Club Obi Wan

indy89,

That's a great looking hat. I really like the bash. I'm not sure if it's the bash or the actual brim width, but the brim on your Fed looks a lot wider than mine - I like yours much better.

Scott

Indy89 - nice bash job. It looks great on you.

Thanks, guys, for the comments

My Fed IV with other gear

Here's my new Fed IV Deluxe



W.

Great hat, great clothes and GREAT photo, Wojtek!
Fox

My kids had graduation day in music school, and right before it i took this shot. Lil fellow wearing Fed regular.

GREAT photo, RR!
I love your kid's attitude: He's got a kinda' kid version of "Yeah? What about it?" look going on with his arms folded like that.

Rally nice shot... thank you for sharing that.
Fox

Thank you for kind words Mitch. It was my third shot and son was like - cmon, just take it already!

He looks just like you Russian Raider! Great photograph.

Dave

DR Ulloa thank you.
Got to use my will and take a good shot of my Fed. It has been bashed 4-5 times and just now i think i found what i was looking for at first place.

Fed 4 in Moonstone:


I'll be wearing this for my upcoming wedding:

Nice! Good lookin' suit, too.

jmacpix wrote:My Fed IV with other gear

Nice display photo of all the gear, especially of the fedora. I love the colours in this pic.

I agree.

The carpet really suits as a background to the gear!

I wouldn't have thought so at first though...

Luke Warmwater wrote:Fed 4 in Moonstone:


I'll be wearing this for my upcoming wedding:

Congrats on your upcoming wedding and that smart out fit.
I love my Fed with a suit too. In fact, I tend to wear it more with dress "gear" than adventure gear - heresy?

Anyway, well done sir!

B

Luke Warmwater, has anyone ever told you that you look kinda like Steve Carell? Maybe its just me, but I think you look just like him.

Dave

DR Ulloa wrote:Luke Warmwater, has anyone ever told you that you look kinda like Steve Carell? Maybe its just me, but I think you look just like him.

Dave

nah, he's Sean Astin if he's anyone...

Does anyone know if you can get the brim cut to a different size? 3" front and back. 2 1/2" on the sides, for instance?

Thats a pretty dramatic dimensional cut. If they can get you a three inch brim, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to. I just don't know if you can get a three inch brim.

Dave

I've always thought the brim on the Fed IV was somewhat stingy. This one from a 'competitor'... .....is 3" front to back, and 2 5/8 each side. Combine the dense felt and superior sweatband of the Fed IV with the look of this one from the competition, do some custom bow work, and behold!....you'd have fedora purgatory!

Well nearly two months later and I think the Fed IV's well worn in, as this shot from about two weeks ago shows. Never quite got the exact ROTLA pinch I wanted, but I still like it. Now, combine this with the hopefully imminent arrival of my Magnoli HJ and my graduation celebration will be all the more enjoyable...

The hat looks great. It has started to come into its own. Love the crease.

Dave

+1!

My Fed only gets better the longer I wear it too!

Best,
B

I just got my Fed IV today, and I'm so excited! It came way faster than I expected, and it is such an awesome hat! On to pictures:

Just for fun....

IF BARN-RAISING HAS A NAME IT MUST BE.... INDIANA JAKOB!


And my first attempt at bashing a hat. I was going for a Raiders look, so any comments would be appreciated.

Great job on the bash. It looks good on you.

Scott

Stinky Dragon wrote:I just got my Fed IV today, and I'm so excited! It came way faster than I expected, and it is such an awesome hat! On to pictures:

Just for fun....

IF BARN-RAISING HAS A NAME IT MUST BE.... INDIANA JAKOB!


And my first attempt at bashing a hat. I was going for a Raiders look, so any comments would be appreciated.

did you use steam on that crown?
it looks superb.
can we see more angles?

Fantastic bash.
Hat looks great on you!

B

Wore my Fed IV to a graduation at a local university this morning. It was a good day for a fedora!
The best back handed comment I got was from an indie-rock hipster kid who told me she "liked my get-up".

I must admit - I did too.
The likeness of those I've been photographed with have been removed to protect the innocent

B

That's a fantastic picture Bartram! The hat looks great, and it goes really well with the suit.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm rather pleased with how the bash came out myself I didn't use any steam for it. It was relatively pliable after a little working, so I got the bash how you see it after about 15 minutes of playing around with it.

It's rainy and dark outside at the moment, but once I can get some good lighting I'll put up some more angles.

A great hat & tie look, Bartram (Magnoli's Casablanca Tie, unless I'm very much mistaken... I'm not sure though, about the jacket... is that a Magnoli, too?)

Either way, great photo and great overall "look", Bartram.

Good eye Mitch! COW members don't miss a beat;)
The tie is indeed the Magnoli Casablanca. It has been a great piece that goes well with so many of my outfits but really matches this suit in particular! Excellent quality and craftsmanship all the way from him, no doubt.

As for the rest...
The suit is JCrew
Shirt is Gap
Belt is vintage

That's my university graduation gear this week.

B

How long does it take to get the Fed IV in? I want to be able to order it in enough time to have it well broken in by Halloween.

backstagejack wrote:How long does it take to get the Fed IV in? I want to be able to order it in enough time to have it well broken in by Halloween.

It takes around 2 weeks MAX. But usually not that long. And if you get one now you will have plenty of time to break it in before Halloween.

-Bogart

Thanks! I didn't know if there was a waiting period or if they shipped right out....

Nope. They're factory made so they ship right away. Unless they're out of your size, but I haven't experienced that before.

-Bogart

I've had to wait on a size, but communication w/ hats direct was really good.

B

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Nice work JME2, got a real LC bash goin' there.

Cheers
Jonesy

Jones Boy wrote:Nice work JME2, got a real LC bash goin' there.

Cheers
Jonesy

Yeah; as I said in an earlier post, I never was able to get the Raiders pinch I wanted. Size 58 is my preference, but Size 59 would have been better suited to it. Still, TLC is my favorite Indy film so I'm not complaining...

Well...just ordered a Fed IV regular in Carbon Grey.....

I seriously didn't think I needed more than one fedora until I came here.

jlee562 wrote:Well...just ordered a Fed IV regular in Carbon Grey.....

I seriously didn't think I needed more than one fedora until I came here.

I'm with you brother, 3 feds already......AND I JUST ORDERED A DELUXE....
(is there such a thing as "Feds anonymous"?)

darthbish wrote:

jlee562 wrote:Well...just ordered a Fed IV regular in Carbon Grey.....

I seriously didn't think I needed more than one fedora until I came here.

I'm with you brother, 3 feds already......AND I JUST ORDERED A DELUXE....
(is there such a thing as "Feds anonymous"?)

What's the story Bish, are you turning in a Fed addict!!?? We'll have to keep you away from this forum I kept away and have been lurking around the jacket forum and look what that got me I just ordered a Wested Raiders in soft goat

Cheers
Jonesy

My Carbon Grey Fed IV arrived earlier today....

Whoa! This is a nice hat. I really dig my Christy's Adventurer, because it's really starting to react very much like the Raiders hat. This one is an entirely different animal, but in a good way.

Quite pleased with this purchase!

Jones Boy wrote:

darthbish wrote:

jlee562 wrote:Well...just ordered a Fed IV regular in Carbon Grey.....

I seriously didn't think I needed more than one fedora until I came here.

I'm with you brother, 3 feds already......AND I JUST ORDERED A DELUXE....
(is there such a thing as "Feds anonymous"?)

What's the story Bish, are you turning in a Fed addict!!?? We'll have to keep you away from this forum I kept away and have been lurking around the jacket forum and look what that got me I just ordered a Wested Raiders in soft goat

Cheers
Jonesy

have 'we' just invented a new word.....

"Feddict"
def: One who is obsessed with Fedoras, particulary Fedoras native to Australia.

Here's my carbon grey Fed I....no digital camera at the moment, so bear with the cellphone picture. It's a bad representation of the color of the hat, but a good shot of the bash. I was going for another "Generic Indy" style bash, this one with a little more Raiders in it....I think it turned out pretty good, only needed a tiny bit of steam to get the pinch to sit right.

Just ordered my dark brown Federation IV Delux (w. expedited shipping option) about 53 minutes ago, will post pics when it gets here of course.

A couple of Q's:

1. How does the felt feel compared to a PB, modern HJ, and the standard Federation?

2. If I do a non-steam bash, as shown here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bFsukCT ... re=related

Will it stay? I mean, after bashing it will I have to re-bash it, and if how often before it stays? I've never bashed any hat before, and if I can avoid using steam and get a bash that stays - even after re-bashing it a couple of times, that's cool.

3. Not a Q really, like to do things in threes... I look forward to bashing my new hat, but am nervous, please tell me I won't #### it up somehow...

Mate,

You can't muck it up, just go slowly, little bits of water at a time. The bash should take pretty well, the Fed is a great block shape for a generic Raiders bash (or LC).

Mine looks as good today as when I first bashed it. I can't comment on the other hats, however the felt is quite something (the next best thing to beaver).

Good luck and post 'em if you've got 'em.

Cheers
Jonesy

I think I'm finally on track to getting a Raiders-ish look. Still gotta tighten up that front crease.
But it's getting there.

My Fed IV Deluxe (in dark brown) came yesterday, nobody was home so it went back to the post office where I picked it up today.

(If it weren't for that fact, it would have been exactly 3 days from order time to delivery.. ok, not exactly 3 days, subtract a few hours to about 2 and 6/8ths of a day. Still incredible from down under to the Northeast U.S)

At first I was apprehensive about bashing it - first because of the stiffness, second because I never ever bashed a hat before - then when I got around to lightly misting the hat with water, the process (thanks to the guide at http://adventure-realm.com/raidersbash.html) became more natural, and now I feel as if I could bash any hat.

I find that the cardboard thing that goes inside the hat when packaged for shipping makes a decent (and cheap) hat stand.

pics [thumbnails, click for full photo at your own risk]:















I followed that website above for a Raiders style bash, but don't know how raiders-ish it came out, what do you think? If not raiders, what movie style does this best follow in your opinion(s)?