Well, I recently ordered a hat from
Steele & Jones down in south america. I saw their amazing looking SOC raiders fedora advertised in the vendor area and was highly impressed with their product. And for the price, their hats seemed like a real bargain. I currently have a Raiders AB that i purchased from a member on here, and absolutely love it. But given how $$ ABs are now and how long the wait is, i began to debate how much I wanted to wear that hat out, since it more of an collectors item to me now. So upon that decisions i also thought to make a new set of movie gear, and after seeing all 3 OT films on the big screen recently I realized how amazing TOD really is and how much I wanted to replicate that look next. I also realized its similar enough to LC that i could use it for that variation of suit as well. So talking with Diego at Steele & Jones I we decided to make my hat the Bridge Scene style bash, which is much less tapered then other scenes. In under 2-3 weeks Diego had made my hat, keeping me updated, and shipped it out..... Now the waiting game begins!!! But I decided to share the final image with you all to get some opinions, and see if any of you have had similar experiences with them before. I honestly cant review the hat yet, but the overall process so far has been great. For around $212 shipped, this is quite a great looking hat. Cant wait to let you all know my true reactions to these hats, and give a possible option to fans not willing to wait 2 years for an AB now. Here is my Fedora and thier site.
http://www.steele-jones.com.ar/en/sombreros.htm
UPDATE*****
Well guys i have received my hat and it is quite amazing. First thing i noticed different in comparison to my AB is that this hat is MUCH softer. My AB seems more pounced (if thats the correct term) and more clay like, because its soft but still very pliable. The Steele TOD seems to just have less stiffener I guess which keeeps the hat more naturally softer and crushable. I like it alot and i also dont like it. I love the feel of the AB because its less likely that the bash will come undone, but even as soft as the Steele is, i dont think the bash will change either. Def what i expected in the hat, great quality, without killing my funds. I can see now how a proper crown height should be on me. Pics seem to give a taller illusion to the eye when thinking how tall the fedora should be. Makes me see how tall my Raiders AB really is. Overall its a great hat, im not unhappy with it by any means. Should look great with more dust on it. Here are a few shots in gear.
here are some pics in the hat.
