My AdVintage journey begins today...
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:10 am
I've been on a lifelong quest for a true Streets of Cairo since I was probably 6 years old in the 1980s. That will always be Indiana Jones to me. I love the other hats, truly, but until I feel I've captured that unicorn, I won't be able to get my longed-for grey clipper or Temple Bridge hats. I MUST perfect this desire first, before all else. After a lifetime of Dorfmans, a Stetson, a Peters Bros, a Federation, I went and bought the AB in 2004, that was re-blocked again by John Penman, and it is the closest I've ever come. As someone who wears my hats regularly in life, and not as costume pieces, it makes this quest even more fervent.
I was on the fence about Herbert Johnson vs. AdVintage and I spent 5 hours reading threads here and looking at photos. When the dust settled, I stepped away from HJ only for the reason that AdVintage is proving so 100% exacting in the very look I've hunted for my whole life. I will happily look into HJ for my grey clipper fedora down the road a piece. But for SOC, I placed my order for a MASTERPIECE AdVintage with Thomas today - and he has exchanged e-mails with me about the commission so I'm very excited. I'm going for a detail-accurate fedora, but without the stains or dirt marks. I have asked that the felt surface match the Raiders hat, as Thomas makes that an option. So it's a Hero SOC, without dirt and stains, but all other imperfections. Maybe I'll finally have that wild adventurer's fedora that can be slapped on with the ease of a lunatic's bonnet... we shall see!
I was on the fence about Herbert Johnson vs. AdVintage and I spent 5 hours reading threads here and looking at photos. When the dust settled, I stepped away from HJ only for the reason that AdVintage is proving so 100% exacting in the very look I've hunted for my whole life. I will happily look into HJ for my grey clipper fedora down the road a piece. But for SOC, I placed my order for a MASTERPIECE AdVintage with Thomas today - and he has exchanged e-mails with me about the commission so I'm very excited. I'm going for a detail-accurate fedora, but without the stains or dirt marks. I have asked that the felt surface match the Raiders hat, as Thomas makes that an option. So it's a Hero SOC, without dirt and stains, but all other imperfections. Maybe I'll finally have that wild adventurer's fedora that can be slapped on with the ease of a lunatic's bonnet... we shall see!