MythBusters AB?

Post by **Dalexs** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:06 pm

OK, First! (I think...)

Tonight we finally get to see Adam's AB.
(At least I think it's an AB.

)

Kilgour Trout · Post by **Kilgour Trout** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:10 pm

That is just so cool!
Can I still say this and be over 40?

Oh..or should I say "Sweeeeeeeeet"?

It looks absolutely excellent.

Kilgour

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:16 pm

Hmmmmmm.........I dunno..

Looks like a Fed Deluxe to me

Post by **Dalexs** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:21 pm

I seem to think not. Fed's have never had that straight of a dome and that this one even has a little bit of reverse taper.

Also, the color (although, not that well represented here) has a lot of red in it.
Again, I don't think even the Fed Deluxes have that much.

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:27 pm

darthbish wrote:Hmmmmmm.........I dunno..

Looks like a Fed Deluxe to me

I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

MustangLoverMex · Post by **MustangLoverMex** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:42 pm

Looks amazing!! Can't wait to get my AB!!!

-Alfonso

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm

Yeah, I saw the show tonight and was going to post this! I'd say it's an AB maybe an AB Deluxe.

Looks great! My AB doesn't look like that.

He's got a crummy bag strap though.

Magno · Post by **Magno** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:24 am

Darn, I was JUST going to post this!!!

Curse you!

weaponx24 · Post by **weaponx24** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:27 am

what did they try to prove or disprove on this one?

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:29 am

If you can get a Raiders hat out of a stock HJ without changing the block shape.

Dave

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:31 am

I just saw it! It looks fantastic!!!! Nice hat, Adam!

Shane

indy89 · Post by **indy89** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:38 am

That is one nice AB! Then again, I wouldn't expect an ugly one

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:12 am

DR Ulloa wrote: I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

get ya dress ready..

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=fed+iii

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:46 am

..(Spoilers!) I'm going to tear a phone book in half! This episode revealed the secret. (and no, not along the binding, and no preperation..) Also, they demonstrated that simply interleaving 2 phone books together, no glue, it took 8,000 lbs to pull them apart- weird but true.. Two cars couldn't seperate them, they had to use two TANKS to do it. - Meanwhile Adam is tearing piles of phone books in half by hand. The hat was only worn for a few seconds in a seperate spot where Adam says to visit Mythbusters.com. There was only this head-on view.

whiskyman · Post by **whiskyman** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:59 am

That hat looks ridiculously big to me.

Bullitt · Post by **Bullitt** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:09 am

whiskyman wrote:That hat looks ridiculously big to me.

Exactly, it looks like a caricature of the Raiders hat. I think he also needs a better jacket!

Richard

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:42 am

darthbish wrote:
DR Ulloa wrote: I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

get ya dress ready..

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=fed+iii

The shape is good, but the felt will never match.

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:01 am

darthbish wrote:
DR Ulloa wrote: I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

get ya dress ready..

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=fed+iii

The color is all off. You simply cannot compare the felt, even with the uber low-res photo of Adam. However, Holt's Federation is definately the best one I've ever seen...sorry, no dress.

Dave

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:23 am

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't like it. Not only does it look huge on his head, it doesn't look "natural" on him, very forced looking.

Randy

MACHONE · Post by **MACHONE** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:01 am

It looked better than the lids he usually wears. He is often sporting a fedora.
-Ben

JimL · Post by **JimL** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:06 am

I did catch that last night too- which is unusual, as rarely watch TV at all...

The hat looked good to me; however I would not even venture a gues as to the maker based on a TV shot...

It is a tall, square crown hat for sure, so that certainly narrows it down a bit...

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:22 pm

I saw it in HD and from the photo of the screen I'd guess Dalexs may have too. (Looks like an LCD panel?) Anyway, the felt looks nice. It's not Fed Deluxe felt. It's very AB looking.

Indiana Blooze · Post by **Indiana Blooze** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:52 pm

AB or Fed? Only his hatmaker knows!!

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:00 pm

Well, Adam did confirm at one point (elsewhere) that he ordered an AB, and we also heard that he had filmed an episode wearing it. This clip was likely filmed at that time. The moment I saw it, I knew it could be nothing else.

I think it does look strange on him, but it's a new style for him, and it looks like the hat was tilted forward against the wind, making the crown look unusually high.

At any rate; Adam, if you're reading - Nice Hat! Wear it. A lot.

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:13 pm

MACHONE wrote:It looked better than the lids he usually wears. He is often sporting a fedora.
-Ben

See, now those two shots look more Fed than AB to me

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:34 pm

Actaully, those two shots look just like MY AB. I also watched it in HD. His hat and mine both look remarkably like the hat from the wedding scene in KotCS.

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:28 pm

wellllll, can the good folk from Adventurebilt confirm that it's one of theirs??

Or is that a breach of the hatmaker's privacy code?

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:21 am

Fedora doesn't like to kiss and tell.

Dave

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:08 am

There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

Zombie Jones · Post by **Zombie Jones** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:49 am

BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:25 am

Zombie Jones wrote:
BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?
No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Nahhhhhh................I wouldn't "settle" for a Fed..

I'D PREEEEEEEFER A FED

Zombie Jones · Post by **Zombie Jones** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:46 am

darthbish wrote:
Zombie Jones wrote:
BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?
No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Nahhhhhh................I wouldn't "settle" for a Fed..

I'D PREEEEEEEFER A FED

I knew I was gonna take some heat for that comment--thanks for not disappointing me!

Don't get me wrong, I love my Fed IV. But, quite honestly, if money and wait times were not an issue I think almost every member here would own an AB Fedora.

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:56 am

Zombie Jones wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I love my Fed IV. But, quite honestly, if money and wait times were not an issue I think almost every member here would own an AB Fedora.

"almost".........but not all.

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:57 am

darthbish wrote:
Zombie Jones wrote:
BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?
No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Nahhhhhh................I wouldn't "settle" for a Fed..

I'D PREEEEEEEFER A FED

I don't want to turn this into a "which hat is better" thread. I'm just going to say "don't knock it till you try it." I don't think you understand becuase you've probably never seen, held, or worn an AB. Nothing wrong with a Federation, but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

Dave

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:21 am

... but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

It's compairing "pigs and puppies" in Tennessee.

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:31 am

DR Ulloa wrote: I don't want to turn this into a "which hat is better" thread. I'm just going to say "don't knock it till you try it." I don't think you understand becuase you've probably never seen, held, or worn an AB. Nothing wrong with a Federation, but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

Dave

Neither do I.
In fact the "apples & oranges" is a good analogy.
Some people prefer apples, others oranges. Both have there own unique texture and taste.

Why does a person prefer one over the other??...
They just do.

Post by **Michaelson** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:18 am

Ark Hunter wrote:
... but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.
It's compairing "pigs and puppies" in Tennessee.

It is? Maybe in the KINGSPORT area it is....but not around Tullahoma!

Regards! Michaelson

JimL · Post by **JimL** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:42 am

In Manhattan, Pigs and Puppies get equal billing as pets, so that might not work up here...

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:51 am

Michaelson wrote:
Ark Hunter wrote:
... but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.
It's compairing "pigs and puppies" in Tennessee.
It is? Maybe in the KINGSPORT area it is....but not around Tullahoma!
Regards! Michaelson

I don't know. It came from my wife and she's from Columbia. I don't know where she got it. Maybe it's just her and her mom.

Post by **Michaelson** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:03 am

Maybe so.

Regards! Michaelson

Post by **Dalexs** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:34 pm

Zombie Jones wrote:
BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?
No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Except that he did always have a preference for Akubra's in the past!

Isn't RPF the other forum he's on? Why doesn;t someone here PM him and just ask. I made this a public thread on purpose!

Dalexs

kiltie · Post by **kiltie** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:18 pm

If I may, let me interject:
I think it's a "good" hat, either way. Why? Because he's wearing a fedora in the first place. That puts him at the "grown-up table" to begin with. Hats of that ilk are sorely lacking in the general populace.
Secondly, and exclusive to this forum ( and it's kin ), IT'S AN INDY STYLE HAT! Come on! How many other people are wearing them on TV? Without any sense of irony?
Finally, not having seen any other views ( I saw the broadcast ), I wonder if it doesn't have a diamond crease in the top giving the perception of the reverse taper.

jacksdad · Post by **jacksdad** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:48 pm

when I saw the episode I told my wife that he was wearing the AB from the new movie she really wasn't impressed but I thought it was cool.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:52 pm

kiltie wrote: I wonder if it doesn't have a diamond crease in the top giving the perception of the reverse taper.

I think that is probable. His Bushmen don't reverse taper, and those are straight sided hats, virtually the same as Fed 4s blockwise. I've seen him wear those with both a center dent and a teardrop. Or, his top dent is completely popped up in back..Or, it's a very round hat on a long head? I ask customers to measure their head width, and I make a custom block for each hat based on it. (Drop me a pm Adam, I'll make you a Winston360, and hand deliver it to Mythbusters HQ, - it's a 20 minute drive.)

IndyFan89 · Post by **IndyFan89** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:09 pm

Maybe Adam posts here?

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:10 pm

Ahhhhhh....you've gotta LOVE the internet...
Tennessee...
Manhattan..
20 Minutes from MB HQ...
Wodonga...

Bloody AMAZING thing.

Remember the days when we thought we were the only ones that wanted a IJ Hat....and had NO idea where we'd ever find one.
Now, the very world is at our fingertips

Bruce Wayne · Post by **Bruce Wayne** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:35 pm

darthbish wrote:Ahhhhhh....you've gotta LOVE the internet...
Tennessee...
Manhattan..
20 Minutes from MB HQ...
Wodonga...

Bloody AMAZING thing.

Remember the days when we thought we were the only ones that wanted a IJ Hat....and had NO idea where we'd ever find one.
Now, the very world is at our fingertips

dont forget gotham...

Holt · Post by **Holt** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:02 pm

hey!

he is wearing a bag strap.

now,is that with or with out the grooves?

bests
Holt

Ark Hunter · Post by **Ark Hunter** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:34 pm

They are big thick grooves and the strap looks a bit too wide. (see my earlier comment on the bad bag strap)

Vegeta · Post by **Vegeta** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:55 pm

It is an AB.....100%. I know the board member who sold it to him and Adam is a member of the RPF. So.......Whoever thought it was a fed IV.....sorry to burst your bubble. The person who sold him the AB can post here if he chooses.

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