Club Obi Wan

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:28 pm**

erri_wan wrote:[... it's a mad mad mad mad world my friend!

Ah, I love that movie!

Shh...whats that? I think I heard a mod coming! Quick, someone post another AB pic and get us back on topic!

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:32 pm**

ahhaha ok here we go

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:38 pm**

Great looking hat.

Is that your rabbit AB?

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:39 pm**

Yes it's my rabbit AB raven bar. Have you seen it also on R2D2?

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:42 pm**

erri_wan wrote:Have you seen it also on R2D2?

Yup, its a classic!

Hopefully I'll be able to get a digital camera before too much longer. When I get one gear pics will be first on the list!

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:57 pm**

Great pictures all of you guys

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:28 pm**

It is pretty cool seeing how many of us gearheads have such great looking hats! I really enjoy seeing all the photos.

Brett

Posted: **Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:19 pm**

Here's one of me this past Halloween at my store.

Posted: **Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:45 pm**

Looks good Strider, that the same hat that's in your avatar and other photos that are floatin' around?

Posted: **Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:57 am**

Indycraze71 wrote:Looks good Strider, that the same hat that's in your avatar and other photos that are floatin' around?

Yep, same hat.

Indiana_Tone wrote:Great hat, Strider. LC Bash?

ha ha!

Raiders.

The caption for yours could be:

"Now that he's got his Adventurebilt, it looks like Russel is enjoying his work!"

Posted: **Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:59 am**

Hey now there's a cool picture two hats for the price of one! Both look great! I dig the different brim treatments. Way to go Tone & Strider a couple of cool cats fer sher.

Posted: **Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:46 am**

Great pics guys! Tone you're always funny! Very nice distressed jacket

Posted: **Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:50 pm**

A snow covered AB.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v320/J_We ... nowAB1.jpg

Posted: **Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:57 pm**

WOW weaver... looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:02 am**

since I got a digital camera for christmas, heres some pics of my AB.(excuse the poor quality of the pics.)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... 94d183.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... 191279.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... faf255.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... ddcc5c.jpg
Best Regards,
Joe

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:16 am**

Indy Will, set that camera on something tall and step back from it, at least 8-10 feet. Makes for a much better shot. Just some advice. I always have the camera at least 10 ft away and at least eye level, if not a little higher.(see avatar)

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:38 pm**

Thanks for the advice, Prairie. I'll try and get some better pics up by the end of the day.
Best Regards,
Joe

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:54 am**

Okay, just for giggles...these really are pictures of my AB. But...they aren't NORMAL pictures...see, I was wearing some of my gear today when we took the girls to the California Science Center...

First, guess what this is:

<--- Click for the big picture...
Yup, that's an AB as seen through an infra-red filter!

Lighter areas are hotter, darker areas, colder. So note how the sweatband area is so much warmer, so are the front dents, vs. the front 'triangle' and the outer brim...essentially, the further from my head it was, the colder those regions of the AB were. Good even heat disappation from this hat, Steve!

(I was impressed how accurate this stuff was - my other girl, the three year old, her nose looked BLACK in the imagery...so I checked, and lo and behold, her nose was cold.

And it's off-topic a bit for this thread, but note how the Wested was maintaining a temperature range consistent w/ my skin temperature, in contrast to my shirt collars which had gone cold. Cool!)

Okay, now for a slightly more visible picture of my AB...slightly...but no less cool to me:

<--- Click for the big picture...
My AB as seen on an old style black and white TV projection.

So THAT'S what I'd look like in the Maltese Falcon...hmm...

My apologies for the contraption in front of the screen - this was actually from an experiment on the effect of magnets (on the rails) on television images. Funky how DARK the Wested looked, compared to the vast range of shades on the AB as it picked up the light and shadow. Why, in an old black and white image, my BROWN hat looks almost gr...nah.

So, there you are, Mr. Delk, your AdventureBilt Beaver as it would look on TV in the 1940's and as seen through the range-finder on an M1(A1D) Abrams Tank today.

J

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:43 am**

there you are, Mr. Delk, your AdventureBilt Beaver as it would look on TV in the 1940's and as seen through the range-finder on an M1(A1D) Abrams Tank today.

I just got a mental image of how a couple of guys would love to be in the M1 with the AB in its sights!!

Fedora

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:10 pm**

I LOVE this hat! Fedora, once my mother gets her digital camera working I will take a higher quality pic to submit as a testimonial... its superbe!

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:54 am**

Great pics, Rusty! I especially like the one you are using for your avatar - the wicked tilt gives it an action look - even while sitting at a desk.

Rusty Jones wrote:[...]...its superbe!

Is that anything like a killer-bee?

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:06 am**

heh thanks!

(my school had a club fair one day at lunch, so I got the german club to invade the french club... long story short I got a couple handfuls of candy and a buncha stickers that said 'Superbe!' so I used to pull them about and go "SUPERBEE!" whenever someone did something I liked, until a ladyfriend of mine, whom I actually met in the invasion, gave me the correct pronounciation...)

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:28 am**

Excellent hats guys! Keep'em comming.

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:16 pm**

Just bashed this one myself. Duplicate pic from a separate thread "First Bash Attempt".

[img][img]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/rptish/AB.jpg[/img][/img]

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:32 pm**

Ooo nicely shaped, the lighting of the pic shows the felt color well too!

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:14 pm**

Flyer,

The way one side of the camel humps appears to be shorter than the other definetly gives your lid a "Well of Souls" look to it!

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:04 am**

My Pagey's beaver is back! Some new pics...

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:45 am**

Excellent, Excellent!

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:48 am**

Thanks Weaver, i'll try to take some natural-light pictures as soon as the sun comes out

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:55 am**

Yes, try to get full outdoor gear pics!

Did you have Steve put the new ribbon on your hat?

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:16 am**

J_Weaver wrote:
Did you have Steve put the new ribbon on your hat?

Yes i asked for it..I think.
Steve if you're reading... answer to this because i cant remember

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:51 pm**

That is the worst looking reblock I ever saw!! And I did it.

It almost looks like your head is a long oval inside the regular oval block. I am glad it was a freebie Errico!!! But, wear it a few days, and when you can, send it back for another freebie. I will wet block it the next time. Because I was making and sending you the hat for you mom, and because Xmas was getting close, I just steamed it for the reblock. Looks like I do not need to do steam reblocks anymore,(at least on modern felt) But, I seldom use just steam anyways. Live and learn I guess. regards, Fedora

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:44 pm**

Fedora wrote:That is the worst looking reblock I ever saw!! And I did it. It almost looks like your head is a long oval inside the regular oval block. I am glad it was a freebie Errico!!! But, wear it a few days, and when you can, send it back for another freebie. I will wet block it the next time. Because I was making and sending you the hat for you mom, and because Xmas was getting close, I just steamed it for the reblock. Looks like I do not need to do steam reblocks anymore,(at least on modern felt) But, I seldom use just steam anyways. Live and learn I guess. regards, Fedora

lol it's ok Steve don't worry. I'll wear it a bit and see what happens

I'm quite happy with it anyway

i can still see and follow the Pagey's bashing "marks"!

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:17 pm**

No front shots of that hat? Aw!

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:15 am**

Strider wrote:No front shots of that hat? Aw!

Soon my friend soon

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:00 am**

Good job bashing, Erri!

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:33 pm**

prairiejones wrote:Good job bashing, Erri!

I followed the pagey's "lines"

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:56 am**

Here's a recent addition.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:39 am**

erri_wan wrote:
prairiejones wrote:Good job bashing, Erri!
I followed the pagey's "lines"

And i'm working on it for a good cairo look! I hope I'll be able to take good pics today

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:06 am**

A couple more.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:23 am**

This is overlighted http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/e ... arage3.jpg
looks like THX-1138

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:04 am**

Lookin' good, Erri. Strider, your hat looks great, as well.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:58 am**

Yes sir, that is some great looking gear!

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:21 pm**

I agree! Strider your hat looks marvelous.
And erri, those are great photos, especially the top one. I thnk I said so elsewhere, but I love that top photo.

Posted: **Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:06 am**

Lookin' good gentlemen, lets keep up the good work! Boy do I enjoy checkin' out everyone's hats!!!

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:19 am**

I recently got some more good shots.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:51 am**

Thank you guys for the compliments.

Good looking hat Strider

i like the new pics

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:32 am**

Great pics, Strider!

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:34 am**

Strider, is that the latest "Indy phone?"

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:23 pm**

Of course! Only three easy payments of 29.95! Actually, those shots were taken in my motel room in Santa Monica, and on the train back to San Diego.

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