J.T.Marcus
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Torpedo said:JTMarcus, would that Stetson be one of the "Temple of Doom" era offerings? As you demonstrate, these certainly looked way, way better than current "official" Indy hats... Those Disney characters behind you seem to be excited about it, too.
Yes, the hat was produced at the time of the "Temple of Doom." At that time, Stetson had the Indaiana Jones hat license. Hats were made in both wool and fur felt. (The one shown above is fur.) Eventually, Stetson relinquished the license, and Dorfman-Pacific picked it up. Stetson , however, had a pretty good fur felt design that they saw no reason to scrap. So, they took the Indiana Jones hat, replaced the padded fabric sweatband with a leather one, and re-named it the "Temple." They also produced an all beaver model, called the "Pinnacle." Both hats are still in production.