Club Obi Wan

Great photo Raider
Appropriate pose

Order placed for a Grey one from Steve and a Brown one from Marc...looking forward to bein able to show off the pics but not so excited bout the long wait. Although, I know this is one of the few things i consider "worth the wait"

Finally received my AB. I love it. Here are some pics:

Front: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... lt/etu.jpg

Right: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... /oikea.jpg

Back: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... t/taka.jpg

Left: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... /vasen.jpg

Akubra Federation Regular and AB comparison

Front: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... rt_etu.jpg

Felt:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... _huopa.jpg

Liner:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... _vuori.jpg

Now THAT'S a hat that looks like it's already taken on it's own personality, VP! They just get better with use too!

VERY nice!!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

So, VP, was it worth the wait?

Yep, although the wait time became a bit long in the end.

Man, it looks like it got distressed in transit! I notice the wrinkle on the ribbon, and the overall distressed look of the felt. Also appears you may have a long oval head. I used a reg oval to make the hat. Just a heads up in case you buy another brand of hat. Took a couple of weeks to make it there, or so it seems. Glad customs let you have it!! Fedora

Ps, looks like you need to take an eighth inch off the brim all the way around. I thought the dimensions I cut it would work for you. I was wrong.

The hat was fine after the transit, it was a bit stiff so I Dandalized it a bit. Crumpled into a ball, sat on it, stood on it, kicked it around and so on until it was soft enough. That's where the look and the wrinkle came.

The hat was fine after the transit, it was a bit stiff so I Dandalized it a bit. Crumpled into a ball, sat on it, stood on it, kicked it around and so on until it was soft enough. That's where the look and the wrinkle came

I am proud of you VP. That is what I would have done too!! Great minds think alike. Fedora

Great hat VP, very nicely distressed, almost like the Raiders hat.

BTW, just out of curiosity, when did you order yours? You might have told us before, and if I forgot, sorry, I'm just curious. :junior: -IJ

November 6, 2006.

Okay, well then if that bears out then I've still got...8 months to go

thanks for the info, VP. :junior: -IJ

Nice lookin lid there VP ! Glad you finaly got it !

Looks great VP...thanks for the detailed pics. I am lookin forward to when mine get in.

Awesome!! Makes me wish I would have got off my ### and ordered one back then too! Lokos good on ya!

congrats vp....the hat looks terrific. i wish i was as brave as you to do all that stuff to it .....and i would, but then michaelson would kick me out of the antidistressing club

Indiana G wrote:congrats vp....the hat looks terrific. i wish i was as brave as you to do all that stuff to it

Fantastic look-- I was thinking exactly the same thing, but I'm not brave enough either!

Jack--

...don't get me wrong.....i've done much worse things to a hat.....just not a new, out of the box, hat

Trimmed the brim a bit since Steve mentioned that it would look better that way, here's an outside shot:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... -12-12.jpg

MUCH better! It looks good on you, VP.

Now this is what I would call a perfect Raiders hat, VP! Looks great, nice distressing.

Trimmed the brim a bit since Steve mentioned that it would look better that way, here's an outside shot:

Thanks for the trim VP. I am NOW proud to say that I made that hat!! What a difference a brim trim makes! I can live with that one now.



Just learned that beaver fur has 100,000 fur fibers per square inch, and that is one reason beaver fur is so desirable in feltmaking. Plus, it is a very stable fur to felt, unlike mink, which can NEVER be used to make a pure mink hat. Pure mink hats never existed. A mink blend hat, like the Stetson Touch of Mink, has less than 5 per cent mink content. You might say, it was a marketing ploy, but at least they did say " a touch of mink"

So if anyone ever tries to sell you a pure mink hat, the red flag should go up very quickly. Pure mink will not felt, without "pushing" or in general terms, clumping up, with no ability to ever pounce the clumps out. Marc's felter after many attempts arrived at the maximum mink content that can be used in a hat. Maybe one day, Marc will finally get me that max content mink hat in my hands!! Don't forget me old buddy. I want to own the rarest felt hat in the world, and only you have a few made for us. I promise to NEVER wear another hat, if you ever get around to making it. I would be very proud to wear that 5 grand hat!!! Fedora

Finally had the time to take pics of my AB! I placed my order with Steve in June of last year. I asked for a Raiders bash specifically the temple scene at the beginning of the movie. In December 2006, I received it and I've been using it ever since!

Here are some pics of my AB alongside my Akubra Fed Regular:











Out of the box, the AB is soft unlike the stiff Fed (I've had the Fed for a year and a half and its still a bit stiff!). Also, the AB's crown is not as tall as the Fed.

Here's a pic of yours truly wearing the AB:


This is the most good looking and comfortable hat I've ever come across and it makes me proud to say that I'm the first Malaysian AB owner!

congrats on the AB my freind.

GREAT lookin hat Kal...thanks for the pics.

Raider wrote:It's been several months now - it's time to show THE baby



Cheers,

:junior: Raider

I missed this one. Nice pic.

VP, I missed yours aswell. Congrats and the lid looks good.

Thanks BendingOak. I was thinking - one has to jump and sit on his fedora to get a bit of attention here (by the way - that's exactly what I was doing with my Akubra earlier).

Cheers,

:junior: Raider

Thanks, Oak. Your input as well as the input of a lot of members here at COW helped make the decision to invest in an AB a lot easier.

I like my AB but I kind of think the brim might be a bit wide - what do you think?

Ken

Did you bash yours yourself VP, or did Steve bash it?

Ken: I'd like to see a straight front shot before I make any judgments. Awesome background there.

IndyFan89: Myself. First dry and then used a bit of cold water to keep the front pinch tight full length.

And mine arrived too! YAY!



It's Christmas!!

Ken wrote:

I like my AB but I kind of think the brim might be a bit wide - what do you think?

Ken

Ken, in that particular photo, you cannot discern your hair color form the brim and it gives the illusion that the brim is wider than it really is. If you draw an imaginary line from the crown straight down to your ear, the brim is not as wide as it looks. Of you can lighten the photo enough where we can clearly see your hair and we can give a better opinion.

I think it looks really cool.

MB

KT, Ken, Raider, Kalkamel, and VP--those are all great looking AB's! Thanks for sharing the photos. Seeing all your great fedoras keeps up the excitement of getting that package a few months from now. Keep the photos coming!

Nebraska Schulte

Kalk- your AB reminded me (again) that mine has a similar inscription under the sweat ... "Ford Felt." (do a search for it, and you'll see what that is). Great looking hat!

Raider- WOW!

Ken, I agree with Rick. I think the hat looks good, but another pic where we can see your hairline against the color of the brim would definitely help determine whether or not the brim is too long.

I just got the e-mail from Steve yesterday that my Rabbit AB is on its way! WOOT!

Hat looks really good Ken

Took a few detail shots in sunlight.

Front: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... 20/etu.jpg

Left side: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... /vasen.jpg

Right side: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... /oikea.jpg

Back: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... 0/taka.jpg

Under: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... 20/ala.jpg

AB logo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... istaja.jpg

Initials: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... jaimet.jpg

Liner: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... /vuori.jpg

Under the sweatband, #1: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... a_ala1.jpg

Under the sweatband, #2: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... a_ala2.jpg

Here is my rabbit AB, which arrived just a couple days ago! THANKS Steve, it was a GREAT Christmas present!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/ ... 7/Hat1.jpg

Lookin' good.

Definitely looking good, Strider! Yours and VP's look like you've had them long enough to make them 'old friends'! THAT'S how fedoras are SUPPOSED to look!!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

Thanks gents! I really appreciate. Veep - your hat has got some serious ROTLA going on. I really love it!

kalkamel wrote:

WOW after seeing this photo I checked my AB. It had Steves name and 2-10-06 in it! I did not know it was there.

Thanks for the post!

A couple of better shots here.





Really rather pleased with this hat!

Wow. That is one stunning hat.

THERE ya go, KT! Though, how on earth did you get that center dent as deep as you have? I can't get it much deeper (if any at all) than the way it came because my head pushes it back up the way it was originally. Am I just wearing the thing down too far on my head?

I believe I haven't posted any pics of my three month-old AB in this thread, so here ya go!


This pic is a little fuzzy.

After a real fight at the custom office I affranchised my AB
Many thanks Jeff for this lovely AB :!:

Nice looking hat Max. You could try pressing the front of the center dent down a bit so that it looks like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... 20/etu.jpg

Oh yeah and you could also try to flip the mirrored images before posting so we could get a better overall idea of the side bashes. Lookin' good anyways.

I´ll try and Thanks alot VP