AB Rabbit Raiders- Now with pics - revised bash

[djd]

My AB Rabbit Raiders arrived from Steve yesterday. I'll post some pictures later but this is just to say thanks Steve- I love it! Great colour, great fit and a super Raiders shape complete with turn. Has the Staff of Ra liner too! Couldn't be happier with it

[Doctor_Jones]

Looking forward seeing the pictures.
Wear it in good health!

[Indiana Bugs]

Yep, always interested in seeing an AB! Looking forward to some pics.

[Texan Scott]

Steve makes a heck of a good Raiders! Post 'em if ya' got 'em!

[djd]

Sorry about the crappy arms length picture... will try and get a decent one later

[tekors]

Congrats on your new hat djd
beautiful lid from Steve as usual....


cheers

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[Noah]

Great looking lid! Congratulations.

[djd]

Thanks guys

I'm waiting on a SoC from Schubert Hats in Aus and then a grey Fed IV for Xmas (I hope) and that's me sorted. That's what I'm telling myself anyhow. My bank balance has been telling me the same for a while...

[tapon]

Sorry about the crappy arms length picture... will try and get a decent one later

It is a precious hat

[Restless Dreamer]

strange crease anyway. the hat seem to be a crossover between Raiders and Last Crusade. the front pinch is too much relaxed for my taste to be a Raiders

if I may give you some advices, I would suggest to:

- Lower the back crease: it's too high and it causes back taper
- Sharpen the front pinch
- Adjust the side creases: they extend too far in the back. look at these photos to see where the side creases should end (check the second row).
- Redefine the side curves to make them more visible


sorry for being such picky, but I could not resist anyway, the important thing is YOU are satisfied with your hat

[Digger4Glory]

Sorry about the crappy arms length picture... will try and get a decent one later

Hey djd!! That's a great looking hat and it looks great on you!! Wear it in good health brother!

[whipcracker]

I don't know...it doesn't look right on you...I think you better send it over to me so you don't have to take anymore pictures...










It looks great on you. I am excited to see it with your gear.

[djd]

Restless dreamer- yes I decided to tighten the front pinch just after I took those pics. I'll have a look at the other issues too. Thanks all

[Restless Dreamer]

I don't know...it doesn't look right on you...I think you better send it over to me so you don't have to take anymore pictures...

@djd: it's part of the fun of having an Indy hat: crease it, recrease it, adjust it, start over again, then change the style, and so on. you will see that with time, the hat will look like just like you want it

[Fedora]

Wow, the creases got knocked out and moved as well. Yeah, tighten up the front pinch, check to see it is 4 3/4 tall, on the front, crease the back down to 4 inches tall, and put wedge looking creaeses in the front, intead of the CS crease. That's how I styled it anyways the day I shipped it out. I thought it was a CS hat there for a moment. Regards, Fedora

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[Pitfall Harry]

OOh, so Steve's finally selling the new Rabbit AB's??? Sorry, I haven't been around much lately so this is news to me even if it's old news for everyone else. LOL

Hat looks great by the way.

[Texan Scott]

...pays to check in ever once and awhile, PH!

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[Pitfall Harry]

Hahhaa....Scott, you're right.

I *knew* that Steve was going to bring them back but the last I read he'd still been looking for the best rabbit felt to use or something. So, yeah I was a little stunned to see they were already being sold.

As you all know I'm a big fan of Steve's Rabbit AB's....I just LOVE the way mine has aged and turned out.

[Texan Scott]

That's great! Post up some pics if you have a chance.

[Travelsonic]

The bash looks like it extends too far back. The dent looks like it travels almost 3/4 of the way back on the crown - 1/3 - 3/8ths of the way back looks more right.

This is my rabbit AB after some fixing up, also going for a Raiders look:

[djd]

Gosh! To me those dents don't go far enough back compared to what's on screen in raiders . Admittedly mine go too far but I don't think yours are far enough. Maybe it's just me though! I'll post some updated pics of mine soon I hope now it's been tweaked a little more

[Travelsonic]

I think maybe it is just the angle of the shot I took, then again I dunno

[Indiana Bugs]

travelsonic, that looks pretty good to me.

[Travelsonic]

I hope it helps in fixing the bash on that hat - if he is going for a Raiders look.

[djd]

The raiders side dents extend almost half way back in many of scenes. Particularly the SOC hat. I've tightened up the front pinch, lowered the back slightly and taken the dents out to about half way. I'll post some updated pics soon

[Fedora]

The raiders side dents extend almost half way back in many of scenes. Particularly the SOC hat. I've tightened up the front pinch, lowered the back slightly and taken the dents out to about half way. I'll post some updated pics soon

I like this pic here, to use to do the creases on the sides.




Notice, while the very top of the crease does go back halfway on the crown, the bottom of that crease is a good 45 degree angle. Very important, I think.

On the left side of the SOC hat the creases on the front/sides does not extend as far back as the first pic above.




Here is another little variation on the crease.



The exterior temple hat seems to have shallow and short creases.



And some more for giggles.

[djd]

Thanks Steve that's helpful . One of the difficulties I seem to have with this hat is that because the felt is so soft it's hard to get that 45 degree definition in the side dents. Under most lighting conditions the angle just doesn't look that defined compared to my old uptowner which is far stiffer but with consequently much more angular dents. Does that make sense?

Anyhow, some revised bash pictures:

[djd]

New pics

[whipcracker]

It looks good. I bet it will come around as you fiddle with it. Just wear it and tweak it as you go.


Nice Cpt Blood tee shirt. Long live the Flynn!

[Indiana Bugs]

I dont know. I think I would just wet it down and go at it a little more vigorously - just mash some dents into it. If its a Raiders, especially a SoC, look youre going for, then youll need to 'beat it up' a little bit, imho. The SoC has has severity.

[djd]

Yes you're probably right bugs. The front crease is actually very sharp now but doesnt show up in that lighting as such. The SoC hat really has an almost square looking top front the front- very angular. Has anyone seen what the top bash looks like on that one? I probably need to sit on it!

[djd]

It looks good. I bet it will come around as you fiddle with it. Just wear it and tweak it as you go.


Nice Cpt Blood tee shirt. Long live the Flynn!

Yes Flynn was the man. Cary grant, bogart and Flynn. They really don't make them like that any more...

Flynn didn't wear a fedora often on film but he looked good in one when he did

[whipcracker]

It probably is a good thing they don't make 'em like Flynn anymore. I don't think Hollywood could take it.

[djd]

True enough

Oliver Reed was probably the last proper #### raiser to pass away. The modern guys like Crowe and Colin Farell are mainly hot air. Crowe seems to get himself in a lot of fights are always comes off worse... Flynn and John Huston once had a punch up that apparently lasted over an hour. They became quite friendly afterwards. Real men! Lol

[Johnny Fedora]

ahem...Peter O'Toole still lives.


Johnny

[djd]

How could I forget!

Reed was always my favourite out of that bunch though. A real character as they say.... TOH