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  1. fmw

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    I have some advice for you. Nobody has asked you to turn on a friend. My advice is that silence is golden when one of your competitors is being discussed on the internet. You can't help your friend and you can hurt yourself. Your friendship doesn't or shouldn't require you to defend his poor...
  2. fmw

    Musician's hats

    Just put the picture URL between the img tags as listed above.
  3. fmw

    Help With Custom Hat Order

    More important than what is "right" or "wrong" for your head shape is whether or not you like the hat on your head. Asking strangers on an internet forum isn't the best way to go. You could end up with what someone else likes rather than what you like. I like the idea of visiting a hat store...
  4. fmw

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    On Monday morning it is OK to take people's money for three years and then make hats to younger orders? Not on my calendar. You're tied up with the personal situation and your friendship. I'm just looking at the facts. The fact is this fellow has engaged in very bad business practice. I'm...
  5. fmw

    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    One VS and I don't even have one. I haven't even seen one. But the images I've seen are breathtaking. Akubra is just an Australian Stetson. No big deal. I have three of those. They are OK but not like a custom.
  6. fmw

    Ever buy a hat because of where it's from?

    I haven't but I might, if the opportunity presents itself. When I was a youngster in Portland, Oregon, my father used to take me to a men's store called Rosenblatt's to get outfitted. I remember it dimly but it was nice men's store. I would buy a hat from Rosenblatt's if I happened to...
  7. fmw

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    All of this is immaterial. It doesn't matter how many hats of what type he makes. Taking someone's money for three years is simply unacceptable. He should refund all of it and start over. If he doesn't, he risks losing his business entirely.
  8. fmw

    Help With Custom Hat Order

    Good work!
  9. fmw

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    Not the point. He should stop taking orders when the list gets that long. Or at least he should stop taking money.
  10. fmw

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    I'm sorry, this sort of thing is inexcusable. A custom maker of anything should stop taking orders when the waiting time gets excessive. This happens in our industry too. A maker gets popular, takes people's money, enjoys the new prosperity and never catches up with the orders. After a while...
  11. fmw

    Curse of the Awesome Hat Shop

    I live right between two of them. Hats Plus in Chicago and Henry the Hatter in Detroit. Hats plus is about 100 miles and Henry is about 200. Haven't been to either one even though I have patronized both. As an internet merchant, I'm also an internet shopper.
  12. fmw

    Post New Hats Here!

    Very slick, indeed. Looks like you have room for a few more in the drawers.
  13. fmw

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    You can put your maximum bid in at any time. When you do it won't affect the outcome at all. Only the size of the bid affects it.
  14. fmw

    Panama Hat Thread

    I sure do think. Fabuloso!
  15. fmw

    Responding to public mocking

    Sorry, Lefty, but I missed the jokes that made up the comedy.
  16. fmw

    Responding to public mocking

    Randooch, my point was that the ACLU is political in nature because it picks and chooses the rights it wishes to defend. Gun ownership is only one of them. What the ACLU believes and what the SCOTUS decided is irrelevant. The fact that you appear to side with them is also irrelevant. The...
  17. fmw

    Stetson Gun Club 3x Posse - anyone know about this one? Nice Open Road variation

    I don't know either but it says it is a fur blend. How much fur? How much wool? Who knows? I think I'd recommend the Open Road which is a very nice hat and fur felt.
  18. fmw

    Responding to public mocking

    Yes it is very political. The political nature of the ACLU derives from its selection of the rights and liberties to be defended. They do not defend rights that do not appeal to them such as gun ownership rights. It picks and chooses the rights it wishes to defend and is, for that reason...
  19. fmw

    Responding to public mocking

    Perhaps the best approach to take with mockers is to extend a friendly middle finger.
  20. fmw

    Panama Hat Thread

    Oh my! Wonderful Panama, RLK. You guys are killing me with these hats!

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