Club Obi Wan

I do not think I have ever posted a picture of my Adventurebilt. So here it is...

I think Steve posted a pic of you catching 40 winks on your AB once. Nice to see it from the front though, and not being used for a pillow.

Cool shot, Rick.

Yeah, but you couldn't really see the hat in that picture

prairiejones wrote:I knew it was an AB from the floppy brim. An Akubra would never do that.

Do you consider AB's inferior because they have a floppy brim? Am i reading it right? Do they have a floppy brim?

I knew it was an AB from the floppy brim. An Akubra would never do that.

I've yet to handle an AB in person, but I can say that my 2 year old Akubra Federation (that has tapered to TOD proportions) has had all of the stiffener drained out of it due to repeated raining and other abuse and the brim looks just as floppy as any AB.

Harrison_Davies wrote:

prairiejones wrote:I knew it was an AB from the floppy brim. An Akubra would never do that.

Do you consider AB's inferior because they have a floppy brim? Am i reading it right? Do they have a floppy brim?

The AB is head and shoulders above an Akubra. I like my Akubra, it's a good hat. But it doesn't hold a candle to my AB. The floppy brim is what gives it its distinct look when turned. You can shape it any way you want without steam or water.

Ghos7a55assin wrote:

I knew it was an AB from the floppy brim. An Akubra would never do that.

I've yet to handle an AB in person, but I can say that my 2 year old Akubra Federation (that has tapered to TOD proportions) has had all of the stiffener drained out of it due to repeated raining and other abuse and the brim looks just as floppy as any AB.

Yeah, I wouldn't say never. You just have to break it in...a lot.

Cheers,
G-MANN

Cheers,
G-MANN

For a second, I thought the light spots on the hat was the way the light was playing on it, but now I see it's dirt! Is that dirt, or fullers earth? Great hat GMANN!

Strider,

It's Fuller's Earth. The stuff works great.

Cheers,
G-MANN

Where can I get some of this wonderful stuff?

*indydoc puts on his VP hat. Hey, it looks like my hat!
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New pic of me just taken today, no new gear but my ab is almost a year old now and I wanted to present u my dog Dante, he will make 2 years in August, hes an irish setter.



I wanted to say I wish he will make me as a happy man as Tim seems and has been with her dog, so Id like to honor her mentioning here, hope this doesnt make no one feel bad, and Tim if you feel this in any way affects you or feel its bad intended my apologies in advance, hope im not having bad taste doing this .

Ps. whoops! almost forgot, thanks to Fedora for making this marvelous hat! (lol i think I said this long time ago but still )

Looks like you haven't fixed the brim yet, it still looks a bit too flat IMO.

hehe I like it that way but i know what u mean

It's been too long since anyone has added to this thread, and I'm happy to finally be doing something about it. It arrived yesterday, and I couldn't be more pleased with it. Putting it on the first time honestly brought a tear to my eye. As both a miller and a fed deluxe owner, the first thing I noticed was the smoothness of the felt, unbelievable! The fit is absolutely perfect, and on the head it feels noticably more comfortable than any fedora I've ever worn. The bash is a Raven bar done by Steve. Everything was more than worth the wait. Most excellent work Steve!






Brian

Congratulations!!! The hat looks awesome. You hit the nail on the head in describing the AB.

Fantastic, my friend! I can't wait to get my new one.

Great looking lid. And, I might add, nice 'close enough' shirt.

Cheers!

Dan

Yeah, I was admiring the shirt also.
Good hat as usual. Fedora.

Nice hat man!

I do believe that is an Old Navy shirt.

Old Navy shirt indeed. I really like the lightweight quality to it. I have an L.L.Bean shirt too, which is good when its not quite so blazing humid. I do have to say though, i'm loving the hat more and more by the minute. What I think amazes me the most is how with all my previous hats I spent so long tweaking them, pulling here, pinching there, the whole 9 yards. But with the AB its just <emrill>BAM!</emril> instant raiders right out of the box.
Brian

That may be the nicest AB crown I've seen yet. I love that semi-profile! I think the wait for mine is going to kill me!
C

Here's my Fedora! An Adventurebuilt Deluxe by Marc

Great looking hat! I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of mine. The "early" AB that I recently wore on an adventure out in Utah served me VERY well!!

Wow. I mean, wow. I just got my AB and am speechlessly happy with it. I'll post pics. as soon as I get the pinch and everything settled in.

But wanted to add testimony right away . . .

Can't wait to see it, buddy. I'm hoping to see my new AB within the week.

Alright, I have waited long enough to post some pics of my AB...

NICE!!

My Adventurebilt - outside where it belongs. You could say that this picture is taken "in the field" and you would be partially correct. It is on the Avalon Trail descending Mt. Field heading to Mt. Avalon.

Sweet setting! Sweet hat!

Looks great Rick! Your vest looks pretty cool too. Is it oilskin?

Tweaked my AB the other day, It's now the perfect crusade hat in my opinion, it's also been rained on twice. These where good rains too, might neither shrank nor tapered. It stood up to the rain like a champ.It's also seeing some serious heat here in El Paso, The AB is truly the ultimate indy hat!

Very cool pic, my friend.

I was just reading old posts before I order my first AB. I just noticed this pic of Erri:

That's probably the best fitting Indy jacket I've ever seen!

LOL thanks! I admit it's very nicely fitting. I don't know why but I hate that picture anyway

I think it's cause it's an 80's fit.

I think it's the shoulders. It hits the shoulder right on and causes the chest to drape well. The waist is nice and tight. The armholes look higher and sleeves a little narrower than some other jackets too. Maybe it's just the Italian way of dressing?

I think that jacket looks good on him because he's thin.

I think it's because it's custom made!

I ordered an 80's cut, tapered sleeves and I gave my measurements of the chest and sleeves. Nothing more than that. I didn't add 1 or 2 sizes like some people do.
Thanks for the compliments anyway

You had custom length sleeves didn't you?

IndyDoc wrote:You had custom length sleeves didn't you?

Who doesn't?

BendingOak wrote:I think that jacket looks good on him because he's thin.

Ditto.

Not to knock us guys who could lose a spare tire or in my case maybe two but I think Erri never looks bad in his jacket.

Erri you may not like the picture but you do look good. The jacket does drape nicely on you. Being thin allows the tight 80's cut to showoff your form.

I ordered my authentic brown in the 80's cut and ....uh....let me just say that until I lose that 'spare tire', I'll be in my dark brown lamb.

nice to see some more hats coming thru
mine must be soon?.........
the suspense is killing me
sam

Not just the jacket, but the turn and fit of Erri's AB is perfect. I'm jealous!

Skippy wrote:Not just the jacket, but the turn and fit of Erri's AB is perfect. I'm jealous!

Thank you Skippy but you have a great set aswell!

Well that great day has arrived, here is a shot practically out of the box...excuse the face I don't want it to detract from the beauty that is AB...

Fletch wrote:Looks great Rick! Your vest looks pretty cool too. Is it oilskin?

Sure is... sorry about the month wait for a reply. It is a Kakadu oilskin. I just love to say that word. Oilskin.

Hi Harrison,that is a beautiful hat!,and I also have to add-great distressing on your jacket!