Raiders birdbeak brim
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Raiders birdbeak brim
How many have noticed the nuance on the Raiders brim? The brim over his eyes. While the LC brim as I recall was flat, just like it had been ironed flat, the Raiders brim still showed evidence of being flanged. That is, the brim is not flat, but has a hump in it. Similiar to this one here on an AB.
Thoughts? Fedora
Thoughts? Fedora
I had the same effect on my AB Deluxe.
I requested a flanged brim on the sides and in the back, because I wanted LC style from the beginning.
I assume the brim was flanged round and round, i.e. sides, back and front and then the front was snap down. (Marc, correct me if I'm wrong).
I had to steam and iron the brim just a little bit to get rid of the "hump" and flatten the front part of the brim.
When I snap down the back of my brim there's also a hump.
Cheers
HP
I requested a flanged brim on the sides and in the back, because I wanted LC style from the beginning.
I assume the brim was flanged round and round, i.e. sides, back and front and then the front was snap down. (Marc, correct me if I'm wrong).
I had to steam and iron the brim just a little bit to get rid of the "hump" and flatten the front part of the brim.
When I snap down the back of my brim there's also a hump.
Cheers
HP
Steve, what are the odds of a feature like that developing from pulling on the front of the brim. For example, if your hat was a little too tight, you would pull the middle of the front of the brim forward to stretch it a bit. Would that distort the felt like you see there? I think it would be more dramatic with a thin felt too. Or maybe, my hat is the one that is too tight.
Yeah, some of those things could do it I guess. But it is really from the flange used on the brim. I was rather proud of this nuance on my hats, until I had some sent back and I had to iron the front brim flat. I still generally put this in the Raiders fedora though, as it is film accurate. Now if I can just run an educational campaign so everyone knows that is supposed to be there on the brim. Perhaps I should have that as an option? I am joking here, because I have only had two returned for this issue. 2 out of over 700 ain't bad. Fedora
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