Club Obi Wan

Hello Everyone,
Here is my latest acquisition, a gray Adventurebilt Beaver, bashed Last Crusade style by Fedora. I was going for the Venice Pier look and I am very satisfied with the results. (If you click on these, they will get bigger.)





Indiana Jones had Ilsa and I have... well...



The gray felt is very fine and soft. Fedora put a bit more stiffener in this one because he knew I was intending it as a dress hat.

Inside, it has the clear plastic over the Adventurebilt emblem, which is very classy and the satin elsewhere. The sweatband is the same high quality as my other two Beaver ABs.



Here is a picture of the top dent (On Indiana Spielberg's head).



So, Prairie J, Whaccha Think???

I welcome all of your comments.

Fedora, thank you once again, my friend, for a wonderful hat. You really outdid yourself with this one. I could not be happier.

SWWWEEEEET lookin hat my friend, I've kinda kicked it around about getting a grey Fedora from Fedora. Thats a nice looking hat Hemingway wear it in good health. Very sharp. Once again Fedora show's his talent.
Thank the maker for him.
Croft

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!

That is one sharp looking hat Hemingway! I've been wanting a grey AB for sometime now, and I think you've finally pushed me over the edge. Now, I just have to remember where I left the extra $250 I had lying around.

Hemingway, you told me you were going for the clipper beanie! VERY nice hat! I know you got it just to torment me, though.

bink

Hemingway, you told me you were going for the clipper beanie! VERY nice hat! I know you got it just to torment me, though.

And Bink is it working. ??
Croft

OOOOOOOW!!!! Nope, but I'm working, and it's a good thing!

bink

Great!! Now I need a new hat!!!!

That hat looks fantastic!! It goes great with the suit. Steve has done it again.

It's weird, but in that last picture, it looks gray.

Anyway, you have chosen wisely.

Holy smoke, Dr. Jones! That thing is the color of my trenchcoat, which is a color I have wanted in a fedora FOREVER!!

Fantastic!

Great, now I have to sell a kidney or something...

Thank you very much, gentlemen, and bink for your comments. This is my new favorite hat. I cannot get enough of it. I keep wearing it around my house.

Prairie, I'm not sure if you were kidding, and I am inclined to think that you were, but just in case, and for anyone else who might have missed it, the hat is indeed gray.

And Spatterdash, my trench coat is also a light gray!

What? It's gray? I thought it was supposed to be the color of the Plane hat.

That bash is dead-on Venice Pier.

Hemingway Jones wrote:Thank you very much, gentlemen, and bink

WHEW! You had me worried for a bit, there!

bink

Hemingway,
Dude, that is one AWESOME looking hat.


Thanks for the pics - I've been wondering about that bash.
Very cool to see different angles of the front.

Congratulations !

Congrats. A great looking hat H.J.!
I like the liner logo.
What is written in script on the sweatband?

That is one fine looking hat! I am pretty jealous.

Feraud wrote:Congrats. A great looking hat H.J.!
I like the liner logo.
What is written in script on the sweatband?

It says:
"Adventurebilt Hat Co.
Handmade
Fine Fur Felt."

Thank you everyone. This hat is awesome.

Hemingway's initials are punched on the other side of the sweatband.

Wow, gorgeous hat, Hemingway! And you know, that's my favorite bash!

Regards, KC

prairiejones wrote:Hemingway's initials are punched on the other side of the sweatband.

Actually, that was true of the other sweatbands on my other ABs. On this one, Fedora put my real first name (which is very short) and last initial. It's very spiffy and goes with the overall dress hat theme.

Kaleponi, I am beginning to agree with you. I am really getting into the LC hat. "Yes, I understand its power now."

Hey congratulations my friend!!! Can't wait to see that incredible LC hat going around here in Florence

Hey Hem that is one terrific lid Congratulations indeed! I can see why it's becoming your new favourite.
I was curious though...have you measured any of dimensions in comparison to your Raiders? I know the LC is a #60 block which is abit different from the Raiders but I wondered if there were any differences in the brim dimensions. Are you intending to do any adjustments on the bash or brim?

It just seems so funny that this week...I've been seriously considering exactly the same hat, style and bash for exactly the same purposes. Grey opens up so many other clothing options for work.
Every man must have a grey lid!

Hey Bink...last one to Steve's is a rotten egg!!!
I know its grey but you've got to have a vest for that hat!
I'm already boxing up the live beaver for Steve right now! Man its hard find a grey Beaver!!!
Unlike last time I intend to put holes in the box,provide food and a small WC.

Out in the Bush
Kilgour Trout

Wow Hem! That new hat looks fantastic on you!
Grey is a perfect colour for a Fedora, if you don't want the obvious "Indy"-look.

That hat suits you very well, Hem. Congratulations!

-- Jens

That's a nice looking dog you have there.

Kilgour Trout wrote:Hey Hem that is one terrific lid Congratulations indeed! I can see why it's becoming your new favourite.
I was curious though...have you measured any of dimensions in comparison to your Raiders? I know the LC is a #60 block which is abit different from the Raiders but I wondered if there were any differences in the brim dimensions. Are you intending to do any adjustments on the bash or brim?

Kilgour, my friend,
Thank you for the positive comments. I have not done any measurements on the crown or brim, but you are certainly right that the block is slightly different than the Raiders block, as it would need to be. I honestly don't know what the crown or brim of a LC should be; I only know that, to my eye, this pretty much nails it.

As for the adjustments, well, I think if one were going for exactitude for the look of the hat as it appeared in the brief Venice Pier walking over the bridge with Elsa scenes, I could put a little more flip into the sides of the brim and pull the front down, to get that snap brim effect. I have that, but not to the extent of Indy's. This is something I will do by using bookends on either side of the hat, as I have described in another thread. I will put that curl in the side of the brim on the right side and leave the left as is, or it will look too much like wings. I don't want to be mistaken for "The Flying Nun!"

The front pinch of the Last Crusade hats varies. I like it just the way it is and will keep it this way. It is beautifully crafted and evokes that look perfectly.

Kilgour Trout wrote: It just seems so funny that this week...I've been seriously considering exactly the same hat, style and bash for exactly the same purposes. Grey opens up so many other clothing options for work.
Every man must have a grey lid!

I couldn't agree more. This is exactly the reason why I got this hat.

IndyJens wrote:Wow Hem! That new hat looks fantastic on you!
Grey is a perfect colour for a Fedora, if you don't want the obvious "Indy"-look.

That hat suits you very well, Hem. Congratulations!

-- Jens

Thank you, Jens! I appreciate that.

And thank you, erri.

agent5 wrote:That's a nice looking dog you have there.

Thank you, 5. She is my baby!

Did you find her next to the firemen station?

very nice dog my friend

Nice looking AB, HJ. I love mine as well, and have been wearing it for a couple months now. VERY soft felt, as compared to the brown beaver AB's.
I wish all of the Winchester beaver felt was this soft.

Regards! Michaelson

Wow. It must be very soft. I can't imagine anything softer than my beaver brown.

Is Fedora's grey felt supply from a different source than his brown?

Kilgour Trout wrote: Hey Bink...last one to Steve's is a rotten egg!!!

Well, if it's a matter of walking, I have nothing to worry about!

bink

Feraud wrote:Is Fedora's grey felt supply from a different source than his brown?

No. They're all sourced from the Winchester Hat co. felter....just some reason they use less stiffiner in the gray felt. Not sure why.

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson wrote: No. They're all sourced from the Winchester Hat co. felter....just some reason they use less stiffiner in the gray felt. Not sure why.

Regards! Michaelson

Got it. Thanks.

just some reason they use less stiffener in the gray felt. Not sure why.

Maybe the batch that my hat came from had less stiffener than the usual brown. The crown is very soft, and the brim is nice and floppy, yet retains it's shape. I love it.

I know that Steve was going to try and talk to them about this when I got my hat....I wonder if he was successful, considering how soft yours was right out of the box, praire?

Regards! Michaelson

Nice hat Hem Suits you & the fourth pic lookslike your makin' someone an offer they can't refuse

Thank you Michaelson,
Yes, this hat is very soft. Each AB I have is slightly different, the mark of a handmade piece of art.

Thanks, Skippy. So, I have that Michael Corleone thing goin'

Very nice indeed! It is good that you also showed the inside liner and the top view which I particularly like. Enjoy and have fun wearing it this weekend!

BTW, I myself am speaking with Fedora this week to order a gray...

Congrats' Hemingway! Nice hat, It kind'a looks brown on my screen though...

Cheers

Sharp looking lid Hem!

You carry the suits and the hats extremely well. Put some film grain in those pictures and I'd swear you were in ROTLA!



MJ

Me Likes!

IndyFlyer wrote:Very nice indeed! It is good that you also showed the inside liner and the top view which I particularly like. Enjoy and have fun wearing it this weekend!

BTW, I myself am speaking with Fedora this week to order a gray...

Thanks, Flyer. The liner on this is extraordinary. I have heard of liners like this on vintage hats, but I have never seen one.

IndyK wrote:Congrats' Hemingway! Nice hat, It kind'a looks brown on my screen though...

Cheers

Uh, Oh! Not another brush fire! Thanks, K. It is a brownish gray.

Modern Jones wrote:Sharp looking lid Hem!
You carry the suits and the hats extremely well. Put some film grain in those pictures and I'd swear you were in ROTLA!
MJ

Thanks, Modern, that is very kind of you to say.

Kevin_Kenobi wrote:Me Likes!

Me Glad. Me too.

Hemingway Jones wrote:Thank you very much, gentlemen.

In that case, here's a lady's reply...

Goodness me. I thought I was going to fall off of my chair when I saw those pics. Firstly, the hat looks incredible and it's very nice to see it in grey. Secondly, you look incredibly handsome in the suit and it goes incredibly well with the hat. Thirdly. It's great to see an Adventurebilt fedora shaped into the Last Crusade look.

Looking good, Very very good. No it's not good, It's very good.. Etc.

And i even like the dog.

Indy_Railok wrote: And i even like the dog.

good one very funny! very funny!

Hemingway Jones wrote: Thanks, K. It is a brownish gray.

Actually, I thought mine was more of a grayish brown.....

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson wrote:

Hemingway Jones wrote: Thanks, K. It is a brownish gray.

Actually, I thought mine was more of a grayish brown.....

Are you talking about your hair or your hat?

OOOoooo.....well done, Railok!

High regards! Michaelson

Very nice! And as a fellow dog lover, I always liked this picture of you two!



It's just a sweet shot!

Michaelson wrote:
Actually, I thought mine was more of a grayish brown.....

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson, what do You say we decide, once and for all, that the correct color of the hat in that flightscene was "grown"...or "bray" ?

I mean it... I'm serious... I'm...

Cheers

I vote for 'bray'.

High regards!

Michaelson

considering how soft yours was right out of the box, praire?

Yes. It was this soft out of the box. I was amazed. Especially after having the Akubra.