Club Obi Wan

Kaleponi Craig

i was wondering how many of us actually wear their fedoras everyday? what i mean is who here wears their hat without wearing their gear? and if you do, what do you usually wear it with? suits or jeans or what? perhaps people can post pictures of themselves wearing their hat without their gear? just...

Kaleponi Craig

I wear my AB informal, as it has been kinda beat up over the years. So it is my adventure hat, the hat I take on my trips abroad.

Besides that, I rarely dress formally, my usual outfit is t shirt and blue jeans. But I have a nice Art Fawcett black fedora for the rare occasions I wear a suit...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Very cool article. And yes, the hat was GREAT in the movie!

Kaleponi Craig

Kilgour Trout wrote:
Bink...when did you go to Machu Pichu and pose for that famous shot?

Cheers
Kilgour

Kilgour, that's actually me at Macchu Pichu after a four day hike on the Inca Trail, November 2005.

Kaleponi Craig

I got mine in September 2005, so almost three years old now. It's been through the mill, let me tell you, but it's just as gorgeous as when I opened the box the first time. The best lid I ever owned!...KC

Kaleponi Craig

BendingOak wrote:Why do you steam it?

I needed to straighten up the crease a couple of times. I tend to pick it up the wrong way and that occasionally causes the center crease to be a bit crooked.

Kaleponi Craig

btw KC, what 'bash' did you ask for on your AB? Yours was the first one I saw over at the Lounge, the looks of it is what prompted me to get one. I ordered a Last Crusade bash from Steve, particularly the Venice Pier scene. But with all the bashes I"ve done since then, who knows what it is now?

Kaleponi Craig

Steve, I sent my AB to you a couple of years ago as I noticed it had a very slight taper. But what you did to fix it was very easy, just steamed it and bashed it anew. It seems that the dent in the top was a little to deep and that caused some taper.

Kaleponi Craig

I've had my Adventurebilt now for about three years. I use this fedora almost exclusively as far as my fur felts are concerned, although I have several other lids. I've taken it all over with me, on adventures far and wide; the Inca Trail in Peru, to the Mayan ruins of Chiapas, Mexico and across the...

Kaleponi Craig

My AB is an LC bash...

Kaleponi Craig

Here's my gray Fed...

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Kaleponi Craig

One of my favorite movies of all time. But Fred C. Dobbs obviously picked his hat up by the crown...

Kaleponi Craig

Ford looks great...and the Adventurebilt looks fantastic!...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Fedora, you've been soiling us for a long time with your high quality ABs and very low prices. I originally saw pure beaver hats at a store in San Francisco for around $1400. They are no better then yours. What am I talking about? They are not as good as yours! I'm sure he pays the same you do for t...

Kaleponi Craig

Great story about the elephant. Anyway, I did indeed go to southern Mexico and wore my AB. Well, the jungle is a little hot for the AB, as it turned out. But I got some cool pics with me at the Mayan ruins. However, in the highlands the AB was the perfect fit. I have a few pics in the scrapbook sect...

Kaleponi Craig

Thanks, Fefora, that seems to have done the trick...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I'm having trouble stretching my AB. It's just a tad small, you see, and I have one of those circular hat stretchers you put inside the hat, twist, and then you're supposed to have a slightly bigger hat. Well, at first it's bigger. But then, after a few days, it shrinks back to its original size. Do...

Kaleponi Craig

My goal is to take my AB to as many adventure places as possible. But I learned that it can't be in a really hot place. Peru is perfect, at least in the Andes...forget about the jungles of Mexico!...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Just got back from a wonderful adventure in Chiapas, Mexico. Had my AB on everyday except one, when it was just TOO DARN HOT!!! It's true, the jungle really is no place for a fur felt fedora, although I had it on one day while climbing the ruins of Palenque. But the rest of the time we were in the h...

Kaleponi Craig

I guess you shouldn't smoke while applying Pecard's...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I want to put Pecard's on my leather jacket, but the instructions are a little vague. Do you just rub it in with a cloth towel? Then I guess you rub off the excess. Is that how you guys do it? Thanks...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I can't say enough about how good the Adventurebilt hat is. I've worn it all over the place and it is simply the best lid I've ever owned. There is no doubt I would recommend it over any other Indy hat out there...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I agree with everyone else...DON'T CHANGE A THING...it looks fantastic as is...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I'm starting to wonder if the rule for a good fit should be to order TWO sizes down, but I won't be able to tell that unless I can get the current exchange exchanged. Here's hoping. :? That's pretty amazing, Bink, that you are a 40 and would wear an extra small. What does the poor guy who wears a 3...

Kaleponi Craig

Oh, man. It's all so confusing. So I called them back up, they had a medium in a vintage cow A2, so I ordered that. Nothing left in Indy. I just hope it fits. By reading this thread, who knows? I mean, don't companies usually have consistency in their sizes? Makes sense to me. Oh well, I'll just hav...

Kaleponi Craig

They are out of mediums, too...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I just talked to Tina at US Wings and they can't fill my order of two weeks ago because it turns out they have no more size large in anything and very few extra larges. So a lot of folks are going to notified soon that their orders are being cancelled. Shoot, you woulda thunk that they would have kn...

Kaleponi Craig

How about Josh Bernstein? He certainly goes to some hot countries wearing his fur felt. Of course, he probably has someone on staff to fan him when he gets too hot. Like I said, I can always take the hat off if it's too bloody uncomfortable. I will certainly post pics if I make it back. Thanks again...

Kaleponi Craig

Thanks for your concern, Agent5, I hope so too! But I'll put you in my will for the AB just in case. I might buy a cheap straw, as was mentioned above, but to wear it in the rain I might as well not have a hat at all. A fedora is good for me, as I need full protection from the sun. I really don't li...

Kaleponi Craig

It's an Indy fedora or nothing, as far as I'm concerned. I'm just not a Tilley kind of guy. I think I'll be taking the AB with the liner out. Thanks for all the great advice!...KC

Kaleponi Craig

The Federation seems A LOT heavier than the AB. Wouldn't that make it hotter underneath?...KC

Kaleponi Craig

The Keppler is a beaver/rabbit blend.Of the 3, though, you mentioned 'rainy', and the order would be AB, Keppler, THEN the Akubra in terms of holding the rain out. That said, though, I've had personal experience with wearing a black Akubra Federation in a steady rain for 2 days while helping move m...

Kaleponi Craig

I will be definitely be taking a hat, no question about that. I have very light skin very easily sunburn. But I also have a Keppler and an Akubra Fed. Would either one of these be better in the heat and humidity? The Keppler feels the lightest of the three. For sure I won't be taking my leather jack...

Kaleponi Craig

Why not wear the AB there, then pick UP a cheap straw when you get there if it's unbearable, as has been suggested above? That way you have the best of both worlds, and you can just leave the old cheap hat behind if you don't want to pack it back from your trip. Regards! Michaelson A couple of year...

Kaleponi Craig

What is the liner cap as opposed to just the liner? I normally would wear a Panama, but it will be the start of the rainy season, so that would destroy a straw hat. Yes, it will be hot and I'm probably crazy taking my AB, but what the heck. It will be a great way to get the AB into a more Indy look,...

Kaleponi Craig

I'm planning on a trip to southern Mexico in June to visit some Mayan temples; Palenque, Bonampak and Yachitlan. It should be very hot and maybe rainy. I'll be wearing my Adventurebilt and was wondering how it does in a hot, humid environment. Didn't someone say that they took the lining out and it ...

Kaleponi Craig

Marc wrote:Since it hadn't gone throught the preaging process...

Marc, can you explain what the 'preaging process' is?

Thanks, KC

Kaleponi Craig

3thoubucks wrote:They both worked on Star Wars 1 and 2, and live near George Lucas's Ranch and ILM

That's right where I live, in Lucas Valley in Marin County, CA (not named after George Lucas, by the way). I wonder where he lives here?...KC

Kaleponi Craig

There was a DVD that sold on Ebay for $51!!...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Good advice, Fedora. I'll be taking my AB down to Chiapas, Mexico in a couple of months. We'll be rambling in the highlands for awhile and then we'll go down into the jungle, hiking around Palenque, Bonampak and Yaxchilan. It will probably be WAAAAAAY to hot to wear a fedora there, but I don't care....

Kaleponi Craig

Harrison Ford said words to the effect that a guy would have to be nuts to wear a fedora and leather jacket in the jungle. Hiram Bingham, the modern discoverer of Machu Picchu, was the original Indiana Jones. He wore a fedora in the jungle... http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/craiget/bingham.j...

Kaleponi Craig

Wow, that's one wild lid. Scary, the teeth!...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Ken wrote:I think the key is a very tapered waist

And to look as good as HF...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Perfect! I just wrote about my wife thinking my AB looked to 'cityfied' to go on any adventures and was wondering how to get it all messed up and dirty.

I'm off to the Colorado River for a swim...KC

Kaleponi Craig

So get some Fuller's Earth (I found it on Ebay) and a powder puff, and then what, just put it on with the powder puff, but not too much at a time? How exactly do you do this?...KC

Kaleponi Craig

So my wife and I were getting ready to go on a little hike yesterday and as we were about to leave, I put on my Adventurebilt. "You're not going to hike in that, are you? It's too fancy for hiking". Too fancy? Huh? "Yeah, it looks like a city hat, what with no scratches or dirt on it....

Kaleponi Craig

I love my grey Fed! http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/craiget/SSCN2156.jpg Funny you mention green. Whenever I wear this lid anywhere near trees, the thing turns green! I was freaking out the first time I wore it Yosemite, which was right after I got it. It was really green and I thought someth...

Kaleponi Craig

I love wearing my AB everywhere and for once, I"m lucky to have such a fat head...KC

Kaleponi Craig

Stinchcomb wrote: I made the plunge and ordered the Federation from Hates Direct. I placed the order online and then called and talked to Ron last night to verify size.

Good for you, Stinchcomb. I absolutely love my grey Fed. It is one great lid...KC

Kaleponi Craig

I love my Fed. I was in three days of heavy rain last week and it came through with flying colors!!...KC

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