Hello, new here!

[indycop]

Hello, figure I would go ahead and post. I am on the COW site also but am not a serious indy nut despite the username. After registering here I remembered a name I wanted to use but, oh well. Anyway I like the indy hat and have a peters bros. Custom. I just received a black akubra federation the other day which I am working on bashing. I'm going for a center dent and a pinch in the front, but do not care about any type of screen accuracy. I am also awaiting a grey camptown.

I look forward to learning more as I have read some good information on here already.

 

[apipeguy]

Welcome

Pull up a chair! Wear your favorite hats! You will learn alot here. Please chime in and share your thoughts!

 

[deanglen]

Hello, and hope you enjoy the moments you spend here!

dean

 

[Colby Jack]

Welcome Indycop

I see you're just down the road from me!...Any hat shops we should know about over in Jax?
Cheers
Colby Jack

 

[SinatraStyle]

Welcome to the Lounge, Indycop.

A lot of people were drawn here via the Indy fedora, but I think we all stay for the great group of members we have here.

Please post some pictures of your hats for us in the near future. (Hats with heads under them are always preferred .)

 

[indycop]

I see you're just down the road from me!...Any hat shops we should know about over in Jax?
Cheers
Colby Jack

The only place I can find that has anything other than cowboy hats is a panama hat shop in st. Augustine. They seem really expensive for what you get though. There was a borsalino felt in there for $300 that I've seen online for 165.

 

[fatwoul]

FINALLY!

Hello indycop.

 

[indycop]

FINALLY!

Hello indycop.

Yep! Now even more time on the computer, the wifes gonna love that! I was posting on COW the other night while running radar at work, and I'm supposed to be mowing the yard right now!

 

[fatwoul]

Haha what about messengers? You said you'd try and sneak onto those too! It's OK - you can blame me.

 

[RBH]

Welcome Indycop! glad you joined us here, I hope you enjoy your stay.

 

[Art Fawcett]

Welcome Indycop....dishtowel is on your right, "new guy" gets to wash the glasses...

Enjoy

 

[Jerekson]

hey hey hey, welcome to the FL. Looking forward to seeing that black Akubra

 

[indycop]

hey hey hey, welcome to the FL. Looking forward to seeing that black Akubra

I will try to post it in the what are you wearing today, later on. I think I've finally got it bashed ok for now.

 

[Not-Bogart13]

Hey, Indycop! Another defector!
Welcome to "the other forum"!
NB

 

[deanglen]

I guess you could say the Lounge is where the COWs come home!

dean

 

[indycop]

Hey, Indycop! Another defector!
Welcome to "the other forum"!
NB

Hello! I wanted to ask you, since your the only other one I've seen with a black federation so far, if you have noticed if its any hotter than your other color feds? I wore mine out in the heat today and I didn't notice it being hot. Maybe I wasn't in the heat long enough or maybe its just thinner and cooler than my PB.

 

[DanielJones]

Hello Indycop! Welcome over to the Lounge. Enjoy!

Cheers!

Dan

 

[dostacos]

yeah we think the Indy thing is expensive UNTIL we come here

 

[fatwoul]

Hello! I wanted to ask you, since your the only other one I've seen with a black federation so far, if you have noticed if its any hotter than your other color feds? I wore mine out in the heat today and I didn't notice it being hot. Maybe I wasn't in the heat long enough or maybe its just thinner and cooler than my PB.

A lot of people swear by black clothes in hot weather, for a couple of reasons:

They absorb heat, yes, but they do so from both directions. Black clothing tends to draw heat away from your body more readily than lighter shades.

Black is also an excellent radiator of heat energy, so the moment you enter the shade, you are more likely to cool down fast in black clothes than in white.

This is why you see a lot of desert nomads etc wearing surprisingly dark colours.

With a Federation, I don't know if the effect is the same, because the inside of the crown is white, thanks to the liner. It might be that the hat is cooler without the liner in it, but it might make no difference at all. I'd be interested in hearing people's experience with this.

In broad daylight, black isn't a whole lot darker than my dark brown fed dlx, which I suspect is almost as good at absorbing and radiating heat energy. I have found no problems at all wearing that in the sun.

 

[fatwoul]

Hey, Indycop! Another defector!
Welcome to "the other forum"!
NB

Chewie why didn't you say "the dark side"? I mean, it would have been an excellent Star Wars reference, and it's true - black is much darker than that pinky beige over at COW.