Cheap Fendora's in the UK????
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Cheap Fendora's in the UK????
HELP!
Hi, i am a teenage Indy fan and I am trying to make a Indy Costume for my Fan Film, yet the one item i have not yet got is an Indy Fendora. Either they are too expensive or can only be cheaply bought in the USA!
Currently i am using this plastic light brown hat. Can anyone suggest where i can purcase an Indy hat in the UK fairly cheaply?
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Luke
Hi, i am a teenage Indy fan and I am trying to make a Indy Costume for my Fan Film, yet the one item i have not yet got is an Indy Fendora. Either they are too expensive or can only be cheaply bought in the USA!
Currently i am using this plastic light brown hat. Can anyone suggest where i can purcase an Indy hat in the UK fairly cheaply?
Regards
Luke
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what do you consider cheap? $ amount would be helpfull.
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Since you're looking Indy hats... you might try Adventurebilt or Hats Direct and bash your own. They arn't cheap though. But they are less expensive then other brands.
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Maybe you are lucky and find a hat that is looking somehow like the indy-hat (ebay like jens said, C&A and shops like that) but you won't get a screen-accurate hat for cheap.
You have to decide: do you want a hat that looks like THE hat? that's expensive. You can you live with a cheap version? experts will always see that it's a wrong hat.
You have to decide: do you want a hat that looks like THE hat? that's expensive. You can you live with a cheap version? experts will always see that it's a wrong hat.
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You can always get Disney "Dorfman" fedora, which DOES get the job done - especially if your not looking for 'screen accurate'.
Look on Ebay and type in something like "Indiana Jones hat" and you'll see a lot of other nice Indy-type feds. Unfortunally, actual fedoras like Akubras, Adventurebuilts, Peter Bro's, etc. don't come 'cheap'. I was lucky enough to recieve both of my feds free, and I am fully grateful.
Look on Ebay and type in something like "Indiana Jones hat" and you'll see a lot of other nice Indy-type feds. Unfortunally, actual fedoras like Akubras, Adventurebuilts, Peter Bro's, etc. don't come 'cheap'. I was lucky enough to recieve both of my feds free, and I am fully grateful.
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hey, what that in US dollars?
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It's around $90 US.jpenman wrote:hey, what that in US dollars?
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then I think his best bet would be the federation that renderkingfisk suggested ( the best bang for your buck in that price bang. 45 dollars more and you could get a rabbit Adventurebilt , like my man j-weaver has ( very nice hat indeed).
Lukmas,
Well, I want to help. What I can do is get a Jaxon Iconoclast for you with my 30% employee discount, and then mail it to you, and it ought to come out to a little less than $50.00 US. If 50 pounds UK is $90.00 US, then the Iconoclast at around $50.00 US shipped will be cheaper than what you want to spend in UK money. (Sorry, don't know how to make the L pound sign)
Shoot me a PM if you're interested, and we can work out some sort of deal.
Regards,
Well, I want to help. What I can do is get a Jaxon Iconoclast for you with my 30% employee discount, and then mail it to you, and it ought to come out to a little less than $50.00 US. If 50 pounds UK is $90.00 US, then the Iconoclast at around $50.00 US shipped will be cheaper than what you want to spend in UK money. (Sorry, don't know how to make the L pound sign)
Shoot me a PM if you're interested, and we can work out some sort of deal.
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Ok Lukmas, here's what I can do for you.
All Jaxon Iconoclasts have been marked down to $48.00 US in my store. After taxes and my employee discount, the hat ends up coming out to $36.20 USD, which is about 20.82 uk pounds. After shipping, which I don't see as being more than $10.00 USD, the total should come out to $46.20 USD, which is about 26.57 uk pounds. If that's what you use.
Give me your head size in inches (IE: 7 3/4) if you want to go ahead and do this, and I will get you a hat asap.
Regards,
All Jaxon Iconoclasts have been marked down to $48.00 US in my store. After taxes and my employee discount, the hat ends up coming out to $36.20 USD, which is about 20.82 uk pounds. After shipping, which I don't see as being more than $10.00 USD, the total should come out to $46.20 USD, which is about 26.57 uk pounds. If that's what you use.
Give me your head size in inches (IE: 7 3/4) if you want to go ahead and do this, and I will get you a hat asap.
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LOL these are the old-school guys who haven't even heard of the net .Renderking Fisk wrote: Do you have links to these places?
Believe me they do exist in the UK at least, holding out against rampant commercialism and the chain store.... but admittedly a dying breed.
Tend to be in the little shoping parades in satellite towns and seaside towns, almost a time warp. I can almost hear the ticking grandfather clock and the see the dusty sunlight filtering therought the windows! .
I bought a very nice grey fed like hat in the mid eighties from a shop like this for £12 in my Back to the Future phase but it did the job. Motorcycle jackets have a completely different connotation now!
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KT
For general info, I can get the Dorfman Pacific hat too, but we don't carry the wool felt version, only the fur felt variety. That will be a little more expensive, though. Those are like, 98$ USD here, and after discount and taxes, it will be like 70 something dollars, plus a 10-20$ USD shipping tag to the UK will make it come out to almost exactly what you want to spend, to a little more than that, for a hat that is functionally equivalent to the Jaxon.
Whichever you want, if you want.
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Whichever you want, if you want.
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Im not sure of the Rules of posting pictures from Ebay but what is your opinion's on this hat:
Since i consider you guys the experts i wondered how close this hat is to Indy's?
Regards
Luke
Since i consider you guys the experts i wondered how close this hat is to Indy's?
Regards
Luke
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I am kind of confused about American Inches? In England 7 inches is about 18 cm! Can anyone give me a link to a converter!Give me your head size in inches (IE: 7 3/4) if you want to go ahead and do this, and I will get you a hat asap.
Thank you Strider for your kind offer i will definately consider it
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Luke
That is hat sizing, not inches.
http://www.suncatcherhats.com/images/hatsizingchart.gif
This is the best chart I could find at this very moment.
http://www.suncatcherhats.com/images/hatsizingchart.gif
This is the best chart I could find at this very moment.
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I worked out the sizing thing on the Village Hat shop Website! lol
Does anyone know if the following hat is crushable:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/product1606.html
I am thinking of looking for a similar one from ebay
Regards
Luke
Does anyone know if the following hat is crushable:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/product1606.html
I am thinking of looking for a similar one from ebay
Regards
Luke
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www.hatsdirect.com has a converter with metric measurements and the US equivalent. Jusy go to the sizing advice page.
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That's the same one you can get out Disneyland, complete with a teardrop crown bash. I would not recommend crushing it. Dorfman did/does make a crushable wool version but it's @#$%. I have one and it looks very little like an Indy hat. If I were you, I'd go with Strider's offer...he's a good guy you can trust him. Or go to hatsdirect and get the Federation if you're trying to stay at $100 or less. What size do you wear if you don't mind me asking?Lukmas wrote:I worked out the sizing thing on the Village Hat shop Website! lol
Does anyone know if the following hat is crushable:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/product1606.html
I am thinking of looking for a similar one from ebay
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Luke
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Older people still like their feet n inches. But officially metric is the legal tender since Jan 1st 2000. I suspect our friend here was brought up with centimetres adding to his confusion.Zach R. wrote:Its off topic, but I thought the British people still used the imperial system even though they "officially" are under the SI.
A pound of carrots is a lot easier (for me) than 450 grams (ish) though I suspect eventually we will get used to half a kilo etc.
Did you know Imperial pints were bigger then US? 20 fluid ounces compared to 16. Makes that beer go down all the better, ahhhh!
Cheers!
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Yeah, no. You sit on that hat, and it will get ruined.Lukmas wrote:I worked out the sizing thing on the Village Hat shop Website! lol
Does anyone know if the following hat is crushable:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/product1606.html
I am thinking of looking for a similar one from ebay
Regards
Luke
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Could i have your opinions on this 'Official Lucasfilm' hat please? Is it any good? Is it Crushable? Is it accurate in size? Is it the right coulour? Does the badge leave a large hole in the ribbon when removed?
The Hat is the 'Wool-felt Official Lucasfilm Inidana Jones Hat'
Thanks for allowing me to call on your expertise
Regards
Luke
The Hat is the 'Wool-felt Official Lucasfilm Inidana Jones Hat'
Thanks for allowing me to call on your expertise
Regards
Luke
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