Raw Edge Rebel?!? That's an old Akubra Down Under with the crown popped out. I know, I have one in black. That's the model they used for Crocodile Dundee, if you didn't know. Wear it in good health.
Yeah, I know exactly what it is. I bought it used because I thought it had blocking like the CD has. It had a pressed teardrop crease as I recall. I changed it up to a Cattleman crease at the time. Just recently changed it again. I'll be changing out the hatband to a chocolate ribbon & bow. I call my open crown hats Rebel hats & wear them to period events I participate in.
Hello Jack, I'm curious, what's the pointed deal that's below the feather in the hat band? It looks a little like a quill pen.
It is a porcupine quill, just not a pen.
Porcupines are not a protected species (at least not here) & they destroy trees, treated lumber like your deck, leather & other items you might wear. They like salt so they will eat anything you have perspired in while using or wearing. When my son was a teenager he played competitive 3&2 Baseball. One night after a game he left his gear bag on the driveway behind the trunk of his car. A porcupine ate & destroyed several hundred dollars worth of ballgloves, batting gloves, bats & balls that night. I have a box full of quills!
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Dang, might as well be pigs. I used to wire hog houses when I was in high school. We left a ladder in the pen on Saturday and on Monday morning the wood was gone, just tooth picks were left. Electricians use wooden ladders...
'Cold Mountain' and 'Ride With the Devil'. I have both of those movies and they both seem to be 'period correct' as far as the costuming and the hats. Your open crown Akubra has a nice authentic look from that era.
Thanks TJ. "Ride..." was filmed around here & one of our guys was hired as a consultant on dress, etc. He was also a consultant on the Lincoln conspiracy movie (can't remember the title). I've posted before that we all had the opportunity to be extras in "Ride..." & the extras were going to be needed for 3 days of filming. At the time I didn't think I could just take off 3 days from work, but I ended up spending much more than that observing the filming & got in one of the group scenes on one day. I have lots of stories about Ang Lee & some of the actors.
That's some interesting stuff, HJ. 'Ride With the Devil' is one of my favorite Civil War films that's based around actual events.
You would probably like the novel. The original printing was titled " Woe to Live On" written by Daniel Woodrell (note the similarity to the fictional name, Jake Roedel?). After the success of the movie & the following printing the title was changed to "Ride...".
That book on Quantrill would be especially interesting. Frank and Jesse James, both, rode with Quantrill and along with Bloody Bill Anderson. I think I'll look that book up online. In the meantime you got me interested in getting out my 'Ride With the Devil' movie again and watching it! I'm going to dust off 'The Long Riders' and watch that one too while I'm at it!
Great pic DD.
