Club Obi Wan

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Why isn't this thread a sticky? Took me a long time to find it again.

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Red Dust wrote:men's noses and ear never stop growing

Most men have one nose and two ears, but what you say is true; Mickey mouse is 80 years old and clearly proves your point.

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Don't forget jeans also come in other colors. I often wear a fedora with jeans (when I'm not in a suit) but I rarely go out of the house in blue jeans anymore, I prefer black, brown or gray jeans.

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I also visit the Fedora Lounge and the hat forum run by "he who must not be named" but my presence on most forums is minimal these days. At the moment I own 9 fedoras including an AB, one by Art Fawcett and 3 Federations and a handful of bush type hats. The AB and the brown Fed (in the Ava...

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The search for the fedora is the search for the Indy in all of us. I just had to type that, but it's not true in my case; I have no desire to look like Indiana Jones, and besides, with my face, it would be impossible. I even stopped wearing my leather jacket when I got my first brown fedora. I wear ...

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So fatwoul, how on earth did you get such an accurate map of your head? Did you use the above mentioned conformer, stick your head in a bowl of jello, or some other method some of the rest of us could apply?

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I think I would keep a hat that has been through an elephant three times.

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J-B Weld.

No wait, I meant Murray's pomade. Nothing holds better. Except maybe J-B Weld.

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That's a great hat and it looks good on you.

I wouldn't change a thing! Let it be you hat for non-Indy days.

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Fedora is right, it could be a bit taller. My Bushman crown is about 5 1/4 inches open crown, and the dome starts somewhere around 4 1/8 inches. 3thoubucks obervations and comparison photos of the Fed and Bushman are valuable; the Fed is taller, but a lot of that height is in the dome while the Bush...

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It was 137.40 AUD. They didn't charge my card until the order was finished.

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Yep, I actually bought a grey Bushman from Hats Direct with no eyelets and it came recently after a few months' wait. The David Morgan version also has no vent eyelets but it does have chinstrap hooks and a thinner ribbon, which I didn't want. The Australian version has the wider traditional grosgra...

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You can get a Bushman without eyelet vents and with the nice grosgrain ribbon (standard on Australian models) from Hats Direct if you ask for one. Takes a little longer, but the price is the same. Right now (April) is supposed to be the best time to ask for special orders like this.

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I just wear a country hat, usually an Akubra Colly, when I'm hiking. You will all hate me, but I tend to agree with the wife. My fedoras -- even the AB -- look best with my business and casual clothes in the city, but when I'm in the country, it's a natural color, big brim hat with leather band and ...

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Cold water is safer than steam. Use a spray bottle and soak the brim and bottom of the crown, including sweat band and ribbon, leaving the top of the crown dry (with gradual wet to dry transition if you can manage it). This is to avoid taper. Then set it upside down and hang a desk lamp over it or s...

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Is it even a felt hat? That top photo has what apperas to be non-felt wrinkles as if it were a canvas hat.

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Fedoras have crept naturally back into the scene in Tokyo as well, and everybody appears to associate them with good style, and not a particular adventure movie. For this reason, I don't look forward to the renewed asscociations, and the "tune" being hummed behind my back by strangers next...

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3thoubucks wrote:I'll cut the crown off one of the two unbashed Regular Feds I have, at about top of the ribbon level, just to see if there's a visible difference in thickness.

I think my heart stopped...

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Is the bushman on the Hats direct site? i cant seem to find it anywhere. :-k Nope, it's not on their web site, and you have to ask for it by name. That's the amazing thing about HatsDirect, they can get you any Akubra you want direct from the factory, and with little modifications if you need them....

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3thoubucks, this is exactly the kind of thing I have been hoping to find. Those detailed dimension specs really help me to know what the bushman hat is like compared to my Feds. I'm happy to see it compares so favorably. I've gone ahead and ordered a bushman from HatsDirect. Theirs don't have the ug...

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The Bushman is next on my wish list. It looks like the perfect hat for several different styles. David Morgan's American version has a thin ribbon and that ugly chin strap hook that shows through on the outside, and the Australian version has a nice wider ribbon but vent eyelets in the crown. Ron at...

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So (excuse my ignorance), but I gather that "pounce" is the, uh, furriness of the felt -- is that correct? Pounce is the sanding process. I can't find this usage of the word in any dictionary, however; apparently it's a term only used by hatters. Doesn't the Deluxe come with a liner? Even...

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The problem mostly goes away as your body unconsciously adapts to the challenge of keeping a hat on your head in the wind over the years by tilting it in the direction of the slightest breeze. But I still carry my hat in my hand when walking over a bridge since the wind is often stronger there, and ...

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In fact, I doubt if any 6x hat has even a pinch of beaver fur in it. You may be right, but I must say that this 6X "beaver" felt does feel a bit different from my rabbit felts. It's just a tad more silky and smooth, and reminds me just a LITTLE bit of my AB. Can this feel be created in th...

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I also have a 6X beaver from Miller. It does feel different from my rabbit fur felts, but not quite like pure beaver. I wonder how much beaver is in that thing?

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I also love the various Quatermain hats. Art's custom hats are great, and he's making one for me right now. But being pure beaver felt, they do cost more than an off-the-rack rabbit or hare felt hat. Akubra also makes a couple styles that would fit the bill for less investment. I have the Colly whic...

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You get Stratton hats for free? Do you need any new friends?

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A long time ago our family dog would suddenly attack people whenever they put on gloves. This was because the only time we put on gloves in his presence was so we could play rough with him and let him bite our hands as hard as he wanted. What fun memories...

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The problem will work itself out naturally as he ages.

In the meantime he should be persuaded to get his hair cut short again. When you got a nice hat you don't need fancy hair.

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When I read this, I just had to get up and run to the mirror, and YOU'RE WRONG BUDDY!! I got really close to the mirror, felt the sides of my head and MY EARS ARE STILL THERE!! Hmmm, I never thought to verify the ears were missing by feeling the sides of my head. When they disappeared from sight I ...

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I did say it could be the angle of the photo's. Thats still some good shot coming from a phone. Hats definitely look better when shot from a distance. Shoot too close (ie. arm's length) and you get distortion. It's the same principle that explains why your ears disappear when you stand too close to...

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It's all in the delivery.

As I recall the topic never came up again.

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Plus, you have to set the beaver trap so the animal drowns, if you still want that critter to be in the trap when you ran the trap lines. They would gnaw their own legs off if not drowned. Why couldn't you just shave them and let them go? :) When a colleague asked me in suspicious tones how they go...

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So THAT'S what Nigerian Brown looks like. Yeah, it's too dark for an Indy hat but come to think of it, exactly what I would want for a non-Indy hat. Too bad (for me) that they don't make the Bushman in that color any more. So the Federation was modeled after the Bushman? I have never owned a Bushman...

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I have an Akubra catalog that I received in 1990 that had the Bushman with "Superfine Quality" in Nigeria Brown, Deep Fawn, Willo Green, and Steel Grey. The Squatter had the exact same felt and colors back then. I have found two other vendors besides David Morgan who still carry the Bushma...

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Don't send that Fed back! I have three Federations, and all of them were too big. The last one could actually go on my head sideways, and I'm a long oval! I just gave them the lamp treatment, and they fit great. Since I am a long oval, I also bind the bottom of the crown with cord -- making knots on...

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That post on pouncing by 3thoubucks was significant enough to coax me out of lurking mode. Downright exciting! I'd love to hear more about how to pounce a hat by myself (I find sanding wood very gratifying for reasons I don't understand, and I bet I'd have a great time with my fuzzy felt hats). What...

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I've never been a fan of that tight, emaciated Raiders pinch. It's not very aesthetic, and can't be good for the felt in the long run. Now Abner's pinch is different; nice and healthy -- and subtle.

BTW the pinch in my avatar may appear tight, but it's at least one finger wide.

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Either this is not the Akubra you just received or Los Angeles is having some pretty strange summer weather...

Great hat though.

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My AB should arrive in a week from Fedora, and I ordered the long oval after much consideration. All my Federations are regular ovals, and I want this one to special, custom shaped to my long oval head. My head is really long, and slows me down if I turn it to the right or left when riding a bicycle...

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I don't have an AB yet (should be here in 2 weeks) but I will not turn it. My Akubra Fed (in the Avatar) is not turned either, but I got a nice swoop all the same.

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Dutch_jones wrote:I dont think there is a IJ4 hat gig

Why someone -- with no knowledge of the situation -- would make such a statement is beyond me. What purpose does it serve?

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Just curious, what is the waiting period these days? Well, more than just curious since I've also ordered an AB 8 weeks ago. No rush, really! Anticipation is half the fun. And I've got three great Federations to keep me happy.

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Please notice the words of a 15 year old Federation-owner: Don't rebash it anymore! I know what I'm speaking of, for me it was like this: Every time I saw my hat in the mirror I wanted to correct the bash and did a tweaking here and there. After a few months my lid was in a bad shape! The bash look...

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IndyDoc wrote:They may still have stuffed or folded the sweat during filming to make it extra tight though.

No doubt, since their biggest concern with the hat was how to keep it from flying off Harrison Ford's head. I bet any modifications they made to the hat were done with this in mind.

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Did you wear yours in the rain a lot? Can I still assume an AB will stay straight sided if one tries to avoid getting it soaked?

BTW I have to agree with IndyJens that it still looks pretty good in that photo.

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You know, I still wear the AB 90% of the time, but if I'm heading out into the yard to do some sweating, I pop the Akubra on. This very thing is going through my mind. I have a great Akubra Fed regular (it's in the avatar) and I have an AB on order. I'm the type who can't stand to have two hats of ...

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Indiana Opie? I'll have to watch for it!

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I hope you will keep a journal of these interesting things in case you forget details later. Then when the movie is part of history, and it won't matter anymore, you can let us all hear about your behind the scenes tidbits.

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I just told Steve my measurements and he confirmed I was a long oval. I asked him to go ahead and make my AB a long oval as well. I have plenty of regular hats to play with and get that reverse taper and swoop, so I want this one to be special. It only seems to make sense to buy a custom hand-made h...

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