Club Obi Wan

I was wondering how everybody who owns a JPD Raiders likes it.

Man, I LOVE my JPD! It is absolutely the best fedora I have ever had, and I would recommend it to anyone. As to why you can't place an order online, I can only suspect the Lucasfilm heavies on that one. His phone number is on his site, so give him a call. Just a word of advise; don't take a delivery date too seriously. These are handmade hats, and well worth the wait. Here's mine



Weston

Thats a Sharp hat my friend!!!!!! Im jealous!!!! Thanks for sharing man. How long was the wait???

I'm not exactly sure as this was a gift. A rough guess would be 5 weeks.

Weston

Beautiful hat, Weston. I love the crease you put into the hat.

Dave

That would be an awesome gift!!!

I forgot to mention it looks good on you too.

Dave, Valentine, thank you both. I realize that this hat would yield a terrific Raider's sharp, boxy crease, but just because you can do a thing does not mean that you must. I went with something that I thought looked better on me, and that razor sharp Raiders's crease is a one way trip. It will never come out if you desire a different look down the road. My hat is made from Cury felt. Jimmy also offers it in Winchester and pure beaver felt, both of which are great, but I think the beaver is the most coveted. Here's one of this hat less than 24 hours old and not yet aquainted with the rigors of adventure.



Weston

That is just an AWESOME hat!! And I agree on the shape and crease that you went for.

Weston wrote:As to why you can't place an order online, I can only suspect the Lucasfilm heavies on that one.
Weston

ok, now this begs a question.....
That would suggest to me that because he's not licensed, he can't use any names etc, associated with LFL or the films to sell his hats...Correct??

Actually, there are a few reasons and they have nothing to do with Lucas film. First, I live in the country, 6 miles to the nearest small town and a half hour drive to the nearest town with reliable Internet service. So rather than having people send me online orders that I never got, I would rather have flphone calls.

Second, I am set up to take credit cards over the phone. On online orders you generally have to email back and forth for weeks to finalize details and then they still have to call me to give payment. With one tenminute phone call all those details can be ironed out and payment taken.

Third, I am somewhat of an intuitive person and learn somthing about a person when I talk to them. I can make a hat closer to what someone wants if we talk about it on the phone. When in college I was a theatre major and worked often with people with no theater experience, or who had learned things differently. I learned to communicate with these people and be able to ask question that lead me to figure out what the wanted. I have had people remark that they have no idea how I could have made the hat they waned from the short conversation we had, but it turned out just what they wanted, or better. I can not fully explain it myself.

So, that is why I prefer phone calls. I don't mind email orders, I just work better with phone calls.

Jimmy

theres mine, love it.

okayletsrock wrote:

Is the ribbon loose on your hat, or is that how it comes?

it was loose cuz of how /cough how he styled it /cough, the crease goes down under the ribbon

cough/gotcha/cough

Actually, I figured out a new way to do ribbons, more like what was done in the 30's and 40's, but found a way to do it with current ribbon stock. I don't have that problem anymore. I will fix that one for free if you like, just cover the shipping.

Jimmy

I would never ask for a ribbon to look loose like that, but since it happened, I should point out that there are times in the movies that Indy's ribbon appears loose just like that.

As many hatters will tell you, the problem with most modern ribbon is that it doesn't lay flat like the vintage stock does. Ribbon isn't made quite the same way anymore as the materials have changed enough over time to affect how it lays.

Chewbacca Jones
PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject:
I would never ask for a ribbon to look loose like that, but since it happened, I should point out that there are times in the movies that Indy's ribbon appears loose just like that.

exactly why i love it

That is a very nice looking hat.

As a proud owner of a beaver felt JPD in a raiders style, I've would highly recommend Jimmy's hats. I don't have much long-term experience with hats in general (i've had this one since may?) but so far this thing has been bulletproof.

I like it so much, I'm thinking about asking Jimmy to make one in the KOTCS style. You can't go wrong. The beaver is definitely more expensive than the rabbit, or a Fed IV even, but for a custom made hat, I think it's a steal.

If you scroll down about 2/3rds of the way, I posted links to pictures of my hat.

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... hlight=jpd

Brian