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thecoolmiester

I have 3 Advintage hats and they are spectacular quality and look! I can’t wait to see yours in action

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Odo wrote:Thanks for your words on our work, and for taking the time to review it! The other hat looks great, too!

No problem!
Your hat is my favorite hat in my collection now!

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Very nice! Is the dust applied permanently to either hat? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Permanent for the most part. Some of the dust comes off on the Advintage. I have another hat that I have it some steam on to make a tweak and the dust fell off that spot. I had to reapply it myself no bid d...

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After a well worth it year of waiting it’s finally here!! My superior raiders Cairo Steele and Jones hat. I’m blown away. The hat looks like it could have been screen used with the way the weathering looks. Reminds me of the raiders hat auctioned off a few years ago when just looking at it on displa...

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I am still waiting on my Steele and Jones, but in the meantime got my new Advintage with a shorter crown! Looks amazing! Definitely gunna give the Steele and Jones a run for it’s money as this fits my frame and height so well as if it were more tailed to me. For reference I’m 5’ 8 with a narrow face...

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Herbert Johnson 40th anniversary on my head and two Christie’s on my brother and sister! Merry Christmas!

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I have a few Advintage and I have a Steele and Jones on order which should be in production here in the next month so I’ll do a nice comparison when I get it.

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IJJTM wrote:
thecoolmiester wrote:
IJJTM wrote:What color is your SOC?
Which one?

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The Advintage.

It’s sable.
Regular middle sable

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thecoolmiester, I'm glad to hear that you finally got your 40th anniversary order! I think you did a fantastic job at redoing the bash and the end result looks great! :TOH: I agree that the thin rabbit fur felt used is really great quality. I can also echo that the pinch is starched a heavy amount ...

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Thanks for the honest and fair review. You're braver than I'd be to put the steam to a limited edition item, but then again, if you're that unhappy... I find it astonishing to hear it had not turn in it. And you say the pinch was heavily starched... did that come out pretty well with the steam, and...

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Helpful feedback all around. Coolmeister, your 40th looked way more like an idol grab shape than a SoC when it arrived. But seeing it next to your Advintage really shows how it’s clearly not a SA hat, but HJ doesn’t really have a reputation for making SA hats. Just very nice ones. I just acquired a...

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IJJTM wrote:What color is your SOC?

Which one?

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Update: Hat fixed https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211109/a706080e5069a79b379ba43bbd8a6fa6.jpg Started from scratch. Nothing about the bash it came with said SoC https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211109/7cd96a25b850b9ddae8d584a9ed9e15a.jpg This is more like it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20...

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Alright boys I got the Herbert Johnson 40th anniversary hat!!! And my goodness it... disappoints. Haha quite a bit :P 40th Herbert on my head: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211109/f2f837194b00899c0cce3f3dc9c832e8.jpg Normal Herbert I shaped myself into SoC: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2021...

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Oh that is a perfect any occasion Indy hat if I ever saw one!!
Nice man!

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Indiana Croft wrote:First impression. Tom Cruise in Risky business and Freddy mixed together.

Love it all.

Croft

Hahaha yeah I see that!
I’m freddys less burned cousin; Fredward Kroger

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Haahah! Love it.... Clearly, you have a high end glove on the wall behind you. I forgot where I got my replica, but it is incredibly satisfying with the real metal blades. I cute an Dorfman Pacific Indiana Jones down and it makes a GREAT Freddy hat. Yeah the glove in the back has real blades and a ...

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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211010/51b6932bf44096e21b57320337fc57d4.jpg Herbert Johnson also makes great Freddy hats lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Loving the horror gear is that a FvJ Jason hock in the back? Yeah buddy! It’s Freddy v Jason replica mask Sent from my iPhone using Tapa...

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Herbert Johnson also makes great Freddy hats lol

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I finally found out why my hat has yet to ship! They said it’s due to them waiting on more hat boxes since the one my hat is coming with and many others are described as “less than perfect” haha so I’m like to #### with the box I don’t care if the box is trash lol I just want the hat. (I didn’t say ...

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Dang that looks good!!

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One of the coolest looking Raiders hats I've seen in a while!! Good for you, daring to extend the brim! That's what's missing in a lot of raiders hats IMO https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210727/cce45d68924bfeee67d0329148cbcec2.jpg Thanks guys! Looks pretty slick for sure Sent from my iPhone usin...

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Temple of doom definitely looks a lot lighter on camera especially on the bridge.

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I’m a raiders hat fan boy so my vote is idol grab since it’s the cleanest raiders, maybe 2nd to raven bar. Although if it were me I’d go with SoC since it looks like a lightly worn in hat without the dirt I love your pics of the SoC hat! Knowing me, I will likely come back to the table for one. But...

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I’m a raiders hat fan boy so my vote is idol grab since it’s the cleanest raiders, maybe 2nd to raven bar.
Although if it were me I’d go with SoC since it looks like a lightly worn in hat without the dirt

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I’m still waiting on the shipping email.

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Hedji wrote:Awesome! Can't wait to see. Did you go with the distressed or clean?

I went with distressed. If I’m gunna do it I wanna make sure I do it right haha

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Ya boy just placed an order with steel and Jones and I’m excited! Their Facebook has some the best looking Cairo hats I have seen. Would be a nice comparison once it comes in!!

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I reached out to Steele and Jones for a hat but they never got back to me so I could only do a review on these three. I wanted one of their SoC hats for sure though. Hi, I've just read this. You got no reply from us? Very strange. First, we apologize for this inconvenience. We don't know what happe...

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Ooooh I like it! Very clean for a SoC, but HJ doesn’t distress and it looks like a nice clean subtle SoC to me.

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Bdgsi11 wrote:That looks fantastic! Really looking forward to receiving mine. I ordered the SOC “decent” version.

Thanks man!
Thomas’s decent version is very nice! I have one from him and it is the perfect balance of adventure but looks great with a navy suit dressed up a bit

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That does look awesome. I always look at Thomas SoC distressed but my concern is when it gets wet. I like wearing my hats in all weather. My rabbit is worn judiciously. But I’m saving for a Advintage SoC Masterpiece. But that is one beautiful lid. Croft :mrgreen: Yeah I’ve been wanting to ask him h...

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It will be a good comparison indeed!
I really want to stack it up to the distressed SoC Advintage since it’s so movie accurate I’m taken back by how much it resembles the hat down to everywhere the fullers earth dirt was laid.

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Oh snap! I just checked rn and looks like they emailed me too saying it’s with the shipping department

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tubasthebest wrote:Just got an update that my 40th anniversary order has shipped! I will post up some photos as soon as I receive it.

Sick!

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Anyone get the 40th anniversary hat yet???

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thecoolmiester wrote:

Just got the SoC de stressed from Advintage. And WOW. It’s like it was plucked right off Harrison ford’s head..

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Distressed*

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Just got the SoC de stressed from Advintage. And WOW. It’s like it was plucked right off Harrison ford’s head..

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Thanks guys!
Looks pretty slick for sure

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I think I need to contact Thomas, been kickin the idea of a beaver in SOC from him, but a comment was made he won’t do a SOC in Masterpiece. On his site/blog he has one in distressed, maybe he’s decided to start. I just don’t want distressed. I know that sounds funny coming from me, but my concern ...

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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210726/a3535119225c8280ab9a12cbaad6a373.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210726/ebfd874fce36fa9c5b2e23cf9fd37dee.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210726/a910a0b77ee0cbff852fff909e3daf22.jpg I ordered an interesting one! This one is seaplane meets stree...

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IJJTM wrote:Any updates on people’s SOC orders?

Nothing yet :/

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It will be interesting to see your thoughts then. I'm sure the special HJ fedora will be nice, but I just can't wrap my head around the price...for rabbit. I've recently bought 2 new Portuguese beaver fedoras from 2 different makers for around the total cost of the one HJ. Again, I'm not knocking i...

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Castor Dioscuri wrote:Any plans on picking up a HJ Streets of Cairo? Would be very curious to see how that one stacks up in comparison!

Yes sir! Already put my order in haha

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Hedji wrote:What can one expect for typical wait time on the AdVintage?

3 months about

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Just purely out of curiosity, why no consideration for Steele & Jones? We’re you specifically after beaver for the two non-HJ hats, or just not interested in their product? Very curious how S&J holds up to these three, or I guess more so these two since you didn’t like the Hufvud. I reached...

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Just purely out of curiosity, why no consideration for Steele & Jones? We’re you specifically after beaver for the two non-HJ hats, or just not interested in their product? Very curious how S&J holds up to these three, or I guess more so these two since you didn’t like the Hufvud. I reached...

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I also bought the hat cuz YOLO Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Didn't you already just buy one? :lol: I like your style! I did yes hahaha but my justification is that the one I got was regular sable and in size 57cm and this one is deep sable, limited edition and in size 58cm.. WAY different lol...

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I also bought the hat cuz YOLO

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Bet slick!
Fed 4 is an amazing hat

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