Any Akubra's in Melbourne?

[swisslet]

I hear what you're saying about the boots and being able to get a pair in Texas... but couldn't you easily apply the same logic to hats?

I'm just sayin'

;-)

 

[John in Covina]

See if she can get a hold of a Campdraft, which is an Open Road clone.

If you reshape it with a fedora pinch, you'll have one of the most wonderful fedoras going.

Look for the Open Road Guild and other Open Road threads.

 

[Alucard73]

I hear what you're saying about the boots and being able to get a pair in Texas... but couldn't you easily apply the same logic to hats?

I'm just sayin'

;-)

True. I guess I am just not a boot afficianado. To me boots = hard work outside in the Texas heat and humidity.

 

[Alucard73]

I will ask her about the Campdraft. I have harrassed her so much about a hat that she is about to get me "a whole lot of nuthin"...as we say in Texas.

 

[Alucard73]

My wife is headed back from Australia and I dont think she found a hat. Planning on that contingency, I went ahead and bought 4 PB's (3 Cuenca and 1 Montecristi), 1 Akubra Fed IV Moonstone (shipped yesterday), and made a deposit on 1 Art Fawcett masterpiece. I like to be prepared for all contingencies. When she does arrive on U.S. soil, she will definitely take the checkbook back.

 

[MAB1]

Ya sound like a man with a plan. I'm sure that you have something to hold ya over till the new ones arrive.

 

[John in Covina]

Does not put on pants one leg at a time.

My wife is headed back from Australia and I dont think she found a hat. Planning on that contingency, I went ahead and bought 4 PB's (3 Cuenca and 1 Montecristi), 1 Akubra Fed IV Moonstone (shipped yesterday), and made a deposit on 1 Art Fawcett masterpiece. I like to be prepared for all contingencies. When she does arrive on U.S. soil, she will definitely take the checkbook back.

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Wow, talk about hopping in with both feet.

 

[Alucard73]

Finally, here is my Akubra Fed IV. Direct from Australia.
<a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/?action=view&current=FedIV.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/FedIV.jpg" border="0" alt="Fed IV"></a>
<a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/?action=view&current=Photo_071108_0042.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/Photo_071108_0042.jpg" border="0" alt="Fed IV - 2"></a>

 

[indycop]

Finally, here is my Akubra Fed IV. Direct from Australia.
<a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/?action=view&current=FedIV.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/FedIV.jpg" border="0" alt="Fed IV"></a>
<a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/?action=view&current=Photo_071108_0042.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k398/Alucard73/Hats/Photo_071108_0042.jpg" border="0" alt="Fed IV - 2"></a>

Very nice, and I like the crease you put in it!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Alucard73]

Thanks Indycop, I can't take credit for the bash though. I took a picture of a bash I liked to Catalina Hatters across the street from my work and told them to make it like that. They did do an excellent job. The picture is bad because I took it from my phone. The hat still looks good perched atop the Maltese Falcon.

 

[indycop]

Thanks Indycop, I can't take credit for the bash though. I took a picture of a bash I liked to Catalina Hatters across the street from my work and told them to make it like that. They did do an excellent job. The picture is bad because I took it from my phone. The hat still looks good perched atop the Maltese Falcon.

Man if I had a hatter in my beat.......

 

[Colby Jack]

IC...I say choose a child to attend hat making school...or send one off to live and learn from Art...I'm considering the same thing...it all depends which one is on my short list at the time... lol
How's the vacation going so far IC?

 

[indycop]

IC...I say choose a child to attend hat making school...or send one off to live and learn from Art...I'm considering the same thing...it all depends which one is on my short list at the time... lol
How's the vacation going so far IC?

He'd end up locking them in the basement before they drove him crazy!lol lol I can only guess how long it will take before we get kicked out of Memphis.:eusa_doh:

 

[Colby Jack]

I feel yer pain Brother....