Got the hat today. Fits like a charm! :D Just put in a preliminary "Raiders"-ish bash. (Working on sharpening the creases.) Anyway, one thing that's been giving me a little trouble is getting the brim to snap down as far as I like. All of the guides I have found simply say to "snap th...

Righto, my order for a size 57 Fed IV has been placed and I wrote Jenny to ask for the hat to be measured. Now I just have to wait for them to return to the office from their weekend (got to love the international date line), pack it up and ship it. \:D/ Knowing me I'll have a time of it being patie...

One of the benefits of being "they" is whenever anyone disagrees with you, you can tell them, "Well, that's what they say anyway…" and be completely right every time. "Them" can work too, but it can be a little trickier to work grammatically into an applicable sentence....

Wow, thanks! That'll make things a lot easier! (I didn't know they even had video guides for bashing.)

Thanks for advice, everyone! I'm thinking that I'll probably go with the 57, but just to be sure I did email my measurement range to Hats Direct and I'll see what they say. Hopefully, if all goes well I'll be combing these forums heavily in a while looking for advice on a Raiders bash. Thanks again!...

Hello all! You don't know me but I'm a long time reader, first time poster. I've decided I need to purchase my first real fedora. For several years now I've had a poorly fitting, discolored Dorfman Pacific that I've finally gotten fed up with and I'm just about ready to replace it with a Federation ...