Club Obi Wan

We have all seen the threads lately with pics posted by Fedora of the surveyor's findings on the size and dimensions of the Raiders hat. My question is, does anything like this exist for the size of the brim? The old Swales specs (2 3/4 inches front & back, 2 1/2 inches on the sides, c'mon, who doesn't know that one by now?) never seemed right for the Raiders hat in my eyes. Those brim specs seemed better suited to the hats in the two subsequent films. Does anyone have any idea as to the final verdict on this, if there is one? AB's seem to be a good reference point for questions on the Raiders hat as well, based on the amount fo research Steve and Marc put into their products. Does anyone know what the standard brim specs are in the Ford size range (7 1/8, 7 1/4, 7 3/8 ) for a stock AB?

I know brim width is one aspect of a fedora that is dependent not only on hat size, but on personal preference as well as what looks right with a person's head and face shape. So with that in mind, is there a "range" of certain brim sizes that work best for the low to mid 7 size ranges?

Also, does anyone know if the ratio of the dimensional cut on the Raiders hat was the same as it was in the other film hats (difference of a 1/4 inch, according to Swales specs.)

-GCR

Does anyone know what the standard brim specs are in the Ford size range (7 1/8, 7 1/4, 7 3/8 ) for a stock AB?

There is no such thing as a stock AB, as they're all custom made

If not requested different, I go with a 2 7/8" x 2 3/4" on a hat blocked on a 7 1/4" block and increase / decrease with increasing / decreasing blocksize. So while a hatsize 22 1/2" will get the measurements above, I'd go with 74 / 71mm on a 22 3/4" to keep the proportions 100% to the original size. I do the same with the crown high on other sizes. So whatever hat you get, the ratio between size, high, width and length will remain exactly the same (down to half a mm). I wish I could get the ribbon in 15 different widths as well...

Regards,

Marc

Marc,

Many thanks!

I go with a 2 7/8" x 2 3/4" on a hat blocked on a 7 1/4" block and increase / decrease with increasing / decreasing blocksize.

I tried to do some crude measurements on some DVD screen shots of the hat to get an idea of the actual brim-width. The results of my crude (enlarging the pics & holding a ruler up to the screen of my laptop) measurements were very close to yours. Allowing for a small margin of error on my end, due to the inexact nature of my research, I'd say you have the Raiders brim specs pegged.

-GCR