Recent content by Jones Boy

Thanks mate. Check out my http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=29498 thread for some pics of my Adventurer trimmed somewhat. Keep in touch. Cheers Jonesy

That is a nicely done hat rokket. Did you re-bash it or did you get it done at a hatters. I liked the look of the CEO myself, however was set on an Adventurer. The CEO I looked at had a sort of Safari bash and was turned down at the back. Good look on your lid tho'. Cheers Jonesy

Thanks ML. See my other post, however I will tell you that once I got the idea in my head I just felt compelled to do it. I was not, however, compelled to keep chopping at it like another bloke I read about elsewhere in the FL. Must have been the lack of beers that held me back...

Not really - just a steady free hand. I practiced on one of my old Akubras - a "Cattleman" before I took the plunge. Just chalked it in freehand around the brim and then took a stanley knife (box cutter for the US blokes out there) to it - again freehand. Adventurer club it is! Stay in...

Okay, finally got some pics and then sorted out how to post the beggars! All of these shots were taken after the hat trimming - like a few other posters here, in my excitement to wield the blade I neglected to take some before shots. Here is a shot of the side - a really classic profile...

Thought I would offer my first post after much research, reading and veiwing on this great forum. I was in the market for a new Akubra and came across the Adventurer from David Morgan (DM to you guys). Tried getting this hat here in Australia and nothing doing so after much angst I decided to...