The Dorfman Rebirth!

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:51 pm

Well, I should first say I'm new to the site, so iHola! to all of you guys. If any of you play or played RCT2, then you might recognize my name... if you don't, then... iHola! again.

Well, here is my wool Dorfman that has gone to #### and back, literally... (#### is located on the Cayman Islands). Anyways, this is the best I could do to rebash, I believe thats what you call it, the entire hat. I first began with boiling it, which removed a ton of dye, and shrunk the hat to fit on my little head. As soon as I took it out of the water, I stretched the material with a TupperWare cylinder bowl to make the hat taller. All that is left is for drying, and then steaming. Anyways, here are the pics.

Just so you know, I would never do this to any other hat.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:40 am

Welcome aboard. Please give that hat a decent burial.

In a thousand years, even it would be worth something.

Seriously, you need a better hat to show off here. But, if it was a joke, you got some giggles out of me.

Regards, Fedora

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Sat May 20, 2006 11:23 am

It was defenitley a joke, just to show you guys how crappy my hat is.

My favorite part is were I had to sew parts of the ribbon back up, because it wont stay on. You might be able to see some small bumps of blue thread if you look closely!

I have a patch of dirt in my back yard, so we will know where this will be going in a couple of monhs when I get my AB!

Dutch_jones · Post by **Dutch_jones** » Sat May 20, 2006 5:16 pm

well i have a woolfelt fedora and even that doesnt look that bad compared to this

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:25 pm

Hmm, I think that hat is beginning to taper a little...

Welcome to COW Tycoonman, thaks for being brave enough to post those pics of your beaten-up Dorfman!

JEEP · Post by **JEEP** » Sun May 21, 2006 3:52 am

Hmmmm - rebirth you say!?

To me it looks more like it's kind of undead

May I suggest that you stake it and fill it with garlic before you bury it? Or else I am afraid that I will come back and haunt you with a slow and dry whisper in the night; "Reblock me..... reeeeeeeblock meeeeee....!"

Afterwards you can call yourself Fedora Slayer

/Jakob

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Sun May 21, 2006 4:45 am

Well, there is always my Velt Dorfman I had when I was 5 or 7... that is just about as bad as this, I should have some pics of that soon..

Like I stated before, my hats go through ####... The only hat I have that has stood up to all the beating I have put it through is my khaki Snap Brim I got just before I left for Australlia. I'll post some pics later, as I just got back from prom, and I'm dead tired!

I just hate the thought of how my jacket will look after three or four years.

Then again, it will be broken in!

Tycoonman

Minnesota Jones · Post by **Minnesota Jones** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:52 pm

Well, if your fedora went to you-know-where and back, it served it purpose. Even thought a $30 wool fedora is a $30 wool fedora, it's still a fedora and I'm glad at least one Dorfman out there definately got used.

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:42 pm

It served it's purpose for the entire year I hade it. Just wait, I'll soon be in the AB club with thr Rabbit Felt version!

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:53 pm

And here is my list I mentioned above. First off the khaki hat from Henschel Hat Co.. It isby far the best hat I have owned, and I have been wearing it for 10 years now.

The second hat was a "Jones Hat" according to my Aunt. She picked it up at Disneyland, and I am impressed that it isn't a piece of @#$%. I was able to tell it wasn't a Jones hat, but I was glad to be the owner of a decent looking and comfortable feeling hat.

The last hat was my first ever Indy Hat I ever got had. It was purchesed at Disneyland, in 1995. It lasted me for a good while until right before my trip to Austraillia... when it final came to rest in my crawl space uptil two weeks ago.

Enjoy the screens on my small collection of hats!

Tycoonman

Ripper · Post by **Ripper** » Mon May 22, 2006 10:32 pm

I have one of those , I bought one for my Daughter and myself about 6 years ago. Not a bad hat when new. It kinda looses its appeal after seeing the AB.

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:45 pm

Yeah, the orginal Dorfmans had a more acuarte design than the ones they have now. But I don't think it's fair to compare this to an AB, or any other hat for that matter... it would be a massacre...

Tycoonman

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:12 am

I'm having a contest for THE WORST fedora - best pix and text about the worst one and why it's so bad wins a coffee mug and bumper-sticker.

... That might be the winner. You should enter.

Tycoonman · Post by **Tycoonman** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:57 am

Thanks for the link Fisk!

I have signed up and already have got the pictures posted on the thread! That makes me the first competitor, anyone looking for a challenge?

Tycoonman

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:10 am

That's an awesome start, that's for sure.