Club Obi Wan

Michaelson wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:37 pmDon’t misunderstand, he was a nice man, but he could be AC/DC at times, and some days he was a fountain of information, and others a real pain, even to folks who were trying to ORDER a Poet based on the Raiders specs.

Like I said, mixed feelings.

Michaelson wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:37 pm Agreed, but mixed feelings as well. We dealt with Mr. Swales directly for many years, and the prevailing opinion at the time was the Indy fan was a member of the unwashed masses who were taking up his valuable time.

Don’t misunderstand, he was a nice man, but he could be AC/DC at times, and some days he was a fountain of information, and others a real pain, even to folks who were trying to ORDER a Poet based on the Raiders specs.

I remember Max Schulte (a fellow member of Indy Digs) personally stopping at HJ to discuss history and order us both a Poet, only to be briskly shown the door by Swales saying he didn’t have time for idle foolishness. Max was left standing outside the door, cash in hand for two hats! They were $250 at the time…..a Kings ransom!

It’s extremely satisfying to see the current folks finally embracing this customer base after all these years. We’ve always been here, and I guarantee if they had been more open to us then, the era of the custom hat makers and Federation would have never occurred. We had to create another source to fill our needs.

Like I said, mixed feelings.

Regards! Michaelson

...and one of our Indy hats was even featured in ‘The Goonies’ film in 1985.

Indy Magnoli wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:35 pm A lot of familiar quotes here... but this one is new:

...and one of our Indy hats was even featured in ‘The Goonies’ film in 1985.

I know this has been suggested in the past, but no one has ever confirmed this. Do you think this is HJ just owning a rumor or has some new evidence come to light?