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Yojimbo Jones

I agree with everything you say, Steve. You only have to read a few of my threads / posts in the jacket section to see that I'm a bit of a purist! :lol: Having a few HJ's from the Raiders era and before, as well as newer off-the-rack modern hats, I can feel the difference between the 2. Without goin...

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Luckily that one striated lamb jacket lasted through 90% of the movie as far as I can tell. Is anyone able to confirm which scenes the calf jackets were in? I'm guessing Bantu Wind dock and Imam's House.

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Man I love that design - what's the hide SpeedRcrX?

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Absolutely, and it just comes down to what your criteria for your hat is. For myself, I look at it like the jacket, I could go horsehide for the jacket, but the drape isn't ever going to nail the look or the nuances of the right kind of lamb jacket. It's the same with rabbit. Personally I spend my m...

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Re my felt, see here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47464

cheers, Kurt

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The key thing is to tell him it's Type 2 Shrunken Lamb.

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Yeah, I agree on all points. I see the distressed styles of my hat as having a different purpose to the "straight" ones. To me, it just made sense to have a set of offerings that are a perfect match for the different stages of the really beaten hat we fell in love with in the first place. ...

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It's not real dirt either. ;) But thanks for the cringe / shiver you gave me at the mention of bleach! :shock: Totally unnecessary. I wanted something that wouldn't fade and or disappear too much unless you wanted it to. Very fine sawdust, for instance, works very well at creating a look that you ca...

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Yep. Mrs. Yojimbo often runs around the house because she simply can't contain her enthusiasm when new gear arrives or is created.

Thanks guys. Just to clarify, I don't use fullers earth.

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Hi guys, I've been playing around with a number of hat styles lately,and had initially been avoiding distressing any of them - I wasn't interested. But then curiosity got the better of me when people kept asking for styles of hat that BEGGED to be distressed - they wouldn't look right if they didn't...

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_, speaking for myself, where I see the value in this whole exercise is that the pattern should be 100% Cooper. I agree with you. I like the purity of no outside involvement. I don't know anything about any "fan input pressure groups", but on the very first post of this thread, we have: I ...

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Will Cooper go on the record as giving his side of the story - there's just SO much missing story now that undoes almost all of the research we accepted as the real story behind the jackets. There are 4 different jackets we can idintify - did Cooper make 2 of those? Where does Peter fit in? There ar...

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Without going into unnecessary detail, your hat is only a few millimetres bigger than your actual head measurement (pre-shave job), but because of the way your hat's pre-conformed for the truck chase style with very soft felt, it has a more pliable feel. I can see those extra mm may make it feel big...

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Hey man,

Yeah, just a bit of padding front and back until it conforms to you with a bit of wear, shrinking down. One thing you don't want at the moment is for it to be fitting you like a glove TOO Much!

cheers, Kurt

Yojimbo Jones

Hi Michaelson, First, don't get me wrong - I absolutely applaud Hack & Cooper's efforts. However, fan input also causes problems. The most accurate Raiders jacket out there, Tony Nowak's Indy1, had zero fan input. You can buy it in pure unadulterated form - as close as Tony was able to make his ...

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Not as a bash, but the only thing consistent about Peter has been his inconsistency.

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I don't know... Guess I best get the Indy one done first!! There is no way I want M. Indy Dawg and Indy Holt camping in my yard until all four are made. What I am saying is the new Indy 100 % spec line is number one here at US Wings and we are pulling out all stops until they are all made and made ...

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Actually I've been meaning to ask - there seems to be a bit of a variation in nickel - my previous TN Raiders' nickel zip was very burnt / yellowish looking, while my new one is very silver looking. But both are clearly the same "stuff".

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To be honest, I'm just happy to see there are still very screen accurate, custom fitting jackets being made, especially since the trend has gone COMPLETELY the other way as of late. Holt, I don't understand your criteria lately, man! Gerald, you know you've got a narrow-ish frame, and this jacket lo...

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That's ok mate, I don't think Duncan's the sales rep.

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Oh dear. Thanks for THAT mental image. Time for a ketogenic diet phase?

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No, no. Kind of the opposite, actually. Aussies are kind of resourceful, but in a sometimes warped way. Like our culture will affect it (as Duncan's video showed). The idea of Akubra (which has an image of Australia's outback history and tradition) and plastic is just ...wrong. Imagine barbed wire, ...

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Yeah, but that grey jacket still looks too small on you, _.

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Not far off it my friend!

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Many Aussies are also more likely to fix stuff themselves, with or come up with crazy solutions. A couple of radio guys here, Merrick and Rosso, had a spot called "Grouse Aussie Shearer" where people phoned in with the most outlandish solutions that summed up "Aussie-ness." Almos...

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Oh, don't get me wrong - I don't like the wire. One of the first things I did with my old Akubra was rip the thing out. I'm just saying a big chunk of metal wire is heaps more "Aussie" than plastic.

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i wonder why they went with wire on akubras...... At a guess I'd say it's tradition - and that Aussies would be against the idea of turning something that "should" be metal into plastic. :-0 But something I found interesting - The tannery that has made the Akubra sweats for many years is ...

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:clap: :clap: :clap: That's SO COOL! Ok, NOW I'm excited about this - I've wanted a super=accurate ToD for ages. So just to clarify, does this mean that we'll finally have a completely screen accurate TEMPLE OF DOOM jacket without any mods, and WITH the right hardware? Holt, what role are you playin...

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Man. So what you're saying, and I'm seeing... is my gear looks better on someone OTHER than ME! Seriously though Dan, now the sleeves are adjusted the jacket just nails it on you. And you got everything just right in the posed shot. Incredible!

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Now THAT is a nice jacket. Congratulaions!

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Nice! I like the skin on the backpanel. it has an excellent blend of smoothness vs grainy sides. just like on the jacket when Ford hangs on the grill. I guess the 'grain' has flattend out over time and use. but IMO, like your second one way better! cant wait to see that one a year later. Oh yeah, s...

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Nah Holt, it can stay up. I'm sure it will sink soon enough. FYI, here are some shots of the jacket about a year later so you can see what to expect from this hide once it break in. It really is very nice. http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu163/roninbd/D700_20100303_135942.jpg http://i644.photobuc...

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Aaarrrggghhh! Embarrasing photos! Go away! Go away! The big mistake I made was increasing the length of the sleeves without doing so to the body to match. I do concede that in this case, A5 and Platon were correct. Looking at these comparisons makes me feel very happy that my most recent Nowak is sp...

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Thanks mate. But to be fair to Mitch... So is HIS!

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It won't fit you!

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That's a separate issue, and is fair enough. All I am saying is that you can't infer a broader state of the business by the fact that there is no credit facility. Simple as that. This discussion has been straying into those sorts of inferences. Re spending considerable energy - hardly. Just one of t...

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The problem with speculating is that you're doing so with none of the facts, and you're causing damage to a berieved family's business. YES, Riley should be communicating more, however, on the credit card issue... _, this is very simple. Though it may be correct with most businesses, nothing you are...

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I for one am also not trying to speak for Riley, much less spin for him. I'm just trying to be that dude in the Western that's saying "Hang on a minute, boys" before anyone goes reaching for pitchforks. I have clients that go MIA for weeks on end - Impossible to reach. Likewise, I can be t...

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Hang on - who are you saying is being dishonest? Riley?

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What account is being used as a sock puppet for others?

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Totally agree, but the only problem with this…and what we're discussing behind the scenes…is how do we know who's doing the posting? :? Mike, Bryan only posted for Tony because Tony couldn't use a computer AT ALL, and Bryan happened to be on-hand to help. He typed his notes VERBATIM to Tony's wordi...

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I think at this point we need to put ourselves in Riley's shoes and imagine the workload he's been juggling, and the other obligations he has. COW means a lot to us, but it's likely simply one small piece of the puzzle for the business. I commend the fact that Riley has been making completing paid o...

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Hi Harry - I do need to clarify that these aren't reblocked Christys. The best way to put it is that it's like Christys felt, and then some. Crismans - Shh. It's not finished yet! ;) John - For the sake of what I'm talking about above, yes, especially at the point where the turn makes it flange out;...

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Thanks mate. The position of the bow was another thing that freaked me out for a moment. No, it's actually correct - this shot was from when I was still making adjustments to the bash of this hat, and checking such things. If I recall, I moved the bash a few mm across, and tightened it up a lot more...

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Hi Guys, Ok, I thought I'd show you a few shots of some hats I've been working on. I kind of set out to paint myself into a corner to test the accuracy of my Raiders blockshape by offering hats to match specific scenes. I wanted to see if I could nail the nuances. Though I'd tested against the scene...

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Hey, Rask, your wish is my command - pics in the other thread. But yeah, I think a key scene is at the Raven Bar - you can really get a sense of how much chest room there is there when it's zipped up. My sense is that it's got standard room in the chest, but the off-the-shoulder pulls it back and cr...

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That's your opinion. But the original question was: IS there any reason why it is such a closely guarded secret? I have talked to a couple of the hatters here & at the Lounge & neither of them are willing to sell any ribbon for me to put on myself. I am just curious what the big deal is rega...

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I agree with Holt as well. It's a weird jacket in so many ways - in some ways it's fitted and very athletically V shaped, yet in a slightly baggy way. I went too fitted with my last Nowak, and have just got one that nails the look I wanted perfectly. One of the key things was not just how wide the b...

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Well that seems a little unfair. Do people other than yourself, Steve & David not have a right to chime in with their viewpoint on Charlie's question? Lee clarified what he had and I felt that I may as well clarify what I had too as I have had a couple of customers ask me via PM. In any event, i...

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Understood - that's cool. What I'm saying is having looked - in the flesh - at both an era-specific Herbert Johnson as well as the ribbons you guys use, AND with a super-zoomed in camera looking at the thread pattern, I can see no difference to what I use on the hats that I sell. How I lucked out, I...

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