What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Frunobulax]

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Nice to see you hard at work, Max.

 

[hatophile]

Panama Bob

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Nice to see you hard at work, Max.

It's hard, living in a pandemic, Jim

 

[deadlyhandsome]

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Beautiful hat, Max. Can you add it to the Montecristi Hat Works thread?

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/montecristi-custom-hat-works.101214/

 

[T Jones]

Wearing one that I almost threw away. I actually used this hat to experiment on over the past few years and I almost threw it out until I decided to mess around with it and make a clone of an Indy LC hat. The hat body is a Resistol Stagecoach, the sweatband was taken from an O'Farrell, the liner came from a different Stagecoach that I had laying around, and the ribbon and bow has been put on and taken off again from several different hats only to end up on this one. So this is my Stagecoach LC Frankenhat that was pieced together with materials from different hats. I'll have more later in the Conversion Corral. The brim shape on this was hard to nail down because it changed so much throughout the movie. I decided on a brim shape similar to this one...

The crown is tall and straight and somewhat rounded off at the top with a center dent and a high tight pinch.
The side dents are deeper and more elongated than I prefer but more correct for this hat.
The brim is dimensional cut at 2 5/8 front and back and 2 3/8 on the sides, (the LC was the shortest brim width of the Indy hats). In some of the LC scenes
the "cowboy curl" is slightly higher on the bow side. Although in one scene from the movie the curl
was noticeably way higher on the other side.

This is before the ribbon was sewn on

 

[Blare]

Wearing one that I almost threw away. I actually used this hat to experiment on over the past few years and I almost threw it out until I decided to mess around with it and make a clone of an Indy LC hat. The hat body is a Resistol Stagecoach, the sweatband was taken from an O'Farrell, the liner came from a different Stagecoach that I had laying around, and the ribbon and bow has been put on and taken off again from several different hats only to end up on this one. So this is my Stagecoach LC Frankenhat that was pieced together with materials from different hats. I'll have more later in the Conversion Corral. The brim shape on this was hard to nail down because it changed so much throughout the movie. I decided on a brim shape similar to this one...

The crown is tall and straight and somewhat rounded off at the top with a center dent and a high tight pinch.
The side dents are deeper and more elongated than I prefer but more correct for this hat.
The brim is dimensional cut at 2 5/8 front and back and 2 3/8 on the sides, (the LC was the shortest brim width of the Indy hats). In some of the LC scenes
the "cowboy curl" is slightly higher on the bow side. Although in one scene from the movie the curl
was noticeably way higher on the other side.

This is before the ribbon was sewn on

Very cool Terry. Nice job!

 

[T Jones]

Very cool Terry. Nice job!

Thank you buddy.

 

[humanshoes]

Wearing one that I almost threw away. I actually used this hat to experiment on over the past few years and I almost threw it out until I decided to mess around with it and make a clone of an Indy LC hat. The hat body is a Resistol Stagecoach, the sweatband was taken from an O'Farrell, the liner came from a different Stagecoach that I had laying around, and the ribbon and bow has been put on and taken off again from several different hats only to end up on this one. So this is my Stagecoach LC Frankenhat that was pieced together with materials from different hats. I'll have more later in the Conversion Corral. The brim shape on this was hard to nail down because it changed so much throughout the movie. I decided on a brim shape similar to this one...

The crown is tall and straight and somewhat rounded off at the top with a center dent and a high tight pinch.
The side dents are deeper and more elongated than I prefer but more correct for this hat.
The brim is dimensional cut at 2 5/8 front and back and 2 3/8 on the sides, (the LC was the shortest brim width of the Indy hats). In some of the LC scenes
the "cowboy curl" is slightly higher on the bow side. Although in one scene from the movie the curl
was noticeably way higher on the other side.

This is before the ribbon was sewn on

Excellent work Terry! Now you just have to beat it up some.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Wearing one that I almost threw away. I actually used this hat to experiment on over the past few years and I almost threw it out until I decided to mess around with it and make a clone of an Indy LC hat. The hat body is a Resistol Stagecoach, the sweatband was taken from an O'Farrell, the liner came from a different Stagecoach that I had laying around, and the ribbon and bow has been put on and taken off again from several different hats only to end up on this one. So this is my Stagecoach LC Frankenhat that was pieced together with materials from different hats. I'll have more later in the Conversion Corral. The brim shape on this was hard to nail down because it changed so much throughout the movie. I decided on a brim shape similar to this one...

The crown is tall and straight and somewhat rounded off at the top with a center dent and a high tight pinch.
The side dents are deeper and more elongated than I prefer but more correct for this hat.
The brim is dimensional cut at 2 5/8 front and back and 2 3/8 on the sides, (the LC was the shortest brim width of the Indy hats). In some of the LC scenes
the "cowboy curl" is slightly higher on the bow side. Although in one scene from the movie the curl
was noticeably way higher on the other side.

This is before the ribbon was sewn on

Looks great, Terry. I like your teardrop creases but it’s nice to see you mixing it up.

How did you give the hat a dimensional brim? I’ve been curious about how this is done...maybe a stencil/pattern?

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Mallory

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Mallory
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Something very classic about this photo. As always, your ensemble look great.

 

[T Jones]

Excellent work Terry! Now you just have to beat it up some.

Ha! Thank you Rick! If I wear this hat while doing the list of chores my wife has for me, it should be really well seasoned and beat up!

 

[jlee562]

Wearing one that I almost threw away. I actually used this hat to experiment on over the past few years and I almost threw it out until I decided to mess around with it and make a clone of an Indy LC hat. The hat body is a Resistol Stagecoach, the sweatband was taken from an O'Farrell, the liner came from a different Stagecoach that I had laying around, and the ribbon and bow has been put on and taken off again from several different hats only to end up on this one. So this is my Stagecoach LC Frankenhat that was pieced together with materials from different hats. I'll have more later in the Conversion Corral. The brim shape on this was hard to nail down because it changed so much throughout the movie. I decided on a brim shape similar to this one...

The crown is tall and straight and somewhat rounded off at the top with a center dent and a high tight pinch.
The side dents are deeper and more elongated than I prefer but more correct for this hat.
The brim is dimensional cut at 2 5/8 front and back and 2 3/8 on the sides, (the LC was the shortest brim width of the Indy hats). In some of the LC scenes
the "cowboy curl" is slightly higher on the bow side. Although in one scene from the movie the curl
was noticeably way higher on the other side.

This is before the ribbon was sewn on

Great work! I just watched Last Crusade the other day, it's my favorite Indy movie.

Looks great, Terry. I like your teardrop creases but it’s nice to see you mixing it up.

How did you give the hat a dimensional brim? I’ve been curious about how this is done...maybe a stencil/pattern?

Richard Swales (who did the Raiders hat at HJ) infamously cut them by hand with scissors!

 

[T Jones]

Great work! I just watched Last Crusade the other day, it's my favorite Indy movie.



Richard Swales (who did the Raiders hat at HJ) infamously cut them by hand with scissors!

Thank you buddy! Last Crusade was my favorite too! I like Indy's Raiders hat but I think his LC hat is my favorite.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

A very swoopy Cuenca Panama complete with a pug put on backwards

 

[1967Cougar390]

Wearing one that I almost threw away. I actually used this hat to experiment on over the past few years and I almost threw it out until I decided to mess around with it and make a clone of an Indy LC hat. The hat body is a Resistol Stagecoach, the sweatband was taken from an O'Farrell, the liner came from a different Stagecoach that I had laying around, and the ribbon and bow has been put on and taken off again from several different hats only to end up on this one. So this is my Stagecoach LC Frankenhat that was pieced together with materials from different hats. I'll have more later in the Conversion Corral. The brim shape on this was hard to nail down because it changed so much throughout the movie. I decided on a brim shape similar to this one...

The crown is tall and straight and somewhat rounded off at the top with a center dent and a high tight pinch.
The side dents are deeper and more elongated than I prefer but more correct for this hat.
The brim is dimensional cut at 2 5/8 front and back and 2 3/8 on the sides, (the LC was the shortest brim width of the Indy hats). In some of the LC scenes
the "cowboy curl" is slightly higher on the bow side. Although in one scene from the movie the curl
was noticeably way higher on the other side.

This is before the ribbon was sewn on

Terry that is one fine looking hat. Another well done conversion.

Steven

 

[T Jones]

Terry that is one fine looking hat. Another well done conversion.

Steven

Thank you Steven!

 

[1967Cougar390]

My Tawny Fawn Fed IV shielded me from the sun on a hot South Carolina day.

Steven

 

[T Jones]

My Tawny Fawn Fed IV shielded me from the sun on a hot South Carolina day.

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Steven

Nice Fed! What's the car behind you? Mustang?

 

[Blare]

I am really enjoying the lines of this Lee Black Label “Commentator” and it has definitely gotten some head time the past few days. It shares a bit of block styling with my Lee Bronze label. The felt is a rich chocolate brown with a matching grosgrain mid ribbon. The brim is 2 1/2 underwelt edge with a neat stitching pattern. The generous 2 inch sweatband is nice and Soft.. the seam bow at the rear or the sweat has come unattached so I need to reattach that. The cool Lee liner is loose... though I may take it out and set it aside. Those little details aside the felt is in real nice shape and I really love the look and feel of this hat.

Lee 5th Avenue Water Bloc
Black Label - Commentator
Chocolate Brown Felt
4 1/2 to 4 rakish crown as shaped
1 3/8 Grosgrain mid ribbon
2 1/2 brim with underwelt edge
2 inch sweat