Very happy the hat made it unscathed.
And since this hat while not Ford's size, it is indeed a size that was sent to the film, hence the block I used was not a replication of this block, but an original, and one that I actually used to create the film hats. I sent Ford's size,(22 7/8) then 23 incher(s) several 22 1/4, and a several 7 5/8. One stunt man wore Ford's size, so I also sent hats for that stunt guy in Ford's size, but the stunt hats got the modern plain white liner from my liner supplier as I did not have enough of these rare liners to use in all of the hats.
The staff of ra headpiece hat is a puzzle to me personally. Only sample hats had this liner in them, but I reckon Western Costume COULD have sent one in to the film by accdent. I do know the hat Bernie origially picked, with the wider brim and shorter crown did get sent by accident, and made it into the film.(but it had the plain white rare liner) I well recall Bernie's call in regards to this. So, upon checking my records, I don't have a staff of ra head piece hat in the order placed after they decided which hat they wanted us to make. Remember, we were quite nervous about even sending these to begin with, as we thought we might get sued for using their staff of ra. But, since it was the only liner I had, I am sure all samples had this liner.
Also, I may have actually sold a hat or two to a good customer with the plain liner, right after the filmwork was done. I am not sure really. I know the hat handler from the film bought a hat, but not sure if I put the right liner in it, or one of the modern plain white ones.
One thing is for certain though. If you are the owner of a CS fedora with the rare stitched side seamed liner, you have exactly what I made for the film.
This is not true of the Raiders fedora. So, in essence, the two custom hats used in the 4 films, only the AB could have been bought AFTER the film was made. So, it stands alone in that respect. And the main reason, even the "non film used hats" should go up in value over time. They are rare hats!
Alas, I had to use my liner to put in another hat that I had given my word I would do, last year when a great guy here had wanted one for an exhibit. With too much info overload in this little pea brain, I had forgotten about it, but was reminded last week. So, I don't even own one!
But was glad to keep my promise. So, well worth it, on my end.
I know it will be tempting to wear these hats, but try not to succumb to the desire. I would have NEVER had worn mine, but saved it to sell one day when the price exceeded my desire to own one.
Since I am fairly sure no other Indy films will ever be made with Ford, even these hats here will be history, one day. Fedora
. I might tweak the bash a little (what do you guys think?) but this baby is not gonna be worn. Pure investment and something to brag about. 
You are now part of an extremely small group that own one of those hats. Very nice work Steve! 
). While bashes can differ, the biggest noticeable difference was the liner, which were plain white. Some liners were changed color with hair dye, but most were seen on screen as white. The liner can be seen at the end of the “rocket sled” sequence. After clearing his warehouse, Mr. Delk found exactly 6 remaining vintage white liners, which were leftover from production. 
