My New Akubra Federation

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:59 pm

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prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:43 pm

Very good job!!

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:47 pm

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HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:02 pm

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Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:16 pm

Keep wearing it in this summer heat, and the leather sweat band will shink nicely, and you'll be able to eliminate the foam in VERY short order.

Do NOTHING more to the hat. It looks perfect for you face shape and head size. Proportions are dead on the mark.

NICE job!

Regards! Michaelson

Dr.Seuss · Post by **Dr.Seuss** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:30 pm

Michaelson wrote:Do NOTHING more to the hat. It looks perfect for you face shape and head size. Proportions are dead on the mark.

NICE job! Michaelson

Second that comment.

Sincerely,

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:15 pm

It looks great and you've done a nice job on the bash.

The Akubras are still a great hat, no doubt about it.

Al

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:41 pm

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Strider · Post by **Strider** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:48 pm

Look'n good!

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:20 pm

HSJ, I agree wholeheartedly with Michaelson. That hat is perfect on you. No need to tweak it any more.

That's one of the great things about the Federation, it's so easy to shape and make look good. Well done!

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:38 pm

you did a great job there and the hat is very complimenting to your facial features.

i'm glad you ordered an ab and then the akubra to play with while you wait. thats what i did and i wasn't sorry for doing either. nice hat hsj.

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:44 pm

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Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:45 pm

Wait for my opinion before you declare everything is good!

Ok, it's good.

Seriously, it looks great. I would dare to say, one of the best Fed bashings I've seen. Wear it with pride!

Indiana Snipes · Post by **Indiana Snipes** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:13 am

Sweet hat! Is that this one here? http://www.hatsdirect.com/cgi/products. ... turnpage=0

For some reason the pic they show on their site the hat look lighter. I'm thinking about getting one of those as well to hold me over, how long did it take for you to get it?

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:53 am

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prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:56 am

Looks great on your dome. It has a very nice LC quality to it.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:40 am

Indiana Snipes wrote:Sweet hat! Is that this one here? http://www.hatsdirect.com/cgi/products. ... turnpage=0

For some reason the pic they show on their site the hat look lighter. I'm thinking about getting one of those as well to hold me over, how long did it take for you to get it?

Snipes, HatsDirect is the ony place you can get the Federation and Federation Deluxe. HatsDirect worked specifically woth COW in the creation of that hat. I remember when I ordered mine, I was surprised how quickl;y it got here. I believe it was inside of a week.

Indiana Snipes · Post by **Indiana Snipes** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:09 pm

binkmeisterRick wrote:
Indiana Snipes wrote:Sweet hat! Is that this one here? http://www.hatsdirect.com/cgi/products. ... turnpage=0

For some reason the pic they show on their site the hat look lighter. I'm thinking about getting one of those as well to hold me over, how long did it take for you to get it?
Snipes, HatsDirect is the ony place you can get the Federation and Federation Deluxe. HatsDirect worked specifically woth COW in the creation of that hat. I remember when I ordered mine, I was surprised how quickl;y it got here. I believe it was inside of a week.

WOW! Sounds good, what's the difference between the Fed & the Deluxe? Other than the fact the Deluxe looks darker.

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:30 pm

Hi again, Snipes. Can't get rid of me, can you?

Actually, the Deluxe is lighter in color, and more of a true Indy brown. The felt is supposed to be a little better, but some complain about the slightly fuzzy finish. I prefer the standard Fed.

Indiana Snipes · Post by **Indiana Snipes** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:35 pm

Chewbacca Jones wrote:Hi again, Snipes. Can't get rid of me, can you?

Actually, the Deluxe is lighter in color, and more of a true Indy brown. The felt is supposed to be a little better, but some complain about the slightly fuzzy finish. I prefer the standard Fed.

Well as long as you continue to offer good info you can pop up anytime! Thanks for the info!

Fatdutchman · Post by **Fatdutchman** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:08 pm

I've tried a fed deluxe, and saw absolutely no difference whatsoever between it and the standard.

The standard "mid-brown" ranges in color from really dark grayish brown, to super dark grayish brown. I REALLY like the "tawny fawn" color, which looks nothing like the really light color on the website catalog. It's a very dark tan...actually it could easily be called a light to medium brown. I think it would make a better Indy hat color than the mid-brown. So or not, I think it's just a more attractive color.

I'm waiting on my replacement size 57 Federation in tawny fawn. Hopefully it not only fits, but has better shaping than the one I sent back...

RobbyT43 · Post by **RobbyT43** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:46 pm

That fedora is perfect for you! I mean really, it is great looking on you! (not hitting on you or anything

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I can only hope that I find a fedora that looks as natural as yours does on you! Great work

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:11 am

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Post by **Dalexs** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:00 am

When you first posted the links to he hat, I said to myself, "oh look, another Akubra Federation sitting on a fence."

(I'm from the school of "unless it's on your head, there's no telling how good of of hat it really is!)

Then you posted the pic of you wearing it.

Personally, that hat never ceases to amaze me. With very little work, it is always a great looking hat on most people.

Great Job.

Dalexs

Post by **Tennessee Smith** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:32 pm

Seeing your pic makes me feel a lot better about my upcoming order.
I'm planning to order a Federation in the next month, how hard was it to bash? It looks great I hope mine comes out as well.

Also, how do the sizes tend to run? Larger, smaller?

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:16 pm

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cooncatbob · Post by **cooncatbob** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:37 am

Erin Jones wrote:Seeing your pic makes me feel a lot better about my upcoming order.
I'm planning to order a Federation in the next month, how hard was it to bash? It looks great I hope mine comes out as well.

Also, how do the sizes tend to run? Larger, smaller?

I measured my head as the suggested and I'm dead on 58 CMs and my fed was still a little big. I didn't like the foam strips they provide to put under the sweat band so I folded up some paper towel and now it fits great until it shrinks a bit.
I got my Fed in 6 days to Calif. I wish they would double box though as my box had a hole that looked like someone kicked it. Hat was not touch but sending something half way around the world they should pack it to make it, cause sending it back would be a pain. Bob

Modern Jones · Post by **Modern Jones** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:39 pm

HANSOLOJONES wrote:Another pic of it on my head.

HANSOLOJONES Check out this pic from LC. Your hat and bash looks a lot like that hat! Not to mention the scale/proportions. Great job! I wouldn't change a thing. You know Michaelson is loving that hat! (He's a huge LC fedora fan!)

Modern Jones

Post by **Tennessee Smith** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:50 pm

"Really Nice Clark, Really Nice"

Looks like a perfect LC, Sweet.

Jamie_H · Post by **Jamie_H** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:28 pm

Wow, that does look nice!!!

mufflowne · Post by **mufflowne** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:03 am

Just a squeeze and you have an Indy4 hat.

You've convinced me to buy one too, until I get an ABD.

HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:47 pm

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DanielJones · Post by **DanielJones** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:12 pm

Nice job on the bash! Looks great!

Cheers!

Dan

sebas · Post by **sebas** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:08 pm

I have FED too for three years now it's such a fantastic hat. Absolutely no tapering since it came out of the box.

Your bash looks good, although a Raiders would have a tighter pinch on the front. It looks like a cross between the LC and Radiers. It looks great on you.

Nice!

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:34 pm

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HANSOLOJONES · Post by **HANSOLOJONES** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:58 pm

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zeus36 · Post by **zeus36** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:16 am

That is a perfect hat and a great bash!

Out of my 12 hats, the one that looks the most Indy is my Standard Federation. It's also the one I paid the least amount for......

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:16 am

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Post by **Michaelson** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:29 am

Agreed 100%, fatwoul.

If you have something that's worth showing off, the avatar is a good place to show it.

In my case, I was just happy to appear in the same photo as one of the 'Snake Surprise!' props, so that's my excuse.

Regards! Michaelson

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:14 pm

I'm of the opinion that everyone should support there vendors and buy at least one fedora from each the best. Akubra is still on that list. They make for good perid hats and for every studio and costume designer who is making period films should have Ron's number on Speed Dial.

You've got a great bash there, it would be a crime to do anything more.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:11 pm

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Post by **Michaelson** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:41 pm

Looks good to me!

Regards! Michaelson