Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Showcase of Non-Indy Federations

Gilgamark

A-List Customer
Messages
306
Location
Nashville, TN
kaosharper1 said:
DSCN0751.jpg

Any chance we could get a side view of this one? I'm about to order a Fed IV, and I'm seriously considering this for the bash.

Thx
 

kaosharper1

One Too Many
Messages
1,304
Location
Pasadena, CA
Gilgamark said:
Any chance we could get a side view of this one? I'm about to order a Fed IV, and I'm seriously considering this for the bash.

Thx

kaosharper1


This is the only one i have on file. It looks like an arc slightly higher in the front than the back. It starts out as a center crease and keeps that look.

This is also a Fed III, which has a higher crown than the IV so you won't have to crease it as deeply.
 

Gilgamark

A-List Customer
Messages
306
Location
Nashville, TN
Thanks, kaosharper1. HatsDirect said they should have moonstone Fed IV's in my size (59) by the end of the month. I think I'll go ahead and order one this week.
 

jazzncocktails

A-List Customer
Messages
484
Location
Long Beach, California
My first Fed IV bashed

Mine isn't anywhere near as stylish or accomplished as kaosharper1's fine bash, but here's my new Tawny Fawn Fed IV standard. Center dent (the hat seemed to want it that way...the c crown and diamonds I tried would have kept the shape, but it didn't look right on my head somehow). You can't tell the brim is flipped up slightly in the back, but it is. Still has an Indy vibe, I guess, even though it isn't intended to...perhaps I'll try that teardrop again. Or maybe the problem is that drop in the front brim...
P1010009_3.jpg
 

Gilgamark

A-List Customer
Messages
306
Location
Nashville, TN
jazzncocktails said:
. . . here's my new Tawny Fawn Fed IV standard . . .

What do you think of the tawny fawn? How dark is it? I'm thinking of one. Someone on FL said theirs turned out to be darker than they had expected.
 

CRH

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,272
Location
West Branch, IA
jazzncocktails said:
Mine isn't anywhere near as stylish or accomplished as kaosharper1's fine bash,

Hellooohhhow! You got so many fine angles going on there j.c..... That hat will NEVER look straight on your head and why should it anyway.

Take the classic look and run with it brother!

:arated: for j.c.
 

jazzncocktails

A-List Customer
Messages
484
Location
Long Beach, California
Gilgamark said:
What do you think of the tawny fawn? How dark is it? I'm thinking of one. Someone on FL said theirs turned out to be darker than they had expected.
That was actually me on another thread, Gilgamark. I find that the color is growing on me...in daylight, especially in sun, it's almost the gold/camel color I'd first imagined. In some darker light, especially indoors, it can look almost milk chocolate brown. And with a little steam, the brim was surprisingly easy to shape. So, all around, I guess I'm happy with it until I find a lighter brown/gold lid.
 

JohnnyB53

One of the Regulars
Messages
289
Location
Seattle, WA
jazzncocktails said:
I find that the color is growing on me...in daylight, especially in sun, it's almost the gold/camel color I'd first imagined. In some darker light, especially indoors, it can look almost milk chocolate brown. And with a little steam, the brim was surprisingly easy to shape. So, all around, I guess I'm happy with it until I find a lighter brown/gold lid.
I have a tawny fawn Fed IV std. as well and really like it. I posted pics on the first page of this thread. My bash has a steeply raked profile like the Maltese Falcon, but the crown is domed instead of just punched in like Bogie's was.

It's a really pretty color and is sort of reminiscent of a camel hair coat. I want to get a navy blazer just to wear with this hat. It's a great hat to grab on the way out the door. It goes with 'most anything, looks elegant and yet not too formal, and is soft and comfortable.
 

jazzncocktails

A-List Customer
Messages
484
Location
Long Beach, California
Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts!

CRH said:
Hellooohhhow! You got so many fine angles going on there j.c..... That hat will NEVER look straight on your head and why should it anyway.

Take the classic look and run with it brother!

:arated: for j.c.
Yes, CRH, I have a hard time keeping a hat straight on my head--there's always a side tilt, and occasionally a backwards lean to it. Glad you like the angles, too!
 

Gilgamark

A-List Customer
Messages
306
Location
Nashville, TN
Maltese Falcon

Here's my just dried Moonstone Fed IV Deluxe. I went with a combination of kaosharper's modified Maltese Falcon bash with the height of the store-bought bash on the Akubra Stylemaster. The front is 4"; the back is 3 1/2". I put a tugboat effect on the sides; they rise to 4 1/2" at the back of the dents.

I went with the understated dents and tight pinch of the Maltese Falcon, which I like.

Overall, I'm please with this for my first bash. I was really surprised how easy it was to work the felt when wet.

DSC02812.jpg


IMG_6167.jpg


DSC02814.jpg


IMG_6168.jpg
 

Gilgamark

A-List Customer
Messages
306
Location
Nashville, TN
I changed the heights and added the tugboat effect. Those are the only differences. I might have brought the front of the brim down a little more than yours. I like my brim fronts to be almost perpendicular to the ground.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
109,097
Messages
3,074,070
Members
54,091
Latest member
toptvsspala
Top