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  1. Ralph_Phillips

    King of Cool A2 (Hilts, McQueen)

    It would have to come with a baseball and a baseball glove.
  2. Ralph_Phillips

    Nomex or Nylon?

    The most time you'll get to get out of it is whatever you can do on one gulp of air. If you get leather, you want wool cuffs/waistband and for the liner, cotton or silk or Bemberg rayon (not to be confused with the highly flammable type of rayon). Bemberg rayon is the one that has the...
  3. Ralph_Phillips

    Nomex or Nylon?

    I've been on fire once and wouldn't care to be on fire again. Nomex is cheap compared to medical bills. Remember though, Nomex only gives you a few extra seconds to get away, but those seconds are worth it. Don't forget some Nomex gloves either, they're not for protecting your hands so much as...
  4. Ralph_Phillips

    Some interesting beaver hats

    I couldn't resist this one...
  5. Ralph_Phillips

    Acceptable leather jackets for professional settings?

    If you're the boss, wear anything you want. If you're not the boss, wear anything the boss wants.
  7. Ralph_Phillips

    Would an Akubra Campdraft work in big city business?

    In Sydney I've seen a few upscale financial types walk into and out of their high rise office building wearing a suit and the same thoroughly trashed Akubra Cattleman they wear when not at work.
  8. Ralph_Phillips

    Coober Pedy Head shots please

    I think mine began life as Santone Fawn, subsequently modified by rain, snow, sweat, oil, dirt, etc. I'm not sure about the color though because I got it somewhere in New South Wales and some of the shops in Australia have uncatalogued colors for some of their Akubras. Also there seems to be...
  9. Ralph_Phillips

    Monster Bash Videos ... show us how you bash!!

    Akubras don't look right if they're perpetually clean and neat. Dunk it in a trough, put it on your head and let it dry, and wear it until it has as much character as Jed Clampett's hat from The Beverley Hillbillies.
  10. Ralph_Phillips

    Coober Pedy Head shots please

    Those Coober Pedy's are way too clean to look Australian. Aussies wear a hat until it rots on the head. This is a Coober Pedy that I've worn all over the world over the past 8 years. Complete with moth holes, grease stains, and amateurish crown alteration.
  11. Ralph_Phillips

    Need help finding a hat

    Best hat buying advice ever is right here, forget everything you know about hats. Get a flight to Australia. Go into a hat shop. Try on everything and buy whatever Akubra you like best. Wear it until it rots on your head.
  13. Ralph_Phillips

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    I wore the same Akubra Coober Pedy I've worn almost every day for the past several years. It's been all over the world with me and it looks like it got killed a few wars ago. These days I get the Jed Clampett hat comments. I disagree, Jed Clampett's hat had far more character. Nevertheless I...
  14. Ralph_Phillips

    What Avatar are you wearing today?

    Mine is an image of the perpetually daydreaming Warner Bros. cartoon character "Ralph Phillips" who single handedly saved the earth from attacking Martians who all scored A's in arithmetic. It was chosen because my initials are RP. Then I found out there is a real Ralph Phillips and he's in...
  15. Ralph_Phillips

    CORRECT FIT FLIGHT JACKETS

    One addendum to that, remember that it is a violation of protocol to fly a taildragger without a leather jacket. An A2 or G1 is mandatory in a taildragger.
  16. Ralph_Phillips

    CORRECT FIT FLIGHT JACKETS

    767 driver here, I concur.
  17. Ralph_Phillips

    'Experimental Test Sample' AN-J-3 Jacket Project

    That new AN-J-3 looks perfect.
  19. Ralph_Phillips

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Are re-dyed items normally a bad choice? What is "skinning"?
  20. Ralph_Phillips

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    That is probably correct. I like it but wouldn't buy it myself with any patches on it because I wouldn't wear anyone else's patches, real or otherwise.
  21. Ralph_Phillips

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    That is true but 20 year old kids aren't their market, we are. 20 year old kids generally cannot afford to blow a grand on a jacket unless they have seriously misplaced priorities. I do like the worn look of this particular A2 much better than the normal aged or distressed models sold but...
  22. Ralph_Phillips

    What Was the #1 Song on the Day You Were Born?

    On the pop charts it was Peter & Gordon - "A World WIthout Love." On the Country & Western chart, it was Buck Owens and "My Heart Skips A Beat."
  23. Ralph_Phillips

    Hugh Jackman's 'Van Helsing' Hat

    There will be a curse upon the wallet of all who purchase that. Surprisingly it isn't the most expensive item on the seller's website.

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