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I just recieved two of these Christy's a few days ago. They are identical in sweats, ribbon and felt to the current HJs, so this is the same hat, made by the same folks that make the HJs. I already knew this of course. These two hats are also identical in blockshape to the current HJ. And, I see so...

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Excellent work...one of the best hat seen on Obi Wan for me.
don't wait too long time to start a "business"...because you have really a gift for...
Congratulation
Anjali

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J!m wrote:A bit off topic Anjali, but where is a good source for a slouch hat now-a-days?

I am interested in a nice, dense slouch hat (with no brim hook) for adventure wear...

http://www.lawranceordnance.com/khaki-a ... -caps.html

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Felt quality = high density = no taper the only hat with this features was the HJ of the eighties and the british army bushhat (slouch hat in Australia). I can't speak about the produces of Steeve and Marc. I don't have Adventurebilt. I'm a collector of this kind of hat(slouch hat)...I have two from...

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Mine has been directly at the dustbin after a big rain in Nairobi...."adventurer"...it's a joke! I liked this hat at the beginning but the felt, quality just a little bit above the HJ of Replix, was to thin and enough dense. The problem is very simple...we don't find in europe felt's produ...

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I was very happy of this hat at the beginning... I posted some pictures (vanished with the post about this subject???) BUT...I noticed that my hat was tapered out of the box so, it shoud be very difficult to bash correctly the body. The dimension of the brim was perfect for me, better than the Akubr...

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Thanks Tron7960 !
Regards
Anjali

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Just probably a stupid question...how to order a Magnoli HJ?
I've been looking for on Internet but I didn't see anything...
Regards
Anjali

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The pictures have been resized...
I'm very sorry for the difficulty.
Regards
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the administrator told me that the size of the pictures is too big. So I'll delete later my post. I have to go in my work now !

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Michaelson...I blush !
There are pictures took by myself !
I'm a wildlife photographer...

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I received one week ago my "Deluxe". very good hat. The felt has of course a better quality than the Fed IV. it is very easy to form the hat... I hope that you'll be convinced http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVOT/IMG_0006rweb2.jpg FEDIV http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVO...

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This hat looks like the LC hat. It will be interesting to produce also the "old" Fed with the same thickness of felt.

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Beautiful hat...how do you order your hat? using the web site ? I tried many times to order a hat at jimmy because I really appreciate his work but (living in Kenya) it's difficult from my country to have a reply ! I hope to have one day the possibility! :? A paypal possibility of payment will be we...

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I've just received three days ago my Fed IV. Firts Thanks Ron and Jenny for the quick service. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVOT/IMG_0047web.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVOT/IMG_0009web.jpg Better quality for this model. the felt is thinner and the hat easyest to form. A...

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Beautiful hat...I'd like to have someone like it before to die!

I'd like to known if there are customers outside the USA who have a JPD'hat ?

I'm living in Kenya and to contact JPD even with his website it's not easy !
Regards
Anjali

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It should be interesting to know if Akubra will continue to produce the "old" federation...It was not a "bad" hat and we don't know if the new model will be so satisfying. But, I'm very curious because it's really too long to wait for an AB or a JPD when we are lucky to have an a...

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVOT/G2Portraits-006bisweb.jpg Personally, I think that it's a mistake to try to bash the fed exactly like the HJ of Indiana jones. this hat must be lightly pinched otherwise we lose the right sides effects (not tapered). It's really a good hat. I wear it ev...

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Where is the web site of jimmy???

I dindn't see it at the usually address.
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Thanks Jimmy

Regards
Anjali

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JPD is actually my" favourite" but like samuel, I emailed Jimmy for the same hat and I've never got a response

perhaps it's because I live actually in Kenya (?)...It's a pity because, I really like his style

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http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/slouch_hat4.htm You'll find probably some interesting hats for adventure at this page . The British-Australian slouch hat is probably the most well-know. I'm a fan of this hat, he is perfect for a look of adventurer in Africa or India. The band is called ...

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Thank you Fedora.
I did a resume :

Tell me if I made a mistake.
Regards
Anjali

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Thank you Fedora for your informations.
I checked my Old HJ (middle eighties), the dom is higher...like a bowler hat.
If you can change the dome and made a hat with "reverse taper"...it's perfect !
Thank you and sorry to disturb you with my questions.
Regards
Anjali

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I can't speak very well english, I prefer to do a "drawing" :

What do you think of that Fedora ?
Regards

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Thank You Fedora, Your picture is very interesting. I think (always my idea),it is not (perhaps ) because the body to form the hat is not enough "round" ? When you form your hat the sides subside and give the shape "taper"at the top... probably a body form for a" bowler hat&...

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The only taper I see in Flyer's hat is an optical illusion. Wearing the hat tilted back will make it appear slightly tapered. I don't believe that it' an optical illusion. When I compare with the avatars showing the hat of Harrison Ford and the pictures of the owners of a AB, I note the same proble...

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Fedora is not far from the perfection. I used the picture of Indyflyer and I worked with Photoshop to obtain a second picture. I'd like to show you what for me is the best Indy hat : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/PRUVOT/Comparaison.jpg It's almost nothing ...just the body a little bit large...

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