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I love the Fed IV!!

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ahhhhhh man, YOU guys! I told my wife I was done with custom made for awhile, but I am feeling the "pull" of a FED IV really strong...
The Fed IV isn't custom made, so you wouldn't be going back on your word. ;)

Also, I...wait...wait a moment...I'm getting a message from the great beyond. I see...I see...the moon? No, much smaller...it's a moonstone. Yep, I see a Moonstone Fed IV in my not-too-distant future. :D
 
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Got mine today. Moonstone.

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Bob Roberts

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Yes Sir. So much value. Im close to gettin another Fed in Imperial Quality. Just worried abt crown stiffness when I want smaller softer pinches.

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Yes Sir. So much value. Im close to gettin another Fed in Imperial Quality. Just worried abt crown stiffness when I want smaller softer pinches.

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I got mine in Imperial. I love the CD so much, I didn't want to gamble working with the higher end felt. I am sure its fine, but I buy Akubras for work and hobby work. Basically, I beat the snot out if them. The Imperial felt performs so well, I can't see spending the extra $.
 

Bob Roberts

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I got mine in Imperial. I love the CD so much, I didn't want to gamble working with the higher end felt. I am sure its fine, but I buy Akubras for work and hobby work. Basically, I beat the snot out if them. The Imperial felt performs so well, I can't see spending the extra $.

Glad to know and see that. Looking at your pinches, I can see that they're not takin half those crown sides, in along with em.
 

Rogera

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Looking good Harv! I love my imperial moonstone. The felt on mine is very soft and it was very easy to crease.
Have you noticed that the bow work looks better on the moonstone? The bow work on my brown Fed is my only complaint.
 
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Looking good Harv! I love my imperial moonstone. The felt on mine is very soft and it was very easy to crease.
Have you noticed that the bow work looks better on the moonstone? The bow work on my brown Fed is my only complaint.

Thanks Roger. Interesting. This is my first Fed. The bow and ribbon work is very nice. I do have an Akubra Safari, and the bow work on that one is sloppy.
 

javadave61

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Fed IV question...

What is everyone doing to the brim at the rear of the hat? Curling it up? Leaving it flat? Snapping it down for a safari look?

I find that's the hardest part of the hat to give a definable shape. If I recall, the hat comes not only in an open crown, but a flat brim. Shaping a flat brim without a flange isn't something I know much about other than trial and error.

I'd love to know what others are doing.
 

moontheloon

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Fed IV question...

What is everyone doing to the brim at the rear of the hat? Curling it up? Leaving it flat? Snapping it down for a safari look?

I find that's the hardest part of the hat to give a definable shape. If I recall, the hat comes not only in an open crown, but a flat brim. Shaping a flat brim without a flange isn't something I know much about other than trial and error.

I'd love to know what others are doing.

I do this Dave

This is not only one of my favorite hats... But absolutely one of my favorite brims

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Rogera

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Moon, you nailed the crease job on that lid!

Dave my Fed brims were pretty flat when I got them but I like a nice flange. My brown Fed I have rolled the sides up some to make the flanging deep. My moonstone I have left about like moontheloon's which for the Fed is perfect.

Here is an older pic of my brown Fed. Sorry about the blur.

 
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Bob Roberts

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Nice little rollup on those sides. I specifically asked The Hattery for a deep crisp flange and that's what I got. Sides roll up nicely just like yours and the brim snaps down with a short break. I dislike a big floppy brim that looks like a garbage can lid with a crown on top of it flopping down like wet cardboard.
 

Rogera

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Nice little rollup on those sides. I specifically asked The Hattery for a deep crisp flange and that's what I got. Sides roll up nicely just like yours and the brim snaps down with a short break. I dislike a big floppy brim that looks like a garbage can lid with a crown on top of it flopping down like wet cardboard.

I'm the same way for the most part. The cool thing about the Fed is you can have it either way. With the dimensional brim if you want a heavily swooped brim its easy to do.
 

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