Spirit hat

bendingoak

Well-Known Member

• Apr 25, 2009

• #1

Here you have it guys and dolls. Introducing "the Baney" or as his daughter would call it " the Spirit of Barney." You know how I name all my non- Indy hats after someone I knew. This one is named after my very, very dear friend and the best dang firefighter that ever fought the beast. Barney was a fan of the Spirit comic book by Will Eisner. Here's the best shots I could get today my camera guy is not here. :roll: This will be offered in both beaver and rabbit felts. This one her is pure beaver. I really hope guys and dolls like it. I think I got the look of the movie Spirit hat down this time.

 

troopermatthew

Sr Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #2

Looking great but personally from my reference images i would say that the crown has to be slightly higher. Not as high as a Indy fedora but its got a high crown. Admittidly i could be wrong though as its a difficult thing to tell with a film that prides itself on being as dark as possible :lol

 

Last edited: Apr 26, 2009

bendingoak

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #3

Yes, it was a very dark wasn't it but that was the Spirit. As for the specs, I tried it with a slightly taller crown and you would have said that it was way to high. I went off of the fact that the ribbon is a 1 1/2 inches and as long as I know what the ribbon width is I can get the others specs based off the ribbon.

 

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MattMurdockYLW

Active Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #4

I think this is looking pretty good here are some screen grabs for reference

 

troopermatthew

Sr Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #5

Yea the ribbon size seems right but when looking at the pictures mattmurdockYML posted it looks squater than the film. You have done a stunning job with the rest of it but the squat crown is quite distracting to me. Is it possible to do a test version with a slightly higher crown?

 

bendingoak

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #6

I did one with just a 1/4 and 1/2 and they were to high. It could be the angle your looking at. The ribbon is 1 1/2 inches and if you take that as a point of reference the others spec out to where I have them now.

Here's the others with a taller crown.

 

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MattMurdockYLW

Active Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #7

is it just me or does it seem like the front of his hat slants back a bit? I thought it was just the angles but even moving the pic so the hat is flat it still seems to slant back.

 

bendingoak

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2009

• #8

You lost me on that one? Who's hat is slanting back and what do you mean by slanting?

 

troopermatthew

Sr Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #9

Well to be honest i think that the second hat wioth the taller crown looks better in my opinion.

I can see what MattMurdockYML is saying about the slant. The crown should be ever so slightly slanted back when looking at the hat on a horizonatal position. Dont take this all as bad critisism we just want to see this hat looking perfect

 

bendingoak

Well-Known Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #10

The screen use hat has tapper built in, No question about that. The crown height I'm sure of.

All the feed back is very welcome, thats why I posted it. This will be my offering right now. Unless there is a lot of interest for this hat I can't warrant the price of a whole set of blocks and flanges. It would cost thousands.