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Posted by Fedora from ppp-35.col.cableone.net on April 28, 2001 at 13:35:24:

In Reply to: Got my FS and my Federation posted by Baldwyn on April 28, 2001 at 11:20:49:

: Ok, I was excited to get both boxes yesterday, and I popped open the FS first. The 38R does seem to fit me a bit better, but the pleats still kinda hang open. I'll give it a week or two and see what happens. Now, I cannot zip this jacket all the way up with a sweater underneath, which is almost a requirement, so I may still change my order to a made-to-order (or actually, thinking of Peter's offer to make jackets in goatskin). After examining the jacket, I find one of the sleeves' lining hasn't been sewn up! I was rather disappointed by that. Otherwise, the jacket looks good, and the stitching this time around looks better than the 40R I had, too.

: Now, for the Federation. It was an unbashed bashed hat!!!! I figured, ok, no problem, I'll bash it, and it'll be ok, but when I tried to, it was just too wrinkled from the previous bash. Too bad too, so far I really like the way this hat feels, in the thickness, and handling.

: So, yeah, it was my Indy day yesterday, but I'm not quite as enthusiastic as I thought I would be :)

: Baldwyn

This is the second one that I have come across that came pre-bashed. Wonder what is going on. The other hat that I am referring to wasn't just "dry bashed" it was steamed into being. Steamed to such a degree, that the crown shrunk into the shape. Damn near impossible to reshape the top of the crown without reblocking. Maybe they think they are doing us a favor, but in fact they are screwing up the hat. The pre-bashed hat that I saw had a terrific looking bash, but it was not an Indy bash. Regards, Fedora

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: : Ok, I was excited to get both boxes yesterday, and I popped open the FS first.  The 38R does seem to fit me a bit better, but the pleats still kinda hang open.  I'll give it a week or two and see what happens.  Now, I cannot zip this jacket all the way up with a sweater underneath, which is almost a requirement, so I may still change my order to a made-to-order (or actually, thinking of Peter's offer to make jackets in goatskin).  After examining the jacket, I find one of the sleeves' lining hasn't been sewn up!  I was rather disappointed by that.  Otherwise, the jacket looks good, and the stitching this time around looks better than the 40R I had, too.

: : Now, for the Federation.  It was an unbashed bashed hat!!!!  I figured, ok, no problem, I'll bash it, and it'll be ok, but when I tried to, it was just too wrinkled from the previous bash.  Too bad too, so far I really like the way this hat feels, in the thickness, and handling.

: : So, yeah, it was my Indy day yesterday, but I'm not quite as enthusiastic as I thought I would be :)

: : Baldwyn

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:     This is the second one that I have come across that came pre-bashed. Wonder what is going on. The other hat that I am referring to wasn't just "dry bashed" it was steamed into being. Steamed to such a degree, that the crown shrunk into the shape. Damn near impossible to reshape the top of the crown without reblocking. Maybe they think they are doing us a favor, but in fact they are screwing up the hat. The pre-bashed hat that I saw had a terrific looking bash, but it was not an Indy bash. Regards, Fedora

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