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  1. dschonn

    Akubra Casual Search

    Yeah, if you crush it, do it like in that picture. I have a crushable hat (not Akubra) that I packed in a suitcase by squeezing the sides towards the middle, which folded the brim, and there's still a slight kink in the front of the brim. It's probably not noticeable to anyone but me, but I...
  2. dschonn

    Movie hats

    There are many pictures of the hat here, from pretty much every angle. Someday I'm going to get a hat that I can bash just like it and use these pictures and the Maltese Falcon pictures on the same site as a guide.
  3. dschonn

    Help on a hat color

    The fact that the shirt blends in with the sky does not mean necessarily that the entire picture is overexposed. I have worked with black and white photography, and I know from that that there are filters one can use to increase the contrast in a print when the negative used is relatively flat...
  4. dschonn

    Cost Of A Haircut

    I get haircuts so irregularly that any estimate would be misleading in one direction or the other. My last haircut was about three and a half months ago, cost $17 (with $3 tip, nice even twenty), and was pretty slick. It was finished with a straight razor and everything. It was probably only...
  5. dschonn

    Doing my bit to stimulate the (Akubra) Economy

    Keynes might approve more if you'd ordered a Homburg. Tee hee.
  7. dschonn

    waistcoat questions

    I am unaware of any great stigma attached to the fastening of the bottommost button on a waistcoat in the US. Everyone always tells you not to button the bottom button on a suit coat, though. I disagree with this wholeheartedly, because if there is a button and a corresponding buttonhole and...
  8. dschonn

    What are you wearing today??

    Shirts tend to have either a collar that fits me, sleeves that are long enough, or neither. Maybe I'll start making my own.
  9. dschonn

    Showcase of Non-Indy Federations

    Well, yeah, I wasn't going to trim any without trying it out as is first. And I wouldn't take off any more than absolutely necessary, probably only 1/8 or 1/4 inch. I just like the deep bash you see in those old movies (H. Bogart, W. Powell, J. Stewart, et cetera), and I feel like that might...
  10. dschonn

    Showcase of Non-Indy Federations

    Did you make the brim the same all the way around, or is it still dimensional? I have a Fed IV coming, and I'm thinking I might have to trim the brim to be able to wear it without looking, in the words of one poster on this forum, like a pez dispenser. I'm wondering whether to retain the...
  11. dschonn

    Akubra Value is Soaring Right Now

    I have a crushable brown felt hat (I presume it's wool) that is in my opinion clearly trying at least a little to look like an Indiana Jones hat, though the crown is quite different and there isn't any ribbon, just a band that looks to be made of feathers and fake leather, and the brim has a...
  13. dschonn

    Homburg Nation

    Ah. Thank you for the info. That's pretty much what I thought. I have thought of another question, though... May a Homburg have a narrow ribbon or a front pinch, or would either of those turn it into a different member of the Homburg family?
  14. dschonn

    Homburg Nation

    Could these terms be defined, please? What is a Lord's Hat? Why isn't this particular specimen considered a Homburg? Is it because of the narrower brim binding and looser curl? What, in fact, defines a Homburg? What is included in the Homburg family? I have a fairly good idea what a...
  15. dschonn

    What are you wearing today??

    "Birthday 'suit'" It's my birthday today, so I am wearing my newly acquired vintage wool military trousers (from 1951, according to the printing on one of the pockets inside), my first and so far only eBay purchase. I tried to iron them, but it didn't take. Not enough steam, I think...
  16. dschonn

    What are you wearing today??

    Thanks! I admire your style a lot, so a compliment from you is high praise indeed. There are a few things to do on the coat yet, even though I've been wearing it for two years (buttons and buttonholes on the cuffs). I was very happy it was warm enough to wear it. It felt like 35° F and...
  17. dschonn

    What are you wearing today??

    This is actually yesterday. I made the shirt and topcoat. The jacket is inherited from my dad, the vest is from Target and the trousers from the Gap. My aunts made me the scarf for Christmas. The hat is in surprisingly good condition considering its age (8 years) and composition (wool). I...
  19. dschonn

    "Bash." Not a hatter's term?

    Judging by the consensus on its origin, I think the term "bash" is perfectly accurate when referring to the styling of a hat done by hand, even those nice smooth ones that are done with steam, although if it's done with a block, I feel like it should be called "blocked". This business about...
  20. dschonn

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Here's my nine-year-old. Leather "Indy". Three guesses where I grab it, and with which hand.
  21. dschonn

    Showcase of Non-Indy Federations

    Man oh man. I am sorely tempted. I am still vacillating between the carbon grey and the moonstone, though, and between the regular and deluxe. My birthday's coming up. Maybe I can get somebody to pitch in.
  22. dschonn

    What's your signature hat?

    I don't really have a signature hat at the moment, partly because of the extreme seasonal temperature changes (last week it was -15° F and in six months it may reach 100° F) and partly because I don't like any one of my hats or caps significantly more than any other. But if I did have one, it...
  23. dschonn

    Jeans

    Ah, here we find some interesting differences between American and English vocabulary. What you describe, Max Flash, is a garment that in America is known as "bib overalls" or simply "overalls". I've heard that the term "overalls" in Britain refers to a garment that is basically work trousers...

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