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Thought I'd restart this thread on GP :D

Here are some photos of my Adventurebilt that were taken at work on my break with a co-worker's picture phone, so I'm sorry for the quality.

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Enjoy! I'll try to get some better quality ones taken when I get my three days off this week.

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Post by Indiana Texas-girl »

Hey you look different from other photos you've posted. Did you cut your hair? Whatever it is, it looks good. Nice brim swoop there too.
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Very nice pics indeed!

I hope i will be able to post pics of my adventurebilt soon :wink:

Fedora i think is working on my hat in these days, but dont know for sure, i dont want to tick him off always asking it eheh
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Indiana Texas-girl wrote:Hey you look different from other photos you've posted. Did you cut your hair? Whatever it is, it looks good. Nice brim swoop there too.
Yeah, for awhile I was trying to see how I'd look with long hair, but it didn't really work out, so I got it cut. I'm glad it turned out good :) Thank you.

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I agree the hat looks great on you Strider with the Jacket. The hat looks well and loved. :wink:
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Absolutely stunning, Strider.

An incredible hat to say the least. :D
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Strider, can I use those pics and some text for the Adventurebilt tribute page I'm working on?
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Nice AB and Wested Strider!

Ok, here are my lates and greatest AB pics. :wink: By the way, my AB is pure rabbit. I orderd it open crown and bashed it myself.

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Note, my shirt in these pics really isn't as bright blue as it looks. :oops: :wink:
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Hey, nice looking Filson field bag in that first shot. I compliment you on your excellent taste! :lol:

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Wow, you shaped that yourself? Quite the job there, my friend! I really like how well you got the heart shaped crown going on.

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Those are some nice AB's, I'd like to get one soon.
Does anyone have an AB in a ToD or LC style they like to share?
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J_Weaver wrote:Nice AB and Wested Strider!

Ok, here are my lates and greatest AB pics. :wink: By the way, my AB is pure rabbit. I orderd it open crown and bashed it myself.

Adventurebilt
Note, my shirt in these pics really isn't as bright blue as it looks. :oops: :wink:
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IMPRESSIVE :shock:

Great hat, very well shaped and very nice shoulder bag too, perfectly in the indy stile i think.
I ordered a pure rabbit too, when Fedora will send me my hat i will post pics :wink:
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Great pics Weaver, and there is nothing wrong with that shirt. Blue is a fine color. You did a very nice job with the bash and I like the slightly distressed look of the hat with your shoulder bag, which is cool as well. :wink:
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Weaver, great pics. The hat looks superb.

And don't worry about the blue shirt. :wink: Remember. Indy once wore a blue shirt....

Well, kinda..... http://apartment42.com/images/hf-pics/r ... er-alt.jpg
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Weaver - that hat looks fantastic.
Btw - I like the bag in the first pic ... very "adventurous". :)
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Yeah right! I was just about to say that I really like that bag and there's my bro' in mind telling the same... ahh well... 8)

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As I told you ... it started to become kind of scary :shock:
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Weaver, you did a great job on that bash! Nice lookin' rabbit. :wink:

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Is that bag a Barbour? It looks like one, but the hat is blocking where the label should be. It looks quite a bit like the bag that Michael Palin carried in his BBC and PBs series "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure."
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I ordered a pure rabbit too, when Fedora will send me my hat i will post pics


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Hemingway Jones wrote:Is that bag a Barbour? It looks like one, but the hat is blocking where the label should be. It looks quite a bit like the bag that Michael Palin carried in his BBC and PBs series "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure."
No, it's a Filson. I've had the same bag for a couple of years. They're really sturdy pieces of gear. Mine still looks almost new, and Weaver's had his for a lot longer. I've been able to cram enough stuff into it that it was almost too heavy to carry on one shoulder comfortably.

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Baggers wrote:
Hemingway Jones wrote:Is that bag a Barbour? It looks like one, but the hat is blocking where the label should be. It looks quite a bit like the bag that Michael Palin carried in his BBC and PBs series "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure."
No, it's a Filson. I've had the same bag for a couple of years. They're really sturdy pieces of gear. Mine still looks almost new, and Weaver's had his for a lot longer. I've been able to cram enough stuff into it that it was almost too heavy to carry on one shoulder comfortably.

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Ah, Filson: equally hardy and of equal high quality as Barbour. You have chosen wisely.
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Sorry for going "off toppic", but there do one can get such a nice bag?
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Thanks for the nice comments guys and Canyon! :D I wasn't really in Indy gear that day. I guess you could call it "Weaver Gear!" :lol:

Baggers, you beat me too it! :wink: Yup Hemingway, its a Filson. I recieved it as a gift about 8 years ago. Like Baggers said the bags are nearly bomb proof and will definitely carry more than your shoulder can. Its not screen accurate, but I have no intentions of replacing it with a MKVII. :)

IndyJens, you can get then from David Morgan or directly from Filson. They're expensive, but worth every cent. They are really a once in a lifetime purchase.
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Filson has their own web site at http://www.filson.com

But David Morgan carries most of the Filson luggage range and their prices are always a few bucks less than Filson itself. Their shipping is also very reasonable if you're in the U.S. http://www.davidmorgan.com/proddetail.h ... quence=432

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Well, now we're even :lol: You beat me to posting the urls!

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Thanks to all of your for these links. :D
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[quote="jpenman"]Strider, here is a couple shots of my Adventurebilt.

I really like the collour of your AB. When did Fedora made it?
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I really like the collour of your AB. When did Fedora made it?
just a couple of months ago. It looks really light in those pics but it looks darker in others.

http://tinypic.com/view.html?pic=64iic6
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I even have a shot of it looking gray. I'll have to dig it up and post it .
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jpenman, I think the hat looks pretty incredible in this picture
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Strider, is that your closet in the background?! :shock:

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And my wife thinks I'm a little insane for hats!
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*dies laughing*

You can tell her that it is, if you like, so that you will look like less of a nut in comparison. :wink:

Actually, that is not my closet, it is the back room of the hat store that I work at, as those pics were taken with a co worker's camera phone on my break that day.

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pics of my new adventurebilt (others here)

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I know they arent very great. Some better ones are here)
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So, that's the rabbit version, eh? How does the felt feel to the touch? Responsive? I like the turn you've got going on there, and how you've brought the apex of the pinch down far enough to achieve the camel humps in the front. Good show.

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Pagey wrote:I'd give it even more of a turn - the brim needs to be more dynamic if you want that raiders look
Well i hope you will help me for that :D
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Strider wrote:So, that's the rabbit version, eh? How does the felt feel to the touch? Responsive? I like the turn you've got going on there, and how you've brought the apex of the pinch down far enough to achieve the camel humps in the front. Good show.

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Thank you Strider, i will work on it a lot more in these days.
ABout the feeling ... dont know i have no other meters of comparison :wink: but i can say it's nice to touch :D
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erri_wan that AB looks great! And the scale of it suits your face too.

My darn digital camera went on the fritz a couple of weekends ago. I have some older photos of my AB and a couple from different snowstorms.

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I've noticed some taper, but not too much. Oh, and the cats name is Indy! :wink:

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dear Modern Jones, your hat scale suits you too a lot. I think the same about me and my hat and i'm very happy of this, thank you for noticing it :D

Soon i will do on it few modifications expecially on the brim.


PS you're house is very very nice :D


PPS taper? :-s where?
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MJ,

I remember that first picture of your Adventurebilt from way back when. It was one of the shots that made me want an Adventurebilt of my own. That hat looks flat out amazing. The crown so immaculate, perfect high pinch and camel humps on the top, and the brim is so cairo it's not even funny. WOW. That's all I have to say.

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Strider wrote:MJ,

I remember that first picture of your Adventurebilt from way back when. It was one of the shots that made me want an Adventurebilt of my own. That hat looks flat out amazing. The crown so immaculate, perfect high pinch and camel humps on the top, and the brim is so cairo it's not even funny. WOW. That's all I have to say.

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Thanks Strider. Fedora (Steve) styled that and shipped it to me as is. He did an amazing job. And that block is darn near perfect!

Strider yours looks awesome too. It's nice to see them on their owners noggin. When they are on a table they never quite look the same (As Michaelson once pointed out. "The proverbial table shots") :lol:

Mine looks completely different on a table or the living room TV. (It's a 38" tube hat rack)

I am always so happy to see more and more AB hats. I have been away from the site for a while.


Hey all, keep those pics coming! :wink:

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Modern, knows how to shape a hat. Here he is from way back with a vintage fedora:
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Ahhhhhh Venice! The good old days! :wink: :D

HemJ, we need another get together. I have to see your AB and the rest of the guys. Well Dalexs, he's another story! :shock:

RK, IndianaFist, and Webley are quite the scoundrels too! :wink: :lol:


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P.S I'll be in Waltham next week!
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Modern Jones wrote:Ahhhhhh Venice! The good old days! :wink: :D

HemJ, we need another get together. I have to see your AB and the rest of the guys. Well Dalexs, he's another story! :shock:

RK, IndianaFist, and Webley are quite the scoundrels too! :wink: :lol:

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If you're in Waltham, you should stop by my office. Try to make it around lunch, if you can. :wink: :D
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Just received my Beaver Fedora from AB.
It is a magnificent hat; I had some initial concerns regarding the length of the crown.
It was also a little tight, however, on "Fedora's" expert advice and instructions, I have been carefully stretching the headband.
NOTE: :!: I did not know it came with a gold outline graphic of the Staff of Ra Headpiece inside the crown :shock: :D :D :D.
That is a real touch of class, "Fedora" !

Here are some pics (sorry about the quality - first time I've used my digital camera self-timer ... in fact, I'm half-blind right now from getting flashed over & over ... and over.
Side: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/ ... RASIDE.jpg
Side: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/ ... ASIDE2.jpg
Front: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/ ... AFRONT.jpg

P.S.> Strider: I now have all my gear ... see you at Comic-Con, Dr. Jones ! :D
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congrats on the hat, Steve does great work. The hat will be better after you break it in.
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When I see ya, I'll give you a tutorial on how to get that "Raiders swoop" in your brim. Glad to see you've got it all together! See ya there.

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Just a new pic of today... my hat starts to look very different now but a lot more work i have to do on it

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the pic is nice, but you need to start breaking it in a bit.
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