Club Obi Wan

OK, First! (I think...)



Tonight we finally get to see Adam's AB.
(At least I think it's an AB. )

That is just so cool!
Can I still say this and be over 40?

Oh..or should I say "Sweeeeeeeeet"?

It looks absolutely excellent.

Kilgour

Hmmmmmm.........I dunno..

Looks like a Fed Deluxe to me

I seem to think not. Fed's have never had that straight of a dome and that this one even has a little bit of reverse taper.

Also, the color (although, not that well represented here) has a lot of red in it.
Again, I don't think even the Fed Deluxes have that much.

darthbish wrote:Hmmmmmm.........I dunno..

Looks like a Fed Deluxe to me

I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

Looks amazing!! Can't wait to get my AB!!!

-Alfonso

Yeah, I saw the show tonight and was going to post this! I'd say it's an AB maybe an AB Deluxe.

Looks great! My AB doesn't look like that.

He's got a crummy bag strap though.

Darn, I was JUST going to post this!!!

Curse you!

what did they try to prove or disprove on this one?

If you can get a Raiders hat out of a stock HJ without changing the block shape.

Dave

I just saw it! It looks fantastic!!!! Nice hat, Adam!

Shane

That is one nice AB! Then again, I wouldn't expect an ugly one

DR Ulloa wrote: I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

get ya dress ready..

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=fed+iii

..(Spoilers!) I'm going to tear a phone book in half! This episode revealed the secret. (and no, not along the binding, and no preperation..) Also, they demonstrated that simply interleaving 2 phone books together, no glue, it took 8,000 lbs to pull them apart- weird but true.. Two cars couldn't seperate them, they had to use two TANKS to do it. - Meanwhile Adam is tearing piles of phone books in half by hand. The hat was only worn for a few seconds in a seperate spot where Adam says to visit Mythbusters.com. There was only this head-on view.

That hat looks ridiculously big to me.

whiskyman wrote:That hat looks ridiculously big to me.

Exactly, it looks like a caricature of the Raiders hat. I think he also needs a better jacket!

Richard

darthbish wrote:

DR Ulloa wrote: I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

get ya dress ready..

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=fed+iii

The shape is good, but the felt will never match.

darthbish wrote:

DR Ulloa wrote: I think you need to get your eyes checked. That is no Federation. It's definately an AB. Show me a Federation that looks like that and I'll dress as Belloq in his ceremonial garb for Halloween!

Dave

get ya dress ready..

http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=fed+iii

The color is all off. You simply cannot compare the felt, even with the uber low-res photo of Adam. However, Holt's Federation is definately the best one I've ever seen...sorry, no dress.

Dave

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't like it. Not only does it look huge on his head, it doesn't look "natural" on him, very forced looking.

Randy

It looked better than the lids he usually wears. He is often sporting a fedora.
-Ben

I did catch that last night too- which is unusual, as rarely watch TV at all...

The hat looked good to me; however I would not even venture a gues as to the maker based on a TV shot...

It is a tall, square crown hat for sure, so that certainly narrows it down a bit...

I saw it in HD and from the photo of the screen I'd guess Dalexs may have too. (Looks like an LCD panel?) Anyway, the felt looks nice. It's not Fed Deluxe felt. It's very AB looking.

AB or Fed? Only his hatmaker knows!!

Well, Adam did confirm at one point (elsewhere) that he ordered an AB, and we also heard that he had filmed an episode wearing it. This clip was likely filmed at that time. The moment I saw it, I knew it could be nothing else.

I think it does look strange on him, but it's a new style for him, and it looks like the hat was tilted forward against the wind, making the crown look unusually high.

At any rate; Adam, if you're reading - Nice Hat! Wear it. A lot.

MACHONE wrote:It looked better than the lids he usually wears. He is often sporting a fedora.
-Ben

See, now those two shots look more Fed than AB to me

Actaully, those two shots look just like MY AB. I also watched it in HD. His hat and mine both look remarkably like the hat from the wedding scene in KotCS.

wellllll, can the good folk from Adventurebilt confirm that it's one of theirs??

Or is that a breach of the hatmaker's privacy code?

Fedora doesn't like to kiss and tell.

Dave

There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Zombie Jones wrote:

BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Nahhhhhh................I wouldn't "settle" for a Fed..




I'D PREEEEEEEFER A FED

darthbish wrote:

Zombie Jones wrote:

BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Nahhhhhh................I wouldn't "settle" for a Fed..


I'D PREEEEEEEFER A FED

I knew I was gonna take some heat for that comment--thanks for not disappointing me!

Don't get me wrong, I love my Fed IV. But, quite honestly, if money and wait times were not an issue I think almost every member here would own an AB Fedora.

Zombie Jones wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I love my Fed IV. But, quite honestly, if money and wait times were not an issue I think almost every member here would own an AB Fedora.

"almost".........but not all.

darthbish wrote:

Zombie Jones wrote:

BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Nahhhhhh................I wouldn't "settle" for a Fed..




I'D PREEEEEEEFER A FED

I don't want to turn this into a "which hat is better" thread. I'm just going to say "don't knock it till you try it." I don't think you understand becuase you've probably never seen, held, or worn an AB. Nothing wrong with a Federation, but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

Dave

... but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

It's compairing "pigs and puppies" in Tennessee.

DR Ulloa wrote: I don't want to turn this into a "which hat is better" thread. I'm just going to say "don't knock it till you try it." I don't think you understand becuase you've probably never seen, held, or worn an AB. Nothing wrong with a Federation, but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

Dave

Neither do I.
In fact the "apples & oranges" is a good analogy.
Some people prefer apples, others oranges. Both have there own unique texture and taste.

Why does a person prefer one over the other??...
They just do.

Ark Hunter wrote:

... but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

It's compairing "pigs and puppies" in Tennessee.

It is? Maybe in the KINGSPORT area it is....but not around Tullahoma!

Regards! Michaelson

In Manhattan, Pigs and Puppies get equal billing as pets, so that might not work up here...

Michaelson wrote:

Ark Hunter wrote:

... but your comparing apples and oranges, if I can commandeer Michaelson's favorite quote.

It's compairing "pigs and puppies" in Tennessee.

It is? Maybe in the KINGSPORT area it is....but not around Tullahoma!
Regards! Michaelson

I don't know. It came from my wife and she's from Columbia. I don't know where she got it. Maybe it's just her and her mom.

Maybe so.

Regards! Michaelson

Zombie Jones wrote:

BendingOak wrote:There an easy way to tell if it's a AB or akubra. Do we have a shot of the bow?

No, during that scene he didn't turn his head in a direction that would allow that, and that's the only time he was wearing it in this episode. I'm sure it'll turn up again.

I'm almost positive it's an AB, for the simple reason (as Chewbacca Jones stated in his post) Adam mentioned on another forum that he had ordered an AB for himself. Besides, if you were making Mythbusters money would you settle for a Fed?

Except that he did always have a preference for Akubra's in the past!
Isn't RPF the other forum he's on? Why doesn;t someone here PM him and just ask. I made this a public thread on purpose!

Dalexs

If I may, let me interject:
I think it's a "good" hat, either way. Why? Because he's wearing a fedora in the first place. That puts him at the "grown-up table" to begin with. Hats of that ilk are sorely lacking in the general populace.
Secondly, and exclusive to this forum ( and it's kin ), IT'S AN INDY STYLE HAT! Come on! How many other people are wearing them on TV? Without any sense of irony?
Finally, not having seen any other views ( I saw the broadcast ), I wonder if it doesn't have a diamond crease in the top giving the perception of the reverse taper.

when I saw the episode I told my wife that he was wearing the AB from the new movie she really wasn't impressed but I thought it was cool.

kiltie wrote: I wonder if it doesn't have a diamond crease in the top giving the perception of the reverse taper.

I think that is probable. His Bushmen don't reverse taper, and those are straight sided hats, virtually the same as Fed 4s blockwise. I've seen him wear those with both a center dent and a teardrop. Or, his top dent is completely popped up in back..Or, it's a very round hat on a long head? I ask customers to measure their head width, and I make a custom block for each hat based on it. (Drop me a pm Adam, I'll make you a Winston360, and hand deliver it to Mythbusters HQ, - it's a 20 minute drive.)

Maybe Adam posts here?

Ahhhhhh....you've gotta LOVE the internet...
Tennessee...
Manhattan..
20 Minutes from MB HQ...
Wodonga...

Bloody AMAZING thing.

Remember the days when we thought we were the only ones that wanted a IJ Hat....and had NO idea where we'd ever find one.
Now, the very world is at our fingertips

darthbish wrote:Ahhhhhh....you've gotta LOVE the internet...
Tennessee...
Manhattan..
20 Minutes from MB HQ...
Wodonga...

Bloody AMAZING thing.

Remember the days when we thought we were the only ones that wanted a IJ Hat....and had NO idea where we'd ever find one.
Now, the very world is at our fingertips

dont forget gotham...

hey!

he is wearing a bag strap.

now,is that with or with out the grooves?


bests
Holt

They are big thick grooves and the strap looks a bit too wide. (see my earlier comment on the bad bag strap)

It is an AB.....100%. I know the board member who sold it to him and Adam is a member of the RPF. So.......Whoever thought it was a fed IV.....sorry to burst your bubble. The person who sold him the AB can post here if he chooses.