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...what have your experiences been with wait times?
viewtopic.php?t=25584indyrocks wrote:Does anyone know of a thread with a lot of pics of Magnoli HJ's? I recently ordered and need some visuals to tide me over. If there is no thread let's start one!
Thanks!
See the thread "Magnoli Herbert Johnson Fedora: PHOTOS!" on page 1 of the Vendor Announcements section for info & photos. There are lots of other threads too, but this was one of the first and most informative.The Penitent Man wrote:Nobody has anything to say about the Famous HJ?...oh well...guess I'll found out sooner or later.
Incidentally...anybody got a photo of an AB with the "aged look"?...would love to see some
"The Penitent Man who is humble...kneels before god...KNEEL!!!!"
If it looks anything like mine, it will be-- and I had to wait about 5 months. Don't think it's taking that long now, though.Indiana Valentine wrote:I oredered my Magnoli HJ Cairo Style on June 26 and here it is the 17th of August. I was wondering about how much longer my hat is going to be until it arrives at my place. If anybody could help me out on this i would really appreciate it!!! Thanks!! Maybe Im just too impatient but I know when I get it it's going to be sooooo worth it!!!
I ordered mine on June 15 and haven't seen it yet either. I'm in the same boat I'm hoping to see it this month though.Indiana Valentine wrote:I oredered my Magnoli HJ Cairo Style on June 26 and here it is the 17th of August. I was wondering about how much longer my hat is going to be until it arrives at my place. If anybody could help me out on this i would really appreciate it!!! Thanks!! Maybe Im just too impatient but I know when I get it it's going to be sooooo worth it!!!
This is the only usable photo I have right now:Indiana Valentine wrote:Hey eazy, do you have any pics of your Cairo??? If so please post a link...
More to come...
Yojimbo, I had ordered my Mag/HJ/AB late July of 08 and it arrived on my doorstep mid February 09. So all in all it took about seven months. I think the wait time also has a lot to do with the amount of hat bodies that are in stock for specific sizes. When I ordered mine they were running low on the larger hat bodies, therefore the longer wait time. Hope this helps.Yojimbo Jones wrote:Could anyone that's received one of these recently post how long it took? Cheers.
suburbancomics wrote:Yojimbo, I had ordered my Mag/HJ/AB late July of 08 and it arrived on my doorstep mid February 09. So all in all it took about seven months. I think the wait time also has a lot to do with the amount of hat bodies that are in stock for specific sizes. When I ordered mine they were running low on the larger hat bodies, therefore the longer wait time. Hope this helps.Yojimbo Jones wrote:Could anyone that's received one of these recently post how long it took? Cheers.
A poorly cut brim sounds more like the work of Richard Swales than Steve; the brim on my Magnoli was cut perfectly.scot2525 wrote:I ordered my HJ Magnoli on Sept 2nd 2008, it arrived April 17th 2009. After a 7 month wait I recieved the wrong style hat and a hat with a poorly cut brim. I am very unimpressed and quite upset by this. I have contacted both Steve and Tony and I have not heard a word from them about rectifying the situation.
DR Ulloa wrote:It might just be the angles, but I do think there is something irregular about that brim. However, that hat in no way is a Temple of Doom hat. You got what you ordered. That is one of the best looking Raiders hats I've seen. As soon as you get the brim fixed, that will be a killer hat. You can already see how much better that hat looks than the Federation. Also, since both Magnoli and Steve have contacted you and said they would rectify the problem, I don't think it would be fair to talk about this openly until you get the hat back.
Dave
And Steve knows what he's doing here. My hat has been compaired to a couple of Swales HJ's and is a fantastic example of Steve's passion to nail the Raiders look. Of course the brim dimentions are where comparisons to old HJ's ends as those old hats can't mesure up to the quality of workmanship in Steve's handmade Magnoli HJ.Fedora wrote:Yes, the brims are irregular. I use the template from the ADMINS HJ he got from Lee, that Swales did the cut on. Anyone who has seen the Swales cut knows he wasn't real picky about his hand cuts. I replicate his cuts on the HJs, using that template. Except, he had one side 3 /16ths shorter than the other. I correct that, but everything else is as you would have recieved from the man himself.
The plan with these HJs was to replicate the Raiders fedora, made by Swales, pimples and all. It is just as easy to NOT replicate it, and I have never had a complaint until now. But, I think many of the HJ customers already had seen, or owned a Swales HJ and don't notice it as much. Fedora
The hat is safely on its way back to Mr. Delk for a refund. The fedora I ordered was not the fedora I recieved and Steve and Tony will confirm this.suburbancomics wrote:Scot2525, if both Magnoli and Steve have said that they will fix the problem then that is what they will do. And don't worry about having to wait another seven months. I had a problem with my hat, I sent it back and a new one was sitting on my doorstep in about three weeks. I agree that if you are not happy with the hat then you should send it back, but Magnoli and Steve will take good care of you!
scot2525scot2525 wrote:Well Steve and IndyMagnoli have both contacted me about the hat, I still do not understand how my request for a Raiders hat turned into a TOD. Both parties want to get this corrected but I will not wait another 7 months. Here are a few pictures. Picture 1 is the hat straight out of the box.
pictures two and three show how the brim was poorly cut
The HJ on the right my Akubra on the left.
Looks kind of like a Crystal Skull hat to me, would make a decent raiders with a somewhat tighter pinch and a turn.DR Ulloa wrote:However, that hat in no way is a Temple of Doom hat. You got what you ordered. That is one of the best looking Raiders hats I've seen.
Dave
Judging from the position of the bow it is turned. Just looks like a Raiders which had the pinch come out with shipping, kind of what hapened to Mitch's hat after some months of wear:bigrex wrote:Looks kind of like a Crystal Skull hat to me, would make a decent raiders with a somewhat tighter pinch and a turn.DR Ulloa wrote:However, that hat in no way is a Temple of Doom hat. You got what you ordered. That is one of the best looking Raiders hats I've seen.
Dave
Steve did recieve the hat back safely and Indy Magnoli processed my refund on Tuesday of this week. The communication from both parties was excellent during the return of the hat.DR Ulloa wrote:It might just be the angles, but I do think there is something irregular about that brim. However, that hat in no way is a Temple of Doom hat. You got what you ordered. That is one of the best looking Raiders hats I've seen. As soon as you get the brim fixed, that will be a killer hat. You can already see how much better that hat looks than the Federation. Also, since both Magnoli and Steve have contacted you and said they would rectify the problem, I don't think it would be fair to talk about this openly until you get the hat back.
Dave
I'm sorry friend, but the pics you posted look like a Raiders hat with a relaxed pinch. Tightening thte pinch would have yielded more of the Raiders look you may have wanted. It may say TOD on the inside of the sweat, but that hat screams Raiders to me. How can you even compare that to the tapered hats we see in Temple of Doom? The only hat that has little or no taper in the whole film is the suspension bridge hat and that is definately not creased like that. In my opinion, you should have kept the hat and have Steve fix the brim for you becuase what you had was a beautiful Raiders HJ handmade by Steve. But if your happy this way that is all that matters. Its not my hat.scot2525 wrote:Steve did recieve the hat back safely and Indy Magnoli processed my refund on Tuesday of this week. The communication from both parties was excellent during the return of the hat.DR Ulloa wrote:It might just be the angles, but I do think there is something irregular about that brim. However, that hat in no way is a Temple of Doom hat. You got what you ordered. That is one of the best looking Raiders hats I've seen. As soon as you get the brim fixed, that will be a killer hat. You can already see how much better that hat looks than the Federation. Also, since both Magnoli and Steve have contacted you and said they would rectify the problem, I don't think it would be fair to talk about this openly until you get the hat back.
Dave
Dr. Ulloa the hat I recieved was not a Raiders fedora, it was a TOD fedora, that is what Steve wrote under the sweat, and Steve and Tony both told me that was what they had my order down as. I never understood how this occured until I went back and looked at all my email communications with Tony regarding the hat. In the very first email I sent to Tony, Aug. 08, before completing the order I sent a picture from Todd's costume website asking Tony/Steve if they could do the Raiders "Dress" style for the fedora as I didn't want the fedora to emulate a specific scene from Raiders. Tony said yes and I then completed the order for the hat on Sept. 2, 08. I believe what happened was Todd's dress style ended up turning into a TOD style fedora which is what I ended up with.
I could have lived with the cut on the brim as the "warts" were on the back of the hat or could have been easily fixed with some sanding but the fedora I recieved wasn't the "Holy Grail" I was looking for. I told Steve that possibly in the future I would order a fedora directly from him and hopefully then I will recieve a fedora that truly is a Raider.
The hat "as is" only vaguely looks like a Raiders at best, it doesn't look that much like a TOD to me either.DR Ulloa wrote:
I'm sorry friend, but the pics you posted look like a Raiders hat with a relaxed pinch. Tightening thte pinch would have yielded more of the Raiders look you may have wanted. It may say TOD on the inside of the sweat, but that hat screams Raiders to me. How can you even compare that to the tapered hats we see in Temple of Doom? The only hat that has little or no taper in the whole film is the suspension bridge hat and that is definately not creased like that. In my opinion, you should have kept the hat and have Steve fix the brim for you becuase what you had was a beautiful Raiders HJ handmade by Steve. But if your happy this way that is all that matters. Its not my hat.
Dave
