When do you think my Fed IV might get here?

dirtyindianasolo · Post by **dirtyindianasolo** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:28 pm

Great Idea! I didn't think about "dirtyindianasolo07" or maybe "dirtyindianasolo007". Too late, I guess.....

BTW, my hat did NOT come in today either.

jasonalun seems to be the only lucky one here who ordered sometime between the 10th and 13th to receive his hat. Anyone else got their's yet?

Indiana Gregory wrote:
dirtyindianasolo wrote:Hi jasonalun,

"dirtyindianasolo" is my poor attempt to come up with a clever screen name.

Dirty = Dirty Harry (I'm a big Clint Eastwood fan, especially the westerns & the Dirty Harry movies)
Indiana = well, we all know who that is
Solo = HF's alter ego in those little Star Wars movies

Pretty much the movies I grew up on as a kid. Kinda hard to also work James Bond into my screen name. It's convoluted enough as it is.

Enjoy your hat! Can't wait to get mine.

jasonalun wrote:Thank you for the kind words, dirtyindianasolo (interesting name you've got there!) and twilekjedi.
Could have been dirtyindianasolo07

Indiana Gregory · Post by **Indiana Gregory** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:34 pm

While we wait patiently for our Feds here's a little humor; try substituting "hat" for "chair".

(This came up on my daily calendar a couple of weeks ago)

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:37 am

I'm also still waiting on the hat. According to their "Don't be patient" email, if I don't get it tomorrow, I'm supposed to contact them. I really hope it just comes tomorrow.

Indiana Joosse · Post by **Indiana Joosse** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:03 am

Well, they said it themselves: don't be patient...

In my book that does mean that they truly care if their hats are delivered on time, wich I see as a very good thing!

Indiana Gregory · Post by **Indiana Gregory** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:50 am

Great news. Both hats (standard carbon grey and dlx moonstone) arrived this morning. I almost didn't hear the mailman knock on the door; why he didn't ring the bell is a mystery. Our usually useless terrier was true to form and didn't hear him either

Anyway, I opened the box and found them neatly nested one inside the other and, best of all, they both fit! After waiting and waiting (ok, I'm exaggerating

) for them to make the journey of several thousand miles, I wondered if I really did measure correctly. I breathed a big sigh of relief when they fit comfortably snug. Now I'll feel a bit more confident about providing my measurement to John Penman!

Now I just have to figure out how to bash them!

Greg

dirtyindianasolo · Post by **dirtyindianasolo** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:21 am

Hey Greg!

Congrats on getting your hats and the fit.

Don't worry. Bashing is half the fun. It's really not as hard as it looks.

When did you order them?

I'm still waiting on today's mail, so maybe I'll get lucky.

Thanks

Indiana Gregory wrote:Great news. Both hats (standard carbon grey and dlx moonstone) arrived this morning. I almost didn't hear the mailman knock on the door; why he didn't ring the bell is a mystery. Our usually useless terrier was true to form and didn't hear him either

Anyway, I opened the box and found them neatly nested one inside the other and, best of all, they both fit! After waiting and waiting (ok, I'm exaggerating ) for them to make the journey of several thousand miles, I wondered if I really did measure correctly. I breathed a big sigh of relief when they fit comfortably snug. Now I'll feel a bit more confident about providing my measurement to John Penman!

Now I just have to figure out how to bash them!

Greg

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:36 am

I can't believe it. It didn't come today. I'm going to e-mail hatsdirect but that wouldn't really help since today was the day I needed it for.

dirtyindianasolo · Post by **dirtyindianasolo** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:05 pm

US Mail just delivered my Fed IV Deluxe !!

$\:D/$

Looks like they're finally being delivered. I'm in the central US so, the deliveries seem to be working from the US west coast towards the US east coast.

Great looking hat and perfect fit! I'll try to post some pics after the bash.

Good luck to everyone else!

jasonalun · Post by **jasonalun** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:16 pm

Yay!

Maybe blueoakleyz, and spenyks wil come today or Monday, too. Looking forward to seeing your pics.

I'm loving mine - got my first "Hey Indy!" comment, too.

At the same place (and same guy), I also left the building and came right back in because I'd forgotten something, and the guy said, "did your forget your whip?"

Going to a fall harvest party tonight, and going to wear the heck out of it - the perfect place for one. It'll be crisp, misty, and out in the country.

Bandit · Post by **Bandit** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:17 pm

Mine came in. I'm in love I'll post pictures later

Indiana Gregory · Post by **Indiana Gregory** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:05 pm

dirtyindianasolo wrote:Hey Greg!

Congrats on getting your hats and the fit. Don't worry. Bashing is half the fun. It's really not as hard as it looks.

When did you order them?

Thanks dirtyindianasolo07! I've been bashing and unbashing and rebashing, etc. I'm just starting to get the hang of it... I think!

I ordered mine on the 12th and got confirmation the 13th. Thankfully, my nightmares of customs holdups were unfounded...this time!

Greg

Indiana Gregory · Post by **Indiana Gregory** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:09 pm

jasonalun wrote: I'm loving mine - got my first "Hey Indy!" comment, too. At the same place (and same guy), I also left the building and came right back in because I'd forgotten something, and the guy said, "did your forget your whip?"

G

...could have responded with a stern straight face, "No, my gun!"

jasonalun · Post by **jasonalun** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:13 pm

Would have loved to, but the "guy" was a cop!

I was at the police station (nothing involving me ;-) - I share the Bible with guys in jail there once a month), so that comment might have gotten me in some trouble!

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:56 pm

grr no hat

now I have to wait 48 hours
excruciating

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:10 pm

Looks like I won't have to send that email after all. It's an absolutely fantastic hat. It's surpassed all my expectations. Only time will show if it outlasts my AB that I got a few months ago, but you can't get a better hat for the price! Without further ado, my new Fed IV Deluxe in moonstone with my KotCS Bash attempt:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/ ... C01458.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/ ... C01462.jpg
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The Librarian · Post by **The Librarian** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:06 pm

Sweet hat. Good bash! Though like most here you'll find things to adjust or change as you wear it and it becomes a part of you. Enjoy!

YARVTON · Post by **YARVTON** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:41 pm

I ordered one on a Friday and it came two weeks later on Thursday. Not sure what day it was shipped. Ordered another yesterday -- Saturday -- so that won't fly out before Monday. As I recall, the cost was about US$63.00! Is there a better VALUE out there?

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:02 pm

Holy cow
it was $105 a few months ago.

$63 is close to the price of the crappy DP ones

ronkiyo · Post by **ronkiyo** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:09 pm

BelloqObama wrote:I'll be praying to Siva that we all get our hats tomorrow.

Very funny, very funny.
On the other hand, waiting so long it's NOT very funny.

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:51 pm

no hat today

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:17 pm

no hat today either
this is gettin ridiculous

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:37 pm

Blueoak where in the us are you located?

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:56 pm

Got my hat today! $\:D/$ I've posted pics in the Fed IV thread.

twilekjedi · Post by **twilekjedi** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:59 pm

Still waiting

It sounds like the deliveries are coming eastwards, though. Maybe tomorrow

ronkiyo · Post by **ronkiyo** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:23 pm

Well, I have reported mine. It was suppossed to be in my hands last Friday.

I wonder if this is the cause. (I'm pretty sure it is )

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:03 am

central cali

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:08 pm

No hat today either
I'm really really disappointed now

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:24 pm

ditto no hat I'm going to contact the company again since this is 14 days since shipping

BelloqObama · Post by **BelloqObama** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:57 pm

I'm in the same boat. No hat. I will starting being suspicious if I see a lot of mail carriers sporting a Fed IV.

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:31 pm

nope nothing today

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:36 pm

It came today!
Woohoo

this thing is hard to shape

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:53 pm

Congrats Blueoak! Post some pictures! How hard is it to shape please give details. Now it's just me and BelloqObama

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:12 pm

First I gotta say I never thought I'd get this... a REAL Indy hat. I'm not meaning just the delivery time but when I was fantasizing about it in May and then lost hope/interest in the months between until the price dropped so low.
It's hard to shape and get it right. The front part was sloping forward instead of backwards but I think it does slope backwards when it's on my head.

So here are some preliminary pics
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27 ... 8_1403.jpg
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blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:30 pm

Oh also I ordered a 60 and it's a tad loose but it's juuuust fine. Nothing wrong with it.

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blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:34 pm

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27 ... 8_1428.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27 ... 8_1542.jpg
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Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:14 pm

Congrats on getting your hat. It looks great! Someday I hope to get a brown Akubra to add to my collection, but I can't justify it right now.

BelloqObama · Post by **BelloqObama** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:45 pm

Ahh lucky! Still no hat for me.

twilekjedi · Post by **twilekjedi** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:19 am

Me neither. I'm thinking maybe I need to fly down to Australia myself to get my Akubra!

Indiana Joosse · Post by **Indiana Joosse** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:31 am

Congratulations Blue!

Great looking hat.

Nothing here yet either, but for me it has only been eight days...

Feels like eighty!

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:40 am

probably don't wanna hear this but, I ordered my Tawny Fawn on Tuesday, and got it today.....YAYYYYYYY

The downside is I've gotta wait 'til my birthday....(December 13th)...Until I get it.....BWAHHHHHH

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:50 am

Thanks everyone. ;-) and sorry to those who haven't gotten theirs yet... I know how extremely excrutiating it is.

Anyway I love this hat. It put any need to get a 300+ dollar hat away because I honestly feel like I have the same exact hat worn in the movies... it's amazing. Oh btw it looks so BIG. I wonder what strangers think when they see it lol.

It took me forever to get the hang of how to bash the crown.. and I used some steam and cold water (cold water worked better) for the brim. Please tell me what you think of my bash; I like it but I don't have a trained eye. Last Crusade is my favorite movie so thats what I went for.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27 ... 8_0339.jpg
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Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:56 am

Great hat!

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:48 am

I'd say you hit the nail right on the head for a LC look.

Tennessee Steinmetz · Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:53 am

I ordered a Fed IV Deluxe on 10/20. It arrived yesterday, 10/29. Except that I wasn't at home to sign for it. So I stopped by the post office to pick it up this morning. Now I gotta find time to do a bash - only had a chance to look at it quickly and make sure it fits. Is it necessary to use steam on the brim?

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:39 pm

nothing today if it doesn't come by tomorrow I will be severely disappointing. At this point I will not order a hat from them again, it's been around 22 days.

Indiana Venkman · Post by **Indiana Venkman** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:43 pm

I hate to say it but it's only been 22 days. It is probably the postal service that has dropped the ball and not the Hatters. I know their turn around is fast and I understand your disappointment, but try waiting 6 months if you want to get into the "I'm never going to buy from them again" frame of mind. Just be glad you didn't order a Camptown.

ronkiyo · Post by **ronkiyo** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:36 pm

They are here!!

It took only 3 days to arrive from Australia to Mexico City, but to arrive to my house 7 days. This is ridiculous.

I will post some pics later.

BelloqObama · Post by **BelloqObama** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:57 pm

Yeah I don't have a problem with Hatsdirect. My carbon that I got this summer came within 4 days of order. I still will order more hats from them. It would be nice to have it for Halloween, but if not I guess I'll wear my "authentic" hat.

Or I could wear my carbon. I can argue with people that in Raiders his hat was always gray... yes... yes... that's it.

blueoakleyz · Post by **blueoakleyz** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:09 pm

New pic today

When I was bashing it yesterday I kept looking at it from the side and thinking why the heck is the front so straight up and down? Where is the classic slant I always see.. but it's only from when seen from an angle

spenyk · Post by **spenyk** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:46 pm

I have to apologize for my spew against hatsdirect they are a great company and their customer service is remarkable, I'm just upset at the situation.

When do you think my Fed IV might get here?

Nice hat

Fed IV Takes Flight as AUD Sinks