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Taller crown (5 3/4) with a C-dent or Teardrop?

RBH

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My Campdraft is 5 1\8 tall at the front [this is creased] with a slight diamond crease.

My custom made TVA {the one in my avatar} has a diamond crease with a 5 inch tall creased crown. Open crowned it was 6''.

here are a few pics of the Campdraft.


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<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/3522/hpim1742eh8.jpg" border="0" alt="campdraft3"/></a>


Here is the TVA by Mike Moore.

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MrFusion

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My Sportaire has a 5 1/2" crown.
Here is the teardrop:
bash1.jpg


bash2.jpg
 

carldelo

One Too Many
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Look at the HST

The limited edition HST at vintage silhouettes has a 5-3/4 crown with a really nice c-crown shape and beautifully subtle tight creases at the top front. I love it, but it's too tall for me - so, now I'm pondering a custom version matched to my big cocoanut, but what color to pick, ribbon width, etc......
 

bolthead

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Nice lids fellas.....

I'm not a big fan of a super tall crown, for myself that is.....some guys look good in them, most of them on here do, I'm just not real comfortable in one I guess. [huh]

Mr.Fusion, I really like your Sportaire alot....is that the true color?

Dman.....that is a fairly short brim for a 5 3/4" crown (especially for you), was that hat custom made? I like it mucho grande. :D
 

Dinerman

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bolthead said:
Dman.....that is a fairly short brim for a 5 3/4" crown (especially for you), was that hat custom made? I like it mucho grande. :D

That's a Stetson airlite playboy from around 1934. One of the first years the playboy was made. It has a paper thin, unreeded sweatband, and vents in the top. It weighs next to nothing. The brim got wider on that model pretty quickly after that. But yeah, it's got a monster of a crown on it.
 

cooncatbob

Practically Family
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Carmichael, CA.
Dinerman said:
This one's got a 5-3/4" crown. Hardly any taper to it.

IMG_4782.jpg

Wow! I really like that.
My latest hat from Art has a 5 3/4 crown and 2 3/8, 2 1/4 dimensionally cut brim.
BTW. What is that, 2 inch brim?
Bob.
 

Wesne

One of the Regulars
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Montana
I'm really digging that Playboy, Dinerman. I like the combination tall crown/narrow brim. The dimensions are pretty similar to the 3X "Kitten Finish" Resistol I'm wearing in my avatar. The brim on it's 2 1/8 and it's got a pretty tall crown, which gave me plenty to work with in bashing it into a fairly deep C crown. The ribbon is 2 inches wide on my Resistol though, which doesn't accentuate the crown height as much as the narrow ribbon on your Playboy.
 

airforceindy

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Anchorage, AK
Adventurebilt Hats, made by Steve 'Fedora' Delk. If you're not familiar, he's the guy who made (and is still making, I think) the hats for "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".

Regards, Andy
 

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