My Akubra Sydney video review

[Charlz]

Here is a link to my Akubra Sydney video review.
This is not a paid advertisement. I do not work for or get paid by either David Morgan or Akubra. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzKsuJvShMY

 

[Chuck Bobuck]

Nice review. I've been eyeing the Sydney or Fedora (Hats Direct). I like the brim size and the pliable crown. Seems to hold the C bash pretty well. I was hoping to find a 9mm review.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

A very thrilling video. I was riveted to my seat, waiting for you to crash the car into a tree.

:eusa_clap lol :eusa_clap lol :eusa_clap

 

[Goose.]

A very thrilling video. I was riveted to my seat, waiting for you to crash the car into a tree.

That is the first time I laughed today Kabuto!
Thanks.

And thank you Charlz. That was GREAT. A+ A+ for you too! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

BTW, Sydney (AKA: Fedora) looks great on you!

 

[Lefty]

OK, it's called the Sydney, it's made by Akubra, it's well made, and it's soft rabbit felt.
5 minutes?

 

[Will Morgan]

Thanks for the props Charlz! I'm very glad you like your hat.

 

[Charlz]

OK, it's called the Sydney, it's made by Akubra, it's well made, and it's soft rabbit felt.
5 minutes?

Ow.

We spend hours reading and typing about hats, suits, shoe, ascots, etc. on this forum, and yet.......????

 

[Charlz]

That is the first time I laughed today Kabuto!
Thanks.

And thank you Charlz. That was GREAT. A+ A+ for you too! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

BTW, Sydney (AKA: Fedora) looks great on you!

Thanks I appreciate that. By the way I have a very safe video set-up in my car. I may get killed but it won't be from videoing in my car.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Thanks for the props Charlz! I'm very glad you like your hat.

Will - I soooooooooooooooooo should have listened to your dad when I got my Sydney a year...good grief...TWO years ago. After reading this string last night I popped it on the hat jack after popping it on for the first time in months and found it had "conformed" a little tight. The next size up on the Adventurer was a little loose for awhile...and now fits perfectly.

 

[Daoud]

Thanks I appreciate that. By the way I have a very safe video set-up in my car. I may get killed but it won't be from videoing in my car.

Oh yeah? You might do some research into the National Transportation Safety Board's studies about cell phone use and accidents- the studies strongly indicate that cell phone use, whether using a hands-free system or not, causes distraction while driving, and distraction causes accidents.

I understand your video system is not a cell phone, but it's the same concept. You're clearly absorbed in what you're saying, hence 100% of your concentration is not on your driving.

And as far as your "safe" video system goes- does the camera automatically pan between the hat on the seat and you? Is some automatic process putting the hat on your head? And controlling your hand as you constantly fiddle with it?

It's bad enough that I know other drivers are eating, smoking, putting on makeup, grooming their hair, adjusting their car stereos, slapping their children, talking on cell phones, text-messaging, etc.......all while perhaps chemically impaired......and now I have to worry about people producing infomercials.......

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Thankz Charlz

There is one in your future.:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Charlz]

Oh
.....and now I have to worry about people producing infomercials.......

I understand your concern. My drive is not on a freeway and I am quite alone on the road. It very rural and isolated. You are safe from me.

 

[WOMBAT]

aubra hat

love the tape going over the harbour here is my aubra I am slowly getting it into shape

it is a Sombrero shaped into a bush tucker mans type hat

I am in broken hill and do lots of photo type thing and this hat is good to keep the sun out of my fac

 

[Charlz]

love the tape going over the harbour here is my aubra I am slowly getting it into shape

it is a Sombrero shaped into a bush tucker mans type hat

I am in broken hill and do lots of photo type thing and this hat is good to keep the sun out of my fac

I am sorry but I do not understand a word you are saying.

 

[Goose.]

I understand your concern. My drive is not on a freeway and I am quite alone on the road. It very rural and isolated. You are safe from me.

Charlz, et al...
I too love my Sydney. Now I am thinking that I may have to go up a size though.
These Akubras suffer from the "George Costanza Effect" (AKA: Shrinkage).

No animals were harmed in the taking of this photo.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Charlz, et al...
I too love my Sydney. Now I am thinking that I may have to go up a size though.
These Akubras suffer from the "George Costanza Effect" (AKA: Shrinkage).

No animals were harmed in the taking of this photo.

Goose you may want to invest in a hat stretcher. It'll save a lot of green in the long run. [huh]

 

[Goose.]

Goose you may want to invest in a hat stretcher. It'll save a lot of green in the long run. [huh]

Not only are you daper, but a wise man as well.
Just got one of those woody ones for the band the other day. Put it in my Hampton and seems to work. In fact, I may get one or two more to keep in the lids when I store them.

My concern is the taper effect of the crown being set for one size and the band stretch, though minimal, is not on proportion (see pic in my previous post).

So, I think I should step up and get a block/stretcher. But I've seen those on the Bay and they cost some coin $$$

Thread relate: Sydney is a great lid.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Thanks for the props. My understanding is: if you want to retain the size you purchased no taper problem. If you are indeed going to "stretch" a lid get a vintage or four way stretcher. Do it gradually and one size or so should not effect the taper.[huh]

That's what I hear. If I am wrong. :kick:

 

[Alchemy5150]

Your voice sounds like that of Kevin Murphy aka Tom Servo from MSTK3

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[Charlz]

Your voice sounds like that of Kevin Murphy aka Tom Servo from MSTK3

Wow, that is obscure. I had no idea what MSTK3 was. Never saw the show. Yet, that voice did sound strangely familiar, and I am a cyborg. Hmm? Makes one think. This might just be my last video I post on the FL.