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So how many threads are the Admins of this site gonna lock just because COW's Pet Vendor has to be protected?

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good luck.i tried hundreds of times,without luck, to contact him via email,specially after he wrote that he lost all the old orders I contacted him too, albeit not as much as you did. But I never heard anything back saying mine was lost or found or anything, so the result was the same. I even offer...

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I gave up, but the wife remembered. Now I have to do something. Ordered in March 2008.

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The Henry is being discontinued?

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gabrielle wrote:I ordered end of May 2007 right before the price went up. Still no hat. It will be 3 years this coming May. Should I be worried?!!!

We ordered at about the same time, I'm not worried.

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Have found that vinegar works as far as getting the cat pee smell out of things, but not sure you'd wanna soak your hat in vinegar either.

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Wearing mine today!

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Beware the Aliens in the trunk of your car, Fox.

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Drool

Love the color combo you created, Steve.

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"Pervention"?

Is that an invention from a per..........

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Groovy, ordered mine in May '08! Thanks for the update, IW!!

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SUV or truck

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Is it really? Looks like it might be time to finally get an AB Deluxe. If I do ever get one, though, I have no need for another Indy hat. I'll have Marc make me something unique, like Steve is doing for me now and John has been doing for me for over a year now. Dave Yes, been listening to NPR/Marke...

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Was thinking about having John rework my Camptown. But I saved everyone a bunch of grief by just tossing the misshapen POS into the garbage.

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"I'm feeling that itch again....

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The Euro is falling!

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Snow? It isn't even winter yet!! Had some snow flurries Saturday morning here in Atlanta. Would have worn my Explorador if I'd gotten called for work that morning.

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Just make sure that the boots don't have Teal colored shafts. Wish I had a picture, but saw a guy buying farm diesel at a gas station outside Scotsboro, AL last month: Teal boots with his jeans tucked into them.

Ghastly.

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Netchurebillin!

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Wife even likes it, and now I can even tell her that Santa gave it to me.

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Hope you like it as much as I dig the G&B that just showed up on my front porch!

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Here is one made of "Animal" fur:

http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=39EH

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djd wrote:I guess at least the Indy look is close enough to mainstream to get away with in most areas.... I can't say that my Spartan 300 outfit blends in quite so easily...

Isn't it a bit chilly in N. Ireland for that?

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In the grave marked "Unkown" right next to Arch Stanton........

You, dig.

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Make a great "Indy Villian" hat. Laughed at myself in my white suit and Panama hat in Memphis. Or was it the Sea Of Cortez?

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Got lucky for once then! It is a fine Jacket, and since the Tigers started as a volunteer force, I don't mind the baggy fit.

It was baggy in 1993...... Not anymore!

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I have an LL Bean "Flying Tiger" from 1993. Well before I got into Indy at all. It fits great!! But it is from 1993. Back then Bean sold them in even chest sizes 42, 44, 46 etc. Today they are S,M,L,XL. The knit cuffs are great in cooler weather and driving a convertible. Can see why aviat...

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Like the colors, Fedora

That felt would look great with a chocolate ribbon as well as the one pictured........

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Rather hot in these parts for a felt Fedora in the summer. But I wear a Fedora 3 seasons of the year and a Panama in the summer.

I'm one of the Seersucker suited guys in a straw hat.

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Agreed. It's my 'go-to' hat in my collection when the temps and humidity start to climb here in South Central Tennessee. IF you order one, just be sure to ask them to NOT install a liner, but to put in a cap sticker like they do their cowboy hats. It makes the hat MUCH cooler that way. Regard! Mich...

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Germany?

Tried to email him?

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RaiderZee wrote:How would you compare the felt finish between the two hats?

A "digital" gauge..... My fingers.

Explorador is softer to the touch and fuller feeling. "Rich" for lack of a more technical term, describes the felt.

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Man, I'm really intrigued by this hat! Can anyone compare it to other similarly priced hats, i.e. Fed IV, Christy's, JPD rabbit, etc.? Color, bow, felt, finish, floppiness, sweatband, liner, etc.? RaiderZee The felt is much softer than a Regular Fed, thicker than my IV but thinner than the III's I ...

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Not bash-turned, but I turn my hats when driving my convertible. About 10-15 degrees to make it stay on at hiway speeds. Brim warps and swoops just like the pics from Raiders.

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Also there's the fact that a factory generally won't be willing to reblock the hat they made when you need it, whereas a custom hatter will. Those are the things which come to mind, anyway. -M Hi. I'm still kinda' "fedora-dumb", but why would a hat need to be reblocked? Thanks! Jkdbuck76 ...

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crismans wrote:I think that my head is fairly round (if not fairly large ). How does one go about determining if you are a round, long oval, etc. I would think this would help a lot in getting custom made hats.

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Can I post this on or better yet, why don't you join

www.thefedorachronicles.com

and post this in the "lids" section?

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Rain has stopped here, but the wind is up!!! Should I use my stapler on the hat?

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BendingOak wrote:Piker, that hat is so floppy that I doubt my crease job stayed.

It was perfect outa the box! Only tweak it needed was a little push on the back dent.

Was prolly more Screen Accurate the way you had it,

but I wanted a touch more front to back angle.

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DR Ulloa wrote:I really like the front crease. Did you do that or did Oak?

Dave

Oak, I pushed the back of the center crease down about a 1/2 inch was all. But the styling was all his work.

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rover smith wrote:Hey Piker,

nice hat. whered you get it?

Scott

Odo on here turned me on to these from the Spanish Language Indy Forum

http://www.indianajones.es/ropa/fedora_ ... explorador

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Just look at that StovePipe!

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They are supposed to be 320 by 240. Why are they EXPLODING?

Wild Rabbit! Super soft too! "99€ + envio"

I resized them before posting, but they went back to full size?

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When I ran it thru the yahoo translator, it said, "hair of hare," but I was not sure it was true "wild hare" or just the translation. Soft!!! And from what I have learned over the year of hanging round here and the Fedora Chronicles, "Hare" felt is much better than plai...

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Looks great! Nothing at all to be critical of!!!!!

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It is a great lid! I bought two of them. A Gray open crown for a buddy and gave it a generic 1930's center dent and side pinches. For Moi, I got the Explorador 1936, Brown Raider's style and am on my honor to get pics of it posted. Two words: Stove Pipe!!!! The 60 cm Explorador fits like a 59 cm Aku...

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doc,if you want a nutria hat,you should talk to odo or dewijones, the argentina guys that make the "explorador" fedora. i remember from a spanish forum that they use nutria instead of beaver felt. best regards "Hare" "Fieltro 100% pelo de liebre, de alta calidad, con tratam...

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MustangLoverMex wrote:But if someone put in front of you 2 hats with similar characteristics wich one would you take? [

Erm...... Can I chose not to decide and leave them both?

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Got my Brown Raiders Explorador! Fits perfectly!! Got a 60 and I am usualy between a 7 1/2 and 7 3/8

And yes, I know:

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Film at 11 as they used to say!!

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