Can anyone tell me what Fedora...

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:34 am

this is?

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Post by **Holt** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:51 am

no I cant man cause it from to far distance ;-)

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:52 am

Lets see the bow?

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:56 am

It looks slightly tapered...

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:07 pm

These should give it away:

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:09 pm

Oh, and that front photo is done in a mirror, so no, the bow isn't on the wrong side.

EDIT: I inverted the photo, so it should be fine now.

Mulceber · Post by **Mulceber** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:14 pm

I want to say ToD, but I have a feeling it's a LC. -M

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:16 pm

What I meant was, what vendor do you think it is from. I know its a popular game, but I wanna play too. I am always the guesser, now I want someone to guess mine.

Mulceber · Post by **Mulceber** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:24 pm

hmm...then I'd guess either Peters Bros or JPDesigns. -M

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:11 pm

Any other guesses? I'll hold out telling you until I get some more. I want to see how many get it right.

The Aviator · Post by **The Aviator** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:53 pm

My guess would be far of JPD or PB...there far too good in quality plus the dimensions in crown height are wrong for the PB and ribbon is too far out for it to be a JPD. The bow is throwing me...with the look of the felt I would guess a dorfman with a todds replacement ribbon....it has a heck of a lot of taper.

Cheers

IndyFalco · Post by **IndyFalco** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:54 pm

Dorfman

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:00 pm

Yup. Cheap Dorfman. That's the only thing I'm missing is a good hat. The first thing I ever bought was this "official" Dorfman, and I've learned so much since then. Now that I have Noel Howard gear and Aldens and Wested and such, I'm embarassed that my Fedora is a Dorfman.

I'll have to find a way of getting a nice replacement for under $200 that has an LC look.

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:03 pm

I'm not an hats expert: it seems a wool felt to my eyes, perhaps a DP.

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:04 pm

Ops... to late!!!

The Aviator · Post by **The Aviator** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:28 pm

The ribbon screams todd but the colour of the felt had me mistake it for a hj for a minute...it looks the spit of the cockpit hat in Temple Of Doom....I mean that as a compliment though

Cheers

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:36 pm

Yeah, I rebashed the Dorfman and swapped the ribbon for a Todd's. It'll do for now as a close enough, compared with what a DP looks like out of the box, but definitely won't be my "Indy Hat".

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:43 pm

I keep saying this and probably sounding like an annoying cheerleader but with the exchange rates the way they are right now, you can get a Fed IV for under $100.

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:20 pm

I was having a hard time finding the exact hat on the Akubra website, and the one I found on David Morgan's site appears to be pretty much black.

What am I missing?

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:36 pm

maboot38 wrote:I was having a hard time finding the exact hat on the Akubra website, and the one I found on David Morgan's site appears to be pretty much black.

What am I missing?

Here's where you start:

http://www.hatsdirect.com/federation/index.html

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:39 pm

Federation is an Hatsdirect exclusive, you can't find it on the Akubra website.

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:45 pm

Great! Can someone post a great link to how to get the correct bash since they only sell open crown? Do Fed IV owners bash the hats themselves, or do they have it done for them somewhere?

I bashed my DP. Is it that easy, or is there a trick?

BoilermakerJones · Post by **BoilermakerJones** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:56 am

Here is a bashing guide that someone else had posted.

http://www.vessillologia.it/Raidersbash ... torial.htm

There really isn't a trick. I was able to get a satisfactory LC bash on my Fed IV in just a few minutes, and I had never bashed a hat before.

The current Fed price is great. I checked the price the other day and you can get a Fed IV Deluxe for less than I paid for my Standard back in April.

Matt