Looking for a Indy Fedora.

[CB2001]

Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.

Another thing you can do, if you're very skilled, is make a Fedora of your own by creating a mold. It's for felt hat making, but still, better than nothing. Here's a tutorial from ThreadBanger about how to make a mold and how to use it: http://www.threadbanger.com/episode/THR_20090313

 

[rickrickrick]

Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.

Another thing you can do, if you're very skilled, is make a Fedora of your own by creating a mold. It's for felt hat making, but still, better than nothing. Here's a tutorial from ThreadBanger about how to make a mold and how to use it: http://www.threadbanger.com/episode/THR_20090313

I took a look at that video.

First, the subject of what to do with the brim is completely ignored. So it's not very helpful in addressing making anything like an Indy fedora, which is very much about the brim. But it's moderately interesting on a craft level in a general sense.

Second, and this is a problem I read in many people's comments on the video, that site crashed my computer numerous times before it finally played the whole thing. i recommend you search for the video on YouTube, where it is also posted, supposedly.

Rick

 

[CB2001]

Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.

I took a look at that video.

First, the subject of what to do with the brim is completely ignored. So it's not very helpful in addressing making anything like an Indy fedora, which is very much about the brim. But it's moderately interesting on a craft level in a general sense.

Second, and this is a problem I read in many people's comments on the video, that site crashed my computer numerous times before it finally played the whole thing. i recommend you search for the video on YouTube, where it is also posted, supposedly.

Rick

Well, the video is more of a starting point, Rick on how to make a hat mold (which in turn could be useful in making one for an Indy hat). I apologize that the site crashed on you multiple times (I myself had no problems accessing the site or the video). But like I said, it's a starting point.

 

[Jodo]

Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.

Does anyone know if the Burlington Coat Factory hats are seasonal, or do they have them all the time? Or do they have them at all right now? :lol

 

[Jodo]

Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.

Anyone know where to find any hats now-a-days? I've been evrywhere and the seem to only stock lil' hats now. :/ Still need a hat (preferably the Burlington Coat Factory one) for my John Dillinger....Any ideas/help?

EDIT - Wouldn't have to be the BCF or Cracker Barrel hat either...Any scources for affordable Dillinger hats otherwise would be cool.

 

[Egon Spengler]

Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.

Old thread of mine, but instead of making a new one I'm necro'ing this topic.

Some Indy hats have a strange trim around the edge of them, actually a lot of fedoras do. Have any of you ever heard of getting a hat that is the proper size, and removing the edge trim? Is that even possible or is the edge of the brim under that trim screwy?

 

[Egon Spengler]

What do you think of this hat?

I am thinking of purchasing a hat similar to this one

I'm not too sure about the color, but was thinking I might be able to dye it to the proper shade. Is it even possible to rebash a hat like this into the correct Indy shape?

 

[Apollo]

Good God No! :lol

 

[Egon Spengler]

Okay then. What don't you like about it? Tell me a little about why it wouldn't work.

What about this one? The brim is wide enough that I could trim away the edging, but I'm not sure how well that works. I also realise it is wool but I'm not too worried about that. Some people complain about wool hats shrinking and others say they just need to be weatherproofed and they stay fine. Would it be possible to reshape the crown of the hat or are hats like this typically fixed into shape?

 

[Apollo]

The brim is way to big and the crown is way to small

 

[Shade88]

Wool is very hard to reshape. I would suggest going with Akubra's Fed IV; anything less will be a disappointment after a little bit...

As for me, I own two Penman fedoras; one of the fedoras is Raiders brown and the other is Raiders grey. I love both. Before those two, I owned a Downtowner and a Christy's... And both disappointed me. The Downtowner because it started to shrink after a few months of wearing and the Christy's because the crown had to much tapper (cone shaped) for my taste.

So I ordered a fedora from John Penman and I was not disappointed. :thumbsup

 

[masterjedi322]

I agree. I recently got one of Penman's Raiders fedoras, and the thing is just gorgeous. If you can swing the money, I would highly recommend it.

Sean

 

[Shade88]

I agree. I recently got one of Penman's Raiders fedoras, and the thing is just gorgeous. If you can swing the money, I would highly recommend it.

Sean

:thumbsup

If I didn't have the money for a Penman, I would've definitely gone for a Fed IV. I've had a dorfman, that thing lasted for a month...

I've had my Brown Raiders since June 6th, 2012. That fedora has the stuff!

 

[Egon Spengler]

Thanks guys. I think I might go for an Akubra Federation hat then, or possibly a "Radiers" hat that Todds costumes is supposed to be revealing soon.

 

[Jay1138]

I've been thinking about getting an Indy hat for some time know. I think I like the Akubra Federation hat the most.

 

[JBradley]

I've been having trouble on this topic lately. I want a daily-wear hat that would be recognizable as an "indy hat" but that isn't terribly expensive. I'd be willing to sacrifice accuracy for durability, but not to the point of being just a "brown fedora" as has been mentioned in the thread. Ideas?

 

[Jay1138]

Look over the last few pages JBradley. I found them extremely helpful.

I have a western-themed wedding I'm going to be in, in a few months. Hats are required so I think I found an excuse to go ahead with my hat purchase. The Federation IV has me pretty well sold.

 

[JBradley]

does anyone wear their federation IV regularly? That looks like the hat I want, but I want to know if it'll stand up to daily wear.

 

[Jay1138]

I saw a good video review on Youtube regarding the Akubra Federation. The guy said nothing but great things about it among others, saying that it held up great in rainstorms and drys fine on it's own.

 

[Beechy McFly]

I'm waiting for invoice from John and will be ordering my "Cairo" Fedora from Penman's.. So can't wait..