The Federation IV Display Page

Bogie1943 · Post by **Bogie1943** » Fri May 28, 2010 5:06 pm

Greetings all. I received my new Fed IV yesterday. Very nice indeed. Not sure about the blocking style I will end up with. As you will see I gave it a quick LC look as I was running between film shoots. After seeing what Penman can do with one of these I may be going that route. Very nice work! Anyway enjoy the photos!

NoodlesBubblesBeans · Fri May 28, 2010 10:42 pm

Bogie1943 wrote:Greetings all. I received my new Fed IV yesterday. Very nice indeed. Not sure about the blocking style I will end up with. As you will see I gave it a quick LC look as I was running between film shoots. After seeing what Penman can do with one of these I may be going that route. Very nice work! Anyway enjoy the photos!

I think I just went blind from the awesome and beauty of this fedora! I can't wait to get mine!

backstagejack · Post by **backstagejack** » Sat May 29, 2010 12:30 am

Travelsonic wrote:On my Youtube video a guy is ranting about the current Akubra Federations, complaining about taper and other issues, anybody experience a degrade in quality, or is this a guy making a big deal over 1 bad hat kinda thing?

I've only had my hat for 4 months but I can't see it ever having a taper problem. Unless of course you do this...

Luke Warmwater wrote:Well, after numreous rainstorms, swimming in the Potomac River, digging out from Snowpocalypse, mine did develop a taper.

The only problem I have with my hat is it has a CS look instead of an LC but thats not really a problem of Akubra.

I love my hat......

darthbish · Post by **darthbish** » Sat May 29, 2010 12:40 am

Just me and a 'bud'...

I STILL prefer the Fed ;-)

backstagejack · Post by **backstagejack** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 2:17 pm

how do you grab your hat? By the crown or the brim as your "supposed" too?

Is grabbing it by the crown something only really seen in Hollywood (since fedoras aren't normally worn) or did people back in the day grab the crown all the time since buying a new fedora was easy back then?

indyclone · Post by **indyclone** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 6:32 pm

i always grab mine by the crown ! maybe a habit i should break. cause i can see it leading to oil from your fingers leaving a satin on the crown in the spot you grab it at .

backstagejack · Post by **backstagejack** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:46 pm

I've just always heard you will eventually wear a hole in the pinch.....

Yet in all the movies, even the old ones I generally see people grab their hats by the pinch. But at the same time, back then you could easily replace your hat. Today its not as easy and more expensive.......

Kentucky Blues · Post by **Kentucky Blues** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:27 pm

I grab mine by the crown... not necessarily by the pinch though. It can lead to a hole in the pinch (especially if you have a tight raiders pinch) though it's not necessarily something that's going to happen really fast though. I grab my hat further back on the crown, near the back of the dents. I use my right hand, pinching the forefinger and thumb together between the top of the right dent and the center dent, and my pinky finger goes in and up under the top of the left dent.

-Daryl

fenris · Post by **fenris** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:01 am

Well, I got my Fed IV Deluxe from Texan Scott. And here it is!

Here it is with the other 2 hats I got from Scott...

L to F: Christys (my first hat), Fed IV Deluxe, Peters Brothers.

I would like to thank Texan Scott for all the hats.

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:40 pm

...somebody grab that guy!!! He's running away with my hats!

Every stray fedora needs to find a good home.

Tremolo · Post by **Tremolo** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:54 pm

That Fed IV Dlx looks really nice Fenris, and I see your collection is growing

Congratulations!

Montana Hannah · Post by **Montana Hannah** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:58 am

Hi! This is my first post in a while. I thought I'd like to share a few pics with you from a trip I recently took with my Faithful Fed IV to the Glastonbury Festival here in the UK.

Notorious for it's rainstorms, I expected the hat to get a thorough soaking at some point. Surprisingly, this years festival was incredibly hot and sunny for the whole 6 days I was there, with not a drop of rain. As a result, the whole site was a giant dust-bowl - which was just perfect for my Fed!

I call this look "The Streets of Glasto"...

I bought this hat especially for the festival in fact. Last year I took a pretty nice Christy's Adventurer which did get drenched, then tapered horrendously. I decided after that experience that I had to have a lid that would stand up to the elements a bit better. So far the Akubra hasn't let me down. In fact, I'm sure if it hadn't been for this hat, I'd have been flat out with sun-stroke!

By the way - the "noggin shots" of this hat are not flattering to either the hat, or me!

fenris · Post by **fenris** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:37 pm

Here's a shot of my Fed IV with me in it...

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:06 am

backstagejack wrote:how do you grab your hat? By the crown or the brim as your "supposed" too?

Is grabbing it by the crown something only really seen in Hollywood (since fedoras aren't normally worn) or did people back in the day grab the crown all the time since buying a new fedora was easy back then?

Brim, all the way. I may place my hand on the crown to steady the hat as I put it on, but I never pinch the hat to take it off or put it on. My Fed III does have finger oil stains that I don't suppose will ever come out from where I grabbed it. Grabbing a hat by the pinch will eventually wear a hole in the felt. May take several years, but continued use this way will eventually lead to this happening.

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:53 am

That's a wonderful picture, fenris!
Looks great!

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:47 pm

...almost looks like he is at the entrance to the temple.

fenris · Post by **fenris** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:13 pm

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

Here's another shot.

Seems like I'm in a jungle or something, but actually I'm just in a garden... Not my garden, though.

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:54 pm

Well, wherEVER you had that photo taken, it sure goes well with that hat!
Your Fed IV sure looks right at home!

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:17 pm

...next thing you know he will have snatched the idol...?

fenris · Post by **fenris** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:31 am

Hehe... I don't have an idol prop yet. No Indy collectibles over here... The only idol I've seen is the Mighty Muggs idol, which I don't like.

backstagejack · Post by **backstagejack** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:07 am

Wore my charcoal grey fed all weekend in Canyon Lake, Texas on a camping trip. I tore the lining out to make it less hot. Worked really well. While everyone else was fending off the bugs, my lid was keeping them off me.

Sadly, no pics at the moment.....

fenris · Post by **fenris** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:59 am

Here's another shot of the hat... this time on my daughter's head.

*EDIT*

Whoops! Wrong thread!!! I thought this was the photo of her wearing my Fed... apparently not.

This was supposed to be in the Christy's thread, hahaha!!!

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:46 pm

Still pretty cute, though.

fenris · Post by **fenris** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:27 am

JME2 wrote:Still pretty cute, though.

Thanks! She has her own hat, the one that came with the Hasbro FX Whip...

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:21 pm

kwad · Post by **kwad** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:33 pm

Man, I LOVE the color of that hat! (Not so much the ribbon

)
I may have to get one of those.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:49 pm

jlee562 · Post by **jlee562** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:39 pm

You know, I'd bet Hatsdirect would exchange that one for you if you sent them a picture of the ribbon. That looks....not right.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:14 pm

Noah · Post by **Noah** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:49 pm

That ribbon really does not look right.

I'm sure they'll take it back and exchange it.

Kentucky Blues · Post by **Kentucky Blues** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:50 pm

Looks like something came undone. It's very possible that it didn't make it out akubra or hats direct's door looking like that. Everything about that bow tells me it used to look like the one on your fed deluxe. I'm sure they'll correct the problem, but it still might be cheaper and faster to have it done stateside, as you originally considered.

-KB

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:59 pm

NoodlesBubblesBeans · Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:12 pm

My new fed IV came with the ribbon like that, too. It just may be the way they stitch the ribbon to the regular fed IV. Nothing on my hat was loose, so I slightly changed it a bit.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:57 pm

NoodlesBubblesBeans · Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:23 am

theinterchange wrote:
NoodlesBubblesBeans wrote:My new fed IV came with the ribbon like that, too. It just may be the way they stitch the ribbon to the regular fed IV. Nothing on my hat was loose, so I slightly changed it a bit.
I had a Regular in the past and the bow looks like the one on my Deluxe. Plus, this is the first of all the Akubra styles I've bought to have a bad looking ribbon, so it comes as a surprise.

Randy

As long as nothing is damaged and my ribbon fix doesn't fail, I am happy with my Federation IV.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:35 pm

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:11 pm

mcmanm · Post by **mcmanm** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:27 pm

Randy,

Looks good. Much better pic of the hat's color in natural light. Is the ribbon brown? Did you fix the bow yourself?

Matt

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:00 pm

mcmanm wrote:Randy,

Looks good. Much better pic of the hat's color in natural light. Is the ribbon brown? Did you fix the bow yourself?

Matt

mcmanm · Post by **mcmanm** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:09 pm

Randy,

If you get the chance please post some pics of the bow side of the hat in natural light. I think you own a couple of hats from other vendors. How does the Akubra stack up (felt, pounce, sweat, fit, etc)?

Matt

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:14 pm

mcmanm wrote:Randy,

If you get the chance please post some pics of the bow side of the hat in natural light. I think you own a couple of hats from other vendors. How does the Akubra stack up (felt, pounce, sweat, fit, etc)?

Matt

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:43 am

Nice hat, IC. I also own an Akubra "Tablelands" hat which is a wide brimmed "Aussie" type, similiar to this color. They also sell as an option, a braded Kangaroo leather band, which is a good way to round out an adventuring type hat.

mcmanm · Post by **mcmanm** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:15 am

Probably old news, but do the terms Heritage and Imperial mean?

Matt

Kentucky Blues · Post by **Kentucky Blues** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:31 pm

Heritage is a higher quality felt than Imperial.

-KB

Forrest For the Trees · Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:44 pm

Randy, that hat looks great on you! The tawny fawn is also a very nice choice- it looks really good with the darker ribbon. I wouldn't mess with the pinch if I were you. I speak from experience; don't overwork the felt by reshaping it too many times.

Anyway, great looking hat and you wear it well!

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:55 pm

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:03 pm

mcmanm wrote:Randy,

If you get the chance please post some pics of the bow side of the hat in natural light.
Matt

Arch Stanton · Post by **Arch Stanton** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:32 am

Gratuitous Fed IV pics

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:03 am

That doesn't look like a fed 4. When did you get it?

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:18 am

It's a lovely hat, to be sure...
Wonderful photos, Arch!