Re: Concerning all the fuss over fedora dimensions......

Posted by Fedora from ppp-106.col.cableone.net on December 12, 2000 at 23:44:56:

In Reply to: Concerning all the fuss over fedora dimensions...... posted by Shawnkara on December 12, 2000 at 05:13:36:

: I've been reading all of the posts below, including Patterson's post of the HJ work order (or whatever that is) and just had to add to all the commotion. Most here know this already, but it seems some do not. Unless you wear the exact size hat as Harrison Ford, original specs, confirmed or otherwise, are of little use. I've heard some people report their HJ fedoras as having a crown height of anywhere from 5" to 5 1/2". Because it is the "Indy" hat acquired from HJ most probably assume this to be, dimensionaly speaking, accurate to the "Raiders" hat. The main factor is the actual size of your own head. You should not concern yourself with the original specs but rather the original 'look'. My Peters Bros fedora has a 6" crown, after bashing. The brim is 2 3/4" f/r, 2 1/2" sides. This seems big. Even Joe Jr. e-mailed me several times to say, "Are you sure? That's awfully tall". I had, at the time, cut apart and modified a cheap Disney hat and used it as a sort of model to find the specs I wanted. Sure, it looks big sitting on a syrofoam head but on my big head, on my 6' 3" frame, it has the exact look. Because of the sensitive factors needed in acheiving the exact look you want I still reccommend Peters Bros over Herbert Johnson, as they are made to your EXACT specs.

6 inches, after bashing? Now that's one tall hat my friend. Plenty big enough to water the pack animals, and still have some left for yourself. You say you were 6' 3" ? Well, just retract my last statement. You are probably right on Ford's hat specs not looking right on all heads. At the same time I just can't imagine a dimensional cut not being necessary, no matter how the head is shaped. And a brim that is narrower than 2 1/2 on the front just will never look right- on any head. For that matter, a 4 inch crown would never be tall enough, for an adult. So there are limits as to what would look right on a given head. There's not as much variance as one would think. One thing that PB does offer, is to custom block your hat to the type of head that you have. This would probably help alot of folks in obtaining that look. Regards, Fedora

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: : I've been reading all of the posts below, including Patterson's post of the HJ work order (or whatever that is) and just had to add to all the commotion. Most here know this already, but it seems some do not. Unless you wear the exact size hat as Harrison Ford, original specs, confirmed or otherwise, are of little use. I've heard some people report their HJ fedoras as having a crown height of anywhere from 5" to 5 1/2". Because it is the "Indy" hat acquired from HJ most probably assume this to be, dimensionaly speaking, accurate to the "Raiders" hat. The main factor is the actual size of your own head. You should not concern yourself with the original specs but rather the original 'look'. My Peters Bros fedora has a 6" crown, after bashing. The brim is 2 3/4" f/r, 2 1/2" sides. This seems big. Even Joe Jr. e-mailed me several times to say, "Are you sure? That's awfully tall". I had, at the time, cut apart and modified a cheap Disney hat and used it as a sort of model to find the specs I wanted. Sure, it looks big sitting on a syrofoam head but on my big head, on my 6' 3" frame, it has the exact look. Because of the sensitive factors needed in acheiving the exact look you want I still reccommend Peters Bros over Herbert Johnson, as they are made to your EXACT specs.

:     6 inches, after bashing? Now that's one tall hat my friend. Plenty big enough to water the pack animals, and still have some left for yourself.   You say you were 6' 3" ? Well, just retract my last statement. You are probably right on Ford's hat specs not looking right on all heads. At the same time I just can't imagine a dimensional cut not being necessary, no matter how the head is shaped. And a brim that is narrower than 2 1/2 on the front just will never look right- on any head. For that matter, a 4 inch crown would never be tall enough, for an adult. So there are limits as to what would look right on a given head. There's not as much variance as one would think. One thing that PB does offer, is to custom block your hat to the type of head that you have. This would probably help alot of folks in obtaining that look.  Regards, Fedora

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