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MY Indy Brown Optimo
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:25 pm
by Dakota Ellison
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:32 pm
by binkmeisterRick
PM me and I'll give you my shipping address!
Nice lid!
bink
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:45 pm
by Bufflehead Jones
The lighting in the last picture makes it look like the canyon of the cresent moon bash.
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:42 am
by IndianaGuybrush
Tha hat looks gorgeous pal, but you have to stop getting your coffee at McDonalds!
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:44 am
by Dakota Ellison
This is the bash I was copying.
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:21 am
by Bufflehead Jones
Dang. That shot looks like it is the exact same hat. At least to my untrained eye.
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:05 am
by 3thoubucks
I wish I had an Optimo, with felt that could do that. Maybe if i sand my Borsalino thin enough? I better just get an Optimo.
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:05 pm
by Dakota Ellison
It's the closest , IMHO, to what Ford left HJ with, back in 1980.
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:07 pm
by Fedora
It's the closest , IMHO, to what Ford left HJ with, back in 1980
I am in your camp too. I agree. Fedora
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:18 pm
by Cooler King
::cries::
It's, it's beautiful... You should be proud!
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:23 pm
by Renderking Fisk
There are few things that feel better then having a fedora that looks good. No doubt, you feel pretty darn good with that lid.
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:57 am
by Dakota Ellison
You're right, Renderking. I do feel pretty darn good with this hat on. I resisted Optimo for quite awhile. Then I saw Zohar's Indy Brown , then Sergei's. and that was it. The only thing I've done to it is cut the brim with my modified Swales HJ template as a guide and the shaping, of course.
I had to spray quite a bit of stiffener on the brim and use my flange and iron to get it the way I wanted, but this hat holds up well. I have had it for ten months and have no complaints.
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:02 pm
by Fedora
I had to spray quite a bit of stiffener on the brim and use my flange and iron to get it the way I wanted, but this hat holds up well.
I have always loved the thinness and floppiness of the felt, but the stock brims just never looked right to me. I don't know if it was the way they do the dimensional cuts, or what. I do agree that to maintain the Indy look in the brim department, the stiffener really helps. I like my brims floppy, but, they can be too floppy too. IMO. Fedora
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:19 pm
by Mattdeckard
Looks rad... totally Raiders.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:07 pm
by jjkillin
Dakota Ellison wrote:
This is the bash I was copying.
It looks more like you stole it than you copied it!
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:14 pm
by Mattdeckard
Fedora--
I think it is the dimentional cut... There is no drama in the hat when the machine makes the cut... I like my Optimo dimentional cut hats, though they are just too smooth, not like the Raiders hat.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:31 pm
by Dakota Ellison
That's right. It's the irregularities that give it character and drama that's missing in a new hat.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:34 pm
by Jhorra
Dakota Ellison wrote:That's right. It's the irregularities that give it character and drama that's missing in a new hat.
I noticed from the pictures of mine after I bashed it that it wasn't quite square and the brim was off center a little bit. Also when I wear it I seem to wear it slightly cocked. It seems like those small imperfections really give it the character and uniqueness.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:47 pm
by Mattdeckard
That is why I like soft hats
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:55 pm
by Fedora
That's right. It's the irregularities that give it character and drama that's missing in a new hat.
Yeah, we can thank Mr. Swales for that. He just took the scissors, or whatever he used and just cut. It is part and parcel of the Indy fedoras. On my personal hats I don't even bother sanding the transition points anymore. Just like Swales.
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