Club Obi Wan

Mitch LaRue wrote:... after all, it IS just 6 Hats.

True, but they represent YOUR collection, and that's all that matters.

Regards! Michaelson

Cheers

Mitch LaRue wrote: binkmeisterRick's Assortment of Hats is a thing to behold (and drool over!)

D00d, don't drool over my hats. You can't afford the cleaning bill. While my collection may be varied in terms of style, Mitch, you should be proud of your collection. It's one of the best collections of strictly Indy hats I've seen! It's also nice to see a modern compilation of current offerings side by side.

Indiana Jeff wrote:Did you do the distressing to the FedIV? Looks great.

Jeff, my apologies... I was just re-reading a few of the responses I got in this Thread and realized that I never did respond to this question from you.
Sorry about that.


I'm glad you like the distressing on the Fed IV (and really flattered that you said so, actually)...
It was put on there by me... my very first time doing ANY kind of Fuller's Earth application on a HAT, too! I was a nervous wreck!
Y'see, I really like that Fed IV and sure didn't want to do anything to undo how well I thought it was coming along...but thankfully it was also the hat that had been helping me to get over my "fear (if you want to call it that) of messing with the hat"...

What had happened was that the gentleman who was kind enough to give me that hat had said (after I'd sent him a few shots showing him how it was fitting me) that in order to make it work better on my head, I'd need to do a little bit of work on it (even sent me some sandpaper to start experimenting with)...

Now, at first I was scared that with one move I'd wreck the thing... but after a while I began getting more and more comfortable with trying this & that, bending & shaping here & there, doing a little bit of light water spraying here & there, that sorta thing... but the Fuller's Earth was sort of the "last" step that had me feeling like I had really succeeded in changing the hat enough that it now had MY signature on it, too...

It's not a perfect Streets of Cairo, mind you... but it sure has gained a lot of character since I first started playing around with it (and fueled by inspiration from 3thoubucks, Holt & fedoraiders and their fearless attempts to "bend" a hat to their will )


Anyway, I know that's probably waaay more "answer" than you were looking for... but your question reminded me of all that and I just figured I'd share... but then I guess that's what we're all here to do, right?

Cheers,
Mitch

I was reading through some of the posts in this Thread earlier and it occurred to me that there's a question I'd kinda like to put out there for maybe a few of you to consider and weigh in on...
I'd be curious to hear your answers.


Among the many kind and flattering comments that some of you gave my hat collection, there were several that said something to the effect of "you've got enough (variety) of hats to re-shoot every scene in Raiders"

So, I'm curious to know your opinions:
Which hat in my collection do you think is best suited for which Raiders scene?

Maybe you think only one or two of my hats are a good match for some of the movie scenes... or maybe you feel none of them look the part at all...
Either way, if you'd be kind enough to share, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!

But let me put any fears to rest:
No, I'm not actually considering doing such a thing (Nor is my sister-in-law working on it!)