My Disneyland indiana jones fedora before and after

[indyfan1234]

you guys remember the older indy hats at disneyland when they were soft and now they are hard as a rock. this is what i did to my old one to make it look more like the raiders fedora
before
http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff32 ... G_0317.jpg

After
http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff32 ... G_1955.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff32 ... G_1956.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff32 ... G_1957.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff32 ... G_1961.jpg

[DR Ulloa]

I think it looks alot better. Thats a pretty good job you did on that old DP.

Dave

[indyfan1234]

thx all i really did was spray it with water and hold it with my hands to the shape i want and then used a blowdryer. so then it dried and it was done after i threw dust on it from around the house to make it look more worn still finding more dust to throw on it

[IndianaJack91]

nice man

[DR Ulloa]

indyfan, every time I see your avatar, I think your heading is floating in mid air.

Dave

[indyfan1234]

haha thats funny. its a pic of me taking a pic of me in my full indy gear and just cropped my face

[IndianaJack91]

your phone is blockin your body lol

[indyfan1234]

haha i just noticed i shall make a new one (eventually)

[Russian Raider]

Looking great! Diggin that skechers box.

[maboot38]

Not bad at all. Kind of looks like the one I did as well. Now just replace the ribbon and you'll have a good beater hat.

[indyclone]

i'm wondering about reshaping my dorfman , it is still pretty stiff from getting it a year ago --- when i first got it i tweaked the front pinch and it came out much better than when it came to me. but i would eventually like to change the back of the hat to give it a better raiders bash ---- should i wet the whole hat down or just spray it abit ? any help would would be a of great service .here is my hat so far
after new ribbon on


before with old ribbon

[DR Ulloa]

The problem with the DPs is that they don't have the block shape to support a Raiders crease. If its the fur DP, you might be able to reblock it and get it looking close enough. If its wool...well, I don't know what to tell you. It does look a lot better with the ribbon change, though, thats for sure.

Dave

[indyclone]

yeah i just didnt like the brownish ribbon on it , so i had the ribbon put on by a hat company here in chicago , optimo hats and it cam out fabulous , i had my grandfather old hat which i tried to do a raiders bash on since it was older and a littl bit "flexible ' i had done the ribbon myself and it came out ok , heres what it looks like but it didnt get the height i wanted on the crown

[maboot38]

Ouch. It may be time to move on to an Akubra at the point. I do believe that hat has seen it's last days as an Indy hat.

[Indycrazy5187]

the after pics are superb...i tried rebashing my DP as well but it didn't go so well....crown is a little uneven but it came out to look like a LC Bash a little

[indyclone]

my granpas old hat has seen better days ---- my dorfman still kinda reminds me of the temple of doom style used on the movie poster where its says trust him

[Ranger36]

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[CW_Alden45]

wow, heckova job man, it's a wonder why they (Dorfman/disney) don't wise up and redo their manufacturing process. You obviously know how it is, felt stretches but maintains it's integrity, how they don't get how to make a stovepipe raiders/crusade/skull style is baffling....maybe steve and marc can put some insight into that. But beside the point, that redo is #### good

[ravencrow]

i went to disney for the first time last year at the age of 28, and unfortunatly my son was unable to come along ... so i got him a hat from there. At the age of 9 he got his first Indy hat, it wasn't perfect as we all know ...but if i had gotten a hat like that when i was 9 (i was 15 when they started the Indy ride ) i'm pretty sure i would not have complained and i figure my face would have lit up like my boys did.
(i got tears in my eyes thinkin about it)

[CW_Alden45]

That's so cool, we're going to disney in a few weeks with my baby nephew and his parents thinks he probably won't remember it, but for us I hope it's near as good as the feelings your son had upon getting that hat...

[ravencrow]

i hope so too ... i want to take the boy as soon as i can afford it\, them canadian dollar is up again that will help