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  1. jkingrph

    Thank You

    My feelings exactly. Chepstow, your English may not be perfect, but is certainly acceptable, and quite frankly, good. I wish I had as good a command of the German language as you have of English.
  2. jkingrph

    HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

    I just picked up a couple of the "Stratoliner" pins and added to my Campdraft's. With my slightly arthritic fingers closing those little clasps was a job. I slipped them through the ribbon loop rather than poking holes in the felt which probably would have been tricky.
  3. jkingrph

    Show us your Guns!

    Renault, I just did a quick read on the Bessemer process and it was not patented until 1855, the Colt Walker was dated 1847, so I would assume the steel was probably made in a smaller crucible process. Good steelmaking required analysis, removal of impurities, then addition of alloying...
  4. jkingrph

    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    I have one of the larger format Argus that was Dad's stuck back in a drawer someplace. It's one of the types with a flip up viewfinder, you hold camera at waist level. My next two are a couple of Spotmatics, one a Honeywell, the other a Pentax plus a fair assortment of screw mount lenses. I...
  5. jkingrph

    fur felt in hot weather?

    The heat and humidity are bad enough here during the summer, especally this year with over 3 months of 100+ degree days that you are going to sweat. My felts are simply too hot so back in the boxes they go and out come the straws and ventelated hats. I reserve the straws for dressier wear...
  7. jkingrph

    Show us your Guns!

    I can relate to that, especially on a calm day, no breeze and very high humidity that's common here in the deep south.
  8. jkingrph

    Show us your Guns!

    Could not be much with that weight, plus the Walker was a large gun so easy to hold on too. You also have to remember it's using black powder and percussion caps, so some pressure escapes back through the nipples,and out cylinder barrel gap. I have never shot one of those, but have...
  9. jkingrph

    Beaver Brand impressions?

    I have an old BB that started out as a western. I actually bought it at a local dry goods/hardware/sporting goods store. It was not a better grade, rather cheap in fact. Thick and stiff and never did fit right until I wet it and reformed into a fedora style. It now serves as my cold...
  10. jkingrph

    Akubra Campdraft

    I hear that about the postman, UPS delivery also. My dog has recognized the sound of the UPS truck turning the corner and alerts us before he arrives.
  11. jkingrph

    Eagles QB Michael Vick out vs. Patriots

    What does it have to do with hats??
  13. jkingrph

    Akubra Campdraft

    My Campdraft in BG arrived today while I was a work. Nice surprise when I arrived home. It's a bit darker than I expected, but I like it.
  14. jkingrph

    Show us your Guns!

    I'm like Oldsarge, prefering to have tastefully executed engraving of metal. Please, no carved wood, I would rather appreciate the fine grain of the wood than to distract from it by carving. I also do not care for "safe queens", although I have a couple that are close to that category. I have...
  15. jkingrph

    Show us your Guns!

    I'm like the others, thinking you ruined a nice old gun. The barrel is too short, I really wonder if you have enough rifleing after the forcing cone to stabilize a bullet, plus the remaing barrel steps down so much there is nothing to to see for good pointability. What you have now is an...
  16. jkingrph

    acrylic artwork on hats

    The artistry is good, altough not to my taste. Please take no offense, but I do not think they belong on this forum, at least not decorated like that. Maybe as vintage baseball caps? After all the name of this forum is "The Fedora Lounge", sub forums are "generally" for nostalgic...
  17. jkingrph

    acrylic artwork on hats

    looks more like baseball or gimmie caps to me than hats!
  19. jkingrph

    What do our hats really say about us, and more importantly, are they right?

    That pretty well sums up my feelings! No baseball caps, I absolutly refuse to wear a shirt without a collar, and no longer have any jeans. To carry things further, I use real fountain pens, vintage double and single edge razors, no canned shave cream either, its a brush and soap in a bowl...
  20. jkingrph

    I love the Fed IV!!

    We moved here in 79 when I got out of the USAF, so a relatively short time. I have seen big spring and creek fed ponds 6-8 feet low, some bone dry. Lake Palestine, judging by boat docks is 10-12 feet low. Right now if we could get a out 6" of rain a week for the rest of the year we might...
  21. jkingrph

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I just received the two "out of spec" Adventurer hats from David Morgan. Bashed one in my favorite shape, a teardrop and put the other back into the box for my son. We will shape it when I see him after Christmas. The out of spec, according to DM is a wider ribbon and a removeable feather...
  22. jkingrph

    Akubra Campdraft

    My BG was shipped Nov 23, should be here in the next day or two, I hope.
  23. jkingrph

    Akubra Banjo Patterson vs. Lawson

    Hmmn, Out of uniform. I wish we had the option of a real hat when I was in the USAF, just wheel hats, flight caps, and fatigue caps, but then my service dates back to the days of the 1505( nice tan cotton twill) uniform, and solid od fatigues. Back in 91 when I got called up and deployed for...
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