The Curse of Indiana Jones

[amador]

Very nice backdrop for Indy pics fenris ! I bought my Akubra Adventurer on impulse at David Morgan about a year ago. My rash reasoning was utilitarian in that it fit very well, the shape and brim would keep both rain and sun at bay both front and back. I did not want to continue to wear a cap that does not protect my neck or the top of my ears, a Tilley is not an everywhere hat and I am not a cowboy. I was impressed with the quality and the fact that it was a fedora. I planned to make it my everywhere all the time hat since I now lack the hair to substitue for a hat. Alas, I also own a couple of leather jackets. I suppose I am the only guy that had not seen the Indy movies, too busy with my own adventures, I did not need vicarious entertainment. Imagine my chagin at the first Indy comment. Well, since then I have watched all of the movies. That Jones guy dresses and looks like me! Well maybe its the other way around.

 

[T Rick]

Great look, Jeff, but definitely not Indy!

Quite right on both!

I don't often get Indy comments, but this one was a hoot earlier in the week. My job involves a lot of educational outreach throughout the state, a little into MN and Iowa, and we interact with kids from preschool through college. One child at an elementary school in rural SD said "Bye, Indy!" as we left the building. It was only out of enthusiasm that he said it, and c'mon he's only eight, so it was definitely received positively!
...but this is the hat I was wearing:

First, Jeff, I wrote a reply to your PM on the Austral, but your mail box is full. I'll send it once there is space, but the short version is try contacting the outlet store in St. Jo. Missourri, if they have your size in stock, I think you'll be pleased. Their number is 816-233-3286. Sorry for the thread drift guys!

Now, back to Indy. I don't see it so much as a curse, but then I haven't ever gotten an Indy comment that i can recall (have been called cowboy and had reference to my cowboy hat when wearing Camp Drafts). Maybe I should don the brown vintage Stetson and my goatskin A2 and see if that gets anything... I still think I'd find it a compliment if someone compared me to Indy, though I realize some may have "smart a**" intentions when saying it, I really care more about what I could scrape off my shoe than the opinions of those who feel compelled to mock or make fun of someone (be it from ignorance or malice, though I'm more forgiving of ignorance).

 

[bowlerman]

Thanks T Rick! I will note the number. inbox cleared as well.

 

[HeyMoe]

Got a comment last weekend. I was dressed in black shoes, navy slacks, green shirt and tie, peacoat and grey Champ fedora - in a walmart. Young lady with some friends (16+ / - ) said "Hey, Indiana Jones". My response was "My freinds call me Indy, you ma'am may call me Doctor Jones" said with a smile and a tip of the hat.

They started laughing and one said "well done" and they walked off. My wife looked at me like I was crazy.

 

[amador]

Here is my Adventurer, often called an Indiana Jones Hat by casual observers.

 

[scottyrocks]

Here is my Adventurer, often called an Indiana Jones Hat by casual observers.

You definitely have more than a little Indy vibe goin' on there.

 

[Ordinary Guy]

Got a comment last weekend. I was dressed in black shoes, navy slacks, green shirt and tie, peacoat and grey Champ fedora - in a walmart. Young lady with some friends (16+ / - ) said "Hey, Indiana Jones". My response was "My freinds call me Indy, you ma'am may call me Doctor Jones" said with a smile and a tip of the hat.

They started laughing and one said "well done" and they walked off. My wife looked at me like I was crazy.

Very Good, I may have to steal that line and use it....... good job......

 

[Bob Beecher]

Got a comment last weekend. I was dressed in black shoes, navy slacks, green shirt and tie, peacoat and grey Champ fedora - in a walmart. Young lady with some friends (16+ / - ) said "Hey, Indiana Jones". My response was "My freinds call me Indy, you ma'am may call me Doctor Jones" said with a smile and a tip of the hat.

They started laughing and one said "well done" and they walked off. My wife looked at me like I was crazy.

My wife often looks at me like I'm crazy....but this past Halloween, I was in full Indy regalia. After all, it's the 30th anniversary of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." This only further proves that, even after thirty years, we are destined to get the "Hey, Indy!" treatment from those who see our fedoras simply as symbols of a cinematic icon.

 

[DesertDan]

I rarely get the "Indy" comment but when I do I always smile back and say "That's Doctor Jones to you." it usually gets a laugh.

I spent many years involved with medieval recreation and have had many "freak the mundanes" situations and dealing with the comments and qurstions of the general public. One learns to adopt a light-hearted attitude about such things, it does no good to become upset or rude. Instead I relish the few opprotunities I get to educate and inform those people that show a real interest.

 

[Fletch]

My typical schoolday getup consists of fedora/newsy, flight jacket, and laptop bag worn bandolier style.

I only got the Indy comment once. It was a rainy day in late summer. Both the hat and jacket were...light tan. :eusa_doh:

 

[riccardo]

Hi to all,
...and what about " Hallo cowboy..." ( " Ciao cowboy...) wearing a Stylemaster...?
What a wonderful world!!
Regards.

 

[Edward]

I rarely get the "Indy" comment but when I do I always smile back and say "That's Doctor Jones to you." it usually gets a laugh.

I spent many years involved with medieval recreation and have had many "freak the mundanes" situations and dealing with the comments and qurstions of the general public. One learns to adopt a light-hearted attitude about such things, it does no good to become upset or rude. Instead I relish the few opprotunities I get to educate and inform those people that show a real interest.

Yeah =, you want to try takng public transport in full Rocky Horror battledress. It's just like wearing vintage, or anything else out of the ordinary, though. Most of the normals will be bemused and/or interested, and the few who like to take the mickey generally get bored when they realise it doesn't phase you. A sneering "you couldn't possibly afford me, darling" or "Actually, I'm not a homosexual, as it happens, but don't worry - even if I was, you would certainly be safe" also helps.

 

[scottyrocks]

^^lol

 

[easportsracer13]

I have gotten the Indiana Jones comment while wearing my Akubra Boss and Stetson Revenger western hats. I take it as these people are so unaccustomed to seeing non-baseball hats that they cant tell the difference. Mostly cause they're idiots. However, as a native Arizonan I get compliments from other cowboys on my hats because they are not the cattleman style.

All that being said, I plan on wearing a Stetson Temple with my leather jacket. I dont care if I look like Indy. He is pure Grade A badass and if I get compared to his snappy style of dress, then that makes me one step closer to most of being one of the greatest fictional characters of the last century.

 

[Sam Craig]

I've been seriously wearing hats since about 1972.
I have heard all sorts of comments.
I have never heard a smart comment that did not, at heart, really mean ... "Gee, I wish that hat was mine!"
Or ... "Man, I wish I had the guts and good taste to wear a hat that cool!"

No one in their right mind, if they had the guts and taste, would pass up a hat.

So, to me at least, every comment goes through a filter and comes out ... "You are SOOOO lucky to get to wear that hat!"

It's what gets me through the day.

Sartorial Sam

 

[1961MJS]

...However, as a native Arizonan I get compliments from other cowboys on my hats because they are not the cattleman style. ...

Hi

I have an unreasoned, but complete hatred of cowboy hats with the cattleman and cutter creases. No idea why, I haven't been in an accident with 3 guys wearing cheap white hats creased that way. I haven't been dumped by several cowgirls wearing pink hats with that crease. I just don't like it. I had a Sunbody with the Gus crease, I have a Montana Peak Jaxonbilt custom, and am getting a Resistol bent into a John Wayne / John Ford Cavalry hat, so it's not that I don't like cowboy hats. Why are those creases SOOOO popular?

Later

 

[monbla256]

Hi

I have an unreasoned, but complete hatred of cowboy hats with the cattleman and cutter creases. No idea why, I haven't been in an accident with 3 guys wearing cheap white hats creased that way. I haven't been dumped by several cowgirls wearing pink hats with that crease. I just don't like it. I had a Sunbody with the Gus crease, I have a Montana Peak Jaxonbilt custom, and am getting a Resistol bent into a John Wayne / John Ford Cavalry hat, so it's not that I don't like cowboy hats. Why are those creases SOOOO popular?

Later

'cause they look GOOD and alot of OTHER folks think so. One could ask the same question about the love of the teardrop/c-crease here on the Forum for Fedora's when the centerdent/front pinch looks SOOOO much better . Just PERSONAL OPINIONS, not FACTS

 

[EggHead]

The way I see it, different creases shape the hat a bit differently, square, round, conical, short, tall. Whatever looks best on your head is what you would use mostly.

 

[1961MJS]

'cause they look GOOD and alot of OTHER folks think so. One could ask the same question about the love of the teardrop/c-crease here on the Forum for Fedora's when the centerdent/front pinch looks SOOOO much better . Just PERSONAL OPINIONS, not FACTS

See, now on that one I have about half and half. I have a Stetson Temple, a Beaver Brand in a teardrop, a Roughrider hat (close to a teardrop) and a Charcoal Tumwater on order. The Tumwater will be either a center dent or a diamond. Haven't gotten that far yet. It WILL definitely have a Hollywood brim to the left though.

I don't even like the cattleman crease on OTHER PEOPLE.

Later

 

[monbla256]

See, now on that one I have about half and half. I have a Stetson Temple, a Beaver Brand in a teardrop, a Roughrider hat (close to a teardrop) and a Charcoal Tumwater on order. The Tumwater will be either a center dent or a diamond. Haven't gotten that far yet. It WILL definitely have a Hollywood brim to the left though.

I don't even like the cattleman crease on OTHER PEOPLE.

Later

OK, we hear your OPINION, just make sure you just look at your feet next time your in Ft. Worth so you won't have to see them