The Shadow's Hat

[Colby Jack]

What type of hat was worn in the Baldwin Shadow movie?...And if you wanted to get something like it...what current hat comes close?
Thanks for all the wonderful help here at the Lounge!
Colby Jack

 

[Lancealot]

Basically it's a cross between a wide brimmed cowboy hat and a fedora. It had a tear drop bash with a wide ribbon. Your best bet is probably to pick up a wide brimmed cowboy and alter it with a new bash and ribbon.

 

[Doctor Strange]

The brim and ribbon aren't quite wide enough for a precise duplicate, but for "close enough" purposes, you can't go wrong with the good old Akubra Federation!

http://www.hatsdirect.com/cgi/products.cgi?view=58&returncat=Fedora+Hats&returnpage=0

Since it comes in black and ships with an open crown, you could easily give it the right teardrop bash. And if you've spent any time poking through the threads here, you know that this is an exceptionally fine hat for its price. (I've got one in mid-brown that I Raiders-bashed and it's great!)

 

[Colby Jack]

I was thinking the Federation might be a good starting point. I really like a wider brim. Now what's the difference between the Fed and the deluxe Fed?
CJ

 

[Travis]

I was thinking the Federation might be a good starting point. I really like a wider brim. Now what's the difference between the Fed and the deluxe Fed?
CJ

If I'm not mistaken, the Deluxe has a higher quality felt.

 

[Lancealot]

Check out this thread

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=5713&highlight=the+shadow

 

[Doctor Strange]

Besides the higher quality felt (not that there's anything wrong with Akubra's standard "Imperial" grade!), I believe the Deluxe's shade of brown is designed to be closer to screen-accurate as an Indy hat. The middling brown of the Federation has an odd green undertone, where as the Deluxe's deeper brown has a red undertone. I think both hats have the same 73x70mm dimensional brim. (Note that this brim is PLENTY big enough for most faces! It looks like Baldwin's hat had a 3-1/4 or 3-1/2 inch brim, which is freakishly wide for a fedora style.)

 

[Colby Jack]

Thank you both so much for the info! That link was great and I'm looking really hard at both versions of the Fed. One in black can be basic Fed I would think...But if I wanted to do the Indy thing, then the Deluxe would be more on the money.
CJ

 

[jake_fink]

Black Squatter also gets pretty close.

 

[Colby Jack]

Thats another good idea...but doesn't the Squatter have those vent holes in the side?
CJ

 

[johnnycanuck]

no the "Squatter" does not have vent holes.
Johnny

 

[Colby Jack]

Thank you Johnny