The Diamond Authority

[RBH]

Stetson Open Road

:eusa_clap That Open Road looks great!:eusa_clap

 

[Not-Bogart13]

Here's my application: Beaver AB, originally Temple of Doom style.

Regards, Andy

I've never seen somebody try that with an AB before. Well done. I really like it.

 

[kiltie]

My application...

I already posted these ove in the What Hat Are You Wearing Today thread, but I wanted to make it official. Plus, I really like this hat and looking at pictures of it .

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/HPIM1853.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/HPIM1854.jpg

 

[RBH]

kiltie, I really love this hat, great diamond crease! :eusa_clap

<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5397/kilteqg6.jpg" border="0" alt="kiltie"/></a>

 

[airforceindy]

Beautiful bash job, Kiltie! I wish my AB had turned out that pretty!

Regards, Andy

 

[RBH]

Beautiful bash job, Kiltie! I wish my AB had turned out that pretty!

Regards, Andy

Uhh... I think it did! :eusa_clap

 

[kiltie]

AB

I agree with RBH, airforceindy - Your AB does NOT suck, and nevermind the fact you have an AB while pretty much anybody else who would like to have one is outta luck till, like, 2015 or there abouts -AND they'll cost about eleventy-billion dollars after IJ4

 

[Kaosharper1]

Federation Diamond

I did this bash to my Federation because I had an Adventurer with a Raiders bash, so I wanted a Bogie style hat in grey. Does this count?

 

[RBH]

I did this bash to my Federation because I had an Adventurer with a Raiders bash, so I wanted a Bogie style hat in grey. Does this count?

I'll say... Welcome to the AUTHORITY !

That Federation looks great, Is that the 1st diamond you have?

 

[Kaosharper1]

I'll say... Welcome to the AUTHORITY !

That Federation looks great, Is that the 1st diamond you have?

Thanks! Yes. I only have three hats right now and thats the only one with a diamond.

 

[majormoore]

Looks very good , you did a nice job.

Mike Moore

 

[kiltie]

federation

Really nice...'nuther reason to get a federation, I suppose - thank you all for driving me directly to the poor house!

 

[citRon]

I placed my 'The Federation' order two days ago...{que sound of cash register}

fftopic: hey Kiltie- why don't you post that picture of Magnum over at COW and get them started on obsessing over what hat and its' specs HE wore for that episode! -uh...unless they already have!

 

[kiltie]

Magnum PI

...because that's my own private club - I call it the King Kamehameha Club...

 

[alphy27]

Conversion

Gentlemen,
In an attempt to try my first conversion I purchased a Resistol open crown cowboy hat from a delightful and very reasonable fellow on Ebay. It's a six X beaver of very nice quality. I believe it's a manufacturing second, slightly irregular. The only thing I could find "irregular" was a small kink in the leather sweatband and the lining was a little off skew. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. The process follows with pictures:

Hat fresh out of the box,

Trimmed brim down to 2 3/4",

Added my own two inch band (made with vintage millinery ribbon), dunked in cold water to help reduce stiffness and facilitate wet forming,

Three days of drying later, replaced and hot glued the lining in (straight this time) and it's complete,

Really nice high crown, exactly as I wanted,

Diamond crown of course,

Comments are greatly welcome.

 

[Ande1964]

Nice work, Alphy!

Do you know how tall the crown was before you got started?

Anj

 

[alphy27]

Nice work, Alphy!

Do you know how tall the crown was before you got started?

Anj

Thanks Anj. It measured a whopping 6 1/2". It's now 4 3/4" at the front 4 1/4" at the back and 5" at the center.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

alphy27, That's a masterful job!!! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[RBH]

Alphy, thats a great job and fantastic looking diamond.
Welcome to the AUTHORITY !

 

[thunderw21]

Gentlemen,
In an attempt to try my first conversion I purchased a Resistol open crown cowboy hat from a delightful and very reasonable fellow on Ebay. It's a six X beaver of very nice quality. I believe it's a manufacturing second, slightly irregular. The only thing I could find "irregular" was a small kink in the leather sweatband and the lining was a little off skew. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. The process follows with pictures:
...
Comments are greatly welcome.

Wow, Alphy. I think that thing is a masterpiece. Great job on it!