Club Obi Wan

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

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.

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

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

Dave

What other hat makers are making a carbon grey fedora?

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!

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

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.

Here you go:

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

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]

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

Dave

Yes, I agree.

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?

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.

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!

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).

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.

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.