My HJ Has Arrived!
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My HJ Has Arrived!
Woo Hoo! My first "real" Fedora... (Other than my 2 "Bollman Designer Collection" hats and my Stetson "Temple"), I am now the proud owner of a Herbert Johnson, thanks to Todd! I will probably be moving onto an AB and possibly an Akubra when finances allow it, but I am just so excited I thought I would brag and waste your time. I have wanted this hat since I was 17 back in 1984. I think my wife is a little upset because I am paying more attention to the hat than her right now... I have to thank Todd for his help, he has great communication and styled it beautifully. I regret that I don't have a digital cam to post pics, but maybe soon. Fortunately I have been through enough hats that I got my size right and it fits perfectly. It is extremely soft, a nice sable that looks correct, and the ribbon is much darker than I expected, which I was hoping. It arrived on Thursday and I still have goosebumps when I look at it.
Anyway, just needed to get it out, most people think I am nuts, but I figured you guys would understand...
I am so psyched.
Michael B
Anyway, just needed to get it out, most people think I am nuts, but I figured you guys would understand...
I am so psyched.
Michael B
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Congrats!!
I know how you feel. I will be getting my Fortune and Glory AB real soon.
I will also try to post some pics.
Have fun with your new brim.
Arkansas Russell
I know how you feel. I will be getting my Fortune and Glory AB real soon.
I will also try to post some pics.
Have fun with your new brim.
Arkansas Russell
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congrats on your HJ, will you be posting any pics?
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Hopefully at some point I will be posting pics... Like I said, I don't have a digital camera, but some people at work do. I can't promise anything soon but I will see what I can do. By the way, I should mention that the wife is pretty psyched about the hat as well. She just thinks I should stop messing with it... But I can't help it...
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Good to know... I guess I should leave it alone. Not easy!
Can I take pics of just the hat? I really don't look good, um, period... We'll see...
Thanks again!
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Can I take pics of just the hat? I really don't look good, um, period... We'll see...
Thanks again!
MichaelB
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let the hat age on its own, it will eventually form better, and become YOUR hat. Its ok to go for the indy bashes, but i feel youll never really get it perfect. They just happend to treat the hat a certian way, jsut trying to make it old for the film, and now it drives us all nutts trying to get the look Let the hat become more your own persoanlity, and then it will look great in my opinion.
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[/quote]let the hat age on its own, it will eventually form better, and become YOUR hat. Its ok to go for the indy bashes, but i feel youll never really get it perfect. They just happend to treat the hat a certian way, jsut trying to make it old for the film, and now it drives us all nutts trying to get the look Let the hat become more your own persoanlity, and then it will look great in my opinion.
I agree with you.
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You know, the reason I ask for you to wear it, and if you check you'll see I always do this, is because a hat sitting on a table is a lifeless thing. It needs a head in it to animate it. It is the only way you can see what the brim looks like and if it is all proportional.michaelb wrote: Can I take pics of just the hat? I really don't look good, um, period... We'll see...
Thanks again!
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Don't be self-conscious; no one is harder on the eyes than I am.
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It is great to read someone posting about a hat that is exciting to themself. Don't try to measure up to another hat that may be having being posted at the moment. Buy YOUR hat and wear it well. You may not need to "move on" to another. There is no 'right or wrong' or no 'this is better than that'. HJ carries history and commands desire and respect to any fedora fan. Put it on and take some pics. PICS!! We can't wait.....
On a side note;
On a side note;
Or, Clint Eastwood crying!My eyes have never seen anything harder than Ford with an earring
Finally Got a Few Pics of My HJ...
Well, here ya go. These were done this morning at work, some with a flash, some without. We were a little rushed so sorry about any image quality, etc...
Thanks!
Michael B
Thanks!
Michael B
The hat looks pretty good. May I suggest that your next hat be specified with a 2 7/8(or 3) by a 2 3/4 brim width. You have a full face, and the wider brim on the side would really make a tremendous difference, in the way the hat looks on you. I think these hats come with a 2 1/2 dimensional cut on the sides, and they look great on thinner facial shapes. The full faced fellows, need more brim on the sides to bring the hat into proprotion.(for the Indy look) regards, Fedora
Thanks! I know what you mean, but my other hats have wider brims (properly dimensional as far as I know) and I just don't look right in them for some reason... Believe it or not, this is the best hat so far for my fat face and my wife agreed. Maybe it's because the other hats have a shorter crown which makes for a wide brim, on a wide face with a short top... Just looks odd.
I really prefer this one... Also, the styling was a lot better before I got to work, but like I said, we were in a bit of a rush here and didn't want to bother anyone. Also I didn't have a mirror nearby to adjust the shape perfectly. But I think you can get the overall look. In some shots it almost looks too small but it fits great!?
Thanks!
Michael
I really prefer this one... Also, the styling was a lot better before I got to work, but like I said, we were in a bit of a rush here and didn't want to bother anyone. Also I didn't have a mirror nearby to adjust the shape perfectly. But I think you can get the overall look. In some shots it almost looks too small but it fits great!?
Thanks!
Michael
I know what you mean. I cannot wear a short crowned hat with a wider brim. But, most of that is only because I am so used to the Indy look, and judge every other hat with it as the ruler.Believe it or not, this is the best hat so far for my fat face and my wife agreed. Maybe it's because the other hats have a shorter crown which makes for a wide brim, on a wide face with a short top... Just looks odd.
Please do no take my comments in the wrong way. I just automatically do the proportion deal with the Indy fedoras. I can't help myself!! The hat does look good on you, so do not feel self conscious, just because of me. My mouth tends to outrun my mind, as many will attest here. Fedora
No problem! I didn't take anything personal as far as your comments... I figured you would be the guy who knows. Believe me, I am always checking and re-checking and finding something on all my hats that start to bug me. Such is the nature of the fedora I guess... Or the fedora obsessed like myself at this time...
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Michael B,
That hat looks good. I think you should pull it down a bit and not show so much forehead. You kind of have that early Jimmy Stewart, push it back on the head thing going.
It may be the perspective of the photos, but you do have a wide face and could probably carry off a big hat, like a Stetson Open Road, better than someone with a narrow face. Once again, it's tough to tell from the photos, but it looks like, in the top photo, that the sides are being pushed out and it's putting a bit of taper in the top (though I have seen photos of myself that look this way and it is the result of an optical illusion caused by the lense).
Still, Michael, it's a great looking hat and you look comfortable and totally at ease in it; you carry it off very well. Well done, my friend.
That hat looks good. I think you should pull it down a bit and not show so much forehead. You kind of have that early Jimmy Stewart, push it back on the head thing going.
It may be the perspective of the photos, but you do have a wide face and could probably carry off a big hat, like a Stetson Open Road, better than someone with a narrow face. Once again, it's tough to tell from the photos, but it looks like, in the top photo, that the sides are being pushed out and it's putting a bit of taper in the top (though I have seen photos of myself that look this way and it is the result of an optical illusion caused by the lense).
Still, Michael, it's a great looking hat and you look comfortable and totally at ease in it; you carry it off very well. Well done, my friend.
Why thank you sir! Yes, in the third photo I pushed the hat back just to show it from another angle... I thought it was going to look huge on me from the pictures I've seen on the net, but It looks just a hair small. But I like the tall crown and it feels incredibly comfortable. My others are either down to my ears or a bit too tight and high on the head. My Stetson is a size 58 and is too big. This is a 57 and I hope it's not going to create too much of a taper...
Michael B
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Thanks Antone!
It is the "Peru?/Raven Bar style" and it was pretty much set out of the box, thanks again to Todd. I felt the bashes and pinch were perfect and didn't really mess with them, but I am working on bringing the brim down just a tad in the front and give a slight bit more of a curl to the right edge. I am also wondering about the back... I usually like it to either snap up or down, but it's kinda in the middle. We'll see...
Michael B
It is the "Peru?/Raven Bar style" and it was pretty much set out of the box, thanks again to Todd. I felt the bashes and pinch were perfect and didn't really mess with them, but I am working on bringing the brim down just a tad in the front and give a slight bit more of a curl to the right edge. I am also wondering about the back... I usually like it to either snap up or down, but it's kinda in the middle. We'll see...
Michael B
Thank you Canyon,
I am surprised by the color. It really is wierd how different lighting affects different hats. At one point the ribbon looked like the hat color, and in the next room, it was like a completely different hat with a "black" ribbon.
A bit softer than I expected Morgan, but that was a nice surprise of course. And you had to mention the Fed Deluxe... Grrr... That was the first one I was going to get and now ya got me thinking about it again! Maybe that will be next.
Ya know, my wallet can only handle so much guys! You're killin me.
I do want an Adventurebilt as well, seeing all the pics and hearing the rave reviews. It seems to be the optimum choice, but I wanted an HJ first for obvious reasons.
I'm doomed. Or at least my wallet is.
Thanks again!
Michael
P.S> Most of these sentences require emoticons so you can get where I'm coming from but I still can't figure out how to use them. Copy paste?
I am surprised by the color. It really is wierd how different lighting affects different hats. At one point the ribbon looked like the hat color, and in the next room, it was like a completely different hat with a "black" ribbon.
A bit softer than I expected Morgan, but that was a nice surprise of course. And you had to mention the Fed Deluxe... Grrr... That was the first one I was going to get and now ya got me thinking about it again! Maybe that will be next.
Ya know, my wallet can only handle so much guys! You're killin me.
I do want an Adventurebilt as well, seeing all the pics and hearing the rave reviews. It seems to be the optimum choice, but I wanted an HJ first for obvious reasons.
I'm doomed. Or at least my wallet is.
Thanks again!
Michael
P.S> Most of these sentences require emoticons so you can get where I'm coming from but I still can't figure out how to use them. Copy paste?
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michealb,I have both HJ and AB. I just love the AB I had the same thought when it came to the HJ. After getting one, I wished I saved the money (so I can buy another AB ).
Looking good! Says nice things about the HJ for me to consider before I get my first hat. Right now I'm conflicted between the Fed delux and the AB. Mainly because I'm not usually a hat guy. I love the hats on you guys, but dunno if it will work for me, hence the rationalization for going with the fed deluxe which looks like a great hat in its own right. The flip side to this is what if I LOVE the hat and then wish I had spent the extra dough to really spoil myself on the AB. To complicate matters more, I'm a poor grad student that has no business spending the money anyway. Oh dear, decisions decisions!
Anyways, congrats on the beautiful cap!
Anyways, congrats on the beautiful cap!
Wow... Thank you Indiana Tone!
I couldn't agree more with your first statement.
As for the AB, I am sure I will be more than ecstatic with that piece of headgear! I know of Fedora's reputation from my many readings on Indygear, so I know it will be pretty amazing... I think I will go straight for the beaver felt now.
One other thing, I got home and decided to double check the brim on the sides with a ruler and they are exactly 2 1/2". So, I am off by a 1/4" according to Fedora? I checked my Stetson Temple and voila... The same thing? Same with all the other hats... And the brims look pretty wide...
Under the "Gear" history section, I read that the origonal in Raiders was 2 5/8" on the sides, which means I am off by 1/8" now? Then the quote below:
"I've heard the difference between the sides and the front and back disputed - either ¼ or 1/8 inch. In a conversation I had with Mr. Swales at HJ, he supported the 1/8-inch difference, above. Others have reported he's confirmed it should be ¼ inch difference. Oh well… These differences are slight, and for the fan may really just be a matter of taste."
I don't know, sounds about right to me? Maybe it's just the camera?
Just a few thoughts... Any other info would be appreciated!
Thanks again!
Michael B
I couldn't agree more with your first statement.
As for the AB, I am sure I will be more than ecstatic with that piece of headgear! I know of Fedora's reputation from my many readings on Indygear, so I know it will be pretty amazing... I think I will go straight for the beaver felt now.
One other thing, I got home and decided to double check the brim on the sides with a ruler and they are exactly 2 1/2". So, I am off by a 1/4" according to Fedora? I checked my Stetson Temple and voila... The same thing? Same with all the other hats... And the brims look pretty wide...
Under the "Gear" history section, I read that the origonal in Raiders was 2 5/8" on the sides, which means I am off by 1/8" now? Then the quote below:
"I've heard the difference between the sides and the front and back disputed - either ¼ or 1/8 inch. In a conversation I had with Mr. Swales at HJ, he supported the 1/8-inch difference, above. Others have reported he's confirmed it should be ¼ inch difference. Oh well… These differences are slight, and for the fan may really just be a matter of taste."
I don't know, sounds about right to me? Maybe it's just the camera?
Just a few thoughts... Any other info would be appreciated!
Thanks again!
Michael B
I don't mind at all...
And yes, it seems like a long time, but things are definately falling onto place...
So then it still appears that I am off by only a 1/4 of an inch? Is that considered a lot? I guess it could make enough difference of course. If you look at the 3rd photo down, you can kinda see that it's a wider brim than it looks... Same when I look in the mirror. It's gotta be something with the lens in that photo... I don't know.
But I am sure when I get my Adventurebilt I will be very, very happy. Maybe after we do our taxes...
In the meantime, this will do fine! I really like this hat! Woo hoo again!
Thanks!
Michael B
And yes, it seems like a long time, but things are definately falling onto place...
So then it still appears that I am off by only a 1/4 of an inch? Is that considered a lot? I guess it could make enough difference of course. If you look at the 3rd photo down, you can kinda see that it's a wider brim than it looks... Same when I look in the mirror. It's gotta be something with the lens in that photo... I don't know.
But I am sure when I get my Adventurebilt I will be very, very happy. Maybe after we do our taxes...
In the meantime, this will do fine! I really like this hat! Woo hoo again!
Thanks!
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Tone is right about brims and the shape of people's faces. In the old days, you would go into a shop and try on many hats and the hatter would trim a brim or recommend a taller crown all based on the shape of your head and face. Fedora will do this through a picture.
As for your HJ, I like it very much and I say, wear it and wear the heck out of it. I would also recommend you get an Adventurebilt because Steve can go off the photo of you in the HJ and adjust his hat to fit you. Remember, those hat dimensions you are quoting above were for Harrison Ford. It may look different on your face. You would be amazed at what Steve can do.
I believe in having more than one hat to spread the wear around.
But, don't for a second, feel bad about that HJ; it is very nice.
As for your HJ, I like it very much and I say, wear it and wear the heck out of it. I would also recommend you get an Adventurebilt because Steve can go off the photo of you in the HJ and adjust his hat to fit you. Remember, those hat dimensions you are quoting above were for Harrison Ford. It may look different on your face. You would be amazed at what Steve can do.
I believe in having more than one hat to spread the wear around.
But, don't for a second, feel bad about that HJ; it is very nice.
Thank you again Hemingway!
And yes, yes, YES, to all of you, I know! I will have an Adventurebilt at some point... (Good to know by the way that my pics will be useful for Steve as a styling guide. Would have never thought of that! Excellent!) Just need to pay rent for a while. This hat was surprisingly easy to get the wife's go-ahead, but I think a second might take some time, (and sneakiness...)
And I can't agree more about the fact of having more than one hat! I already have six hats at this point, but the Stetson is the only one that comes close in terms of quality compared to the HJ.
And I don't feel bad about the HJ at all. In fact I think it might need a pillow to lie next me in bed when I sleep. Maybe the wife can sleep on the floor for now...
Michael
And yes, yes, YES, to all of you, I know! I will have an Adventurebilt at some point... (Good to know by the way that my pics will be useful for Steve as a styling guide. Would have never thought of that! Excellent!) Just need to pay rent for a while. This hat was surprisingly easy to get the wife's go-ahead, but I think a second might take some time, (and sneakiness...)
And I can't agree more about the fact of having more than one hat! I already have six hats at this point, but the Stetson is the only one that comes close in terms of quality compared to the HJ.
And I don't feel bad about the HJ at all. In fact I think it might need a pillow to lie next me in bed when I sleep. Maybe the wife can sleep on the floor for now...
Michael