AB Deluxe After 6 Months - New pics

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:26 am

I got my AB Deluxe about 6 months ago.
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I have worn it just about every day since then, and have played with the bash a little. I even got up the courage to sit on it several times

. It's time to post some updated pics of it, but first a little about the hat. When I ordered the hat, I ordered a SOC bash with a one inch turn. I don't remember exactly what the height of the front crease was, but I think it was 4 7/8 inches. Since then I have changed the bash 2 or 3 times. Currently, I have it bash down to 4 1/4 inches in the front, and 3 1/4 inches in the back. A little taper occured with the deeper bash, (which I expected thanks to what I have learned here), but the pictures seem to overexagerate the taper, (distortion due to me trying to hold the camera and take my own picture). I have also turned the hat about another 1/4 inch. My eye isn't sharp enough to tell if it is a very screen accurate bash or not. I just push and prod until it is in a shape that I like.

This last picture is of the lining, just to show that this hat has been worn. The red has run a llittle, and there is even some red Alabama clay dust in there.

I love this hat, thanks Marc.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:50 am

Currently, I have it bash down to 4 1/4 inches in the front, and 3 1/4 inches in the back. A little taper occured with the deeper bash, (which I expected thanks to what I have learned here)...

I wouldn't be perfectly honest, if I'd say that I like it with that deep creases (or rather the taper that they cause), but that's not the point here and it's not what makes me happy about your post.

THIS:

I have worn it just about every day since then

I just push and prod until it is in a shape that I like.

and

I love this hat, thanks Marc.

is what makes me a happy camper! That you wear the hat with pleasure Rick, that's what counts to me.

Thanks for sharing,

Marc

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:05 am

I was going to say, Marc, Blooze...who CARES about screen accurate....It sure looks 'Blooze' accurate to me, and THAT'S what really matters to this writer!

That's what separates the comments 'You're trying to look like Indiana Jones, aren't you?' from 'Hey, man, that's a nice looking hat!'

HIGH regards! Michaelson

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:21 am

Here is a pic of my 1st AB Deluxe from Marc. Also 6 months old. It has gone through snow and many rain storms and 90+ degree heat.

Cheers,
G-MANN

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:26 am

Yet another one with it's own 'personality'. I really like seeing hats like this.

Regards! Michaelson

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:06 pm

you aged your hat quite nicely. i must ask, what is the width of the brim? it looks very wide.

moses · Post by **moses** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:46 pm

I think the red dye running in the liner might concern me. Will that happen to all the deluxes?

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:24 pm

The fact that I am holding the camera at arms length and taking the pictures really distorts them. Yes, there is some taper, but looking at it in person, it is not as bad as the picture. The distortion also makes the brim look a lot wider than it really is. As far as the red dye goes, such is life. This hat is worn daily, sometimes 10 or 11 hours a day. It spent a lot of time in 90+F temperatures, and has been wet several times from the rain. I can live with it. It is better than the first time I worked up a sweat in my first Indy style hat, a Stetson, and ended up with a big brown steak running down my face. And before it goes any further, the brown streak was dye.

Oh yeah, beautiful hat G-Mann. Some day we'll have to hook up and you can show me how you get your hats to look as good as they do.

VP · Post by VP » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:31 am

Indiana Blooze wrote:ended up with a big brown steak running down my face.

Rare, medium or well done?

jkingrph · Post by **jkingrph** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:18 am

I do not care about screen accurate. When I ordered my first a couple of weeks ago I told Steve to make it as a nice dress type hat. That way I shall gradually conform and naturally distress it to my liking via use.
Jeff

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:36 am

OK, my ADHD has kicked in again, and I sarted fiddlin' with my hat, (actually, I think it was the pic of G-Mann's hat that triggered it

). Well, anyway I stuck my hands in my hat and spread them apart until the sides were parallel, and then I made my new pinch. The front is up to about 4 3/4 " now. I also turned it about another 1/4".

These are some of my famous "I took these pictures in the bathroom mirror" pictures. They aren't the best, but I think they don't have as much distortion in them. Where's Ansel Adams when you need him?

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:43 am

Aw, he'd have just used black and white film, and we couldn't see the correct color. You did just fine.

Regards! michaelson

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:57 am

WOW!!! Look at them porkpie lines...

Looking good Rick!

Regards,

Marc

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:58 am

blooze, looks a lot better. Good job.

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:02 am

Marc wrote:

WOW!!! Look at them porkpie lines

Yeah, I just happen to have an extra number 51 block laying around.....

G-MANN · Post by **G-MANN** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:13 am

Blooze,

Great Job man

Looks like a different hat altogether now. Well done.

Cheers,
G-MANN

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:53 am

very nice. i love the side swoops. it compliments your head shape perfectly!

cheers.

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:04 pm

Before going further, I would like to thank everyone here for all of the compliments, and also for the constructive criticism. I didn't know beans about 'good' Indy hats until I started lurking here a 4 or 5 years ago. Since then it has been a never ending learning experience. I'd like to thank Marc for this beautiful hat. It is a work of art, and no matter how bad I try to screw it up, it still looks good. Thanks buddy. If it weren't for this forum, I'd still be wearing my DP and thinking, "Yeah I'm cool. I've got Indy's hat on."

Ack!! That's a scarey thought.

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:19 pm

I have to admit, this is one of the few hobbies I dabble in where I don't look back nostalgically at what I USED to wear and wish things were the same.

Regards! Michaelson

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:44 am

I have to admit, this is one of the few hobbies I dabble in where I don't look back nostalgically at what I USED to wear and wish things were the same.

VERY well said!!!

Regards,

Marc