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- Indiana G
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indy g idol grab
i just wanted to share my latest and greatest build. i blocked this hat body 3 times until i was happy with it..(the second one being a water block)..and burnt myself with steam in the process
the rest of the construction was not exactly 'smooth sailing' (considering the various holes in my fingers ) but each step of building the hat was nothing less than perfection........for me and my limited skills that is. the sweat and stitching was put in evenly and consistently with straight tight double-backed stitching. also, the installation of the bow/ribbon was a personal victory as i had yet to do one that gave me this much gratification.
the hat was constructed and then all that was left to do was the bash........i put in the idol grab creases with the shallow side dents and put in just the slightest of taper. i used these pics as a guide:
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this hat was extremely difficult to bash and to mate to my facial features. perhaps it was the shallow side dents that i wasn't use to as i have been accustomed to the side dents straightening/flaring out the crown. the brim seemed limp and lifeless.......all this work to get me a STOCK HJ
with some elbow grease and mr. kettle, i got her back to where i thought was the most flattering for me and as close to the temple hat as i can get it. now hopefully over time as i kick the crud out of this hat....she'll turn into a nice SOC hat for me.
the rest of the construction was not exactly 'smooth sailing' (considering the various holes in my fingers ) but each step of building the hat was nothing less than perfection........for me and my limited skills that is. the sweat and stitching was put in evenly and consistently with straight tight double-backed stitching. also, the installation of the bow/ribbon was a personal victory as i had yet to do one that gave me this much gratification.
the hat was constructed and then all that was left to do was the bash........i put in the idol grab creases with the shallow side dents and put in just the slightest of taper. i used these pics as a guide:
and
this hat was extremely difficult to bash and to mate to my facial features. perhaps it was the shallow side dents that i wasn't use to as i have been accustomed to the side dents straightening/flaring out the crown. the brim seemed limp and lifeless.......all this work to get me a STOCK HJ
with some elbow grease and mr. kettle, i got her back to where i thought was the most flattering for me and as close to the temple hat as i can get it. now hopefully over time as i kick the crud out of this hat....she'll turn into a nice SOC hat for me.
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- Indiana G
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thanks gents....this is my best hat yet. i didn't think i could make the last one better, but i did indeed learn that my skills have a lot of room for development
the rear brim is flanged with a curl. this hat is less 'characterized' and so to give me the more 'hooded' brim, i pushed the the rear down flatter (but still kept the curl).jedidentist wrote:Looks nice. Is the rear of the brim downturned or upturned? It looks more downturned to me. I've always liked this bash the most, and I think it's because of the downward turn. One of these days (16 months and waiting) my AB should be arriving with this bash. Nice job!
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Your skills are increasing (accelerating, really) at a rate well beyond what some might consider "normal", my friend...
Whatever you're doing in your life that's contributing to this... please allow me to say:
"Carry on, sir... as you were..."
Seriously though, G...
Every time I see your stuff I think two things:
1. Just HOW quickly can a person get THIS good at making a hat?
2. Just HOW soon am I gonna own my own "GIG" Fedora? ("G's Idol Grab)
;-)
Your friend (and a bigger Fan every day),
Mitch
Whatever you're doing in your life that's contributing to this... please allow me to say:
"Carry on, sir... as you were..."
Seriously though, G...
Every time I see your stuff I think two things:
1. Just HOW quickly can a person get THIS good at making a hat?
2. Just HOW soon am I gonna own my own "GIG" Fedora? ("G's Idol Grab)
;-)
Your friend (and a bigger Fan every day),
Mitch
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you know I was thinking if they make an Indy V think of the competion for the rights to the making of the hat, especially if Steve is retiring and Mark takes a pass. You have Indiana G and Bending Oak and they both are becomming experts at their crafts,can you imagine if all four hook up,what an empire. Good luck guys and keep up the good work.
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i couldn't hold a candle to mr. oak in all honesty....based on what i've seen here. i'd love to own one of his creations one day or at least handle one.jacksdad wrote:you know I was thinking if they make an Indy V think of the competion for the rights to the making of the hat, especially if Steve is retiring and Mark takes a pass. You have Indiana G and Bending Oak and they both are becomming experts at their crafts,can you imagine if all four hook up,what an empire. Good luck guys and keep up the good work.
that'd be really cool if indy v comes out and if penman hats gets the nod. i'd love to help oak out on it if he needs it........of course we'd be bickering about block shapes all the time and he'd fire me for spending too much time with tony nowak in regards to the jacket
now that would be a funny turn of events
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Hmmm... I dunno... SOMETHING tells me that if Fortune & Glory presented you both with THAT kind of opportunity, you two would find SOME way to put aside any differences either of you might have (today, tomorrow OR in the future) for the sake of the greater good of the Indy Fedora.Indiana G wrote:........of course we'd be bickering about block shapes all the time and he'd fire me for spending too much time with tony nowak in regards to the jacket
;-)
Just a hunch, but I'm pretty sure I'm on target!
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very good eye my friend that's exactly what i was doing last night when i was putting in some further adjustments.Satipo wrote:Looks great, G. But I reckon the front is too high. Lower the centre dent a bit more at the front and I think you'll even out the top arc of the crown when viewed from the side.
i won't get the wicked camel humps that you see.....it's somewhere between the actual screen grabs and the exaggerated marshmellow hattiness that i have seen on characterized raiders feds on some of my olders hats. there's only so much i can do with the roof of my block
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The channel in the front dent is trying to be there G! Also on the one you sent to Holt. This is what 360 stovepipes do! ;-) Hat blocks with front and back taper- Not so much, and no one around here is getting enough channel, to match the Raiders hat. (Almost no one.. I suppliment the 360 stovepipe with some ribbon tightening.)
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