Club Obi Wan

They were taken at my grandma's (all italian vintage forniture )

Very nice. The top pic is my fav. Is it turned? I think I see the off-set of the brim.

Pyro

Nice pictures of your AB! I am reshaping mine for the fifth time!

Pyroxene wrote:Very nice. The top pic is my fav. Is it turned? I think I see the off-set of the brim.

Pyro

Yes it is

Indiana Wayne wrote:Nice pictures of your AB! I am reshaping mine for the fifth time!

Wow is it me the inspirator??

I dare say that is the best pics i've seen of your hat!

J_Weaver wrote:I dare say that is the best pics i've seen of your hat!

I'll post others very soon

Nice - but can you get Valentino Rossi to wear one?

Fedoraman wrote:Nice - but can you get Valentino Rossi to wear one?

Mmh.. i'm a wee far from him but if i will ever meet him i will keep your suggestion in mind

THe hat looks great, Erri!!!!

Nice pics, Erri!

BTW, what does your Grandma/family members think of your hat?
Just curious because my family members were fairly amused when I first started sporting my AB.
However, they have always been supportive, and now really like it (at least that's what they tell ME )

Regards,

In Florence people is just surprised positively by seeing a fedora hat. My parents are very ok with it.

In south they never saw one and everyone stared at me like "that's strange!"

My grandma said "what you are supposed to be with that hat? Zorro?"

Other relatives in Naples were ashamed to go out with me so many times i had to leave my hat at home

:post: that's in Napoli, in Sorrento is very different because it's full of Americans with panama hats so it's not so weird to people living in Sorrento (that's not far from Napoli)

erri_wan wrote:My parents are very ok with it.

"You're wearing a FEDORA? No, no, this can't be right. You've liked ballcaps all your life! You're just confused, that's all! Son, just get some counseling before you make a decision like this!"

erri_wan wrote:Other relatives in Naples were ashamed to go out with me so many times i had to leave my hat at home

And I would've told them I was ashamed to be seen with someone so closed minded. Are you serious about this? That's awful, man. You're part of their family.

Regards,

Unluckly and sadly i am serious but i didnt care a lot of closed minds relatives i went out alone

Nice hat ,Erri! I've gotten a few strange looks too, but I like my AB so

I'm gonna wear it! Heck, Star Trek fans wear their uniforms to jury duty,

lol.


Marco

marco polo wrote:Nice hat ,Erri! I've gotten a few strange looks too, but I like my AB so

I'm gonna wear it! Heck, Star Trek fans wear their uniforms to jury duty,

lol.


Marco

Now that I would consider lunacy. That's a sure fire way to get dismissed, if that's what you want to do. I remember when that happened, and the lady who did it got media attention for it. In my opinion, that's crossing the line between fandom and having a problem separating reality from fiction.

Regards,

Yep, she definitely was pushing it .

erri_wan wrote:Other relatives in Naples were ashamed to go out with me so many times i had to leave my hat at home

That is a terrible way to treat a family member. Stay strong erri_wan!
We all go through something similar at one time or another.

Here is my story:
I was out with my dad and a couple of his friends. At one point, my dad's friend commented on my hat saying, "are you going to wear that? It looks like a Hasidic Jew's hat." I was wearing my Akubra Federation!! You tell me if this makes me look....religious??


I was about to tell him to take something and put it somewhere but thought the better of it. I showed a bit of "respect" to the old timer and chalked his comment up to major ignorance.

well my grandma has been more funny believing it was Zorro's hat, it made me laugh a lot.

Anyway i hold strong dont worry, my girlfriend loves my hat (and me of course ) and my parents and friends are ok with it... i cannot be bothered of anything else

I stay strong dont worry

I am most fortunite....my wife loves me in a hat. A year ago, in San Antonio, Texas, we went out and I didn't wear a hat....she kept lossing me...not used to me being without a hat. Wear them in good health and enjoy! That is what they are for! If somebody does not understand...it is their problem! All Regards! W>

Strider wrote:

marco polo wrote:Nice hat ,Erri! I've gotten a few strange looks too, but I like my AB so

I'm gonna wear it! Heck, Star Trek fans wear their uniforms to jury duty,

lol.


Marco

Now that I would consider lunacy. That's a sure fire way to get dismissed, if that's what you want to do. I remember when that happened, and the lady who did it got media attention for it. In my opinion, that's crossing the line between fandom and having a problem separating reality from fiction.

Regards,

Hey! Be nice to my mom!

You know Pagey, you should've just gone to your dad's pub wearing your MKVII instead.

bink

Strider wrote:
Now that I would consider lunacy. That's a sure fire way to get dismissed, if that's what you want to do. I remember when that happened, and the lady who did it got media attention for it. In my opinion, that's crossing the line between fandom and having a problem separating reality from fiction.

Regards,

Ah yes, but hey if it'd get me dismissed and if I was in the middle of the school year teaching. (Okay, second thought I may not have enough guts, but one never knows til the day comes).

The funny thing about people responding negetively to hat wearing in public is: forty years ago everyone would be wearing one.

Erri, I know how it is in Napoli and other parts of the south of Italy. I have very good friends in Matera and they have their ways. As Carlo Levi wrote, "Christ Stopped At Eboli!"

Wear it like you own it, guys and gals. Be confident and it won't matter what others think. It's you!! And if worse comes to worse, tell 'em to go eff themselves.

Good idea Texas-girl! Jury duty + Star Trek uniform= dismissal. YES!

Hemingway Jones wrote:The funny thing about people responding negetively to hat wearing in public is: forty years ago everyone would be wearing one.

Erri, I know how it is in Napoli and other parts of the south of Italy. I have very good friends in Matera and they have their ways. As Carlo Levi wrote, "Christ Stopped At Eboli!"

Good one

Well in south of Italy few people used to wear fedora hats, even in the 30s. There were different kind of hats there.

In Florence (where i live) a lot of people still wear them so it's very normal to see fedoras here
I already received a couple of compliments in streets