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Ian wrote:

DarenHenryW wrote:

jnicktem wrote:The Big Lebowski

DHW

Sorry. I thought you were saying that my avatar looks like Sam Elliot, the narrator from that film.

No, no . . . I would recognize Daniel Day-Lewis from a mile away! And that's a great shot there from Gangs of New York!

"Whoopsy-Daisy!"

DHW

Could you imagine an Adventurebilt 'Bill the Butcher' hat?

That'd be a lot of beaver!

Ian

Well, guys, here it is!





I just can't thank Steve enough for this! He did a wonderful job making the adjustments to the hat! It fits great and its a big improvement. That's not to say that I don't love the hat that he already made for me, but this one definitely fits the bill better in regards to the Raiders look!





THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!



Steve, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and a master hatter!

Daren Henry W

Wowee wowee Wow WOW!
What a GREAT Indy fedora!



Steve, I think you somehow become more awesome at this with every new hat that you make!


Daren, these new shots without a doubt my very favorites of yours that I've seen.

The HAT looks phenomenal! (Suits you perfectly)

Your Tony Nowak Jacket looks amazing! (The BEST I've ever seen of a 747 Jacket)

YOU look great, my friend!
I think you've begun to finalize your PERFECT Indy look.


HIGHEST MARKS to You (and, of course, Master Hatter STEVE DELK!)

Wowwaweewah!

Steve, you are the master of the Raiders fedora!

Dave

That IS spot on!!

Fantastic looking lid!!

Congrats Daren!

Ian

Simply amazing at the difference an eighth an inch makes in that brim!! Live and learn.

By the way, the raiders block was in use, so I grabbed a new blank and sanded the block used for this hat down to the right specs. Started sanding at 10 pm and finished up at 1 am the next morning. But now I have two in his size which I needed anyways. I like the look of this hat on ya Daren. If you crease that other one in the CS style, you will have a CS blocked hat too! And if you push the front creases back to about 4 1/2 inches, it will pull the upper crown in, which will make it match the smaller brim a bit better. The thing about the CS block is as Bernie found out, you have to push the front creases back to keep the hat from looking too blocky. It adds radius too that is closer to the Raiders radius on the top/sides. A more gentle radius. Fedora

Looking good. Personally I prefer the back of brim flipped down.

The biggest thing that pleases me about this Raiders block is the back corner radius on the top of the sides. I FINALLY got that part right, at least my impression of it, right. I struggled for years to get this part more accurate. You can see what I am talking about in the number 3 pic. When I saw the picture this morning, I said to myself, yep, it's finally there! It actually shows up in pictures better than if the hat was in hand. My earlier radius was way too sharp of an angle. This one slopes over very, very well and I see this on the Raiders fedora, and have chased it for a long time. The secret turned out to be starting the radius lower down on the hat. That was the key. And was present on the vintage HJ LLS copied. I had just assumed this part had distorted on the vintage HJ, and like LLS, I corrected it, when it was right already. LLS has since changed his own blocks to take out the corrected parts of the blockshape. What sometimes doesn't appear to be able to work, actually will work! Fedora

It's good to see that Raiders rabbit fedoras seem to be making a comeback!

Thats a great lookin lid! You wear it well.

What is thew price on one of these new Raiders rabbit fedoras, $300?

Looks perfect!!!!

I am so happy to report I sent over my order for a CS bashed AB Beaver this morning. Can't say enough how nice Steve was to work with, ESPECIALLY knowing how busy he is.

Between John and Steve, I can officially say I have been spoiled by their kindness. I don't think I have been treated with more care and respect for any other purchases I have ever made.

Pursuing THE two Indy Fedoras I have always dreamt of (a Penman SOC and an AB CS) has been a joy. I wish all purchases were this great.

Thanks again Steve. I cannot wait to see this hat!

I am VERY happy to hear you went for it thegreatgalling! I know how much it means to you to have a hat made from the same guys to the same specs as the movie hats! Steve's hats will absolutely BLOW YOU AWAY!!!

And you hit the nail on the head when you said that John and Steve are great people to do business with! Now only are they good people, but they make an AWESOME product!

thegreatgalling wrote:I am so happy to report I sent over my order for a CS bashed AB Beaver this morning. Can't say enough how nice Steve was to work with, ESPECIALLY knowing how busy he is.

Between John and Steve, I can officially say I have been spoiled by their kindness. I don't think I have been treated with more care and respect for any other purchases I have ever made.

Pursuing THE two Indy Fedoras I have always dreamt of (a Penman SOC and an AB CS) has been a joy. I wish all purchases were this great.

Thanks again Steve. I cannot wait to see this hat!

Ooooh!!! I got one and love it. Wear it all the time. So, you'll only have to wait 6 weeks? Get your camera warmed up!

Ian

thegreatgalling wrote:I am so happy to report I sent over my order for a CS bashed AB Beaver this morning.

THAT was a smart move!

thegreatgalling wrote:Between John and Steve, I can officially say I have been spoiled by their kindness. I don't think I have been treated with more care and respect for any other purchases I have ever made.

Isn't it wonderful that this has become such a common observation for people dealing with these two great Vendors?
It's pretty clear that it's not only outstanding hatmaking skills that John shares with in common with Steve... These guys could write a BOOK on Customer Service (I mean... y'know... if either of them had any free time...)

I think Daren's hat looks more LC than Raiders
Regardless, it's still a kick ### lid!

Kyle

I think it looks very Raiders... but maybe Daren should reinforce that center pinch a little more.

Not to interrupt the discussion about Darren's lid (amazing), just wanted to thank everyone for their kind remarks (and advice).

jnicktem wrote:I think it looks very Raiders... but maybe Daren should reinforce that center pinch a little more.

yeah, I'm working on that . . .

DHW

Hey Daren- I'm curious- what are you going to do with that first AB now?

thegreatgalling wrote:Not to interrupt the discussion about Darren's lid (amazing), just wanted to thank everyone for their kind remarks (and advice).

The thing is about the AB CS, if you want Screen Accuracy to the film hats in CS, then the only choice you have is AB! Not even John Penman can claim that, as the only ones with THE CS Block are the guys at AB. With an CS hat made by AB, you can bet that you have exactly the same hat as worn by Harrison Ford... minus the liner. But who sees that besides you anyways?

jnicktem wrote:Hey Daren- I'm curious- what are you going to do with that first AB now?

To tell you the truth, I've been wearing it a bunch! It looks quite nice as a dress hat. Not good for the Raiders look (i.e. with whip, jacket, satchel, etc.) But as an everyday hat, it's PERFECT.


Here I am wearing it at the King Tut exhibit in San Francisco!



DHW

Very nice, Daren

Kyle

That looks great on you Daren!

May I ask... what do you think of the rabbit felt that Steve uses? I am considering ordering a rabbit felt hat from him sometime in the near future (if I can!).

DarenHenryW wrote:

jnicktem wrote:Hey Daren- I'm curious- what are you going to do with that first AB now?

To tell you the truth, I've been wearing it a bunch! It looks quite nice as a dress hat. Not good for the Raiders look (i.e. with whip, jacket, satchel, etc.) But as an everyday hat, it's PERFECT.


Here I am wearing it at the King Tut exhibit in San Francisco!



DHW

....can't believe I didn't go see that exhibit the whole time it was here!

I finally took some pictures of my AB after two years (almost three) of obtaining it. I havn't had any special services (reblock, etc.) done to it, just maintence care (brushing, sweatband stretching, & water/stain repellent treatments). It's still holding up like a lucky hat should. Thanks again, Steve

Great looking hat indy89 and a fine looking jacket as well.

Thanks, Scot!

scot2525 wrote:Great looking hat indy89 and a fine looking jacket as well.

Indeed!!! Great look for you indy89!

Looks great, gotta' love an AB shot, no matter how many years old the hat is!

I agree! That AB looks GREAT! I love the colour that has faded into! And you wear it well!

Thanks everyone for the compliments! I appreciate 'em

Well, it was sunny out today so I took my AB Deluxe out for a couple of pics so I can really show off the beauty of this hat!













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What a beauty. How about one with you wearing it my friend.

Wow John that was fast!

It's going to be awhile to get some decent noggin' shots as I am working a lot these days. But all I can really say about this hat is it truly is a masterpiece! The felt is AMAZING! And I LOVE the new liner AB is using!

Whoa, that's one swell-lookin' hat you got there! How long have you had it?

Thanks! I haven't had it very long. In fact, I bought this one second hand. It was originally a Raiders hat made by Marc. Then it was made into a CS hat by Steve. So really this is a TRUE CS Fedora!

Now... MY AB Deluxe from Marc is due pretty soon!

Good deal It looks like it could use some good ol' crumbling with the hands. Perhaps the classic "sit on it to distress it" technique

WHOA! Now hold on there! I had no problem sitting, crumpling up, and folding up my Akubra Fed IV Deluxe.... but this is an ADVENTUREBILT DELUXE! Absolutely top of the line! I just don't have the heart to sit on it!

Someday you'll try it out of curiosity.

HA! I got that itch out of my system a long time ago! And everytime it reappears I just squish my Fed IV Deluxe again.

DarenHenryW wrote:

jnicktem wrote:Hey Daren- I'm curious- what are you going to do with that first AB now?

To tell you the truth, I've been wearing it a bunch! It looks quite nice as a dress hat. Not good for the Raiders look (i.e. with whip, jacket, satchel, etc.) But as an everyday hat, it's PERFECT.


Here I am wearing it at the King Tut exhibit in San Francisco!



DHW

That hat looks great on you Daren!

jnicktem and indy89, your hats looks awesome as well!

Ditto on the compliments DHW.

@jnicktem, that is one SMOKIN' lid! Have to agree with John, that is one fine profile. I have to agree it would hurt to sit on an AB deluxe , but heck, I decided to go with distressing for my in-the-works AB. An Indy hat is an Indy hat!!!!!

Ian wrote:How long you got left and what you having?

Ian

Sorry Ian, didn't see this. Not much time left on mine... maybe a couple of weeks. I decided to go with the CS, but with the 5 1/4 crown, and the "usual" brim dimensions. Steve said that the brim on the Henry was fine on me, which i'd agree. I'm going with the real deal, and getting beaver, I want the best, even if my bank account complains.

And to comment on these great lids above...Indy89 that hat is phenomenal after a few years...it has a great Raven's Bar look to it, and the color has faded awesomely (is that a word??)

And again Darren the hat looks quite dapper...

And Jnicktem...i gotta agree with John here we need some noggin shots, but the hat looks stellar, and I'd expect nothing less from Marc, or Steve for that matter.

Indy35 wrote:And to comment on these great lids above...Indy89 that hat is phenomenal after a few years...it has a great Raven's Bar look to it, and the color has faded awesomely (is that a word??)

Haha, I think awesomely is a word. I know I've used it a few times. Thanks for the compliment

Ok, I've never posted a picture of myself or worn a fedora (so please be gentle).
Just got my Adventurebilt! I need some opinions.
Not exactly sure how it should look or if it looks right on my big noggin'
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
http://www.myphotos.yahoo.com/s/2192qrs75hour5k048mo
http://www.myphotos.yahoo.com/s/2192qrs75hour4mdlm2w
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Indy_1971 wrote:Ok, I've never posted a picture of myself or worn a fedora (so please be gentle).
Just got my Adventurebilt! I need some opinions.
Not exactly sure how it should look or if it looks right on my big noggin'
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
http://www.myphotos.yahoo.com/s/2192qrs75hour5k048mo
http://www.myphotos.yahoo.com/s/2192qrs75hour4mdlm2w
http://www.myphotos.yahoo.com/s/2192qrs ... MCiqmRnvZI

It looks awesome dude!!! Just a tip though; The photos taken at arms length hardly ever show off the lid or the wearer to their best. When I do this my brim and nose always look massive and throws the proportions of the hat way off. See if you can get some shots from a distance using the timer or someone else. All this considered though - Great lid dude!! I've got a CS that's practically fused to my head.

Ian