Club Obi Wan

Just thought you guys would like to see this. I bought this off eBay recently trying to get a close color to the HJ Clipper but I think it may be too dark. Does anyone here own a Vintage HJ Clipper? Do any of the hat experts know how to date this HJ? I can never seem to date a HJ from the 30 New Bond Street address. Oh, and I just took a quick measurement but the ribbon is a tiny bit bigger than 43

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I think this color is actually pretty close to the Nazi Agent's fedora!

Regardless of the color, don't do a thing to change it! That's a beautiful hat as is.

According to a post by Steve Delk:

30 New Bond Street - very approximately 1985-1996

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

It is indeed...And it's a Homburg...Not a bowler....Which means it's a very lovely hat for Mafia bosses too..All good!

Beautiful hat indeed...Good buy!

Check out those humps on top......very Raidersy. Awesome find! Congrats!

Reminds me of the fedora worn quite often by Jeremy Britt in his Sherlock Holmes series!

Nope, don't change a thing, please!

Regards! Michaelson

Lovely, lovely hat!

I'm sure I remember Steve Delk saying in a thread a while back that you can make a good Indy hat out of a Homburg as the block is often the right shape?

Looks a lovely hat anyway though!

cheers

Stones

That was one of his original thoughts, but he shifted away from it after he made one out of a Homburg, saying the height was right, but the crown shape was wrong. Too round.

Regards! Michaelson

Nice homburg! I like those hats too, but the only one I owned, a Stetson St. Regis, is now essentially a fedora because I trimmed the brim.

I'm sorry if I'm going off topic, but here is my Stetson St. Regis below.

Before, you can see the homburg design here:

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After, it is now a fedora:

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The idea was to get it looking like Alain Delon's fedora in "Le Samourai":

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I guess this is my other movie-inspired hat. If you want to change yours, then I won't stop you, as I'm pleased with my own results too.


P.S. Wow, just got to 100 posts!