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The Hattery Katoomba sent an email out on 16th of October, they’ll be offering the Fed IV in a new colour graphite, a new reshaping service for a Raiders look and general restocking.

But nothing on a FED V sadly.

Best

Gerry

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Please do! I’ve got my eye test coming up in February and fancy some new frames and my plan is to get lenses in the Magnolia glasses. I had thought the Saville Roy Eyewear might have a shop in London but I’m not willing to fork out that amount of money trying to fit a pair of glasses myself online. ...

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It’s not worth it, I’ve seen it myself on eBay. The quality of this hat would be no where near the current HJ offering. It’s a factory hat with poor stitching, poor sweatband, poor quality felt. Good for a costume piece, at the right price. There are so many better options for the money they want fo...

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This one’s mine, Michelle at HJ does an excellent job as you would expect.

Gerry

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Looks great, although for me their bash looks spot on.

Important thing is you like it and wear it in good health! Congratulations!

Gerry

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Is it just me, or have they purposefully photoshopped the fedora to have more Raiders ‘mushroom’ effect? It looks very odd to my eye…

Gerry

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Initial thoughts is the DoD colour and ribbon work very well, and the extra stiffener is noticeable. Annoyingly, on both hats neither are initialled, which Michelle has done in the past and in truth I was paying for that with the Special Edition, you have the certificate but nothing telling me the c...

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Finally finally got in to pick these up, walk past Leicester Square and off to New Bond Street. Honestly surprised at how much I like the Destiny Poet, it really works very well. More photos to follow when I’m out and about and get them on my head. They were a bit shocked that I was picking up a Cru...

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As the OP, I can't really say RIP. He took my money and never delivered my hat despite years of emails... before he stopped replying. If you liked him or respected him, you certainly have a right to your feelings. But please forgive me for not sharing them. It is wholly inappropriate to post a mess...

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Got some good news my DoD Special Edition and a new LC are due in the next week or so, that’s about 12 weeks-ish from placing the order.

I’m collecting them from the new flagship shop on New Bond Street, I’ll get some pictures.

Gerry

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I would LOVE to see very good, high resolution pics of a HJ DOD fedora next to a known HJ (Either sable or the new dark sable) in natural daylight, or even multiple lighting conditions. I still can’t really tell if I like it or not, and it’s kinda driving me nuts. :-k Johnny Once my DoD comes I can...

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I bought mine at the end of June and they were estimating 6 months, so if I’m lucky should have that and a LC Deep Sable Rabbit by Christmas.

Gerry

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Good point! I think speculation and flipping has already begun. I’ve been watching a DoD HJ on eBay with some amusement. I couldn’t care less what any hat sells for. But I had a feeling my initial comment was a little misleading as it suggested a sale and a set price point. Prices and markets are ma...

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I don’t know if this is permitted, but I am loathe to watch this happen. For your valuation purposes just to say the hat at €1500 at the moment is the same one that was up a year ago at €1200 by the same seller. I had previously agreed to buy it at €600 in Jan 2022 ( I was the best offer) but had to...

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A random thought that I had: I wonder how much variation there is in the color of the DoD hats, both production used, and what's being sent out. I've ordered two seaplane grey beaver felts from HJ a year apart, and one is visibly darker, and slightly browner. Likewise for two beaver CS train fedora...

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Fantastic hat, congrats!

Did you get the Special Edition? What was your turnaround time like?

Gerry

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Welcome back! It’s difficult to say. I bought a second hand 2008 AB that was a Raiders and re-blocked to a CS hat by Steve from a member here with that liner, that was $480 about 2 years ago. That member sold 10+ AB’s at that similar price point. I have an AB Deluxe made by Marc Kitter from 2015 I b...

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I suppose, though if so, I wonder what they says about HJ's new methods for preventing shrinkage... :Dietrich: That's why I'm bummed HJ's not doing beaver lids at the moment. :( I emailed HJ today and you are looking at next year for Beaver felt, but no confirmed date. Gerry Sent from my iPhone usi...

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Very randomly I have also been considering the Crusade in the Portuguese Beaver so an update would be helpful.

I emailed recently, lead time is 4 months.

Cheers!

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Quite possible you are looking at officially licensed products in some scenes.

The tuk tuk repair scene stood out in my mind as particularly bad.

Gerry

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Sorry to the beaver owners, but the beaver hat never looked right. Would deep sable still be accurate for the earlier movies? What didn't look "right" to you about the CS hat? For me it’s too boxy and too unyielding, the felt lacks character if that makes sense, it always looks ‘new’. Des...

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Thought I’d start a thread as I’ve just gone for the special edition DoD from Herbert Johnson. I’m in London so can go through the bells and whistles they are offering.

Gerry

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Picked it up last week when I was last in London. Think they got it pretty spot on. No photos in the wild yet. It’s in the deep sable rabbit, which is a massive improvement on the last rabbit I handled there about two years ago - it was almost scratchy. This is a lot smoother, very light and floppy....

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Why is it time always slows down when your hat is nearly ready! Went in the block end of last week…

Gerry

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Glad I could be of some help!

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A bit better. But that almost looks like it was upres'd from 480 (TV) DVD. You can tell when you try to actually blow the image up to 1080p. But I guess better than nothing. Thanks :TOH: I’d say you’re right there. I’m not sure how much of a market there is for full HD on the YIJC, it’s niche even ...

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There are some higher resolution versions of the YIJC on YouTube, link to MotB below - although not sure how helpful it will be!

https://youtu.be/Z9hLcv2J2gA

Best

Gerry

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From the looks of the last announcement it’s a relaunch, which is great news!

Gerry

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I’d say it’s only people like us who noticed that, this is marketing for a return with a bang.

Or maybe he’s the Indy 5 hatter, who knows…

Gerry

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From socials it looks like there is an upcoming re-launch for Penman’s…

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Thanks both!

Order just placed today, 3 inch brim, so I’ll keep the thread updated.

HJ are low on Deep Sable in beaver so I’ve went rabbit - probably the better option as it will be lighter and floppier.

Gerry

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I assumed there was more of a question mark around the brim looking at Mulceber’s posts on 2 5/8 and as Jack’s original comments are gone it’s hard to fill the gaps. The 3 inch brim is what HJ use on their Dr Who poet and it just looks too much. I may end up going to Bates’ and trying their Poet to ...

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Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but I am finally buying a YIJC hat and from HJ. What’s the consensus on the brim width? HJ have said 3 inches, accurate or not that will look ridiculous on me. Prior to looking I had thought 2 5/8 or 2 6/8 is where it landed. The 3 inch brim is more Tom Baker...

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Black wasn't in business until 1988. If they were sourcing things in London, it could conceivably be a Christy's or Lock. Not sure if HJ historically sold Panamas, but probably? I couldn’t say for sure but I would think as a hatter in London HJ wouldn’t have missed the trick of doing some panama’s ...

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As I understand it Deborah Nadoolman was the key influence in the unique shape of the Raiders fedora. In terms of a tight pinch I think it is very much each to their own, and your personal style. I do remember a Matt Deckard video (I think) where he suggested that men with less money, not able to ge...

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Apologies my mistake, can’t trust my memory after 16 years.

Best

Gerry

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“Ford felt” meaning the felt from the run of hat bodies used in KOTCS.

So if Steve/Marc got 50 hat bodies in an order batch, used 20 for the production hats, the other 30 are the Ford felts sold by AB to the public.

You don’t see many about.

Thanks

Gerry

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IJJTM wrote:Looks nice, but I’m not sure about the business model of selling on eBay.

I get the impression they’re a hobbyist rather than being a full blown business.

Gerry

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IJJTM wrote:Doesn’t look like he’s selling any at the moment, so I’m not sure.

I’ve seen the advert on and off for about 6 months. I think he takes an order via ebay, completes it and then readvertises.

They do look good though!

Gerry

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Very nice pics, thanks for sharing. What brand glass is that Guinness in? That harp is beautiful. Thanks. Just your standard brand Guinness glass, you shouldn’t put other brand beer in unbranded or different branded glasses or the Breweries get uptight over here. All marketing. They’re not expensiv...

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Got out for a hike today in the Lake District UK with my Beaver ‘07 AB, first two are at the Kirkstone Pass, the weather changed by photo 2, the Guinness is the reward. https://imgur.com/a/bW5ya2V" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And my AB Deluxe which doesn’t get out much. h...

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I usually just wear mine, I’m currently on a month long trip over the holidays and it’s never off my head when I’m out. I’ve had a few very very windy days in the past when travelling and I have popped out the bash, flattened and rolled the hat up like a Panama. Fits into your rucksack and you won’t...

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Thomas just got back to me and it seems like he is open to doing reblocks on ABL’s seeing as how John is MIA. Good news for me. Whilst I never really wear my AB Deluxe, my 07 AB is rarely off my head. It is in need of some real TLC, after this winter he will be getting an email! I’m genuinely just ...

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So Advintage confirmed on their FB page. We have them doing an Adventurebilt Deluxe line, and not just the Crystal Skull $\:D/$

Cheers

Gerry

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This is more like it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211109/55e511e0f79dd6fec2b7ebdcdfacf6c6.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ah that ***** that it was a disappointment, to be fair I can see why…Although nice work on the re-bash. I have a beaver HJ that went on the block last Friday, whic...

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Tibor wrote:

Every time I get my haircut and put on my hat it reminds me of that movie

Gerry

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When I last spoke to Marc a few months ago, he was pretty adamant that he will no longer be making any hats. While it is entirely possible that Marc might pass on his knowledge and materials to a fellow hatter- I wouldn’t get my hopes up too much for Marc’s return. I was reading the “more to come” ...

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I used to use the Crown with my first hat, Fed III, may she rest in peace.

I really regret it now because I’ve sent some Fed IVs that look great with age when well cared for.

Always with the brim.

Cheers

Gerry

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Now that is very promising!

My AB Deluxe is the best felt I’ve had my hands on, although not a hat I wear very often.

It would be great to see the AB name continue on, especially as we don’t know when John may be back up and running!

Cheers

Gerry

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I think there’s a lot of credibility there, even now I think some of the UK hats are coming from the same factory with differing levels of quality. Bates hats also have a Poet which actually looks quite good, and some of their offerings like the Bruand remind me of the old HJ advertisement with all ...

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