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Fatdutchman

I think yours looks better than mine....I think I'm gonna rework mine a bit.

Fatdutchman

Trapped.

Fatdutchman

All my hats have to be "turned" just a little bit anyway. The pinch has to be towards the bow just a bit to match my face, which apparently is off centered on my head... Hard to say exactly just how much, you just have to put the hat on and try it, and move the pinch around till it's where...

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My AB came in several days ago. It fits me pretty well. It had more "turn" in it than I could wear, so I moved the pinch over a little bit and reshaped the front dents some. Better. That soft, floppy, crooked brim is going to take getting used to... I decided, what the heck, I'd make this ...

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I don't think it has really shrunk on me. It has lost a lot of its "volume" from the center dent sinking down. I've tried pushing and steaming and all, trying to get that dent back out, with no real effect. Maybe I can soak it and reshape it... Once it goes down, it doesn't want to come ba...

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Even still, after wearing the hat quite a bit, rain and shine, it is about 4 1/2" high at the front pinch, and 4 3/4" high center sides. It has lost a good bit of its bell shape...not so much from shrinkage, but from the center crease inexorably sinking down, drawing the sides in with it. ...

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Ok, ok, I'm here. :D Haven't been around much lately. When I got my Squatter, I measured it, but not too carefully. Mine was probably close to 5 1/2" tall, best I could tell. Definitely not over that. Maybe 5 3/8"....how's that? I think it has the potential to make a killer Indy hat. Now, ...

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I like hats to be pretty stiff. Maybe not to the point of being bulletproof, but soft "dress felt" has never appealed to me. I want a hat to keep it's shape. What about felt density? I have had some hats with felt that was REALLY dense, and I couldn't really blow through it, and then I hav...

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They were importing these in fair quantities several (like 10 or 15) years ago, and I think the dealer costs were about $300. I REALLY wanted one then, but had no cash. I have seen a couple on Gunsamerica relatively recently, and I think they were wanting something like $600 for them.

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The classic PP/ PPK cartridge is the 7.65mm, which is really the .32 ACP. At some point, they started making them in .380ACP. I don't know when that was, probably the '70's.... The 9x18mm is the Makarov cartridge, and is the pipsqueak Russian service cartridge. The Makarov is a rather larger (and ug...

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Years and years ago, I had a "model 1911 .45 caliver" pot metal/zinc fake pistol. I BELIEVE that the maker was "MGC" in Japan. The hammer broke on me once, and I actually wrote the company/importer and they sent me a new hammer. I doubt they even exist anymore. This was sometime ...

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Who has a good source of hat ribbons in various colors? I'm just flat out comin' up empty. And if anyone says "your local fabric/craft store", I'm gonna scream! The only ribbon I can find anywhere is the silly shiny stuff that women use to decorate with. I've got a hankerin' for a Bushman,...

Fatdutchman

It looks like yours has a little of that odd flared-out-at-the-bottom-of-the-crown that the Federation is sometimes afflicted with. Maybe you can work it out some. You might try making your top crease deeper...it will clean up the top of your front pinch a lot. You can steam the far out of it, it wo...

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I think "turning" only works for some people. On others, perhaps not so much.

My hat is automatically "turned" just a bit...sort of. I have to put the pinch off just a bit towards the bow to begin with since my face is a bit off center of my head...

Fatdutchman

Here's mine.

Mine's probably from the '70's and virtually brand new. I made the grips.

Fatdutchman

well, I got 'er pretty well shaped to my satisfaction. Of course, I would like for it to be about a quarter inch or so shorter, but it is a Federation, and tall is what you get. The color in the photos is pretty well correct, though it is a "richer" color than it looks in the pictures. It ...

Fatdutchman

Well, long time, no see... I haven't been here in a while. I just got my replacement size 57 Tawny Fawn Federation (which I had to wait a few weeks for, since they were out of stock). This one replaced the 58 which was just too big. This one also is a tad too large, but not unbearably so. I think it...

Fatdutchman

Here it is. It's a very nicely made item. It's a lithe thing that moves around smoothly like a....well, like a whip.

Fatdutchman

I got the whip just yesterday. It's an 8 foot 8 plait cowhide that is a tannish sort of color. Now, I just have to learn how to use it. David Morgan sells an instructional video that I'll order. I have a photo I took, but yesterday my internet provider was screwed up (again) and I couldn't get onlin...

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This one (like others) is just way too big.

Now, other Akubra hats seem to be sized more "correctly" than the Federation.... My 58 Squatter was considerably smaller than the Fed. It was just ever so slightly large for me when I got it, but now it fits almost perfectly.

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I've tried a fed deluxe, and saw absolutely no difference whatsoever between it and the standard. The standard "mid-brown" ranges in color from really dark grayish brown, to super dark grayish brown. I REALLY like the "tawny fawn" color, which looks nothing like the really light ...

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I think 8 plaits look fine. 12 plaits look the nicest, I think. I, personally, don't care for the looks of the really fine plaits. 16 or 24 or more. Just me.

Mine's gonna be an 8 plait, which looks nicer than the 4 plait, but still keeps the cowhide plenty strong, I would imagine.

Fatdutchman

I'm ordering an 8 plait 8' whip from Winrich today.

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I think I would consider myself "determined and IMpatient"!

Fatdutchman

Basic whip cracking, looking like a heinie, knocking cigarettes out of people's teeth...you know, basic stuff. :shock: No, just basic whip cracking, and maybe eventually trying to be able to actually hit stuff with it. I'm not going to make it my life long hobby (I got too much other stuff taking my...

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Seein's as how I've wanted a whip since I was 10 (and you know what happened in 1981), I'm finally gonna get one. Now, I don't know squat, but have been trying to glean what info I could here lately. I want a nice whip, but I don't require a NICE whip, if you know what I mean. I think (at the moment...

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He'll make it as wide as you want it. On my pending AB, I told him to make the brim 2 7/8" all the way around. I can cut it later if I wish. Brim width is a very personal thing. What looks good on one guy, looks terrible on another.

Fatdutchman

Akubra sizing is odd, to be sure. The Squatter (which is now my all time favorite hat, never far from my side) is a 58, and fits me very well. Just a tiny bit large, but that's perfectly fine. I'll ask them to measure for me and tell me how many inches the replacement 57 is around. I want this to be...

Fatdutchman

Perhaps against my better judgement, I ordered a Federation (again), in size 58 (again), which fits me fine in my Akubra Squatter, and two other Federations I have. I just got it today, and it is fully one size too large (as was the 58 Fed Deluxe I tried recently). It also has a most peculiar shape....

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Here's the hat by itself. The camera just will not capture the color of the hat. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/Fatdutchman/Hats/TawnyFawn1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/Fatdutchman/Hats/TawnyFawn2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/Fatdutchman/Hats/TawnyFawn3.jpg http:/...

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Best I can tell, the only real differences between the Squatter and the Bushman are that the Bushman is a bit darker in color, and has the narrow ribbon, along with the brim being (I think) 1/8" wider. I debated which one to get too! I'll get some photos later of the hat by itself so you can se...

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I ordered this hat from David Morgan Monday, it just arrived today (that's fast service!). It is the Akubra "Squatter" in "Tawny Fawn". I must tell you, I have never been so totally happy and satisfied with a hat in my life! I opened the box and it just made my liver quiver. It i...

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Right now, I'm waitin' on THREE hats to come in....actually five, I have two relatively inexpensive straws coming too.

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And I used to wear a mustache....

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All right, after a much needed haircut, a little more hat tweaking, and with a better camera perspective (though still not great photo quality)....

MUCH better looking, don't you think?

And come on, you know you love the shirt!

Fatdutchman

Well, it's sittin' cocked way back on my head in that picture...that don't count. See the pictures above that one. The hat is about an inch at most away from the tops of my ears, and very close to my eyebrows. If the hat were any lower on my head, it would, out of necessity, have to be a teardrop cr...

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Yeah, Fedora, do that on my pending AB!

That's where I wear a hat, and yes, that is also as far down as it will go. It's less than an inch from the top of my ears...how much farther down "should" it go?

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All right, here we go. First off, I'm at the mercy of my little camera. Holding it at arm's length gives you a kind of fish eye effect, being as it is so close, which makes everything taper away from the center, so in these photos, the hat is not as tapered as it may at first appear. In the fading l...

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I believe I pretty well have it down now. I have as much taper out of it as I can possibly get. The trick is to push the sides out where needed, drawing the material out of the center crease without collapsing it into a "cross dent". I wish I had more hands... I have it almost matching my ...

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It's still going to take me quite a bit more work, but I think I can come up with something presentable. The hat as it came, was fairly well untapered on the sides, but there was plenty of taper front and back...particularly on the front, which doesn't help. My front pinch leans back more than I wou...

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Well, I got my Jimmy Pierce Indy hat the other day. I have to tell you, I had the most horrible difficulty bashing the hat. I just could NOT get anything to work. No way I was getting a center crease bash. I tried and tried. Just too tapered, not enough "fullness", etc. Finally, I decided ...

Fatdutchman

Who did your barrel work for you? A good revolver smith is hard to find.

Fatdutchman

Vanson makes a REALLY good looking horsehide 30's style below-the-waist jacket with a belt. Pure 30's styling. It's about $700-$800 though.
It's called the "Model J", I believe....

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The horsehide weighs little more than cowhide (very little indeed). While it's a good, heavy jacket, it is not "heavy". The leather is pliable, but it is stiffer than comparable cowhide. It is not nearly as stiff as something like 6oz. oak tanned cowhide. Nothing like that at all. No one s...

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I just got my new Horsehide jacket from Johnson Leather. It's just the bee's knees. I'm pleased as punch! I'm so happy with it, I can't stand that it is now 75-80 degrees, and I won't be able to wear it for another 6 or 7 months!!! It was a long time in the making. I wanted a 40's-ish leather waist ...

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Wow, I bought a real nice model 10 a few years ago at a local pawn shop for $150! (one that will put real holes in things).

Fatdutchman

I bought my Model 22 for $750 (it was $790 after taxes...I've spent more on a rifle once or twice, but never so much on a pistol!), so would expect a nickel model 29 to be well over $800.

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I would prefer the Smith and Wesson break open revolver (#3) myself over a "Peacemaker".... :D The phrases "SAA" and "quick reload" just can't be uttered in the same breath! I have always wanted one of the Russian models with the triggerguard hook..... Or maybe a Merwin...

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Actually, the Colt locked the cylinder only at the rear. The front was, as stated, hanging out loose. (on the Police positive, New Service, Dick special, etc) I'm not sure how the Python does...not familiar with it. The Smith uses the two-point lockup...one at the rear of the cylinder pin, one at th...

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.... the S& W is more fitting of a revolver for Indy as I dont picture him a stickler for a fine tuned firearm ( especially the way he tosses it about) A S&W is not a fine tuned firearm? Are you totally insane? #-o I have never seen a revolver as smooth, slick, well fitted and finished as a ...

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Had the new AB a few days

Where's a good source of hat ribbon?

Tawny Fawn Federation

All right, so I'm gonna get a whip...

Last chance for Federation

My new Non-Indy (but could be!) hat

My turn now...JPD Indy hat

My new non-Indy jacket!