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Indiana Jones Raiders Hat Brim Shape
I should also mention that I am a bit wary of taking a fur felt hat out in the rain because I've owned several Christy's hats, including two poets. I got caught out in rain in one of them. We're not talking soaked here, we're talking literally a few spots of rain on the hat. The crown shrunk... -
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Indiana Jones Raiders Hat Brim Shape
Well, it doesn't have to be totally 100% screen accurate, I just really like that kind of bow shaped brim style. I'm not really into the more traditional fedora shape, with the brim turned up at the back and the front snapped down. The thing is, I haven't seen someone give the Adventurer a... -
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Indiana Jones Raiders Hat Brim Shape
The thing is that the Akubra Adventurer, DM, comes with the brim already bowed down the way so I think it looks a lot closer to the Raiders hat than the Federation 4. What I'm wondering is, would I achieve that look with the Adventurer, which has a kind of bow shaped brim, or the Federation 4... -
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Indiana Jones Raiders Hat Brim Shape
I've watched it multiple times, but that doesn't help answer my question of which hat would give a better brim, or how you achieve it. I.e. how do you take the hat and shape the brim to look like his. -
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Indiana Jones Raiders Hat Brim Shape
Hi all, I recently purchased an Akubra Adventurer hat from David Morgan and I want to get the brim to look like it does in Raiders of the Lost Ark. From what I've seen most people's hats have the rear brim turned up at the back and sitting flat like a traditional fedora shape, but in the movie... -
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Did I ruin my hat?
I thought that spending £80+ on a hat was already a lot of money. Their wool hats are about half of that. I already have a Christys' Knightsbridge Fedora, and I think it's a very nice hat. I'm not a hat snob, so I've no idea what the difference is between a hat that costs £80, and one that's... -
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Did I ruin my hat?
I steamed both sides, and no there were no instructions with the hat. Although the side that is tilted probably got a bit more steam than the straight side because it didn't seem to take the shape as well. -
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Did I ruin my hat?
The impression I was given was that a little steam was good for the hat. I didn't put a lot of steam on it, only a few seconds worth, and I waited for it to dry before I did it again. It really wasn't a lot of steam. -
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Did I ruin my hat?
Ok, but I'm British, so I would always choose a British hat maker over a foreign hat maker. Do you think I should ask for a refund? -
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Did I ruin my hat?
I was told that when you shape a hat, you basically just hold it over the kettle to soften the felt, and if you're not happy with it you can always start over. So I shaped it around 6 times before I got it the way I wanted it, and I did notice bits of felt coming out of the hat while I was... -
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Did I ruin my hat?
But isn't that because I over steamed it, rather than a poor quality hat? -
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Did I ruin my hat?
Do you know any good hatters here in the UK that could do that for me? -
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Did I ruin my hat?
Not sure if the quality of the picture is good enough but here it is. http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/Fraser_Stewart/media/photo_zpsdd2ef656.jpg.html -
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Did I ruin my hat?
So I bought a new open crown Fedora about a week ago, and used a bit of steam to try and shape it. Unfortunately, I didn't realise that you should hold it a bit away from the kettle, and that too much steam can mess it up. So now my hat is shaped like this |\, i.e. the left side is tapered and...
