Carbon Grey Fed IV

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:15 pm

Does anybody have a Carbon Grey Federation IV? If so could you please post some pics. I'm thinking about getting one but would like to get some pictures from someone who has one.

Thanks,
IndianaBogart

Piker · Post by **Piker** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:18 pm

No pics handy, but I'll tell you, carbon gray is one dark color. I have one with a diamond bash and am about to head out my office door with the lid on my head.

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:13 pm

So...is the color the same as the grey "clipper" hat from Raiders?

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:17 pm

If you want that color, you'd have to go with Moonstone.

Dave

delfloria · Post by **delfloria** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:49 pm

What other hat makers are making a carbon grey fedora?

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:27 pm

I find the Akubra carbon gray a bit unique. It's a deep charcoal gray with a beautiful blue undertone. Very dressy looking. Definitely NOT a "clipper" travel hat!

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:43 am

delfloria wrote:What other hat makers are making a carbon grey fedora?

Magnoli has a charcoal HJ on his website. That might be something to look into.

Dave

Aggie · Post by **Aggie** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:20 am

Do a search on this board for carbon grey and you'll find several pictures. Also check over at the Fedora Lounge. I'm about to order one myself.

It is a dark grey with blue undertones.

Aggie · Post by **Aggie** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:30 am

Here you go:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=11348

FtrPlt · Post by **FtrPlt** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:17 am

I've had my carbon grey for about 2 months now. Great hat! I found mine to not be overly dark. More of a medium grey. Here's a photo with it next to my brown Fed 4.

http://www.stby.com/images/fed4carbonbrown.jpg

Same hats a few days earlier in direct sunlight
http://www.stby.com/images/Fed4sCarbonandBrown.jpg[/url]

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:23 am

DR Ulloa wrote:If you want that color, you'd have to go with Moonstone.

Dave

Yes, I agree.

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:22 pm

If you want that color, you'd have to go with Moonstone.

I could be wrong, but isn't the moonstone color the same (or close) as Indy's travelling hat in KOTCS? Because if that's the case then the color for the Raiders grey hat would need to be a good bit darker.....right?

cowboy827 · Post by **cowboy827** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:35 pm

I have to agree with IndianaBogart. I think the carbon gray looks much more like the clipper hat than moonstone would. To my eye, moonstone looks like the travelling hat from KotCS, which appears much lighter than the clipper hat from Raiders.

I have a Stetson Temple in a caribou color, which looks similar to moonstone, and it's just not as dark as the clipper hat looks on screen.

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:06 pm

Yeah, again, I just think that the carbon grey is closer to the clipper hat. I could be wrong, but looking at FtrPlt's carbon grey fed, that looks much closer to the clipper hat. Maybe even a tad bit lighter!

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:59 pm

If you ever see carbon gray in person, you will think it is very far from the clipper gray! It is much darker, and darker than the photos posted here show. I wish I could find my pics of the one I used to have. They were very true to color.

The moonstone would be closest to the clipper hat out of all the Akubra colors. That's the only claim that can be made without assuming facts not in evidence (and possibly existence at this point).

FtrPlt · Post by **FtrPlt** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:10 pm

Chewbacca Jones wrote: It is much darker, and darker than the photos posted here show. I wish I could find my pics of the one I used to have. They were very true to color.

Can't really comment on past incarnations of the carbon greys but the photo posted is pretty accurate to actual color for a June 2008 Fed IV. These aren't charcoal grey. Nearest I can find is Pantone shade 432C. 31% black, 19% reflex blue, and 50% white.

Obviously environment will strongly impact the perceived color. Note on my earlier post that the same two hats were shot a few days apart -- once in direct sunlight and then again out of the sun.

Piker · Post by **Piker** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:18 pm

Chewbacca Jones wrote:If you ever see carbon gray in person, you will think it is very far from the clipper gray! It is much darker, and darker than the photos posted here show. I wish I could find my pics of the one I used to have. They were very true to color.

The moonstone would be closest to the clipper hat out of all the Akubra colors. That's the only claim that can be made without assuming facts not in evidence (and possibly existence at this point).

I second that.