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Hey! I have a Federation IV at last!
It's a regular in carbon grey. The deluxe doesn't come in a grey this dark, nor in black, according to the Hatsdirect website. -
Hey! I have a Federation IV at last!
Thanks, fellows! I think it's really starting to look good, too. Torpedo: I was examining the hat earlier today, and it almost looks like they built the Indiana Jones turn into the hat, in a way. I may be wrong, but the bow seems to be placed slightly forward of where it ought to be, and... -
Hey! I have a Federation IV at last!
Thanks for the input, guys. I have raised the front a bit while leaving the back more or less where it was, as far as I can tell, which gives the added visual height that was called for and provides a nice rake as well. I'm trying to get the brim to curl more, although I don't know if I'm... -
Hey! I have a Federation IV at last!
I just played with it for a while. I see what you all mean about the crown height, but I'm not certain what to do about it. I find I do like the look of a quasi-Indiana Jones crease, but I have an irrational prejudice against it because although I do like those movies and they probably had an... -
Showcase of Non-Indy Federations
I've posted these photos in the Akubra Overload thread already, and the hat has a thread of its own, but it belongs here as well, so here goes. I have already changed the rake a little, and I'm going to keep working on the side dents and brim. I figure I'll have this hat for a... -
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Akubra Overload
I got my Federation at last. I started a thread about it here, but I figured I'd post a few pictures in this thread as well. I have a lot more work to do to get it where I want it, but I'm not in any hurry. My other thread has more in the way of photos and explanation of bash and so... -
Hey! I have a Federation IV at last!
I ordered this from Hatsdirect a day or two more than a month ago, and it got here today. The delay was due to a lack of hats in stock when I ordered (I blame it on the favorable exchange rate coupled with the holiday break at the Akubra factory), and the postal service in the US taking its own... -
Quality of Photos
I haven't posted any close-up photos, but if I did, I would take them using the macro setting on my camera. The macro dramatically shortens the focal length of the lens, so you can take extreme close-ups that are also in focus. Most cameras have a macro setting, it's just a matter of figuring... -
So Cal Re-bash assistance
By the 1930s, fedoras had been very popular for long enough that people had a very good idea of what looked good and what didn't. Now, hats are more rare and we don't have nearly as broad a perspective of how a hat can look and what it can do for the shape of a person's face. That makes it... -
Where in the World are all the Hat Wearers?
I wouldn't have to go that far to be north of the Mississippi. I consider Minnesota part of the Midwest. If it's warm enough to wear a fedora in the winter, I will, but those are the warmer days. I usually need to cover my ears lest they freeze. -
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Buttons on the other side?
I did some research on historical Polish and other eastern European costume once, and in that region a few hundred years ago, I seem to recall that men buttoned their garments the opposite way (right over left). I suppose I may be making this up, but I'm fairly certain I read that somewhere... -
Showcase of Non-Indy Federations
I like the shape of that diamond, particularly how far back the two side points are. I might do something similar to mine, when it arrives, though I doubt I shall be able to resist some nice long side dents and a pinch for the front. The whole thing looks so angular. Worn correctly, this hat... -
Wearing a wrist watch on the underside of your wrist
I knew a guy in college who switched his watch to the inside after being a leader at a Lutheran summer Bible camp. He was a guitarist, so he would have to keep track of the time while leading all the kids in song, and I guess there weren't clocks around because they were singing outside. I...- dschonn
- Post #52
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Suspenders and a belt?
Ah, Mitch Hedberg. So insightful. If he'd worn suspenders and a belt together, it wouldn't have been so difficult to determine where to bestow the glory.- dschonn
- Post #19
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Fashion fads we love to hate
That doesn't seem quite as bad somehow. I think that Renaissance dresses tend to be more revealing at the top and much more concealing and constricting below, if you know what I mean. It's the way they emphasize the cleavage while burying everything else under piles of fabric and whatnot that...- dschonn
- Post #295
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Fashion fads we love to hate
I've decided that I really hate Renaissance fashion. Men's fashion from the Renaissance (and the Cavalier period, by the way, and anything in between) is just grating to me, and I curse the one who decided that the Renaissance should be honored with all manner of festivals and fairs, these...- dschonn
- Post #288
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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The natural soul of a hat wearer and the energy of the past
I've read about some theories of J.R.R. Tolkien on the matter of ancestral knowledge of language (he was a professor of Anglo-Saxon and an accomplished philologist), and he might have agreed that the past may have greater influence on a person than can be explained simply by examining that... -
A word to men who wear high boots
I have a pair of black riding boots that I bought on impulse in Hungary outside Budapest. I tend not to wear them very often, and when I do, usually my trouser legs obscure their height, which is just higher than the widest part of my calf. But I really need to take better care of them, as I...- dschonn
- Post #55
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Akubra Campdraft
I have a question, too. What is the open crown height of the Campdraft? The only measurement I could find (on the Everything Australian website) said it was 10.5 cm or 4.12", which I don't believe at all. I assume that is the height of the crown as bashed in the picture they provide. But in... -
Akubra Delays
I ordered a Carbon Grey Federation (standard, from Hats Direct, in case that wasn't obvious) on about January 25, and was told a day or two later that they were out of stock and that they were expecting a shipment later that week, but didn't know exactly what was going to be in it. At the end...
