New fedora enthusiast here. Hi.

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New fedora enthusiast here. Hi.

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Hello all,

After much trepidation, I was finally able to join you all here on COW Forums. I've been reading them for quite awhile, and when I finally got my cox.net address, I signed up. I'd just like to take this opportunity to say hello to everyone who posts here. I love all things Indy, especially his Fedora.

I recently upgraded from my old Disneyland replica to a Peters Bros. Fedora. :D I got it on eBay for 100$, and let me tell you, it was a steal at that price. I'm not rich, see :wink: . I am however, a student. Heh. Maybe one of these days I will be able to afford a Herbie or maybe even one of Fedora's hats. Anyways, thanks for reading and hello!

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Welcome to the Club Empty Wallet ... err .. I mean Club Obi Wan, Strider. :wink:
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SHHHH!!!! Don't let him on that you've got his wallet, Jess!

Welcome, Strider! :wink:

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lol, thanks fellas.

Say, do any of you guys know how to get in touch with Lee Keppler? I keep e-mailing him asking for details on how to order one of his awesome looking Fedoras, but to no avail...I never get a reply. How does one get in touch with the man to pick up a lid?
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The best way to get in touch with Lee is by phone - though I don't have his number. Someone is bound to chime in with it. Regards.

#-o You're right Bink. Here Strider, I think you 'dropped' this. 8) :wink:
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Oh, I didn't know he lived in San Diego. So do I, coincidentally!

That ought to make things much easier, I could just drive somewhere and pick it up! :wink:
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Welcome to the club and enjoy.

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Welcome to the Club Empty Wallet ... err .. I mean Club Obi Wan, Strider. icon_wink.gif
Man, you're not kidding -- I could've made a mortgage payment (or three) with the money I've spent on gear. :roll: That is, if I had mortgage payments.

Welcome to COW, Strider! :wink:
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Welcome here !

I am only starting to understand why thre is a high Coffee Addiction Rate. As its so entertaining haning out here, that its 4 AM, and stil reading all :lol:
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Welcome to the club, Strider! :D

You'll want to look into posting pics, because we love to see everyone else's hats! :D

The Peters Bros. hat is a good choice, but you would not have made an error had you chosen an Akubra Fed, either! :wink:
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I would have gotten an Akubra, and still want to pick one up one of these days. It's just that Akubras usually come open crowned, and I've never shaped and bashed a hat before, and thusly, have no idea how to do it.

Actually, at the same time I bought the Peters Bros. Fedora on eBay, I had the opportunity to bid on a brand new [open crowned] Akubra Fed. too (straight from 'The Hattery'), but my lack of expertise in the area of shaping led me to go with Peters Bros. Fedora., because it came pre-shaped.

I used to paint miniatures for a board game for extra money, but for some reason, I still don't trust the steadiness of my own hands to shape a fedora. I'm petrified that I will do it wrong and mess the whole thing up, and really, I can only afford to try it once.
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Hi Strider, welcome aboard! :tup:
I'm sure you'd be able to get a good bash on a fedora.
Enjoy the fun.
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Hi there! :P

Is that the same Strider from The Raven?

Its great to see you here. I'm sure you'll have a great time. :wink:
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Welcome aboard. Bashing the akubra is a piece of cake.
Now, staying satisfied with your bash... well that's another story...
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Thanks for the warm welcome :) It's appreciated. :D

I'm sure it *is* easy, no doubt, it's just that I've never done it before, and thusly may feel a little weird trying it on my own for the first time. I'm sure any way I do it is going to look too funny to me, like I did it wrong. :lol:

Well, one of these days I'll get the hat and try it with some online directions. Shaping it the way I want it would be an adventure in and of itself! :wink:

In any event, thanks.
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Strider, someone here has a movie online of someone shaping a hat (I have a good memory, it's just short, so I don't remember who's video it was). That video just made all the typed info here click for me and I sorta dived right in reshaping my new fed after I saw it. And I think I did a good job.

oh, and welcome aboard.
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Snakewhip, that's an impressive avatar! :D
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Post by Snakewhip_Sable »

Y'like that Warner Brothers t-shirt, do ya? ;) That pic was taken 25 feet under the TransCanada Highway, incidentally... with no over or underpasses for several miles around.

Now back to our thread, already in progress...
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