OK Indy guys! Need your help! Indy Fedora!!!!!!

[PHArchivist]

Trust me Rob, Herbies are crushable as I found out the hard way! :lol

Don't forget the scene in "Raiders" after he dives in the drink to get away from the Hovitos.

Now I'm intrigued about how you learned! Good point about the river scene.

 

[rickrickrick]

Trust me Rob, Herbies are crushable as I found out the hard way! :lol

Don't forget the scene in "Raiders" after he dives in the drink to get away from the Hovitos.

Uh, yeah, except that he never had to wear that hat again because the wardrobe deparment had more than one!

I'm going to guess that the real answer here is that it wasn't REALLY what is considered crushable, in the travel hat sort of way. My reasoning? In the plane, when he's wet, the brim blows up. When he's riding on the horse, or the truck, or any other time when his hat is dry, wind does not blow the brim up. That would suggest to me that it is fairly stiff, and not especially crushable.

I have a Akubra Federation Deluxe and while it is malleable enough to custom bash and does not feel stiff really, it would certainly not roll up into a bag and come out the same way it went in, unlike a genuine crusher like my Jaxon Crushable C-Crown Fedora.

Just my two cents.

R

 

[Apollo]

Now I'm intrigued about how you learned! Good point about the river scene.

In a bar.... took hat off... drunk friend sits on it:lol

I pulled my friend off that hat so fast I can still feel the muscle pulls I had.

The Hat was flatter than a pancake so that is my Stunt hat.

Gave my another reason to get another Herbie that was bashed differently so it was all good!

As far as crushable goes, sure they are not meant to be, but they are Felt so they are fragile and can be crushed.

Indy's fedora is not a pith helmet.

 

[rickrickrick]

We're talking about different things here.

I am talking about hats that are specifically manufactured to be "crushable." They do not have stiffener in the felt, so they can be fairly well compressed then return to a reasonable facsimile of their original shape. I.e. the Jaxon Crushable C-Crown Fedora or many other sorts of travel hats that are advertised as "crushable".

I am NOT saying that Indy's hat wouldn't crush if you sat on it. Of course it would! What I AM saying is that it would not easily return to its original shape once crushed, as some travel hats would.

Unless I am mistaken, I believe that is the question at hand.

Rick

 

[Marc]

Fedoras with a leather sweatband (as for example the HJ) is not what is considered a crushable hat. A crushable hat can be put into a cardboard pipe (like the ones for posters) and then be unfolded with no ill effects. A leather sweatband COULD be damaged.

Here's an example: http://millerhats.com/borcasual_catalog/index.html

Regards,

Marc

 

[PHArchivist]

Marc, is it possible to uniformly shrink a Herbert Johnson? By maybe spraying it with a mist of water, then bow drying it with a hair dryer? Am I crazy?