As a hat afficionado, it's great to be here! My Akubra (which is actually a full size too large...) can be seen in my avatar. I just ordered two others...a size smaller, one brown, one gray. I also have a Miller hat coming to me within the next few days...that's ALL my hat money for quite some time!
In 1981, I was 10 years old. Indiana Jones was the greatest thing since Star Wars! (hey, it still is!). How many of you as a child back then had your very own Indy hat? Here's mine!
My grandfather was a deputy sherriff in the '70's. He let me play with his hat. It's a nice "hard" beaver hat. Very stiff, almost bulletproof (the way I like 'em). I popped the brim down and mashed in the pinch. Not a bad "bash" for a 10 year old, eh? Wish I could still wear it. 6 7/8. Pa had a small head.
I would run around in this hat with a short piece of nylon rope as my "whip".
I have a 4 year old nephew. I have single handedly gotten him hooked on both Star Wars AND Indiana Jones! He wears a cheap old cowboy hat and I gave him a "whip" that is a leather string with a couple of knots tied in the end for a handle. I got him a small size Jaxon Safari crusher hat for Christmas this year (a much better Indy hat than the old beige cowboy hat). The Legacy lives on....
But its for a good cause. 