Recent content by cromcruiach

These new hats are so stiff that I'd really have to work it over to (permanently) snap it down in front. For this one, I'll take scotrace's advice and leave it as is. I'm a bit of a purist anyway.

Have you tried the tutorial at: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/faq.php?faq=vb_read_and_post#faq_vb_attachment_explain Basically, if you edit your post, you need to change your URLs to IMGs

My new Stetson Open Road. Not technically a fedora, though it can be.

Stetson Open Road My application for admission into the esteemed guild: I'm usually a fedora guy, but I love the classic cattleman-creased OR!

It sure looks like an Open Road to me. Does Owen Wilson--er, "Eli Cash" in the film--get to join the guild? Now, if only I could find that stylin' jacket of his somewheres . . .

My best gal visited Scotland a year ago and brought me back a bottle of Laphroaig at my request. It's very unique--quite peaty. And yes, it does stay with you awhile.;) The Drambuie she bought wasn't bad either.

I caught American Grafitti the other day on T.V. It was even better than I remembered. The final scene that lays out the destiny of the four main characters, right before the credits, always seems to get to me.

Smash 'em on the wall . . . then wipe up the dust. ;)

I think I've come across an Irishman from Boston! Actually, thanks for the further info Subvet. It led me to investigate the term further myself and what I've learned is that Robert E. Howard himself was really "spot on" trying to intermingle legend and fiction. By the way Subvet, you...

Ever since my parents bought me a Lionel train set for Christmas at age five, I've had a love affair with trains. It's ironic, though, that the first time I ever set foot on one was in college at the University of Illinois when I would ride The City of New Orleans to Chicago to visit my...

High school teacher, kid.

"Cromcruiach" is the approximate spelling of the gaelic term meaning "crooked mountain." It's thought that thirties pulp writer Robert E. Howard (that's him to the left) used the term to name the god (Crom) of his character, Conan. Conan, of course, was subsequently screwed-up, dumbed-down...

Hey all! I have to admit that it was only upon discovering The Fedora Lounge that I realized just how deeply I am into the Golden Age. From Duke Ellington to Cary Grant, Dashiell Hammett to Errol Flynn, The Marx Brothers to The Shadow, it suddenly hit me how much I love the books, movies...

I'm almost done with "The Sun Also Rises" by Hemingway. Never got around to it before . . .