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Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
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Thank you very much, Art, and Mike! I selected these images so that they would work together as a whole. Although I was mainly aiming for color-accurate and well-composed pictures, the collage is - hopefully - also representative of Art's repertoire of ribbon work.
BR Gordon
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Rabbit, Your effort to show the hats in true colors is very helpful. I want you to know that your work is truly appreciated.
DJH
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+1 - thanks for taking the time to sort and post the photos, Nik.
It's great to be able to compare the colours, the felt samples only go so far.
It's great to be able to compare the colours, the felt samples only go so far.
bulldog1935
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my new Journeyman, though I had Art make this from pecan beaver, rather than rabbit/nutria blend
It's a pleasure to work with Art - this won't be my last.
It's a pleasure to work with Art - this won't be my last.
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casechopper
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Looks very nice bulldog1935!
mikespens
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Very nice Journeyman bulldog and welcome to the Lounge. Wear it with pride.
Interesting lighting in your pix, a spotlight source?
Interesting lighting in your pix, a spotlight source?
bulldog1935
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no, I used half of a milk jug over a strobe.
The hat is sitting on a cigar box over the hat box
The color has a hazel quality to it.
It can look olive, but if you put it up next to olive canvas, it looks brown.
this was late day sun
The hat is sitting on a cigar box over the hat box
The color has a hazel quality to it.
It can look olive, but if you put it up next to olive canvas, it looks brown.
this was late day sun
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tomb1013
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A great looking Journeyman, Art does some very good work!
Enjoy the journeyman, bulldog1935!
Thank you so much, BR, and David. I'm glad you like it.
Thank you so much, BR, and David. I'm glad you like it.
bulldog1935
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thanks, it's cool to be here - I like this board.
p.s. - seabass, any chance I know you from a classic fly fishing board - Clark's or FFR?
p.s. - seabass, any chance I know you from a classic fly fishing board - Clark's or FFR?
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Blewbyou
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Bulldog,
Fantastic looking journeyman. I'm seriously thinking about getting Art to make me one as my next VS.
Has anyone had Art put a wider ribbon on a journeyman?
Fantastic looking journeyman. I'm seriously thinking about getting Art to make me one as my next VS.
Has anyone had Art put a wider ribbon on a journeyman?
bowlerman
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No problem Jeff
Awesome. thanks for posting that!
Bulldog-- awesome journeyman. looks great, and welcome!
bulldog1935
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thanks again.
I'm sure Art will make it any way you want. On the nutria/rabbit blend he offers 4 different ribbons.
I kept mine simple because I'm buying this for an outdoor hat (I'll be wearing it around a bunch of other fishermen). I'll take a rain cover, but I do intend to weather this hat for as many years as I can get from it. But I ordered it custom, beaver rather than the blend, which was the whole point for me. When we first talked, I told Art it was already my dream hat, but I wanted beaver. It's a neat color, and for a dress hat, I think it would look sharp with a tall, or even contrasting ribbon. BTW, Art said he introduced the blend hats for people to compare to Akubra and other outdoor hat lines.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...utfits-.-.-.&p=1517252&viewfull=1#post1517252
I expect I'll be getting a dress hat in a lighter cooler color down the way.
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Bulldog
A outstanding fishing hat your JourneyMan. IT will protect you from the elements well & excellent choice the beaver felt will be bulletproof.....
they do live in water !
so with the raincover which i do use also sometimes (they do look cool) this hat will last forever
& hey if you get it dirty or mess it up ,,,,no problem ! Art can bring it back to life , i had him work on some fixer uppers & they come back real pretty.
as for fly fishing forum or FFR, no but i was a member of the NFLCC over 20 years ago....
I am a die hard Fisherman & a good one & i do have a couple Lucky hat's that serve me very well.......HMMMMM one of these would be great for saltwater
A outstanding fishing hat your JourneyMan. IT will protect you from the elements well & excellent choice the beaver felt will be bulletproof.....
they do live in water !
so with the raincover which i do use also sometimes (they do look cool) this hat will last forever
& hey if you get it dirty or mess it up ,,,,no problem ! Art can bring it back to life , i had him work on some fixer uppers & they come back real pretty.
as for fly fishing forum or FFR, no but i was a member of the NFLCC over 20 years ago....
I am a die hard Fisherman & a good one & i do have a couple Lucky hat's that serve me very well.......HMMMMM one of these would be great for saltwater
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1961MJS
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Hi
Buy a large rain cover if you buy one. I put one on my Montana Peak hat and it took the ribbon off. I sewed it back on, but I went out and bought a larger rain cover. It rained at our last campout and I didn't use the rain cover, it's a 50% beaver Jaxonbilt.
later
bulldog1935
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thanks Mike, I already had an M&F rain cover when I reached inside a western hat box this morning. A silverbelly beaver blend that went on a few trips to Alaska (including the north slope in December)
http://www.cavenders.com/western/co...ries/MF01080?gclid=CLTYqNTP6rICFRSSPAodo3wAqA
The rain cover fit my new Journeyman beautifully with room to spare.
Cavender's is one block from my office. I plan to drop in and pick up a couple more - one to keep in my trout fishing bag, and another to keep in the truck - will also pick up a horsehair brush - could use a clean one.
seabass, in the late 70s I had a beaver short brim cowboy hat that came from a co-worker's father's estate. I fished it 20 years, and then my girls took it over, and of course walked it all over their rooms - it was too small for me anyway, but I fished it in the snow in NM, and every winter in my tailwater - rain or no.
http://www.cavenders.com/western/co...ries/MF01080?gclid=CLTYqNTP6rICFRSSPAodo3wAqA
The rain cover fit my new Journeyman beautifully with room to spare.
Cavender's is one block from my office. I plan to drop in and pick up a couple more - one to keep in my trout fishing bag, and another to keep in the truck - will also pick up a horsehair brush - could use a clean one.
seabass, in the late 70s I had a beaver short brim cowboy hat that came from a co-worker's father's estate. I fished it 20 years, and then my girls took it over, and of course walked it all over their rooms - it was too small for me anyway, but I fished it in the snow in NM, and every winter in my tailwater - rain or no.
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WOW !
Alaska Fishing !!!!! Great Pics !
Im a Itchin to go fishin.
i fished a Old Stetson Playboy in the Surf . never a problem with salt spray..
Heck i bet Art's beaver Felt's will stand up to anything even his Lite Felts... rain cover or not.. the Fedora shaped ones are hard to find though...
I bought the last few stocked years back from the local bait shops...they really do look cool on a lid...especially with Waders sorta matches
We have some Beavers close by in brackish water so im confidently sure Art's can take some Salt spray.....
look into his Lite felt (when or if) he gets more in....Ill have to get one made by him for Fishin....I wont be scared to heck, ill go out on a boat
though ill pad the sweat tight so it wont blow away.....
I was a Deckhand on a party boat a looooooong time ago lost a few Fedoras by the Farralon islands.. about 26 miles east of San Francisco
Alaska Fishing !!!!! Great Pics !
Im a Itchin to go fishin.
i fished a Old Stetson Playboy in the Surf . never a problem with salt spray..
Heck i bet Art's beaver Felt's will stand up to anything even his Lite Felts... rain cover or not.. the Fedora shaped ones are hard to find though...
I bought the last few stocked years back from the local bait shops...they really do look cool on a lid...especially with Waders sorta matches
We have some Beavers close by in brackish water so im confidently sure Art's can take some Salt spray.....
look into his Lite felt (when or if) he gets more in....Ill have to get one made by him for Fishin....I wont be scared to heck, ill go out on a boat
though ill pad the sweat tight so it wont blow away.....
I was a Deckhand on a party boat a looooooong time ago lost a few Fedoras by the Farralon islands.. about 26 miles east of San Francisco
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bulldog1935
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gratuitous silverbelly photo
btw, I travel to AK on business. But the clients seem offended if you don't have plans to hang around and play for a few days.
btw, I travel to AK on business. But the clients seem offended if you don't have plans to hang around and play for a few days.
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