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tedquinton

First time on this forum for sometime and this.....spoke to Peter many times. We were in the process of him making a repro M422a for me. He was giving me a discount to his usual bespoke prices as I think he was looking forward to making it. Great chap.

RIP

tedquinton

The colour of the felt in the exterior shots is amazing.

Must resist....

tedquinton

Really awesome lid, my friend! Could you provide some specs on it? Did you get the "Smoke-grey" or the "steel-grey"? What felt stiffness and are you happy with that choice? Also, any chance of a pic of the liner? Thanks and congrats on finding your holy grail! Really great hat! ...

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Indiana Jeff wrote:Nice looking lid. Let's see it on your noggin.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

If you're sure!

Not the best as I only had a phone to hand.

tedquinton

rogera wrote:That's a custom job isn't it?

Yes it is, but great value. Even cheaper if you're outside Europe as you get roughly 20% sales tax off the price!

tedquinton

fedoralover wrote:
tedquinton wrote:I should have said, it's Portuguese - Fepsa 100% beaver.
I've seen the fepsa rabbit but not the beaver. It must be awesome! It looks great in the pics. How long did it take to get it?

fedoralover

I think the wait was a couple of months, maybe a little less.

tedquinton

I should have said, it's Portuguese - Fepsa 100% beaver.

tedquinton

I have always been fascinated by the 'Clipper' fedora. I think it was the mystery that surrounded it. Was it brown, grey? Ribbon colour, width etc? There was also nothing available that looked right to my eyes. Charcoal was too dark, granite too light. Then suddenly Thomas from Advintage had a smoke...

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My latest from Mike. Not an Indy hat, but with some of the same DNA. I was looking for a hat with a touch of adventure, based loosely on Alan Ladd's fedora from the film 'China'. http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b557/Tedquinton/IMG_9600_zps1zb8uyhb.jpg This is rabbit felt, from FEPSA. It is incre...

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Heyjude7 wrote:Does anyone know when ordering from Advintage (Germany) to the US, do we have to pay import fees? or the VAT?

VAT definitely no. They are not payable if out side the EU. Not sure about import duties.

tedquinton

Not sure if this helps, but the one used in Crystal Skull was manufactured in England. It says so on the ABD website.

tedquinton

Thanks, I've had a look. Great hats.

tedquinton

I'd love to see some pictures.

tedquinton

It quite heavy and thick. The package was declared 1.5kg... But i love it, and, it's strange but i think heavy jacket are more historically accurate than a lambskin jacket. I'd say that's the only 'complaint' I'd have to say about the material. It's an amazing cowhide, but the weight really limits ...

tedquinton

The felt is not really the limiting. Issue on being able to fold or roll a hat for travel. (Other than obviously western hats with 40 lbs of stiffener in them). The limitation is the sweatband. Akubras have a wire reed in the sweatband that will kink if you fold the hat. Penman, Adventurebilt and G...

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I think I might be close to the maximum number of pictures I can post in a thread, so here's just one of Mike's latest commission for me. A Public Enemies inspired fedora. It is really hard to photograph the colour but it is amazing - extremely dark but with a really rich cherry undertone. This pict...

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Wow, looks as though it would make an excellent travel hat.

John can all hats withstand that kind of treatment or is the felt on this particularly suited to be packed.

tedquinton

Have a look on his Facebook page, some really amazing hats.

tedquinton

As a relative newbie there is clearly a back story here, the allusions to which I do not understand ( calf skin jacket??? Pat er son???) However surely a discussion of the Raiders ribbon is exactly the sort of thing this forum is for? Personally I find this discussion informative and hopefully enli...

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As a relative newbie there is clearly a back story here, the allusions to which I do not understand ( calf skin jacket??? Pat er son???) However surely a discussion of the Raiders ribbon is exactly the sort of thing this forum is for? Personally I find this discussion informative and hopefully enlig...

tedquinton

I saw Mike has a new Fepsa body Indy hat on his Facebook page.

It might be me, but he really seems to be getting better at producing Raiders hats.

tedquinton

Pictures would be great.

tedquinton

Thanks for that. To me the ribbon looked wider,but perhaps that's just lens distortion.

Cheers

tedquinton

I was reading this thread hoping to get some info on the ribbon. I'm thinking it's black and slightly wider than the hero ribbon, say 1 3/4". Is there any consensus on this? As for the other specs, same as the hero?

Many thanks

tedquinton

Very nice.

Great to have another option, and one that is such good value for money.

tedquinton

no blend. Still 100% beaver but I took what I learned from the light weight rabbit felt from the ABL collection and tried the same with beaver felt and worked great. HI John Sounds intriguing. Does that mean it is lighter in weight than your previous beaver hats? If so, is this felt as durable and ...

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Isn't the felt that Marc uses exclusive to the AB deluxe at the moment? Is what Thomas uses in fact the same? Marc special orders his felt. Just because someone orders from the same felter doesn't mean it's the same felt. Like myself I have special made felt to my specs that are used just for me. T...

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I think I'm allowed one more photo, so on location: http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b557/Tedquinton/IMG_3922_zps78480696.jpg This was taken at the ruins of Patara in the Antalya province of Turkey, birthplace of St Nicolas. It was a major city in the Lycian League, but was later occupied by the ...

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Texan Scott wrote:look in the phone book surely there is a custom hatter around London?

No, I don't think there is. A real shame, but there we are.
Maybe try Advintage in Germany.

tedquinton

Beautiful looking hat. Out of interest, how thick is the felt?

tedquinton

So I bought two hats for Jason! One SOC and one Peruvian. I love both these hats and they end my search for the perfect lid, especiallly the SOC. I highly recommend his hats if you can get one. Jason is a really good guy. Good communication worked with my requests and specifications for my order. T...

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I posted a picture of my NW hat getting some sun time on the NW hat thread, here it is after one of its many showers.

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My NW hat, having been worn in torrential rain several times, finally getting a little sun. on Worthing beach.

tedquinton

I agree the felt is incredible and a really rich colour.c

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I heard that Thomas had a new felt supplier - the same felter Marc Kitter uses in Portugal as I understand. (I am not saying it's the same felt). Apparently this new felt was much denser than his former supplier. I was intrigued an ordered one. Wow you can really feel the quality of this new felt. I...

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Mods I hope the following is ok, please remove if not.

I am unable to post any more photos on this tread (6 max I believe), but I have received another spectacular hat from Mike and have posted some images on the FL forum.

tedquinton

I don't understand all the subtle nuances that many on here seem to recognise, but I must say they all look like great hats. If I was given the choice of which one I could have, I'd go for the one on the extreme left. I love that front pinch, it screams Raiders.

tedquinton

I just checked on the lastest price for a Fed Deluxe and they have come down to $160. They were up much higher the last time I checked. Still, for 15.00 more you can get a custom 100% beaver felt fedora from Mike at Northwest Hats. As some here have already seen, it's a heck of a deal. High quality...

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Color me intrigued by that Indy style hat! Any chance of getting a straight-on frontal shot and one from the back as well? I think I'm allowed 2 more images so here goes: http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b557/Tedquinton/IMG_2922_zps14aac965.jpg http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b557/Tedquinton...

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didier wrote:Very, very nice hat, fine color of felt .

Is it you who asked for a "little fancy" on the bow ribbon, or not?

From memory I asked for an Indy style bow with a bit of flair. I really like it.

tedquinton

I took delivery today of an Indy style hat from Mike. For $175 for a beaver hat, including shipping costs it's approximately the same price as a Fed iv delux, but there is absolutely no comparison. Mike's hat is many times better. Every facet is superior, from the pounce, stiching, sweatband touch,...

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I took delivery today of an Indy style hat from Mike. For $175 for a beaver hat, including shipping costs it's approximately the same price as a Fed iv delux, but there is absolutely no comparison. Mike's hat is many times better. Every facet is superior, from the pounce, stiching, sweatband touch, ...

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backstagejack wrote:
baddates1 wrote:By the way, the fed IV deluxe, is the brim on that too short to be Indy? is it even short for Indy?
The Northwest Hat is 2.5 x 2.37

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Remember Mike (Northwest Hats) is a custom hatter, I'm sure he could do whatever brim width you ask of him.

tedquinton

As to Thomas's early work I cannot judge, but I have a number of hats from 4 different custom hatters, one of whose work is very popular on this forum as well as a couple of factory hats from Akubra. Thomas's work bears comparison with all of them. I agree his work is probably not the very best out ...

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I bought a custom hat from them last year. The quality and service was excellent. However for the moment they are no longer producing hand made hats but still sell Christy's and HJ's.

tedquinton

Have you got any pics yet?

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BendingOak wrote:I'm still going to make it but I'm making sure I have everything in stock before I do.

Ok seriously perplexed now (couldn't see a scratching head smilie)!

tedquinton

Wow those new hats look incredible. Love the Bogart. I feel guilty but I feel that might be a better buy than a CS Train hat....Decisions...decisions!

tedquinton

Wow. I'm a history graduate...and I thought the 30 Years War was complicated!

By whatever route an by what accident of fate I'm glad we have the raiders movie history and costuming we do ( well they could have worked on iv a bit longer).

Ted

tedquinton

As a newbie to this forum I find this thread to be very interesting. I will obviously need to do some more reading.

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