Tapered crown?

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Posted by Fedora from ppp-80.col.cableone.net on February 21, 2001 at 18:08:50:

In Reply to: Originally I went for quality/authenticity posted by Gregg on February 21, 2001 at 15:38:10:

: I chose HJ b/c of their reputation for making hats, as well as the authenticity. For accuracy of fedora, it's a crapshoot from what I've heard. Maybe I was lucky receiving the Raiders (took some steaming/shaping, of course). With Peters Bros., there seems to be less variability, but they still fall short of accuracy of shape. At least HJ has a non-tapered hatblock. HJ colors vary, but the shape doesn't. I haven't seen a sample pic posted here or at petersbros.com yet, that has shown the right shape. In my opinion---(take it easy everybody)the brown is a little too light and/or the ribbon too dark. The contrast is off. This is could be partly attributed to the specific photo/appearance that fans are requesting their hats to be made to look like. "Joe, here's a freeze-frame from the temple scene, get it just like that." As has frequently been pointed out, lighting affects how we see the colors.
: I'd go with the HJ hat again for the shape of the crown alone. That, to me is the most important aspect of my fedora's appearance.
: Hope that insight helps.
: Gregg

Are you saying that the PB fedora has a tapered crown? I can assure you that these hats are not blocked tapered. It is true that Joe tends to put a little taper in some of his hats, but these are not blocked in, and can be corrected easily. My first PB had a little taper, but this was caused by an over aggressive top crease, that was easily fixed. In fact, after I got the taper out, and pushed the front pinch upward, I had the first fedora that looked identical in shape to the streets of Cairo hat. The brim even came from PB with the downward slope. A dead ringer. I have yet to see any fedora from any hatter that replicated this look, except of course PB. To my eye, the PB fedora looks more like the Raiders fedora than anything else I have seen. I do agree that the contrast between the ribbon and hat is off, but the color of the hat is very good. The ribbon isn't dark enough. I think that on my next one, I will specify the black. This will bring it closer in appearance. I am not taking anything away from the HJ, but the ones I have viewed on some websites certainly don't capture the Raiders look, except one that was featured on the Indy Diggs site. It was real close in color to my PBs, and had an accurate shape. Was this one of yours? Regards, Fedora


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