Club Obi Wan

Posted: **Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:58 pm**

OK, so there is this video regarding the care and feeding of your Akubra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ZWy3HfT7w

and at roughly 1:45 the fellow says that shrinkage of a sweatband on a hat that's a perfect fit can be prevented by the:

"simple application of a HIDEFUDD to the untanned side of the leather sweatband."

Of course he doesn't say "HIDEFUDD," "HIDEFORD" or any of the other words I have tried to figure out. Or at least I don't think so.

So tell me, hat gurus, what is this mystery substance? And what say you of this chap's advice?

Posted: **Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:00 pm**

Hide food. That's a term used for leather dressing.

Regards! Michaelson

Posted: **Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:16 pm**

Michaelson wrote:Hide food. That's a term used for leather dressing.

Regards! Michaelson

Ah, trust the knower of things to come through.

Opinions on this practice, ladies and gents?

Posted: **Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:27 pm**

Many folks use (dare I say it

) a light coating of Pecards on the back of their sweats turned wrong side out, then allow to totally soak in before turning back in right. It helps keep the sweats from drying out and cracking.

Regards! Michaelson

Posted: **Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:29 pm**

If you don't give you hat it's hide food, it'll start to eat your head!

Marty

Posted: **Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:58 pm**

It’s just my opinion, but in your sweatband is not a good place to hide food, especially when your in bear country.

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:55 am**

Of course, if you're in Yogi Bear country he might be more interested in trading his porkpie for your fedora.

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:44 am**

Michaelson wrote:Many folks use (dare I say it ) a light coating of Pecards on the back of their sweats turned wrong side out, then allow to totally soak in before turning back in right. It helps keep the sweats from drying out and cracking.

Regards! Michaelson

What?! Pecard again??

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:00 am**

8-[

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:05 pm**

thanks Strones,just make my day

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:07 pm**

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:08 pm**

Darn, Strones that's a HUGE tub of pecards, HOW many jackets do you have??

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:23 pm**

Kt Templar wrote:Darn, Strones that's a HUGE tub of pecards,

I pecard my car after every wash...

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:36 pm**

that tub would allow you to coat a cow after the rain, before he's turned into a jacket!

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:37 pm**

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:43 pm**

Piers wrote:that tub would allow you to coat a cow after the rain, before he's turned into a jacket!

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:15 pm**

laughograms wrote:
Michaelson wrote:Hide food. That's a term used for leather dressing.

Regards! Michaelson
Ah, trust the knower of things to come through.

It is my firm belief that Michaelson is in fact some alien librarian sent to earth by beings from another dimension. Either that or he has a huge brain like those guys in that Star Trek episode!!

...for the record, those were in fact supposed to be some type of compliment

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:29 pm**

JulianK wrote:It is my firm belief that Michaelson is in fact some alien librarian sent to earth by beings from another dimension.

You mean from the space between spaces

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:37 pm**

Uh....thanks....I think....

Regards! Michaelson

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:34 pm**

Serial Hero wrote: You mean from the space between spaces

Otherwise known as the hollow space between the ears.

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:39 pm**

JulianK wrote: Either that or he has a huge brain like those guys in that Star Trek episode!!

I never thought I'd ever find use of this old spoof again.

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