Last Crusade Fedora

MARQ · Post by **MARQ** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:23 am

I must admit, I like Indy´s fedora in Last Crusade during the motorbike chase;but have you noticed how his hat chances its crown shape during the movie

But can anybody say who made the hats for LC, and do they still offer it ?

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:15 pm

HJ made them and still offer the LC block. Todd of Todd's Costumes has these on hand. If you want the original brand go with the HJ. Fedora

VP · Post by VP » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:29 pm

Kuten toi Fedora tos sanokin niin Herbert Johnson teki kaikki Indy-leffojen hatut ja myy niitä vieläkin. http://indyville.fi/sekalaista/varusteet/hattu/
Niitä voi hommata joko Todd's Costumesilta Jenkeistä, jolloin mukaan tulee tullit ja arvonlisäverot, tai suoraan Swine Adeney Briggiltä Lontoosta jolloin ei tuu mitään ylimäärästä maksettavaa.

http://www.toddscostumes.com/indy/HJ%20 ... fedora.htm
http://www.swaineadeney.co.uk/bespoke_o ... adies_hats

Indiana Cromeens · Post by **Indiana Cromeens** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:35 pm

I don't know I wouldn't sell myself short on the LC fedora steve. The crusade AB I have from you just looks more and more screen accurate the more I wear it, it also holds up against weather like no other hat on earth, we just got 15 inch of rain in one week mostly on one day a HJ would've shrunk, tapered and would've been ruined, water just beads off the AB, when I first recieved it, it looked very raiders due to the block shape, but now that its broken in it looks has LC has the HJ, maybe more IMHO. cheers to another masterpiece hat fedora.

IndyMo · Post by **IndyMo** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:46 pm

I have a Lee Keppler - I posted pictures a while back - darned if I can find them. But it is a beauty!

Kaleponi Craig · Post by **Kaleponi Craig** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:51 pm

Steve, you're being too modest. I have an Adventurebilt, designed by our own Fedora, in the Last Crusade style (to be specific, the Venice Pier Scene). It's pure beaver and will hold up much better that a rabbit fur felt...KC

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:27 am

I was just steering him to the original brand, as that is what I thought he was interested in. I am still enamored with the Herbert Johnson name, and own a new one as well as several vintage ones. And I really like the feel of the felt they are using currently. Nothing like what they used post LC. They moved to a sort of western felt, and now have returned to a classic dress felt. Fedora

Indiana Cromeens · Post by **Indiana Cromeens** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:29 am

good point fedora, the felt is incredibly soft and dressy on the HJ, and they are beautiful hats. I guess the cow rule applies if VP wants a hat that he can wear everyday everywhere-get an AB. If you want the movie name or a hat to wear once in a while get a HJ

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:26 am

Here is my Herbert Johnson from Todd's ( that I creased as a LC hat).

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/j ... C01414.jpg

MARQ · Post by **MARQ** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:23 am

People that´s what I´m talking about...Bending Oak´s Fed looks amazing...I do have this grappy hat, I finally after long experimenting got it to look like Raider-Fed...but it has this taper,way too wide taper when looked from the side, when put on... I must get authentic looking fedora!
Anyhow, the Akubra would be my choise.

VP · Post by VP » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:18 am

Indiana Cromeens wrote:if VP wants a hat that he can wear everyday everywhere-get an AB.

I have had a hat that I can wear every day, everywhere, kick around, pour dirt on, Dandalize etc for over two years, and that hat is Akubra Federation.

MARQ wrote:Anyhow, the Akubra would be my choise.

Excellent.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:36 am

MARQ wrote:People that´s what I´m talking about...Bending Oak´s Fed looks amazing...I do have this grappy hat, I finally after long experimenting got it to look like Raider-Fed...but it has this taper,way too wide taper when looked from the side, when put on... I must get authentic looking fedora!
Anyhow, the Akubra would be my choise.

huh, I'm lost. Please explain.

VP · Post by VP » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:40 am

Simple English version: He likes your hat. He owns a hat that looks bad. He tried to shape his hat so it would look like the hat in a movie called Raiders of the Lost Ark. But the hat is so bad that it is impossible to get the look of the hat in the movie. So now he has to get a better looking hat.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:28 pm

thanks VP for that translation.

MarQ, if you like my hats, I would by all means look into buy a Adventurebilt. It is a lot better than what any photo can show you. Photo's don't do it justice ( it's that good) and very easy to shape.

MARQ · Post by **MARQ** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:04 am

Apparently I´ve got to explain myself better in the future...
V.P. you got it right, Sorry Bending Oak if I didn´t write it clear enough.