Christy's Adventurer!

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:13 am

I just ordered a light grey Adventurer

I´m really excited as this will be my first non brown hat.
But first I´m waiting, and waiting...

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:21 am

That is the same color I ordered. You will be very happy.

Dave

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:29 am

Your pictures convinced me to order the hat

By the way, do you have some more pictures?

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:44 am

Tremolo wrote:
By the way, do you have some more pictures?

...and possibly in different light condition beause from the pic I saw, that colour seems to be too light for a Raiders gray. But then again, could be the flash of your camera.
Thanks for your help Dr Ulloa

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:02 pm

I'll post photos tomorrow. We are still feeling the effects of Hurricane Ike and the weather isn't too great outside.

Dave

serrecuir · Post by **serrecuir** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:40 am

I received my Christy's Adventurer about a week and a half ago. I was waiting to post here until I could give my new hat a nice bashing.

First, here are 2 pics of the hat, fresh out of the box from Hornet Hats. The color is Sable, and it's a size 57.

And here are 2 pics of the hat after bashing. I opted for a 1 1/4" turn and a SOC bash.

I give this hat two thumbs up. For the price, it can't be beat, and I'm thrilled with the results. I'm no hat expert, but the look and feel of the felt is very impressive, IMO. While the felt may not be suitable for inclement weather, it's the perfect hat for Southern California, where we see very little rain. I do plan to replace the hat ribbon (what's up with the poor quality and stitching of ribbons on so many hats lately? - to me, it's a key ingredient to the overall look of the hat, but it seems to be a distant second thought by many vendors).

While I wait (patiently) for my AB to arrive, this hat will serve as the perfect companion.

-Craig

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:05 am

Beautiful hat Craig! And it does look really good on you!

I´m still waiting on my Christy´s

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:19 pm

Definitely! What Tremolo said, serrecuir!
That hat looks GREAT right from the outset, but to "top it off" (no pun intended) it REALLY suits you...
THAT'S a good pairing!
Congrats!

serrecuir · Post by **serrecuir** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:50 pm

Tremolo wrote:Beautiful hat Craig! And it does look really good on you!

I´m still waiting on my Christy´s

Mitch LaRue wrote:Definitely! What Tremolo said, serrecuir!
That hat looks GREAT right from the outset, but to "top it off" (no pun intended) it REALLY suits you...
THAT'S a good pairing!
Congrats!

Thanks, guys! The comments are greatly appreciated.

I'm extremely happy with this hat. It's been tough to find one that "suits" me, as I have a narrower face. Not every hat looks great on every head, but I'm very satisfied with the Christy's. Now I just need to wear the heck out of it to give it a true "worn in" look.

Kind regards,
Craig

ANJALI · Post by **ANJALI** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:22 pm

I was very happy of this hat at the beginning...
I posted some pictures (vanished with the post about this subject???)
BUT...I noticed that my hat was tapered out of the box so, it shoud be very difficult to bash correctly the body.
The dimension of the brim was perfect for me, better than the Akubra Fed IV.
The possibility to choose many colors was very interesting, especially the sable and light sable colors.
Considering the tapered form at the beginning, I choosed a "telescopic" bashing.
(I noticed that Erri had a perfect specimen out of the box...lucky man)
By this way, I had the sides "right" in front view.
After a big rain in Nairobi, the hat has been completely destroyed and finish directly to the dustbin...I was very very disappointed.

In fact,and since the beginning, I noticed that the felt wasn't enough thick and dense to keep the distance.
Anjali

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:03 pm

My Adventurer arrived on Saturday morning

I think it´s a great hat for a fantastic price. Mine has a slight taper, but as I didn´t buy it as an Indy hat it doesn´t bother me.
The colour is a very nice light grey in normal light and gets a little bit more blue in darker conditions. As someone earlier stated it´s very nice dress hat, the felt feels very nice and the Christy´s label looks very classy.
The only thing I don´t really like is the bow, but you can live with that.

I bashed it after the Crystal Skull train traveller hat. However, I turned it a bit to give it a little Raiders touch, as this hat seems to scream Raiders for some reason.
In my opinion the hat seems to be blocked a bit more oval than my other hats (Fed IV and Indiana Miller). Did somebody notice that too?
Therefore the crown looks slimmer and in my eyes a bit more Idol Grab/Well of Souls like.

I made some pictures with and without flash.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... nd07/1.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... nd07/3.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... nd07/2.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... nd07/4.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... nd07/5.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... C00844.jpg

After all I´m very happy with this hat, and I think someday I´ll buy a brown one as well... oohh it never ends.. ;-)

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:22 pm

Nice lid...
And looks like you've got a nice trenchcoat to go with it.
Good man!

(I've gotta say, in those first few photos, I could NOT see any taper - so MUCH so, that I was starting to think that all this time I'd been misunderstanding what the word meant - although I guess that in the last couple I could see a bit.)
But, y'know... as has been said quite recently in a whole thread devoted to not sweating the dreaded "T" word... as long as you look AND feel good in the hat? Hey, wear it with pride.
All the Best,
Mitch

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:47 pm

Thanks Mitch!
Yes, the trenchcoat goes very well with this hat. I actually found it in an old bag in the attic just before the hat was delivered. That was a good timing ;-)

Well, there is such a slight degree of taper that it isn´t really worth thinking about. Just wanted to say it, in case somebody here is looking for a perfectly straight sided hat.

I certainly wear it with pride

morethanatimelord · Post by **morethanatimelord** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:19 pm

some very interesting posts here thanks everyone

. ive spent the last half hour reading the posts and im seriously thinking about buying a christys adventurer

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:23 pm

morethanatimelord wrote:some very interesting posts here thanks everyone . ive spent the last half hour reading the posts and im seriously thinking about buying a christys adventurer

and you might very well not regret it

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/e ... G_7575.jpg

morethanatimelord · Post by **morethanatimelord** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:27 pm

brilliant! thanks for that

im guessing that, that has been turned?

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:33 pm

Of course ;-)

morethanatimelord · Post by **morethanatimelord** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:50 pm

great

. and is that sable or light sable?

Kokopelli · Post by **Kokopelli** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:52 pm

I went way back in the pages of posts...what happened to the main thread about the Christy's Adventurer? There were several pages to it; where people started getting them (me included) posted pictures, etc...
Was the whole thread deleted because it was started by 'the one whose name can't be mentioned'?

morethanatimelord · Post by **morethanatimelord** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:01 pm

citRon wrote:IWas the whole thread deleted because it was started by 'the one whose name can't be mentioned'?

oooooooooooooo!!!! who was this...before my forum time im afraid

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:07 pm

The creator of that thread requested all his posts be removed, so since he started that thread, it went, too. End of story. Move along.

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:19 pm

morethanatimelord wrote:great . and is that sable or light sable?

Sable ;-)

More pics here viewtopic.php?p=484802

morethanatimelord · Post by **morethanatimelord** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:07 pm

great thanks very much

amazing pictures by the way...iv always wanted to go to scotland...living only a 2 hour train ride away i should go really

Dutch_jones · Post by **Dutch_jones** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:21 am

I find It funny to see that people are able to bash these hats pretty straight sided, without the hat being overly wide like the federation is now. I don't remember hats looking as good as this in a while.

funny

they look great gents ! Wear em with pride these hats look like hats ! the way they should be. Not costume pieces ;-)

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:42 pm

Can it be that the Christy´s crown is slimmer than most hats? Compared to my Federation, Miller and Mayser it certainly looks so

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:12 pm

serrecuir,

Nice swoop on that brim, very raiders

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:12 am

Tremolo wrote:Can it be that the Christy´s crown is slimmer than most hats? Compared to my Federation, Miller and Mayser it certainly looks so

What do you mean slimmer crown? Thickness-of-the-felt-wise?

gwyddion · Post by **gwyddion** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:26 am

Erri wrote:
Tremolo wrote:Can it be that the Christy´s crown is slimmer than most hats? Compared to my Federation, Miller and Mayser it certainly looks so
What do you mean slimmer crown? Thickness-of-the-felt-wise?

I think he means that it looks narrower from the front.

Regards, Geert

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:36 am

oh yeah, narrower of course!
Did anyone notice that too?
But the felt seems to be quite thin as well.

eazybox · Post by **eazybox** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:51 am

Tremolo wrote:oh yeah, narrower of course!
Did anyone notice that too?
But the felt seems to be quite thin as well.

I can't tell if you are for or against these things, but you are describing two of the characteristics that sold me on this hat. To each his own taste, ;-)

Jack

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:59 am

gwyddion wrote:
Erri wrote:
Tremolo wrote:Can it be that the Christy´s crown is slimmer than most hats? Compared to my Federation, Miller and Mayser it certainly looks so
What do you mean slimmer crown? Thickness-of-the-felt-wise?
I think he means that it looks narrower from the front.

Regards, Geert

Sorry I still don't get the meaning

eazybox · Post by **eazybox** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:11 am

Erri wrote:
gwyddion wrote:
Erri wrote:
Tremolo wrote:Can it be that the Christy´s crown is slimmer than most hats? Compared to my Federation, Miller and Mayser it certainly looks so
What do you mean slimmer crown? Thickness-of-the-felt-wise?
I think he means that it looks narrower from the front.

Regards, Geert
Sorry I still don't get the meaning

I think it is more of a perception than anything else. The crown appears narrower (or maybe "taller" would be a better description) when compared to some other crowns that are blocked differently and look "squatter," for want of a better word. Whatever causes the difference though, I like the Christys crown-- even with the slight taper, it makes a great Raiders hat.

Jack

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:28 am

Ah thanks Jack, now I understand. Yes I agree that that detail in the Christy's hats makes a great Raiders hat!

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:54 am

Now we got it ;-)
I´m for these things, and that special look of the crown was the reason for me to get one.
And I´m already thinking about ordering a second one, this time in brown, to give it a Raiders bash. That all just because of that detail.

Inbanana · Post by **Inbanana** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:14 pm

Does anyone know where to get the wool version besides themovieshop.com? I'm trying to put some gear together on a budget for Halloween... and since I already have an AB on order... I'd kinda rather not spend more than $100 (with shipping) on a hat at this time...

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:24 pm

There should be a wool section on their website http://www.hornetshats.com
;-)

Inbanana · Post by **Inbanana** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:37 pm

Ah... thanks. Hmm... I don't see the adventurer in wool, but then again their wool hats don't seem to be really that much cheaper... I may have to go with the fur felt anyway... either that or a DP.

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:35 am

Here are some updated photos of my Christy's that were just taken. It has been through a couple of light rains and I sanded the brim. I then flattened out the rear of the brim a bit and added some extra curl to the sides.

Dave

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:45 am

Looks like a great colour!

You should show us some outdoor shots while wearing it when you can Dave ;-)

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:48 am

I'll see what I can do. Its black as pitch right now so the photos will have to wait until the sun comes up.

Dave

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:08 pm

I played a bit with the bash of my Christy´s and took some new pictures.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... 7/hat1.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... 7/hat2.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202 ... 7/hat3.jpg[/img]

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:29 pm

Great looking Tremolo

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:05 pm

Very nice reverse taper on that hat. Excellent job!

Dave

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:28 pm

Just curious, DR Ulloa's grey hat and Tremolo's are the same grey colour from Christy's? Looks like it but you never know, sorry for asking guys. Please post more pics of the greys, I'm very curious

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:58 pm

Yep, as far as I know my hat is like Dr Ulloa´s hat light gray. This colour really changes a lot with different light, even more than my brown hats ever did ;-) It´s a great colour

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:35 pm

Light grey it is. All the photos I've posted have been indoors, so the color is affected by the artificial lighting. I'll try to take outdoor photos soon.

Dave

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:46 pm

That 1 1/4" turn really did the trick, great brim for the SOC look!

serrecuir wrote: I opted for a 1 1/4" turn and a SOC bash.

That 1 1/4" turn really did the trick, great brim for the SOC look!

serrecuir · Post by **serrecuir** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:58 pm

Thanks, bigrex!! I'm really happy with the Christy's. I wore it out on Halloween this year, and received many compliments. Here's a pic of how it looked after I retacked the ribbon and dirtied it up -

Kind regards,
Craig

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:00 pm

Great photos. I think you may have the best looking Christy's. As a side note, if anyone is interested, I have put my grey Christy's up on the Bazaar.

Dave

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:04 pm

What size is your hat serrecuir? (looks great by the way)