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Great pictures tekors. You know how (and certainly where) to wear your hat.

Noah wrote:Great pictures tekors. You know how (and certainly where) to wear your hat.

cheers Noah...
The best thing about COW is to see so many different styles around. Each member puts his own touch in so many beautiful hats or jackets.

tekors wrote:Gents,

I planned to go as Indiana Jones to a halloween party. But my friends protested saying it's not a costume for me because it's part of me and my character. I loved to hear that
So, I've decided to go as a gangster...with a suit and the hat. Since I don't own a grey lid I went with my Indy brown one.

Look the mushroom shape of the hat as a result of the elastic band trick...I really liked, very boxy.
(If you can just look to the hat instead of the ladies of course)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50 ... CF6516.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50 ... CF6513.jpg

here's a pic at a dinner:
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50 ... CF6504.jpg

cheers
teko

In Brasil, any time is ALWAYS a good time for churrasco (bbq)!

Yes Texan Scott,
you bet... churrasco is the best

cheers

tekors wrote:

DR Ulloa wrote:Set, them straight, tekors. Wearing a fedora does not MAKE you Indiana Jones, just fashionable...even if it is an Indy fedora.

Dave

Hi Dave,
I suppose you're referring to the hat sides. I just like it more the reverse taper looking.
Reading back my messages, I don't see where I wrote I was feeling like Indy. Anyways, I am not intending to be Indiana Jones, though I am a big fan I have my own style.
I wear the fedora and the jacket because I love hats and jackets, not to feel like Indy (ok, maybe a bit ). And I suppose most COW fellow members wear their hats for pleasure not a costume for parties or so.


cheers
teko

No, dude. I was talking about your friends giving you grief about being Indy for Halloween. Your hat looks great. Nothing to set straight there.

Dave

DR Ulloa wrote:

tekors wrote:

DR Ulloa wrote:Set, them straight, tekors. Wearing a fedora does not MAKE you Indiana Jones, just fashionable...even if it is an Indy fedora.

Dave

Hi Dave,
I suppose you're referring to the hat sides. I just like it more the reverse taper looking.
Reading back my messages, I don't see where I wrote I was feeling like Indy. Anyways, I am not intending to be Indiana Jones, though I am a big fan I have my own style.
I wear the fedora and the jacket because I love hats and jackets, not to feel like Indy (ok, maybe a bit ). And I suppose most COW fellow members wear their hats for pleasure not a costume for parties or so.


cheers
teko

No, dude. I was talking about your friends giving you grief about being Indy for Halloween. Your hat looks great. Nothing to set straight there.

Dave

ah, ok... sorry, my bad. I was a bit confused with the sentence, I thought "set them straight = the crown sides)
Too much coffee i guess or too much obsession with hats.
But thanks anyway... my friends sometimes ask me why I am obsessed with any Indy stuff... I jsut tell them: only fans can understand... never mind!!!

cheers dude

Teko:
After only a few minutes of staring at each photo I was able to find you! (I'm so proud of myself... I'm really growing as a human being!)
And you looked FANTASTIC, my friend! Well done! You defintely managed to create that well-known "gangster look" (and nice threads, by the way!)
Cheers,
Mitch

Thanks Mitch,

You're right, this thread is great.

I think he meant the clothes you are wearing in those pictures when saying nice threads English can be a verry strange language to us non-native-speakers

Regards, Geert

gwyddion wrote:I think he meant the clothes you are wearing in those pictures when saying nice threads English can be a verry strange language to us non-native-speakers

Regards, Geert

You're joking, right? The Dutch speak better English than the English..

Ian

gwyddion wrote:I think he meant the clothes you are wearing in those pictures when saying nice threads English can be a verry strange language to us non-native-speakers

Regards, Geert

And I think you're totally right. Reading the message again, it's totally true.
Sometimes I read the message so fast and reply it...

anyways, the thread is still great...


thanks for bringing my attention to this...
cheers

Ian wrote:

gwyddion wrote:I think he meant the clothes you are wearing in those pictures when saying nice threads English can be a verry strange language to us non-native-speakers

Regards, Geert

You're joking, right? The Dutch speak better English than the English..

Ian

really?
I've seen a german speaking better english than americans...

tekors wrote:

Ian wrote:

gwyddion wrote:I think he meant the clothes you are wearing in those pictures when saying nice threads English can be a verry strange language to us non-native-speakers

Regards, Geert

You're joking, right? The Dutch speak better English than the English..

Ian

really?
I've seen a german speaking better english than americans...

It's true.......and I speak better German than I speak English..

Ian

Ian wrote:

tekors wrote:

Ian wrote:

gwyddion wrote:I think he meant the clothes you are wearing in those pictures when saying nice threads English can be a verry strange language to us non-native-speakers

Regards, Geert

You're joking, right? The Dutch speak better English than the English..

Ian

really?
I've seen a german speaking better english than americans...

It's true.......and I speak better German than I speak English..

Ian

Speaking English pretty well doesn't mean you know all the expressions and colloquialism

Oh, and on the Dutch speaking better English than the British: I guess you never heard our former Prime Minister (Mr. Balkenende, the one who looks a lot like Harry Potter) butcher your language then

Regards, Geert

Geert wrote:Speaking English pretty well doesn't mean you know all the expressions and colloquialism

Oh, and on the Dutch speaking better English than the British: I guess you never heard our former Prime Minister (Mr. Balkenende, the one who looks a lot like Harry Potter) butcher your language then

Regards, Geert

hahahaha... harry potter huh?

c-c-c-combo breaker!!

(sorry guys, I HAD to do that too many multiquotes)

Errr,,,so...the Henry.

Ian

ok, better now... took off some quotations...
yeah, let's go back to the Henry...

Still waiting for Ian's pics...

tekors wrote:ok, better now... took off some quotations...
yeah, let's go back to the Henry...

Still waiting for Ian's pics...

Yeah, I know...

It's dark here almost always now due to the short days and lousy weather. I've tried to take some from inside, but they just look @#$%. I need a nice bright day to do it any justice.....I've also got a new LC Penman to show off as well, but can't get a decent shot.

I really need a Squidkidd..

I'm working on it...

Ian

Nice weather in the UK? You're asking for a miracle

Kidding. Be waiting for your pics, better a very nice picture to show all the qualities of the Henry.

cheers

Ok, I was in a coffee shop in Beirut and when I returned to my desk I saw the Henry resting under a beautiful light that was hitting the hat.
I couldn't resist so I took the picture...

Very nice...

(such a gorgeous hat it practically makes it's own photo opportunities!)

Hey Mitch,

yeah... I sat on the desk, opened my computer and placed my hat next to me... only when I was coming from the bathroom that I realised there was a nice shot of the lid....

Cheers to you for doing so, my friend.


I wish more of us gearheads would occasionally snap & post a shot of their fedoras from time to time just because it just happened to be looking so photogenic at a certain angle/in a certain light/etc...

That IS a nice shot. Thanks for posting

That's a great picture Tekors!

cheers mates...

Strike a pose with The Henry!

awesome picture GeneralFrosty...
nice to see the Henry in a SOC style

regards
teko

Great hat/pose/photo...
and the setting could not be more perfect!

Great shot General!! Always liked the look of your Henry. Kind of a hybrid style.

Ian

Ian wrote:Great shot General!! Always liked the look of your Henry. Kind of a hybrid style.

Ian

Thank you all for the kind words. When I first got my Henry, I felt my head wasn't wide enough which made the brim look too wide on me, so I gave it the LC curl and the Raiders pinch (no turn) though there is a TINY turn, not much to count.
If I ever get a Christies hat, that will be turned into a SOC all the way with turn - but really, my Henry is so nice and has been so well-worn, I really don't NEED another Indy hat (I would feel like I was cheating!)
The photo was taken outside of the "Tower Of Terror" attraction at Disney.

That's a super photo general! Very cool and the hat looks great

That's a great photo! Cool setting, pose, and gear.

I guess I must be a Disney nerd cause I knew that was the courtyard of the Hollywood Tower Hotel before you said so. Great picture and very period correct.

Dave

Recently I flew to Egypt to cover the elections there. When I was getting inside the plane, one of the MEA flight attendant girls looked to me and said: "I liked your hat"....
Thanks, I said ... Hum , that was a nice way of starting a trip, I thought to myself.
The thing is, during the flight from Beirut to Cairo, this beautiful Lebanese lady stopped to talk to me and asked more about my hat, bla bla bla... and it happened that she was going to stay in Cairo for some days off at friend's house.

End of story... we dated a couple of nights... and I am sure I will never leave home without my hat
Adventure Bilt rocksss

A couple of days in Cairo with a beautiful stewardess where your Adventurebilt was the icebreaker?
Teko my friend, you are living the dream.


My Christmas Wish to all our single C.O.W. Members is that they perhaps enjoy something of a similar (but custom-made to their own tastes) adventure themselves sometime.

Mitch LaRue wrote:A couple of days in Cairo with a beautiful stewardess where your Adventurebilt was the icebreaker?
Teko my friend, you are living the dream.


My Christmas Wish to all our single C.O.W. Members is that they perhaps enjoy something of a similar (but custom-made to their own tastes) adventure themselves sometime.

You see Mitch what the Henry is capable of?
Yeah, this one adventure goes to the journal...

Merry Christmas to you too Mitch !!!!
Enjoy the celebrations....

best
teko

tekors wrote:Recently I flew to Egypt to cover the elections there. When I was getting inside the plane, one of the MEA flight attendant girls looked to me and said: "I liked your hat"....
Thanks, I said ... Hum , that was a nice way of starting a trip, I thought to myself.
The thing is, during the flight from Beirut to Cairo, this beautiful Lebanese lady stopped to talk to me and asked more about my hat, bla bla bla... and it happened that she was going to stay in Cairo for some days off at friend's house.

End of story... we dated a couple of nights... and I am sure I will never leave home without my hat
Adventure Bilt rocksss

Well that story will definitely be an argument against this thread...

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49405



Ian

Ian wrote:

tekors wrote:Recently I flew to Egypt to cover the elections there. When I was getting inside the plane, one of the MEA flight attendant girls looked to me and said: "I liked your hat"....
Thanks, I said ... Hum , that was a nice way of starting a trip, I thought to myself.
The thing is, during the flight from Beirut to Cairo, this beautiful Lebanese lady stopped to talk to me and asked more about my hat, bla bla bla... and it happened that she was going to stay in Cairo for some days off at friend's house.

End of story... we dated a couple of nights... and I am sure I will never leave home without my hat
Adventure Bilt rocksss

Well that story will definitely be an argument against this thread...

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49405



Ian

Oh yeah Ian,

I've seen this article some months ago. What she wrote is totally @#$%. Just like the film critics sometimes.
I guess she had a very very bad experience or date with a guy in a fedora, and she blamed the hat

I get compliments about my hat all the time, most of them are women....

So, another end of year...
I wish a Merry Christmas to all of you guys and your families...
Have wonderful New Year and keep enjoying our passion as Indy fans. I wish you a 2011 full of hats and jackets and other gear.

Enjoy the celebrations...

best
teko

Right back atya, Teko!

I'm soon to be sending my Henry to John for a reblocking/resizing. Also having a new sweatband and liner put in. I'm going to miss it so I hope the turnaround time is quick - but I know you can't rush art!

My Henry showed up today. In a great hatbox too I might add.

A smidge tight on my forehead. I might be more oval shaped. Will the Henry conform to my head in time?

Lousy iSight photo...

Is it leaving a red line on your forehead?

Is there a gap between the sides of your head and the sweatband?

Final question: did you speak with whomever you ordered it?

jkdbuck76 wrote:Is it leaving a red line on your forehead?

Is there a gap between the sides of your head and the sweatband?

Final question: did you speak with whomever you ordered it?

I have not really worn it that long, but I don't think its going to leave a red line. There is maybe a 1/8" gap on the sides. I have not contacted anyone on it.

If I squeeze the hat on the sides as I drop it on my head, it glides on easily and kind of locks in place. This is the first sized hat I've purchased so I'm not familiar with it. My only other hat before this is a wool hat sized large...

Don't worry about it email68,
It will take around 2 months for the hat to conform to your head. When new, hats are like this... overtime they smooth, get character and conform to the owner's head.
Wear it as much as possible, every day if you can... the more you wear your lid the faster it will take to fot you right.

cheers
teko

tekors wrote:Don't worry about it email68,
It will take around 2 months for the hat to conform to your head. When new, hats are like this... overtime they smooth, get character and conform to the owner's head.
Wear it as much as possible, every day if you can... the more you wear your lid the faster it will take to fot you right.

cheers
teko

Quoted for truth.

BTW guys, I'm trying to convince my Boss (aka Mrs Jkdbuck76) to let me buy a grey Henry.
Wish me luck!

Good luck....

You're gonna need it!

tekors wrote:Don't worry about it email68,
It will take around 2 months for the hat to conform to your head. When new, hats are like this... overtime they smooth, get character and conform to the owner's head.
Wear it as much as possible, every day if you can... the more you wear your lid the faster it will take to fot you right.

cheers
teko

Thanks. Based on your comments and similar ones I've been reading, I think it will be fine. And I plan on wearing it every day! Thats why after I learned a bit about hats, I went for a good one!

jkbuck - Very cool on the grey Henry. I'd love one of those too!

-Tim