First AB Deluxe in the USA has arrived ! New Pics

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:42 pm

Well folks, I am the proud owner of the VERY FIRST AB DELUXE in the USA. Marc made a true work of art for me.

OK,

Here are a couple of pictures of one AMAZING hat. You can see what a FANTASTIC job Marc did making this Fedora. I received it open crowned and this is such soft wonderful felt, it is so easy to put a great bash in with almost no effort at all. I spent less than a minute to achieve this look. The Beaver Marc is using is a beautiful color. His pouncing job is as close to perfect as I could imagine.

I am sold on the AB DELUXE for certain. 100%.

Outside in the rain

Cheers,
John

Prof. Ed · Post by **Prof. Ed** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:44 pm

John,

Wear it in the best of health

Best regards,

Prof. Ed

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:13 pm

3 pics now

Cheers,
G-MANN

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:48 pm

Don't mind the big bad admin, he was only kidding

Enjoy the hat, and when you are ready, let's see some pics ^^

J_Weaver · Post by **J_Weaver** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:10 pm

Great looking hat my friend! I can't wait to see some better pics!

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:11 pm

Even in that pic, it has a very nice shape, very SOC to my eyes.
Enjoy it!

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:09 pm

Congrats John, beautiful hat. I can hardly wait for mine, MArc said he should start it this weekend. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:46 am

congrats g-mann but, more pics please.

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:49 am

Cheers,
G-MANN

Canyon · Post by **Canyon** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:12 pm

gmann, congratulations on your new fedora!

Picture looks great.

Indiana Legones · Post by **Indiana Legones** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:48 pm

Looks awesome!!!

Congratulations!!

Henry Guemez

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:04 pm

Cheers,
John

J_Weaver · Post by **J_Weaver** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:31 pm

Looks even better!

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:37 pm

J_Weaver wrote:Looks even better!

Yes, a vast improvement. By the way that's my Expedition in these pics too.

Cheers,
John

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:48 pm

Oh, I didn't think that jacket looked like a Wested, very nice.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:46 pm

I hat you and mark. Thats more money going out of my wallet.

I thought Bink was the pick pocket.

Indiana_Tom · Post by **Indiana_Tom** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:16 am

John, congratulations!! Finally you got the first AB Dlx. from Germany. Great to hear and see! Take care with this masterpiece!

Regards,

Tom

Post by **Jens** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:37 am

John, in those new pictures your new hat looks incredible. You did a great job on the bash!
Congrats to the new lid and that you may have to wear it in many adventures!

German craftsmanship ...

Regards,
Jens

JEEP · Post by **JEEP** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:58 am

IndyJens wrote:German craftsmanship ...

By a dane

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:51 am

Post by **Jens** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:37 am

JEEP wrote:
IndyJens wrote:German craftsmanship ...
By a dane

Uh, yes. You're correct. Well, a one person Danish-German joint venture.

kalkamel · Post by **kalkamel** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:52 am

G-Mann, I hope you don't take offence to this but your pic kinda reminds me of this guy:

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:57 am

Not if I get his bank accounts too.

Cheers,
G-MANN

agent5 · Post by **agent5** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:35 am

I'm not an AB guy but I was curious...what is the difference in one of these and Steve's fedoras? They are both AB's so is there any difference at all besides who made them?

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:45 am

Marc uses a more expensive and I beleive higher quality of Beaver from portugal, also a softer sweatband and a layer of onionskin between the sweat and the felt for protection. Marc will be back tommorrow and can give you more specific info.

G-MANN

J_Weaver · Post by **J_Weaver** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:46 am

agent5 wrote:I'm not an AB guy but I was curious...what is the difference in one of these and Steve's fedoras? They are both AB's so is there any difference at all besides who made them?

My understanding is that Marc is using a different felt and sweatband than Steve.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:11 pm

I'm not an AB guy but I was curious...what is the difference in one of these and Steve's fedoras?

Agent, he uses the company that Graham uses for the felt. The pure beaver felt from portugal. I think Graham gets 650 for his beaver hat. Marc had his sweats custom made too, and they look more like jacket leather than sweat leather. A good thing. I wish I could afford to use them, but they cost as much as some hat bodies.

Marc's felt costs him more than mine does me, partly due to the tax structure over there, and partly because he pays for custom stiffening. Fedora

Nicht Storen · Post by **Nicht Storen** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:28 pm

That's a good lookin lid G-Mann. I see it already saw a little rain. Well, there was plenty of opportunity to see how rain would affect our lids this past weekend in Chicago.

Dwighty0815 · Post by **Dwighty0815** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:43 pm

Hey John!

Nice to see, the hat has reached you and you're also satisfied with your ABD! Congratulations, No.2

!

It looks awesome and I'm glad you posted your pics, so I can see it shaped with a turn, which looks very, very good! Suits you well, John!

Greetings,

Arne

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:18 am

Here are a few outdoor sunlight pics.

Cheers,
G-MANN

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Tue May 02, 2006 11:57 am

Wow, that does look good! Good work Marc!