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We’ve posted another video on YouTube. This is for anyone interested in learning how to replace their fall and/or cracker.
If you still don’t want to do it yourself, you can have us do it for you.
David Morgan has beautiful Northwest designs available on t-shirts. The designs are created by members of the Salish, Tlingit or Gitxsan nations. We feature four different designs: Wolf, Hummingbird, Orca and the always popular, Raven and the Box of Daylight.
The shirt is made of 100% heavy (9.4 oz) pre-shrunk cotton with high-density embroidery. The cotton is non-fading.
Sizes run from Small to XXL.
Hummingbird Embroidered T-Shirt
Orca Embroidered T-Shirt
Raven and Sun Embroidered T-Shirt
Wolf Embroidered T-Shirt
Falls and crackers take the brunt of the wear from whip cracking. Over time, the end of the fall will wear off. When it gets down to 12-18 inches, it needs replacing.
Leather falls also stretch and should be replaced when they have become noticeably thinner than the end of the thong. In addition, the kangaroo strands adjacent to the fall will, in time, break because of the sharp flexing at this point. The fall should be replaced as soon as the first strand breaks.
People often ask the difference between red and white falls. Neither one is better than the other. Red hide falls tend to hold their thickness but eventually break. On the other hand, white hide falls stretch more but need watching to prevent them from getting too thin.
We get many questions on how to replace a whip fall. For whips with the thong strands intact, it’s quite easy! If the strands of the whip are damaged, the process is a little harder, but you can do it with a little patience. Here is a link to the instructions at davidmorgan.com.
If you wish to have us change it for you, you can check out our service here.
Update:
We now have a video that demonstrates a whip fall replacement. Click on the YouTube Icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to see all of our videos.
Three additional videos are now available at the David Morgan Channel on YouTube.
In the first video, David explains the theory on trimming a kangaroo skin.
In the first paring video, David explains how and why to pare 4-strand round work.
In the second paring video, David explains how and why to pare 6-strand (and above) round work.
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Australia’s heritage shines through the names of Akubra’s hats. Many are named after places (Coober Pedy, Stony Creek, The Territory) while others are named after notaries such as the Lawson and the Banjo Paterson.
Banjo Paterson was a poet, author and journalist. Like most writers, he had a paying career and wrote on the side. At age 16 he began as a clerk in a law firm and became a lawyer when he was 22.
At age 21 he began submitting his work to the Sydney edition of The Bulletin under the pen name, “The Banjo”—the name of a favorite horse.
His poetry focused on Australian life, especially on the Bush and Outback. In 1890 he wrote, “The Man from Snowy River”, which inspired the movie by the same name. Five years later he wrote, “Waltzing Matilda”, Australia’s most famous bush ballad which was set to music in 1903. “Clancy of the Overflow”, another well-known poem was written in 1889.
Two novels include, “An Outback Marriage” and, “The Shearer’s Colt”. He also wrote many short stories.
Lyrics to Waltzing Matilda:
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
“Who’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
“Where’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
“You’ll never take me alive”, said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
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Some customers find it difficult to find the chinstrap hooks on our Akubra hats. This video below will help you not only find the hooks, but to attach the strap.
Chinstrap hooks are found on all of our hats except those in our Heritage Collection along with the Sydney, Stylemaster and Hemp Range. If you would like to have a chinstrap for one of these hats, we recommend a Stampede String.
We received an email from Kerry Thomas, horse training expert and founder of the Thomas Herding Technique. Kerry’s program manages equine behavior and stress management through better human/horse communication.
Kerry is a long-time wearer of Akubra hats and finds Akubra’s quality the best in the world.
“For many years I have been wearing Akubra hats. Whether developing a TV Show or working in the international horse industry; I’m in the outdoors on a daily basis. From wild horse research expeditions in Wyoming and Montana, along the Eastern Seaboard, to racing venues, dressage, eventing, reining and even developing emotional wellness programs for children by way of the horse. No matter where I have been or where I go it’s me and my “Boss” Akubra through it all, sharing the journey, making the memories.
I buy most of my gear at David Morgan including my Akubras and own several different styles. I find the quality of Akubra the very best in the world, and the quality of service and all products from David Morgan, second to none. It’s an honor to say this, as I demand high quality and rugged, long lasting products. It’s quite simple for me, when I’m under my Akubra, I know I’m covered.”
Kerry M Thomas/Author of “Horse Profiling: The Secret To Motivating Equine Athletes” and Founder of Thomas Herding Technique
Below are a few of the pictures Kerry sent us. Thanks again, Kerry for your kind words!
We’re often asked if you can wear an Akubra in the rain. The answer is a definite, “Yes”! There are no powders on an Akubra, so you don’t have to worry about streaking. Nor do you need a plastic rain cover—that merely keeps the felt from breathing properly and makes your head uncomfortable.
When you first buy your hat, you’ll notice that the water beads on the felt. Akubra treats the felt, which makes it water resistant for several years. After the treatment fades, you will still have a quality, water-resistant hat. The rain will soak into the felt, but it will not leak.
David has had his Bushman for about thirty years. He usually wears this hat on his daily walks. And with Seattle boasting 158 days of rain per year, he needs one.
Below are a few shots of David’s hat before and after a walk. You can be certain that your Akubra will hold up just as well!
David’s, “Bushman”, about 30 years old.
Water will still pool at the top, but at this age, it will get wet, but not leak. Newer hats which still have the treatment will not soak into the felt.
Back from a walk. The hat is soaked, but the water did not get David’s head wet.
Care instructions:
If your hat gets wet, do not heat it. Heat will shrink the felt, as well as the leather. Stand the hat upside down on its crown, or hang on a hook in a cool place and let it dry naturally. Wet felt retains the shape in which it dries, so make sure the brim and crown are shaped as you want them before drying.
For other information on hat care, please visit our site.
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We received an e-mail from Richard Hanson, an Indiana Jones hat historian. Richard added a twist to the Indy Bash that gives it a more authentic look from the first movie.
While we cannot individually tailor the bash for each Adventurer, we encourage you to add your own tweaks to the hat. A little steam and a dedicated pair of hands is all you need. You can see how to bash your Adventurer on our YouTube video.
Here is Richard’s e-mail:
I recently received your wonderful Adventurer Hat by Akubra. The directions you enclosed for giving it the Indiana Jones look are very nice and helpful, but I thought you might be interested in one more ‘twist’ that gives it the complete true look of the hat as worn in the first movie.
If you put the hat on as is and give the hat a slight twist on the head, from the left to the right, so that the middle of the bow is moved from exactly above the left ear to about an inch IN FRONT of the left ear, and THEN put in the bash and front dent, you’ll find that the hat is exactly as it appears in ‘the streets of Cairo’ in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” The brim deforms just slightly due to the swivel and creates the precise look of Harrison Ford’s hat. In fact, that’s exactly what he did to his. Why? I don’t know, but I expect it had something to do with the fact that for filming purposes, the hat had to stay on and making that slight twist virtually screws the hat onto your head. If you watch the film or go on line and look at a few still shots from the movie, check the position of the bow. You’ll see immediately that the bow is more forward as well as the distinct up/down deformation of the brim that comes from wearing the hat slightly off center.
I’ve been researching the Indiana Jones hat for more than twenty years now, and with the single exception of the crown being approximately 1/2 inch too short, your hat is THE HAT that appeared in the first movie [ironically, there are four different hats for the four movies…but it’s the first hat, the Poet Hat by Herbert Spenser of London that has become the iconic symbol of Indiana Jones]. It’s still possible to buy the original “Poet” hat from Herbert Spencer that was worn in the first movie, but the Akubra is a far more sturdy, long lasting, BETTER hat. The actually Spenser Poet can’t handle rain without shrinking and losing its shape, as I have found to my considerable sorrow. By way of comparison, my original Akubra Bushman, bought nearly forty years ago is in the same shape I bought it in after decades of rain, wind, snow, sleet, hail, and an occasional falling tree branch. Sometimes I think that the motto you should adopt for Akubra hats would be something like “Man fears Time, but Time fears Akubra.” I also own the Akubra Federation and the Federation IV. Both wonderful hats.
The only other thing I would suggest is that the brim on the Adventurer should be produced rounded up and not already canted downward, the way the Federation hat comes in its unfinished state. The original Streets of Cairo hat had a slight upsweep in the back of the brim that Ford kept so that the “Fedora Look” would be slightly retained even after the twist. On yours, the amount of sizing in the hat makes rounding the brim upward a little difficult. I like to think of the Jones hat as a turn of the century Fedora with a slight case of safari fever.
Thanks, Richard, for your ideas!
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