Hat color selection

[deadlyhandsome]

Very nice hat! I’m going with 2 5/8 rim, 4 1/2 crown diamond crease by Art, 1 inch burgundy ribbon, burgundy binding.
How tall would make the crown open?
Thanks for all the advice!


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The open crown height can cover a range of heights depending on how it is creased. Art tends to have his crowns closer to 5.5 inches; also a classic height. Whatever Art makes for you it will be a great hat.


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[deadlyhandsome]

More reference felt swatches:

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[jonesy86]

That looks great! How tall is that black cherry felt as creased?


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[deadlyhandsome]

That looks great! How tall is that black cherry felt as creased?


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Thanks, Rick makes excellent hats!
I’ll measure the crease height when I get home. It was a six inch open crown.


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[Zombie_61]

Thanks, Rick makes excellent hats!
I’ll measure the crease height when I get home. It was a six inch open crown.

If you're starting a pool, put me down for 4-3/4".

 

[deadlyhandsome]

If you're starting a pool, put me down for 4-3/4".

As long as the prize isn’t the hat.


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[deadlyhandsome]

That looks great! How tall is that black cherry felt as creased?


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5.0 inches at the front and 3 7/8 inches at the back. Cheers.


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[jonesy86]

5.0 inches at the front and 3 7/8 inches at the back. Cheers.


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That’s bold, I love it.


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[deadlyhandsome]

That’s bold, I love it.


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That’s the great thing about open crown hats; you can make them whatever you want and change them at any time.


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[deadlyhandsome]

More of Winchester’s colors:

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[deadlyhandsome]

Bumping this and adding the American Hat Co. color comparisons:

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[belfastboy]

Bumping this and adding the American Hat Co. color comparisons:

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I wonder where they source the felts?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I wonder where they source the felts?

That’s a good question.

I don’t know if these are different colors or just the same colors we’re used to but given different names.


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[scottyrocks]

That’s a good question.

I don’t know if these are different colors or just the same colors we’re used to but given different names.

Just as an example, there are so many different versions of brown, here represented by 'chocolate,' that it boggles the mind. The colors shown in the graphic, therefore, should only be used for the hats made by this company.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Just as an example, there are so many different versions of brown, here represented by 'chocolate,' that it boggles the mind. The colors shown in the graphic, therefore, should only be used for the hats made by this company.

Of course. You can’t use Chevy’s color when ordering a Ford. This is just to add yet another company’s take on various colors.


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[jlee562]

You know, I've often pondered about how many hats we count as "silverbelly" for lack of a better identifier. Old (black and white) Stetson ads talk about shades like Belgian beaver, light belly, sand, light sand....​

 

[scottyrocks]

Of course. You can’t use Chevy’s color when ordering a Ford. This is just to add yet another company’s take on various colors.

Yes, I know. I guess I just felt like being incredibly obvious.

 

[Just A Hat Rack]

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Are these Winchester colors? I'm curious because I noticed the "coyote" color and wasn't sure if it was still available. I would kind of like to see it. I have an order in with Rick for an Indy hat, and the dark brown kinda doesn't sit right with me. I know Winchester doesn't offer the "sable" color of the original Indy, but dark brown just seems too dark, and the dark brown ribbon almost blends in with it. I'm highly interested in the "whiskey," but I worry it may be too yellow and stray too far from the original color.

 

[Woodtroll]

Are these Winchester colors? I'm curious because I noticed the "coyote" color and wasn't sure if it was still available. I would kind of like to see it. I have an order in with Rick for an Indy hat, and the dark brown kinda doesn't sit right with me. I know Winchester doesn't offer the "sable" color of the original Indy, but dark brown just seems to dark, and the dark brown ribbon almost blends in with it. I'm highly interested in the "whiskey," but I worry it may be too yellow and stray too far from the original color.

For what it's worth, I had the same concern about the "yellow" in the whiskey color. Almost every picture of whiskey-colored Winchester felt seemed to have some yellow in it, but the hat I received from Michael Gannon a while back is not yellow at all, just a nice mellow mid-brown. I was fretting about the color choice until I received it, but I really like the color in person.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Are these Winchester colors? I'm curious because I noticed the "coyote" color and wasn't sure if it was still available. I would kind of like to see it. I have an order in with Rick for an Indy hat, and the dark brown kinda doesn't sit right with me. I know Winchester doesn't offer the "sable" color of the original Indy, but dark brown just seems to dark, and the dark brown ribbon almost blends in with it. I'm highly interested in the "whiskey," but I worry it may be too yellow and stray too far from the original color.

They are Winchester colors; however, I believe that coyote was one of the former proprietary colors from VS which now are available in sporadic runs but with a minimum order of 36.

I have a Winchester whiskey made by Northwest and it doesn’t have any yellow in it that I can see. Now pecan definitely has some green tones going on but that’s a whole different story.


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