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Akubra Adventurer (OH NO, It's not an AB! lol, kidding)
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:09 pm
by Jaredraptor
Yep, I went with the Akubra Adventurer from David Morgan. I was originally going to go with the old model of the Federation, but they were out of my size. And I didn't want to wait for the new version. I went with.......well, I was GOING for a KotCS bash. Not positive that's what I got. Hey, the bash looks like the CS bash to me. And This'll probably take on its own life in the future. I'm happy with it, even though I've only had it since it got here yesterday
Without further ado, the pics (again, I'll resize if needed:
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/ ... raptor.jpg
fresh from the box
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/ ... raptor.jpg
From the front
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2008/ ... raptor.jpg
The side
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/ ... raptor.jpg
And on my head.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:22 pm
by Tron7960
Congratulations. Nice hat and good job on the bash!
Tron
hat
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:25 pm
by BendingOak
nice job. It's a fine looking hat.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:34 pm
by Luke Warmwater
Yeah, very cool. Based on your photos I just ordered one. The price is hard to beat... cheaper than the Stetson I currently own, and it is a better hat.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:51 pm
by Indiana G
great bash job jared! what can you say about the colour and the pounce of the felt?
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:32 pm
by IndianaSolo
Good choice with the Adventurer, I also have the hat. I cut the brim and put in a LC bash. It also feels amazingly comfortable. And since it's an Akubra it can stand up to all kinds of !@#$.
Cheers
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:04 am
by McFly
Excellent job on the bash, bro! Lookin *good!*
Shane
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:13 am
by Pitfall Harry
Looking good!
From what I can tell it looks very close to the CS bash.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:42 am
by DanielJones
Looks great! Dig on what you did with the bash. Good job!
Cheers!
Dan
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:20 am
by gabrielle
What a great looking hat!!!! Very nice job on the bash it fits you fine.
One question though, what is pounce?
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:29 pm
by Jaredraptor
Heh, thanks everyone. I'm glad to hear the bash looks good. It was my first REAL bash job (I did tighten the pinch on my old Mayser, but not a complete rebash).
Indiana G wrote:what can you say about the colour and the pounce of the felt?
Well..... the color seems to be a tiny bit darker than Indy's, but not very much. In the sunlight it looks really close, actually. And.....I have no idea what pounce is
heheh.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:18 am
by Oklahoma Jones
Did you do any trimming to the brim, or did you leave it as delivered??
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:25 pm
by Jaredraptor
Oklahoma Jones wrote:Did you do any trimming to the brim, or did you leave it as delivered??
Left as delivered. I'm debating whether I should eventually trim it or not. But my mom would KILL me if she found out I'd trimmed a brand new $125 fedora. So if I do trim it, it'll have to wait until I'm out of the house and in college
