MY Indy Brown Optimo

Dakota Ellison · Post by **Dakota Ellison** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:25 pm

This is where my hat rests at work every day. The morning sun on it looked so cool, I had to take a few pics. The first one is with a flash, the rest without. I've had this hat for about ten months now and it has plenty of character.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:32 pm

PM me and I'll give you my shipping address!

Nice lid!

bink

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:45 pm

The lighting in the last picture makes it look like the canyon of the cresent moon bash.

IndianaGuybrush · Post by **IndianaGuybrush** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:42 am

Tha hat looks gorgeous pal, but you have to stop getting your coffee at McDonalds!

Dakota Ellison · Post by **Dakota Ellison** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:44 am

This is the bash I was copying.

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:21 am

Dang. That shot looks like it is the exact same hat. At least to my untrained eye.

3thoubucks · Post by **3thoubucks** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:05 am

I wish I had an Optimo, with felt that could do that. Maybe if i sand my Borsalino thin enough? I better just get an Optimo.

Dakota Ellison · Post by **Dakota Ellison** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:05 pm

It's the closest , IMHO, to what Ford left HJ with, back in 1980.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:07 pm

It's the closest , IMHO, to what Ford left HJ with, back in 1980

I am in your camp too. I agree. Fedora

Cooler King · Post by **Cooler King** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:18 pm

::cries::

It's, it's beautiful... You should be proud!

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:23 pm

There are few things that feel better then having a fedora that looks good. No doubt, you feel pretty darn good with that lid.

Dakota Ellison · Post by **Dakota Ellison** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:57 am

You're right, Renderking. I do feel pretty darn good with this hat on. I resisted Optimo for quite awhile. Then I saw Zohar's Indy Brown , then Sergei's. and that was it. The only thing I've done to it is cut the brim with my modified Swales HJ template as a guide and the shaping, of course.
I had to spray quite a bit of stiffener on the brim and use my flange and iron to get it the way I wanted, but this hat holds up well. I have had it for ten months and have no complaints.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:02 pm

I had to spray quite a bit of stiffener on the brim and use my flange and iron to get it the way I wanted, but this hat holds up well.

I have always loved the thinness and floppiness of the felt, but the stock brims just never looked right to me. I don't know if it was the way they do the dimensional cuts, or what. I do agree that to maintain the Indy look in the brim department, the stiffener really helps. I like my brims floppy, but, they can be too floppy too. IMO. Fedora

Mattdeckard · Post by **Mattdeckard** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:19 pm

Looks rad... totally Raiders.

jjkillin · Post by **jjkillin** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:07 pm

Dakota Ellison wrote: This is the bash I was copying.

It looks more like you stole it than you copied it!

Mattdeckard · Post by **Mattdeckard** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:14 pm

Fedora--
I think it is the dimentional cut... There is no drama in the hat when the machine makes the cut... I like my Optimo dimentional cut hats, though they are just too smooth, not like the Raiders hat.

Dakota Ellison · Post by **Dakota Ellison** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:31 pm

That's right. It's the irregularities that give it character and drama that's missing in a new hat.

Jhorra · Post by **Jhorra** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:34 pm

Dakota Ellison wrote:That's right. It's the irregularities that give it character and drama that's missing in a new hat.

I noticed from the pictures of mine after I bashed it that it wasn't quite square and the brim was off center a little bit. Also when I wear it I seem to wear it slightly cocked. It seems like those small imperfections really give it the character and uniqueness.

Mattdeckard · Post by **Mattdeckard** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:47 pm

That is why I like soft hats

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:55 pm

That's right. It's the irregularities that give it character and drama that's missing in a new hat.

Yeah, we can thank Mr. Swales for that. He just took the scissors, or whatever he used and just cut. It is part and parcel of the Indy fedoras. On my personal hats I don't even bother sanding the transition points anymore. Just like Swales.

Fedora