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Once again ...Congratulations!!!!!

Steve Delk seriously attended "A New Hope High School"? Seriously?

Castor Dioscuri wrote:Steve Delk seriously attended "A New Hope High School"? Seriously? :shock:

Yep .. New Hope High School in Columbus Mississippi.

GO NEW HOPE TROJANS !!!!

Michaelson is mentioned in the article too.

Congrats Steve!

Congrats, Steve!!! You are THE MAN!!!

CONGRATS STEVE...NOW you can have a Cigar!

It just goes to show that if you have enough passion for something It might take you where you never thought you could go. Steve may become a new celebrity, outside of COW.
Great job with the Hats, and you ended up contributing to the archaeological community afterall And you may still have a chance to get that doctorate.

Pretty awesome.

Wait...I thought Barons made the hats! (ALREADY under the Plymouth when I typed that).

Great job fellas!

Regards, Dr. J

Sweet article! And they talked to another famous IndyGear figure, too!

Sergei wrote:Michaelson is mentioned in the article too.

Congrats Steve!

Was he?

Yep, but still not sure where she got the idea I was a native of Florida.

Regards! Michaelson

Not only was he born to make hats, he was born to wear them. The hat looks great on him.

Once again, congrats. What a feel good story.

Chewie Louie wrote:Not only was he born to make hats, he was born to wear them. The hat looks great on him.

Once again, congrats. What a feel good story.

Yeah, long oval guys always look great wearing a fedora... I am round oval.. I look terrible in a fedora...

BTW Michaelson... Florida native? Well you did spend some time there...

Michaelson wrote:Yep, but still not sure where she got the idea I was a native of Florida.

Regards! Michaelson

AH! The Florida thing threw me!

Michaelson wrote:Yep, but still not sure where she got the idea I was a native of Florida.

Regards! Michaelson

Could it be that you have a nice tan?

Anyway, great article! I hope this kind of media attention will put the false claims by other manufacturers to rest.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I never saw articles about the Gear suppliers from the other movies. Was this kept more under wraps or did I just miss this?

Hey, nice! Love the article. Congrats on the publicity, Steve! You've more than earned it! :junior: -M

Ps. nice to hear Michaelson get some attention as well. Wow, you own 5 AB's?! Is there any chance I could "borrow" one?

I was honored to have been asked by Steve to be interviewed, so believe it, the pleasure was all mine.

....and no, I only own 4 AB's, so that was another 'mis-quote'.

Regard! Michaelson

^Maybe it was a hint to order another one!

Congratulations, Steve!

Wow, still. 4 AB's...have you thought about doing a post where you show your entire collection of them? I don't think we've ever seen 4 adventurebilts in one picture before. :junior: -M

great article! some minor detail errors....but great article nonetheless : )

Keep in mind, I've known Steve for well over 10 years, so I've picked them up over a period of time as he was developing his craft.
So, before folks think I just gathered a bunch of AB's in the last little bit, the answer is 'no, I haven't'.

(note to self: Add request for AB collection photo to photo request list.... 8-[ )

Anyway, it was a great article to be included in, and I'm proud have been allowed a small part.

Regards! Michaelson

That was AWESOME!

And what a great pic too! Might have to be framed and go next to my Fedora's and Harrison's autographed pic...

(Once I get MY AB of course... Which should be any time now).

And I had to go back and re-read it again when I realized that was Michaelson that they were talking about.

What a great article.

How many times can we say congratulations!

Congrats!!

Michael B

Good on both of you! Nice to finally see more public recognition.

Great article, and good to see the "Knower of Things" mentioned as well.

Great article! Thanks for sharing!

Weston

Bullitt wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I never saw articles about the Gear suppliers from the other movies. Was this kept more under wraps or did I just miss this?

I might be wrong, but I'm assuming the reason why the gear is being so prominently featured in the media this time around is because... well, Indiana Jones has now established himself completely as a cultural icon, and a legend!

Before, when say ToD or LC was released, Indy was famous, but in some ways he was a rookie, and could still be seen as a flavor of the month (AT THE TIME!!!). It's like The Matrix, and the Matrix's sequels... Neo's outfit was no doubt instantly recognizable, but no one really cares where he got it made... Now, if they make ANOTHER sequel to the Matrix in 25 years, the media will no doubt have a field day over which designer tailors his then (presumably) iconic trenchcoat!

I see a new avatar in Steve's future. That photo would make a great one.

Steve, when do you want to be in the New York Times? The offer still stands! PM me, please!

That's a great article and a very interesting read.

Well, no mention of Marc. At least when the local news did the story here, I got him in. I guess they just wanted to print the info that I gave them about ME. Understandable I guess, but I hate it when they don't print everything. And yeah, a couple of little errors in the story. And thanks to Michaelson for doing the interview. The reporter learned about our group here in the interview, and asked me for another fan to speak to, that knew me. I just happen to have Michaelson's business card in my wallet. And, what better guy to talk to about this Indy deal, and hats? He certainly knows more than I about the complete gear deal and films. I got cha a copy of the paper Michaelson, and will have it laminated along with the ones I bought for my kids. I will include those old Western dvds with it. Yep, finally watched everone of them. Regards, Fedora

Two classy guys sharing good Westerns - Makes me want to weep with joy. I love this place!

Well, now we all know someone famous! Congratulations guys, you deserve it!

Cheers!

Dan

Congrats, Steve!! I'm gonna print out that article and tell everyone at school that this is the man that made my hat.

Nice job boys! Great article.
(So we're all representatives of the establishment now... who knew!)

Hey, not to start an argument here, but did anybody notice that you-know-who wrote a comment at the bottom of the article. Given his reputation, I'm shocked at what kind sentiments he offered. :junior: -M

Congrats again Steve! I've been bragging about you to everyone for years - I even forwarded the article link to a bunch of friends. Keep up the good work!
And Michaelson's a Floridian, huh? Well that would explain a thing or two...

Panama Tom Jr. wrote: And Michaelson's a Floridian, huh? Well that would explain a thing or two...

Yeah, and he drives an old Dodge Dart, too, if I recall.

Flash Gordon wrote:I see a new avatar in Steve's future. That photo would make a great one.

I agree!



Congrats!!!

-Rabittooth

While Delk has yet to sell an Indy fedora to a Mississippian, he's sold them all over the world.

Is that really a word? And I thought it was tough to remember MI-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I.

Congrats on the article guys. Yeah, its a shame that they didn't put in a mention of Marc's involvement, but I can see it's a "home town boy makes good" type of article. You should all be proud.

Mike

Great article for those that are new or haven't been around COW since the days you guys were figuring out all the details of the hat. It is a shame they didn't include your comments about Marc. In a post elsewhere here you mentioned some interviews causing you to take time away from making the hats. Are there any other articles coming out in other publications we need to watch for?? I love your comment about having to watch the movie twice. And I agree that pic would make a great avatar.

Paul ô¿ô

OMG, that's too cool!!! Congratulations!!!!

Yes, congrats my friend! I have a hunch as we get closer to the release, more and more of these articles are going to come out, and you'll be TWO years backlogged on orders....

At least look at the brightside. Job security is nice.

Again, well done and it couldn't happen to a nicer man.

Congrats to you, Steve! That's a pretty good article. I didn't knew that you wanted to study anthropology and archaeology, thats pretty interesting.

best regards,
Lukas

---Edit---
@Loretta: I edited it.

that was a great read. again, congratulations Steve!

man, i've been trying to contact steve since october about ordering a hat and i still havent come through.
Got the cash from my mother on my birthday to get an AB.

sendt him a new mail two days ago. hope he get's that one.



CJ

Not to sound fussy, but let's try to keep this one centered on just the article and not fill it up with hat inquiries.

Very cool article! Congrats!

I love stuff like this.

-- Tim

great Story and great photo. Congrats ounce again my friend.

Castor Dioscuri wrote:

Bullitt wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I never saw articles about the Gear suppliers from the other movies. Was this kept more under wraps or did I just miss this?

I might be wrong, but I'm assuming the reason why the gear is being so prominently featured in the media this time around is because... well, Indiana Jones has now established himself completely as a cultural icon, and a legend!

Before, when say ToD or LC was released, Indy was famous, but in some ways he was a rookie, and could still be seen as a flavor of the month (AT THE TIME!!!). It's like The Matrix, and the Matrix's sequels... Neo's outfit was no doubt instantly recognizable, but no one really cares where he got it made... Now, if they make ANOTHER sequel to the Matrix in 25 years, the media will no doubt have a field day over which designer tailors his then (presumably) iconic trenchcoat!

The Matrix doesn't have legs. It was flavor of the month. It's not for the ages. I said that to people at the time. The franchise is already starting to be forgotten. Not to hijack this thread. Congratulations to all involved.

PS- I happen to know the real "Neo" (at least the guy that the character was based on). Ironically, he's a huge Star Wars fan.

Fedora wrote:Well, no mention of Marc. At least when the local news did the story here, I got him in. I guess they just wanted to print the info that I gave them about ME. Understandable I guess, but I hate it when they don't print everything. And yeah, a couple of little errors in the story. And thanks to Michaelson for doing the interview. The reporter learned about our group here in the interview, and asked me for another fan to speak to, that knew me. I just happen to have Michaelson's business card in my wallet. And, what better guy to talk to about this Indy deal, and hats? He certainly knows more than I about the complete gear deal and films. I got cha a copy of the paper Michaelson, and will have it laminated along with the ones I bought for my kids. I will include those old Western dvds with it. Yep, finally watched everone of them. Regards, Fedora

whew.....i'm glad you said it steve....omitting marc was what i meant about "some minor detail errors" but i didn't want to open up a can of worms

Great article and congrats again Steve!!!!

I'm going to have to print it off and place it behind the frame of my "Piece 'O Indy" hat you sent.


...and Michaelson, you might pray none of your students/facility members read that article . If they find out you're a "Florida Native", there might be some, ... errr, repercussions...

A great article for a great hat! Congrats, Steve!