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Viper Man

Banned
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860
Location
Stone City, IL
Great thread, kaosharper1. I can appreciate the Indy bash but it's really not my cup of tea. Here are a couple of shots of my Moonstone Deluxe Fed IV. The first two were taken with a flash.

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Thwack

Familiar Face
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65
Location
Upstate NY
That is a nice bash Viper. Looks good on you too.

I tried to get a deeper dent in the crown of my fed but it turns out the top of my head is ridiculously high. Apparently I'm a conehead.
 

kaosharper1

One Too Many
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1,304
Location
Pasadena, CA
Viper Man said:
Great thread, kaosharper1. I can appreciate the Indy bash but it's really not my cup of tea. Here are a couple of shots of my Moonstone Deluxe Fed IV. The first two were taken with a flash.

Great bash. Shows how versatile the Fed is, and it looks great on you.
 

fatwoul

Practically Family
Messages
923
Location
UK
RBH said:
My diamond creased Federation...

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I'm thinking I'm going to just send my hats to Rusty from now on, and let him shape them for me. Fantastic.

This thread is a good thing for me. I have three feds, all bashed in variations on a centre dent theme, and I need to make them a little different. Something like Viper Man's bash would be great too.

Oh, and does anybody else think Chuck Bobuck looks like Ciarán Hinds?
 

Carlisle Blues

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,154
Location
Beautiful Horse Country
Alright, as requested, my Fed III on my head, moments before braving the snow and sleet outside!
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Yes, I know. The coat is dreadful. But it's my shoveling coat, and in my defense of the color; it looked OD green in the catalog![/QUOTE]


Sharp looking hat NB
 

Not-Bogart13

Call Me a Cab
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2,501
Location
NE Pennsylvania
Thank you Carlisle.

I wanted to mention that I walked by a tv yesterday and saw an old b&w movie playing. No idea what it was, but there was a character wearing a hat bashed the same way, he wearing a suit, in an office setting, among other fedora wearers. It was kind of neat to see that. :)
 

UWS Cowboy

One of the Regulars
Messages
196
Location
New York, New York
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Just used a little warm water. I tried to dry bash it but the teardrop would not pop up, no way. It was a center dent for the first couple days, but I grew tired of that and don't like center dents that much. Also don't like the really tight pinch.
 

Torpedo

One Too Many
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1,332
Location
Barcelona (Spain)
UWS Cowboy said:
Just used a little warm water. I tried to dry bash it but the teardrop would not pop up, no way. It was a center dent for the first couple days, but I grew tired of that and don't like center dents that much. Also don't like the really tight pinch.

Hi, the crease is fine, but I would suggest to increase the frontal pinch a little way down, not all the way down to the ribbon, just a little bit. I think this would improve its appearance, the side "dents" would look better. Also, as I see it on the second photo, I think tightening the around-the-top rim would be good too.
Of course you have said you do not like tight pinches, so it is fine if you like it as it is now.

Regards!
 

rrog

A-List Customer
Messages
430
Location
East Tennessee
Love the bash UWS. The points that are the top of the "V" on both sides of the crown - did you pinch those in or did they just happen as a result of you pinching the front more? It looks great. I'm going for the same kind of look, but after the tops of the "V" (hope I'm describing it the right way) mine doesn't curve as smoothly in the back as yours does. So far, all I've done is a little dry bashing. Maybe steam would help.

rrog
 

UWS Cowboy

One of the Regulars
Messages
196
Location
New York, New York
rrog said:
Love the bash UWS. The points that are the top of the "V" on both sides of the crown - did you pinch those in or did they just happen as a result of you pinching the front more? It looks great. I'm going for the same kind of look, but after the tops of the "V" (hope I'm describing it the right way) mine doesn't curve as smoothly in the back as yours does. So far, all I've done is a little dry bashing. Maybe steam would help.

rrog

Those points seemed to be a result of pushing the side dents deeper and further back. I had trouble with the back of mine curving smoothly but I pinched it really tight and smoothed it out with water and that seems to have worked.
 

Torpedo

One Too Many
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1,332
Location
Barcelona (Spain)
Hi again,

I think it looks better now. I see you did tighten the frontal pinch too, contrarily to your initial intention, and I believe this has been for the better. The "dip" at the top rrog is referring to is fine, too.

BTW, after the last modifications, from the front your hat is reminescent the style associated with the well known "Raiders" Indiana Jones hat crease.

Regards!
 

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