Club Obi Wan

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:07 pm**

jpenman wrote:the pic is nice, but you need to start breaking it in a bit.

What you mean with "breaking it in"?
8-[

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:10 pm**

I guess I´ll chime in with my Adventurebilt.
A bit of "Dannalicing" and it is beging to look the way I like it -
Indy´sk.

It´s a LC-style, pure beaver, all Steve/Marc

Best regards

JAN

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:16 pm**

Jan i think a Raider's hat would suit you much better

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:42 pm**

And my wife thinks I look better without a hat... seems like I´ve picked
the worst thing in total...

(naa.. I disagree with Your both

)

Best regards

JAN

IndyJens wrote:

Nice face you make on the pic, to much sun, Dr. Jones?

Yes, that great flashlight went straight for my eyes

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:56 pm**

Great pic, JAN!
I think the hat looks well on your head, so I have to disagree to your wife (with all respect, of course).

Nice face you make on the pic, to much sun, Dr. Jones?

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:34 pm**

My AB

Here it is when I first got it.

And after I deepened the center dent and moved the side pinches back.

Posted: **Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:20 pm**

Here is a picture of my AB.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:20 am**

erri_wan wrote:
jpenman wrote:the pic is nice, but you need to start breaking it in a bit.
What you mean with "breaking it in"?
8-[

Sit on it. Twice, actually. Scrunch it up once. See what happens. That's what I did, and mine looks fine.

Regards,

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:26 am**

@erri_wan: really nice hat you got there. And don't be afraid: the costume designers also treated Ford's hat for Raiders

@JAN: Your hat also looks fine. I had the opportunity to see it in person and I just love it (as your jacket

). But mind the sun for taking good pictures. Here's another (better) one:

@Alababa & Wayne: Cool. Wayne's hat looks even more "used". Or is it just the camera? But I like the "used" stuff...

Regards,

Tom

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:27 am**

Strider wrote:
erri_wan wrote:
jpenman wrote:the pic is nice, but you need to start breaking it in a bit.
What you mean with "breaking it in"?
8-[
Sit on it. Twice, actually. Scrunch it up once. See what happens. That's what I did, and mine looks fine.

Regards,

Are you speaking seriously??? I saved money for a lot of time to afford a hat and i should sit on it????? Are you insane guys?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:28 am**

Yeah, I kid you not. I just sat on mine now, for the heck of it. I'm sitting on it as I write this.

Regards,

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:31 am**

Strider wrote:Yeah, I kid you not. I just sat on mine now, for the heck of it. I'm sitting on it as I write this.

Regards,

i will ask to Fedora 8-[ 8-[

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:32 am**

Hey Strider, any pictures of your hat (how it looks NOW)?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:33 am**

you guys actually sit on your $200 Adventurebilts

i think you guys must be a couple cans short of a six pack.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:34 am**

Since I sat on it just now, no. The first post in this thread is the pics of my Adventurebilt the day after I had sat on it once, and that's how it still looks right now (I'm not sitting on it anymore

).

I am going to have some new pics up soon, though.

edit: Actually, Neolithic was able to achieve some serious reverse taper by sitting on his.

See:

Regards,

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:22 am**

Actually, Neolithic was able to achieve some serious reverse taper by sitting on his.

Yeah, you know, you can literally see where Ford's hat in the Cairo scenes was crushed and then straightened out. I know folks thought I was nuts when I told them to sit on their hats if the Cairo scene was what they were after. That is the only way to get the mushroom look. And, it helps also if the factory stiffener in the hat has been broken down too. regards, Fedora

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:24 am**

Fedora wrote:
Actually, Neolithic was able to achieve some serious reverse taper by sitting on his.

Yeah, you know, you can literally see where Ford's hat in the Cairo scenes was crushed and then straightened out. I know folks thought I was nuts when I told them to sit on their hats if the Cairo scene was what they were after. That is the only way to get the mushroom look. And, it helps also if the factory stiffener in the hat has been broken down too. regards, Fedora

So what happens if i sit on it? Improve my hat?
You fedora officially say i can sit on my hat?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:47 am**

Erri_Wan, I have a rabbit AB that I sat on and it looks great! It is a lot softer since I have received it.

Here is a picture of my hat when I first received it.

Here is a picture of it after I did all of the things above.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:05 am**

erri_wan wrote:So what happens if i sit on it? Improve my hat?
You fedora officially say i can sit on my hat?

Yup. If you're going for that well-worn Raiders look, you have to sit on it, straighten it out, sit on it again, work the felt with your hands, sit on it. straighten it up. It gives the hat that beaten character it needs for SOC.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:06 pm**

Yeah, crushing your hat will not hurt it. Now, if the hat is really stiff, I would first work the crown with my hands to soften up the felt and then crush it. If the hat was cowboy stiff, I would not risk the distressing. The hat might acutually crack!! Stiff felt is another animal. But, if you are attracted to the Cairo look, the hat has to be distressed. Much of the look comes from this. Fedora

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:16 pm**

Unless I'm mistaken Noodle chickie said on the DVD that she sat on it and had Ford sit on it, so I guess you have to sit on it to be screen accurate.

Some of you "young guns" won't get this, but this thread is starting to remind me of "Happy Days".

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:45 pm**

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:48 pm**

Yeah if you are going for the cairo look, then you better beat it up!
Here is a picture of my hat, which has some reverse taper.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:48 pm**

I don't know it looks just tappered to me.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:50 pm**

Wayne, didn't you and your hat get nearly drowned in a downpour?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:31 pm**

J_Weaver wrote:Wayne, didn't you and your hat get nearly drowned in a downpour?

Yeah. It does have taper but it also has a little reverse taper.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:37 pm**

Here are some more pictures.

Picture One.

Picture Two.

It is more of a mushroom shape.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:43 pm**

jpenman wrote:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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I got just the slightest bit of taper when I deepened the center dent. My advice is to be careful doing this

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:55 pm**

I just took the plunge and sat on my hat.

Im a little afraid to stand up and look at it.

Regards.

Adam

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Hat turned out fine but im not doing that ever again.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:01 pm**

Fedora wrote:Yeah, crushing your hat will not hurt it. Now, if the hat is really stiff, I would first work the crown with my hands to soften up the felt and then crush it. If the hat was cowboy stiff, I would not risk the distressing. The hat might acutually crack!! Stiff felt is another animal. But, if you are attracted to the Cairo look, the hat has to be distressed. Much of the look comes from this. Fedora

Well... first i have to work more on it to soften it.... than maybe...

i will sit on it

Fedora you're responsable of what happens

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:04 pm**

Nothing is going to happen! SIT ON IT! It will get softer if you beat it up!

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:08 pm**

Indiana Wayne wrote:Nothing is going to happen! SIT ON IT! It will get softer if you beat it up!

I WILL !

maybe tomorrow... or the day after tomorrow...

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:14 pm**

erri_wan wrote:
Indiana Wayne wrote:Nothing is going to happen! SIT ON IT! It will get softer if you beat it up!

I WILL ! maybe tomorrow... or the day after tomorrow...

You chicken?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:16 pm**

Indiana Wayne wrote:
erri_wan wrote:
Indiana Wayne wrote:Nothing is going to happen! SIT ON IT! It will get softer if you beat it up!

I WILL ! maybe tomorrow... or the day after tomorrow...
You chicken?

Yeah... i'm also called McFly!

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:20 pm**

erri wan , Listen to what steve said first. Play with it in your hnds to soften it up. Then go sit on your hat, i just did it again.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:28 pm**

jpenman wrote:erri wan , Listen to what steve said first. Play with it in your hnds to soften it up. Then go sit on your hat, i just did it again.

Ok Jp, thank you guys for suggestions

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:58 pm**

Erri_Wan, here is something you can do to your hat to make it more raiders like. Also visit here to do some stuff to your hat to make it more raiders like.

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:42 pm**

SIT ON IT, POTSIE!

:junior::tup:

Regards,

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:47 pm**

I haven't seen that show in years

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:44 am**

Indiana Wayne wrote:Erri_Wan, here is something you can do to your hat to make it more raiders like. Also visit here to do some stuff to your hat to make it more raiders like.

Thanks for the links, i just read it all and I made some wee modifications... expecially on the brim. Anyway guys...

this is my hat from many angles:

Tell me what i should change more (except sitting on it! I dont want to sit on it yet)... and keep in mind that it's a raven bar not a cairo

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:30 am**

Looks like you might want to define the back of the top bash a little. Have you seen this sight? http://www.regular-guy.com/fedora.html Maybe define the front bashes a little more on the back-bottom corner. Toward the ribbon and back. If you know what I mean.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:03 am**

@Erri Wan: Looks good to me. Did you distress it with dirt? At least it looks so.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:55 am**

prairiejones wrote: If you know what I mean.

I hope so

Indiana_Tom wrote:@Erri Wan: Looks good to me. Did you distress it with dirt? At least it looks so.

Not distressed, not intentionally... lol. I didn't work on it, maybe it's the rabbit felt, i dont know... under some lights it looks very dirty... with other light intesities looks very clean... who knows!

It's a question for Mr Fedora.

Anyway i use it everyday also when i ride my bike so maybe it gets dirt and dust... i also met some "Working in Progress" streets few days ago... so maybe that's the explanation of the distress look. Should i clean it or does it look good?

Posted: **Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:56 pm**

Disregard

Posted: **Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:55 pm**

Strider wrote:SIT ON IT, POTSIE!

:junior::tup:

Regards,

Now thats what I'm talking about!

Man, I just can't stop fiddling with my hat. For me its definately "the turn" that creates that distinctive Raiders brim. I wonder if Steve will do a reblock and then let me bash it myself to get the proper turn.

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:32 am**

Well, better late than never. Here's some snaps of my AB on me while im in suit and some with the leather jacket.

Hope you like it

http://www.kronsells.dk/newpics/index.html

Cheers
Ace

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:34 am**

Hey Ace, very nice pics!! Looks very Last Cruade-ish! Like 'em!

Tom

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:16 am**

VERY nice, Ace.
Not only the AB, all the gear, esp. the suit! It looks awesome!

Cool hat anyway ('though I think on my hat it looked better ... uh ... nah, kidding.

).

Regards,
Jens

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:36 am**

Hey great pics! I love that suit too. It perfectly matches with the hat!

PS is it a pure rabbit?

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:01 pm**

Thanks
No it's pure beaver

Ace

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