Club Obi Wan

What's the low down on this lid?

I don't know anything about it.

I think I like it more than Indy's. Don't hate me though.

YOU SON OF A @%&*&#@@!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: I guess we can't hate a guy for coming to COW and loving Belloq's clothes more than Indy, though I strongly disagree with your decision I don't know anything about the hat either, but I never get the one liner joke things around here, and I figured this was my chance Welcome to the forum

High Regards,
Daryl.

from what I understand it is a very com-fort-able hat, isn't that right? Yes, it is very com-fort-able.

from what I understand it is a very com-fort-able hat, isn't that right? Yes, it is very com-fort-able.

I love it!! Fedora

Interesting that Indy was in monochromatic/earth-tones and Belloq was in black and white...hmm...

Good guy = dark hat, bad guy = white hat???

Yeah, I love that hat, too. Somehow he manages to pull it off without looking like a pimp, too.

J

Okay, I dug around w/ the search engine (see 'Search' at the top of your page), and while I didn't nail the hat type and source, I figured out this much:

Dakota Ellison has one. If you're stuck, I'd PM him and ask him to take a peek at this thread.

Minnesota Jones has one, and refers to it as "my Montecristi (Belloq style) panama ". Ditto w/ him, he's also a mod, so he'll probably see this thread soon.

And Indy Magnoli showed off some hats in an older thread, and one had those colors, but was more of an Indy style...so he *might* or *might not* have some info. He too is a staff member here, so he'll probably hit this soon.

Hope that helps at all.

Oh, and welcome to COW! KB's response was right in line w/ our typical humor here, take everybody w/ a grain of salt! You had me going, KB!

J

Well, don't get me wrong. I've been looking at my bank accout statement recently and wondering how much I'd miss $200 bucks in exchange for an Indy fedora.

But yes, hopefully I can learn what kind of hat this one is. I love Belloq.

This might come across as heresy here, but I'm experimenting w/ a cheaper hat...certainly a Dorfman-Pacific 551, even unmodified w/ the standard shaping and (arf) tear-drop bash, is good enough for Halloween.

But don't pay any more than $30 bucks for it! You'll see it out there for $50 and higher, but DON'T. The 554 is an actual fur version, and you'll see that for $100 and more, but don't pay more than $50 for it. You can find it for that. (If you are going to spend $100 or more, read below, I've got a hint for you.)

But I'm shaping a 551 based on a lot of the GREAT advice on this board to see if it's passable enough until I figure out where in the yard I buried all those old silver dollars... ...if it comes out passable, I plan to post pics and explain 'the way' for those of us Indy-On-A Budgets...

I too have a bit of issue w/ a couple hundred bucks for a hat, but let me at least help you calibrate a bit. See that guy that posted earlier - Fedora? He'll be opening an online hat store soon, and his work so far (BEFORE the shop) looks like some of the best Indy-based stuff around. So his quality will be HIGH, but his prices, although still starting over $200, look like the best bargain for the high quality.

(Hope I'm not embarrassing you, Fed, just calling it like I see it. )

J

EDIT: But as I understand it, he'll only have brown to begin with. If you are ONLY interested in a Belloq, he may not be making those.

Good guy = dark hat, bad guy = white hat???

don't forget the Storm troopers in Starwars, and Chewbacca was wearing similar colors to Indy. :junior: -IJ

Hi Jack. Welcome to COW.

I'm sure you'll have a great time here!

Yes, I got a Monticristi from Optimo in a "Belloq" style. It's a wonderful summer lid. It's quickly becoming the favorite of all my hats (including the Indy fedoras too). Here's a couple pics of it...

I've seen Minnesota's hat in person and it is NICE! Beautiful to the touch and looks like a million bucks, to boot!

bink

That IS a beautiful hat, MN...hmm...maybe *I* can be the bad guy, too...

Indiana Jerry wrote:That IS a beautiful hat, MN...hmm...maybe *I* can be the bad guy, too...

How about a combination of Belloq and Indy for All Hallowed Evening? Get the Belloq hat, and suit, and shoes, then put a MK VII bag over it and a whip on your belt. It would be....interesting...

jts1031 wrote:

Indiana Jerry wrote:That IS a beautiful hat, MN...hmm...maybe *I* can be the bad guy, too...

How about a combination of Belloq and Indy for All Hallowed Evening? Get the Belloq hat, and suit, and shoes, then put a MK VII bag over it and a whip on your belt. It would be....interesting...

Or just do quick changes upstairs, and keep walking around looking for the other guy all night...

Beautiful hat, I agree.

My only qualms is that Monticristi = "$$". Where my wallet = "!?" What I am trying to say is... errrr... I'm jealous.

You think the actual movie prop hat that Belloq wears was Monticristi?

There's just something about that style of hat that suits the bad guy - we used same idea in the fan film:



Hat here belongs to T.E.Lawrence

Ken

Who's the hat maker Ken?

I am afraid I have no idea - we need T E Lawrence to chime in here!

Ken

Nothing like a Panama to make you look like the bad guy Minnesota.

I like it.

Mattdeckard wrote:Nothing like a Panama to make you look like the bad guy Minnesota.

I like it.

I'm a bad guy? Yeah, it's easily my favorite. The color is washed out in those pictures above, looks almost white. In the real world, it's more ivory in color, like Belloq's.