Ditto! All the very best to you both.

Hope to get to meet you in July when I head over to the UK to see my family.

G'day Neolithic, Yeah I can't stand Sydney and love heading up the mountains for some peace. Even Penrith is getting too crowded for me now and I've lived there all my life. Too many petrol heads where I live with nothing better to do than rev their noisy motorbikes all day and tear up the nearby pa...

Thanks for this Strider! I think I understand what you are saying. I have turned my hat already (about 1 inch to my right) so I will have a play with the bash. It tapers a little at the top but now I know that's the hat and not me I feel a bit better about it. I plan on ordering an AB in the coming ...

Ah just found the thread that says the Feds are best as LC hats. I sure wish I saw that one before I went and bought a hat. I guess if I want a boxy Raiders hat I will need to save up for an AB. I'm not as familiar with the LC bash, I guess this'll end up being a LC/Raiders hybrid.

Guys, I'm goin' nuts over here and need some help. I've looked at a couple of the tutorials and have been trying to follow the Pagey Bash one. My problem is this - how do I bash the hat and avoid the taper that I'm getting? ie how do I do it so that it maintains the boxy look ala RotLA? I have the F...

No worries at all Michaelson, happy to have been able to have a looksee. It was a very soft hat, also it had a (I don't know the corect term to use) "border" around the brim edge. http://www.hatsdirect.com/hat-info/traveller.html I'm learning as fast as I can hehe. I saw the safari hat in ...

I just got home from The Hattery (can't get enough of the place) and I was speaking to Jenny about the Traveller. It's a nice hat, very light and soft and the brown colour isn't bad at all. Jenny showed me the one behind the counter with the Federation style ribbon on it. It's a fair bit shallower t...

Post one more time, you'll get a wee hat at 5 hehe

Sounds like a fun day out Hawkangel. I'm going to head back up there tomorrow as I want to enlist Ron's help with fixing up my bash (I've done it cockeyed and it's annoying me). It's a great cafe too, I had the BLT for breakfast yum! I ended up with the Fed Deluxe only because I liked the darker bro...

Cheers Strider. Alrighty then, here goes....

Cheers Everyone, wow such a cool welcome. Thanks again.

OK I've taken a pic but how can I display it on the forum? Also, can anyone please help me in regards to adding an avatar to my account? How do I add a pic?

Cheers guys! Yep I actually live in Penrith which is about 1 hour drive to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. I'm smack bang between Sydney itself and The Hattery up at Katoomba. All these years the shop has been there basically on my doorstep and I never knew about the connection to them and a great I...

G'day :D Yes, Jenny was who I spoke to first and she got me started trying on the Fed and talking about the colour etc and then I tried on the deluxe and it just felt a bit lighter on my head and I liked the colour better, a nice brown. I might head back up there for a crash course on bashing etc as...

G'day everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself and say thanks for the existence of this awesome community. My name is Adam and I live near Sydney, Australia. I had the pleasure of driving up to Katoomba and visiting the Hattery last Monday and I purchased my first fedora, an Akubra Fed Deluxe. It...