My fedora

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:28 am

Hello. I am new here but have been lurking a while. I took some great ideas from some members here and fixed up my cheap wool hat. I got this thing at a department store in Ohio for $50 a few years ago. I have since re-bashed it, removed the bound edge, and added a larger ribbon. I do have a Fed IV coming but still like doing things to the stuff I have to make them more accurate. What do you guys think?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:32 am

Here are a few shots I had my wife take while we were on vacation in AZ. This was before I upgraded the ribbon too.

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http://www.geocities.com/rotundo41/meindy11.JPG
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DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:48 am

I like it. It definately has that Indy feel. Looks like it has been on a few adventures itself.

Dave

BazzanoJones · Post by **BazzanoJones** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:53 am

Yes, very Indy style! I like it!

Minnesota Jones · Post by **Minnesota Jones** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:59 am

Love the Grand Canyon photos. I took this one at the Grand Canyon and was praying the wind would behave....

Indycrazy5187 · Post by **Indycrazy5187** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:14 pm

Ive got to say alex...you got the steal of the month...it's such a great looking hat...do you have before and after pictures?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:19 pm

This is it at last years Dragoncon with the tiny 1/2 inch ribbon and the bound edge. Not the greatest pic but you get the idea.

http://www.geocities.com/rotundo41/meindy.jpg

The Penitent Man · Post by **The Penitent Man** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:17 pm

Wow...Great Job Alex!!

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Odo · Post by **Odo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:12 pm

Now that I read this, I want to share my "Cheap Fedora" transformation into a "little less awful fedora".
(This was many months ago, and all thanks to many ideas I got here, reading posts at COW)

This is what it was like my crappy fedora...

and after some work...

I got this...

Which is still crappy, but not as much as before...
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Nowadays I think I've improved my work, as I'm making hats for many pals in the Spanish and the Italian forum, which I never dared to offer here, as this is where the Greatest Hatters live, in front of whom I should take my hat off...

This is what I'm doing nowadays...

The guy in the pics is my friend IndiegoJones, which I work with. This was last week, during his trip to Machu Picchu, testing one of our hats.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:17 pm

Nice shots!!!! Love the one with the "Paramount" mountain in the back.

gabrielle · Post by **gabrielle** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:33 pm

That 1st photo with the beautiful backdrop behind the lone hat is amazing!!!

Odo · Post by **Odo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:40 pm

You can get that shot only in Machu Picchu...or may be in Akator, if you find it...