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Plot twist!

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Mike posted another up today. Interestingly enough, this one has the Indy Brown ribbon. http://i.imgur.com/od85QUKl.jpg "Here is anther "Indy" hat but this time it has something new. This hat has the real Indy brown ribbon on it. This ribbon is very hard to get. It is the same color t...

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I've been looking around at various hat companies recently, and came across Tumwater Hats out of Olympia, WA They do all of their fedoras in 100% Beaver felt starting at $275 While there doesn't appear to be preset models to choose from and there isn't a strictly Indiana Jones type fedora in the gal...

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Mike posted a picture of another Dark Brown hat with a 5 1/2 inch crown on his facebook page

Would that belong to anyone here?

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Color me intrigued by that Indy style hat!

Any chance of getting a straight-on frontal shot and one from the back as well?

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I found a couple of links that may be interesting. The first is an article, the second a thread on the Fedora Lounge. http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=3352&zoneid=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?...

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I was looking at the website for Northwest Hats, and after a quick search I didn't see much mention of them on here (minus them being mentioned as an option for a hat reblock). http://www.northwesthats.com/Fedoras.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; There appears to be an I...

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Is that a Doctor Who scarf you've got it sitting on?

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*blows layer of dust off thread* Well, I've been looking for a non-brown "Indy"-ish lid. I settled on an Akubra Fed IV in carbon grey. I apoligize foor the not-so-great quality pics, as they were taken via cell phone camera. http://i.imgur.com/A4UCsQ1l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Xmlvw3vl.jpg&q...

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Nice ToD style! Always interesting to see those, as it's one of the less popular styles and therefore less common.

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I've worn my Garrison fedora in the rain multiple times. Since I was outdoors most of the time this summer, I chose my hats depending on the weather that day. On a hot sunny day, I'd go with a straw hat. If it was cool(er) or showed signs of rain, my Garrison was the hat of choice. As people have al...

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I saw their "Poet Adventurer" on the site. Their picture for it looks pretty bad:

In fact, it doesn't even look a thing like the actual hat itself.

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The ToD fedora was very slightly tapered, which has been posted about a number of times. It's certainly not as popular as the Raiders or Crystal Skull fedora, but there are people who specifically seek out hats to look like the one in Temple of Doom. Something like the Sydney isn't strictly an "...

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I looked up the Sydney, and it's a tapered hat. What that means is that the sides slope when viewed from the front. / \ The Indiana Jones fedoras are generally straight sided. | | In my experience, wearing a fedora that's straight sided AND tall makes the tallness stick out all the much more. I'm no...

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I think it's really all about the hat's dimensions. The Indy-style fedoras are tall crowned and medium-wide in the brim. While I've noticed fedoras are becoming more and more common among young people (particularly "geek" culture), the teenagers of the world generally don't make enough mon...

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Those things are closer to being a fez than they are a fedora. Strangely enough, I have seen people running around in fezzes every now and again, and not just the Shriners. A young lady had one, and one person in a group of teen/early 20s boys had a fez. I think that's more to do with the TV show &...

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Though technically a type/subclass of fedora, I've been calling the Trilbys myself to differentiate.

Good for urban kids and teens at least

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Well, after a few months of sporting my Garrison Raider, it's morphed into more of a Crystal-Skullish bash as I've let the crease flare down rather than tightening it to keep it sharp. To be honest, I think I like this shape a bit better than the sharp crease of the Raiders lid. http://i.imgur.com/k...

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http://i.imgur.com/0MGXqiol.jpg First out of the box, the first thing that struck me about the Garrison is just how good the felt was. Now, I've heard quite a bit about high-quality felt and how strong and tough it could be, yet still be soft to the touch. It appears a bit darker than I expected, t...

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Yeah, I think that for one, the ribbon would be far better as BLACK ribbon. Not SA, but better than the current brown ribbon. I doubt DP would use higher quality felt.... which is kind of a shame really. But I do think that altering the block/proportions and changing the factory bash could also go a...

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A quick glance at these forums (or that of ANY self-respecting Indy gearhead) would tell someone that the Dorfman Pacific hats are not worth it in terms of representing the Indiana Jones fedora. From hat pins, brown ribbons and inaccurate proportions to C-crown dents and crappy felt, the Dorfman exi...

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Excellent! Hat looks great, I'm expecting mine tomorrow. You should take some pics with it outdoors when you get the chance. IIRC you needed the hat by April 4th, right? :-k It's cool how that worked out in your favor... though looking at the times between your order and today, it looks like you bea...

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I think the main difference between standard Raiders and the Waterfall Hat is that the waterfall hat didn't have the turn of the brim. It's the only hat in Raiders that didn't have that feature, if I've read previous topics correctly...

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ChrisMD wrote:GOT MY TRACKING NUMBER!!!

ME TOO

VERY excited, and eagerly awaiting my Fedora from Garrison Hatters.

I had mine shaped like the opening hat, outside the temple. The "Waterfall" hat.

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Saw your blog post, Todd. It's too bad about the fedoras being misshapen. Good luck with the reshaping efforts. I am curious to see what they look like after.

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Ordered.

Now to play the waiting game. Very excited ATM.

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Well, after all of this, I think I've made my mind up.

I'm gonna order a Garrison Raider in rabbit tomorrow.

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Should I go Garrison, or settle for an Akubra instead? Pros and cons, anyone? Sounds like you have your mind made up if you consider getting an Akubra as "settling." Funny how the English language works, :lol: I didn't mean that as a bash against Akubras (no pun intended), I just meant th...

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Good point, I suppose.

I've been leading toward a Garrison due to the Akubras being a different shade of brown.

Can any owners attest to how well Garrison's hats hold up after daily wear for a long time?

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I'm not sure if a "post pics of your hat" thread is the best place for such a question, but since this thread pertains to Garrison hats, I suppose I'll ask. I'm looking to purchase a new Fedora in the next week or so, and I'm budgeting around $200 for it. I'm a bit torn between the Fed IV ...

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Pretty good, I'd say.

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Alright, the reblocked hat is here! Firstly, it's a bit stiff now. It was soft and floppy, but now is stiff. I'm not complaining, as it is in a likable shape. It's a Temple of Doom fedora for sure. The crown height, the brim width, even the slight tapering. To me, it looks kind of like a Bridge scen...

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I did some more work, including lessening the tightness of the front crease and giving a bit of brim curl a la LC. I also made a new ribbon for it out of Walmart grosgrain ribbon. Here's a pic of the hat on my head, overall a good non-indy fedora to hold me over until my reblock arrives. At any rate...

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He did a good job (considering..!) At least it looks like a nice hat now. How does it look on you with the smaller crown? I'll have to wait until it arrives! :P It's being shipped on Friday. I eagerly await it's arrival though. There's a learning lesson here somewhere, probably less to do with gett...

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Alright, so here goes. Gary White has been working on my hat for over a week now. He did want to impress upon me that the state I had sent it to him in was not very good, which I'll admit to. Getting my hat soaked through resulted in significant shrinkage, and I can attest that before sending it to ...

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I've seen this done a few times before, where one has had an old hat or a cowboy hat or something inexpensive from the store and then converted it to an "indy-like" hat. I'd like to see if anyone has examples of doing this kind of thing, so I'll start by sharing my own. This was an old, st...

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Probably closer to Raiders. I've been digging the looser pinch though, so it'll probably be more of a LC.

Mr. White talked about the brim curl over the phone. Still haven't made up my mind on that yet, I suppose I'll have to figure it out by the time it arrives at his shop.

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I'm sending it to Gary later on today, hopefully he'll be able to straighten it out.... Though this whole situation makes me wonder, is it worth it to get blocking materials to be able to do this at home? It almost seems like it'd be a worthwhile investment to have the supplies and know-how to be ab...

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I'm gonna be sending my Raider in for a reblock today. I'm shipping it over to Gary White in Buffalo. I'd rather not post pics of what it currently looks like, but looking at the cockpit scene in ToD...... it looks kind of like that, maybe worse. :[ I'll post in a few weeks once I get it back with t...

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You've got a pretty good bash on it!

Mine had started as a Raiders bash, then I made it a LC for awhile.

Hat took a swim though, so I've got to go and get it reblocked. I don't think I've heard of one of these hats being reblocked before, should be interesting to see the result.

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Geno-I must have missed it...where are you located? that can help identify a hatter near you. Vermont, actually. I gave Gary White out of Buffalo a phone call, and he told me that the cost of a reblock and return shipping would be around $60. I might go and send it over to him later this week. Sinc...

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Alright, I'll shoot Garrison Hatters an email and see what he gives as a price estimate.

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LLS? Perhaps I'm too new, but I'm not familiar with them.

I looked on John's site, and his list of prices say $95 for a full reblock

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Due to an unfortunate incident, my Coyle's fedora (size 61) went for a bit of a swim without my permission. :shock: I quickly grabbed the closest thing that was about the size of my head (a metal pot), lacking a proper hat stretcher or anything to do blocking with and placed it inside in hopes of ke...

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I previously had this lid with a Raiders-like bash (A tight crease but without the turn of the brim)
However, over time the bottom of the crease kept getting pressed out by my head, and I eventually decided to just make it into an LC style instead

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