My older Leather Walt Disney Indy Fedora
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:17 pm
Hello all!
I'm relatively new to club Obi Wan (lurker!) and a few years ago I purchased a Indiana Jones hat from the Disney MGM park in Orlando, Florida (I believe the park is now called "Disney's Hollywood Studios." -Whatever, I'll always call it MGM) It is not made of any kind of felt though; is made of somekind of leather. I want to say I purchased it in 2004 for about $60. During that time, it has been a great hat, and while it may not be an adventurebilt, has served me well on many vacations and other adventures!
When I visited the Disney parks again in 2006, these types of hats were no longer to be found in any of the gift shops.
I was dissappointed because by then I had grown so attached to that hat and was paranoid that I might lose it (some of the Disney coasters have tried to claim it!), I wanted to get a duplicate as a back-up just in case. No such luck. The so-called "official Indy" hats now sold at the shops were so ghastly I don't even know how anyone could even relate them to Indiana Jones. They consisted of purple or orange cheeta prints with what amounted to a belt and buckle wrapped round the crown! 
Horrid! Anything else I found only passingly resembled the hat seen on screen and appeared to be made of such shoddy material that, frankly, looked like I'd be better of wearing a dead cat on my head.
Now I've purchased an Akubra Federation IV Deluxe and am saving up for an Adventurebilt. But I still love the leather hat, unauthentic as it may be. It is pretty rough looking and I've put a lot of miles on it. I decided to take some pictures of it and see what you guys think. Does anyone else on here have one?
http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww92 ... Indy/G.jpg http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww92 ... Indy/b.jpg http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww92 ... Indy/c.jpg
I'm relatively new to club Obi Wan (lurker!) and a few years ago I purchased a Indiana Jones hat from the Disney MGM park in Orlando, Florida (I believe the park is now called "Disney's Hollywood Studios." -Whatever, I'll always call it MGM) It is not made of any kind of felt though; is made of somekind of leather. I want to say I purchased it in 2004 for about $60. During that time, it has been a great hat, and while it may not be an adventurebilt, has served me well on many vacations and other adventures!
When I visited the Disney parks again in 2006, these types of hats were no longer to be found in any of the gift shops.
I was dissappointed because by then I had grown so attached to that hat and was paranoid that I might lose it (some of the Disney coasters have tried to claim it!), I wanted to get a duplicate as a back-up just in case. No such luck. The so-called "official Indy" hats now sold at the shops were so ghastly I don't even know how anyone could even relate them to Indiana Jones. They consisted of purple or orange cheeta prints with what amounted to a belt and buckle wrapped round the crown! Horrid! Anything else I found only passingly resembled the hat seen on screen and appeared to be made of such shoddy material that, frankly, looked like I'd be better of wearing a dead cat on my head.Now I've purchased an Akubra Federation IV Deluxe and am saving up for an Adventurebilt. But I still love the leather hat, unauthentic as it may be. It is pretty rough looking and I've put a lot of miles on it. I decided to take some pictures of it and see what you guys think. Does anyone else on here have one?
http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww92 ... Indy/G.jpg http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww92 ... Indy/b.jpg http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww92 ... Indy/c.jpg
