Posted by Patterson from gw.wizards.com on November 11, 1999 at 16:33:55:
In Reply to: To All You Indy Fans Looking to Buy Herbert Johnson"Indy" Poet Fedoras posted by Indy Jones on November 11, 1999 at 14:30:02:
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: To All Indy Fans:
: I know that the Herbert Johnson is the ultimate Indy hat. Well,
: since I know that in some areas we're in the dark about, so I thought,
: since I just orderd my Poet today I may say my ways in dealing with
: Mr. Johnson(or Mr. Swales). One thing is that Mr. Swales only visists
: the shop Wednesday and Friday. Otherwise, he's making hats. Now, the
: thing you want is a POET. Not a McAlpine. The McAlpine is not the
: totally authenic hat...it's the Poet. The otherthing is you must
: convert you head size into the euro standard. Meaning, my head
: size is 7 1/4. Well, when I told them that, they though I was speaking
: Greek. They are going to ask for your head size in centimeters. So,
: if you head size is 7 1/8, your hat size to them will be 57. If your
: head size is 7 1/4, your hat size is 59. Another thing to say is that
: the day I orderd mine is 11/11/99. They told me that it would not be
: until three or four weeks until the Poets came in, yet...they were
: expecting them soon(they're out of McAlpines, too.). The color you
: want is sable, which they told me is a dark tan. You can get you
: initials in the hat if you want; it's free. The man accepts credit
: cards. Please also take into consideration that London is not on
: our same time schedule(duh)so you can't call them when you get home
: from work(duh). The total cost of the hat with shipping and
: handeling and customs, Iam told, is 300 smackers. From what people
: say, it's worth it. Hope this helps you all. Will write when more when I get my hat.
: REgards
: INDY JONES