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fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:31 pm

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Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:41 pm

Good point, actually. I just saw a pic of Ford wearing the Indy IV hat which is not turned, and it looked like it had a Raiders type warped brim. Maybe, Ford just has a Kattywampus Melon and the brim warps beautifully whenever he plops a fedora on his coconut.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:53 pm

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binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:53 pm

And that, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is the trajectory of the bullet as it passed through the skull...

That is an excellent point, fatwoul. All we need now is a screen accurate melon!

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:14 pm

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Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:20 pm

I know that I don't have a screen accurate melon and no amount of turning seems to help, really. I know that my coconut is square. Yes, that is right. Buff is a blockhead.

I found this out when I bought one of those Atlanta Braves baseball caps that are sized and not the ones that are one size fits most. I bought one in my size, but the brim would cut into the corners of my forehead even though it was not tight anywhere else on the head. It was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

I had to buy one a size larger, to keep from getting a headache almost immediately when putting it on. The larger one, doesn't put the pressure on the corners of my forehead to cause it to hurt.

Now, if I could just find a cinder block in my size, I wouldn't need to buy a hat block for my fedoras.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:44 pm

Bufflehead Jones wrote: Yes, that is right. Buff is a blockhead.

Admittance is the first step toward a cure.
Or as Bink recommended to me when trying to sell his panama hat " you could use a block sander"

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:45 pm

fatwoul wrote:
binkmeisterRick wrote:That is an excellent point, fatwoul. All we need now is a screen accurate melon!
Did Erin post in here somewhere? I thought it was me who was invisible.

I have no idea what you're talking about, fatwoul.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:52 pm

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moses · Post by **moses** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:56 pm

But if Ford's head created the Radiers swoop, what about the other two movies?

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:03 pm

yes....but what i like about the turned hat is that you can see your pretty ribbon more when looking at your reflection....i like my ribbon....

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:22 pm

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Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:32 pm

So turn your hat sideways so everyone can see your pretty little bow.

i tried that....someone handed me a metal triangle and told me to clang on it when supper was ready....and they kept calling me 'cookey'

Rook · Post by **Rook** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:58 am

I too "suffer" from warped head syndrome. It's most noticeable with a ballcap, but I just noticed you can see it in my picture in the "Photos of you in your gear" section.

Kind of amusing.

Russ

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:59 pm

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Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:26 pm

uh Fatwoul, now your meetings aren't secret anymore.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:38 pm

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Post by **Tennessee Smith** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:40 pm

fatwoul wrote:
binkmeisterRick wrote:That is an excellent point, fatwoul. All we need now is a screen accurate melon!
Did Erin post in here somewhere? I thought it was me who was invisible.

It must have been my doppelganger...

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:50 pm

flower arranging huh, I coulda swore .........

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:43 pm

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Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:26 pm

fatwoul wrote:
Indycop wrote: flower arranging huh, I coulda swore .........
Swearing isn't allowed! You can't even say ****.

fatwoul! Quick get out! This reply is coming from inside the house!

Dostacos · Post by **Dostacos** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:29 pm

as a leading practitioner of phrenology

I suspect you slept on only one side during your formative years $\:D/$

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:55 pm

phrenology! Is that like a center dent, c crown, or teardrop?

Dostacos · Post by **Dostacos** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:15 pm

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:30 pm

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:50 am

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Dostacos · Post by **Dostacos** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:23 am

fatwoul wrote:
Dostacos wrote:as a leading practitioner of phrenology I suspect you slept on only one side during your formative years $\:D/$
Interesting suggestion. And true. I still do sleep on the same side. I always have done. But the question is, can you tell which side I sleep on based on my head shape? There's my challenge to you for today.

I would vote for additional pressure on the right rear
oh and I am not the usual practitioner of phrenology instead of reading bumps on the head I tend to CREATE them

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:05 pm

I thought that was my job!

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:57 pm

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Dostacos · Post by **Dostacos** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:29 pm

fatwoul wrote:
Dostacos wrote:I would vote for additional pressure on the right rear...
Yes. I sleep on my right side. I am suitably impressed.

I work in an children's orthopedic clinic {certified orthotist/prosthetist } so it was an educated guess, we don't treat the skull, but everything south

bone reshapes fast in children which we use to our advantage daily

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:29 pm

I think I remeber Ford being a looong oval in head shape.

Not knowing if he got it sketched out for the movies or not, but while at Locke & Co's back in the London summit of 2004 we got to see some skull outlines of a few of their famous hat customers. (Mounted on the wall actually). I don't know or remember the word for the tool, but they had a spider-legged like thingy with 20 or so "arms" to place on the head that would make a small sketch of the skull contour. All this to make a bespoke hat in the end to exactly fit the customer. To get to the point, some of the contours were way off the oval shape you would expect on a human skull, and very few of them were very symmetrical at all.

I also think I remember them claiming that Ford popped in there to get his "Raiders" hat, though this of course was doupted and we believed it might have been for Blade Runner. Scandy, Al, Tim and Ken would have to back me up on this.

Also, they used hair spray for stiffner.

Regards,
Swindiana

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:40 pm

Swindiana wrote:Not knowing if he got it sketched out for the movies or not, but while at Locke & Co's back in the London summit of 2004 we got to see some skull outlines of a few of their famous hat customers. (Mounted on the wall actually). I don't know or remember the word for the tool, but they had a spider-legged like thingy with 20 or so "arms" to place on the head that would make a small sketch of the skull contour. All this to make a bespoke hat in the end to exactly fit the customer. To get to the point, some of the contours were way off the oval shape you would expect on a human skull, and very few of them were very symmetrical at all.

It's called a conformer, or conformator, according to the vintage Scientific Hatmaking book.

Russ · Post by **Russ** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:57 pm

So fatwoul, how on earth did you get such an accurate map of your head? Did you use the above mentioned conformer, stick your head in a bowl of jello, or some other method some of the rest of us could apply?

ydam · Post by **ydam** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:04 am

i have always known i was messed up in the head and this post just proves i am right. It is always nice to know i am not alone though. To all those out there that have whacked up heads...i salute you.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:33 pm

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Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:41 pm

and i though you did the head in the jello method....your way sounds better....guess i'll go wash my hair out now

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:58 pm

I just stood on my head and had Mrs. Bufflehead trace it.

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:31 pm

binkmeisterRick wrote: It's called a conformer, or conformator, according to the vintage Scientific Hatmaking book.

Cone-former... Sounds logical enough.

Regards,
Swindiana

The Librarian · Post by **The Librarian** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:18 am

[quote="fatwoul"]
Well, as a photographer, my method was a photographic one. I took a picture of the top of my head taken with a long lens (to minimise distortion).

I'm interested in trying this. Did you lay down and have the camera level with the center of your head? Or did you sit under the camera mounted on a tripod and aimed down at the top of your head?

Inquiring minds want to know.

The Librarian

Dostacos · Post by **Dostacos** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:38 am

Bufflehead Jones wrote:I just stood on my head and had Mrs. Bufflehead trace it.

pictures please

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:52 am

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Indiana Jess · Post by **Indiana Jess** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:41 pm

Bufflehead Jones wrote:I just stood on my head and had Mrs. Bufflehead trace it.

Dang! Kind of wish I had that option. Could have saved myself a few $$$ and a major headache by not having to put my head through the wall a few times. (And yes, the first time I put my head through the wall it was face first.)

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:55 pm

OUCH! Poor wall!