Egon Spengler
Master Member
It doesn't have to be extremely high quality, it just needs to look a lot like it or at least easy to mod. Anything like this out there?
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Looking for a Indy Fedora.
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Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
I got a Burlington Coat Factory fedora for about $15 awhile back that was pretty decent I thought. :cool
I got a Burlington Coat Factory fedora for about $15 awhile back that was pretty decent I thought. :cool
Egon Spengler
Master Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Cool! Got a photo?
Cool! Got a photo?
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Just the hat. There's no photo of me wearing it, for uh... security reasons.
You might also go to the Fedora Lounge board, there'll be a lot of info over there.
Just the hat. There's no photo of me wearing it, for uh... security reasons.
You might also go to the Fedora Lounge board, there'll be a lot of info over there.
Egon Spengler
Master Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Thanks phase pistol! That hat looks great! I don't think I have a Burlington Coat Factory around here?
Jlee: Honestly looking for something under 100 dollars. It's not really for a Indiana Jones costume but it needs to look like his hat. I've heard of people buying hats and bashing them themselves? I don't mind modding something myself.
Thanks phase pistol! That hat looks great! I don't think I have a Burlington Coat Factory around here?
Jlee: Honestly looking for something under 100 dollars. It's not really for a Indiana Jones costume but it needs to look like his hat. I've heard of people buying hats and bashing them themselves? I don't mind modding something myself.
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
The only ones you're going to find are the Dorfman hats and they are crap. Cheap and believable is a contradiction when it comes to Indy hats.:eek
The only ones you're going to find are the Dorfman hats and they are crap. Cheap and believable is a contradiction when it comes to Indy hats.:eek
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Phase Pistol, I got that same hat (or one so similar it's a twin) from Sears for about $19 a few years back. I re-bashed it over a pot of hot water. After I got my Fed IV Deluxe I gave the Sears hat to my dad who loves it.
Egon, look around your local mall clothing stores with departments that sell suits, shirts, and ties. You may not find 'cheap' at a real suit clothier that also sells hats, but the mall stores may have something you're looking for. Like Sears, Nordstroms, JC Penny, or what ever they are called in your area.
Just the hat. There's no photo of me wearing it, for uh... security reasons.
You might also go to the Fedora Lounge board, there'll be a lot of info over there.
Phase Pistol, I got that same hat (or one so similar it's a twin) from Sears for about $19 a few years back. I re-bashed it over a pot of hot water. After I got my Fed IV Deluxe I gave the Sears hat to my dad who loves it.
Egon, look around your local mall clothing stores with departments that sell suits, shirts, and ties. You may not find 'cheap' at a real suit clothier that also sells hats, but the mall stores may have something you're looking for. Like Sears, Nordstroms, JC Penny, or what ever they are called in your area.
Egon Spengler
Master Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Just looked at some pics of those. They seem close enough for what I'll be using it for. I do know that often images of products don't look the same when you get them as they do when you see a photo promoting them. Is there a place I can see the Dorfman hats being worn in non promotional images?
Just looked at some pics of those. They seem close enough for what I'll be using it for. I do know that often images of products don't look the same when you get them as they do when you see a photo promoting them. Is there a place I can see the Dorfman hats being worn in non promotional images?
aceofknaves88
Active Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
I actually got a really decent one from a Cracker Barrel restaurant for $20. I can't remember who made it, though. I'll get back to you on that.
I actually got a really decent one from a Cracker Barrel restaurant for $20. I can't remember who made it, though. I'll get back to you on that.
joeranger
Sr Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Interesting. I have a licensed "Indy" hat which looks almost nothing like the SA one. It's leather with a wire insert in the rim to shape. However, most people can't tell the difference.
So few people were fedoras, they will get the idea. I am a costumer, not a collector, so take my advice with a grain of the sand from the bag of sand you filled outside the tomb:rolleyes
Interesting. I have a licensed "Indy" hat which looks almost nothing like the SA one. It's leather with a wire insert in the rim to shape. However, most people can't tell the difference.
So few people were fedoras, they will get the idea. I am a costumer, not a collector, so take my advice with a grain of the sand from the bag of sand you filled outside the tomb:rolleyes
jlee562
Sr Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Don't get a Dorfman. If you can live with a wool felt, I would say:
http://themovieshop.com/Indiana-Jones-Style-Hat-Adventurer-Wool-Felt-Fedora-Hat
It's open crown, so you can bash it yourself. It's apparently off the same block as the Christy's fur felt version.
Don't get a Dorfman. If you can live with a wool felt, I would say:
http://themovieshop.com/Indiana-Jones-Style-Hat-Adventurer-Wool-Felt-Fedora-Hat
It's open crown, so you can bash it yourself. It's apparently off the same block as the Christy's fur felt version.
Angelus Lupus
Sr Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Never seen that site before, but I see they also have this: http://themovieshop.com/Indiana-Jones-Authentic-Hat,Crushable-Wool-Felt-Outback,Brown-IJ557
Never seen that site before, but I see they also have this: http://themovieshop.com/Indiana-Jones-Authentic-Hat,Crushable-Wool-Felt-Outback,Brown-IJ557
rickrickrick
Sr Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
If you want the cheaper wool felt from themovieshop.com that's still reasonably accurate:
http://themovieshop.com/Indiana-Jones-Style-Hat-Adventurer-Wool-Felt-Fedora-Hat#
It has a more tapered crown like a TOD or LC, rather than a ROTLA. I think you'll find this hat more Indy accurate than the outback cited above.
Rick
If you want the cheaper wool felt from themovieshop.com that's still reasonably accurate:
http://themovieshop.com/Indiana-Jones-Style-Hat-Adventurer-Wool-Felt-Fedora-Hat#
It has a more tapered crown like a TOD or LC, rather than a ROTLA. I think you'll find this hat more Indy accurate than the outback cited above.
Rick
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Angelus Lupus
Sr Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
I'm confused... the hat I linked to says: "Indiana Jones Authentic Hat" and "Outback hat by Lucasfilm"
I'm not an Indy costume expert, so I assumed that it was a match.
I'm confused... the hat I linked to says: "Indiana Jones Authentic Hat" and "Outback hat by Lucasfilm"
I'm not an Indy costume expert, so I assumed that it was a match.
Mojo_Turbo
Well-Known Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
You can read all about Indy's hat here:
http://indygear.com/igfedora.html
The cheapest SA hat is going to be Todd's wool felt hat here:
http://www.toddscostumes.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=3537
You can read all about Indy's hat here:
http://indygear.com/igfedora.html
The cheapest SA hat is going to be Todd's wool felt hat here:
http://www.toddscostumes.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=3537
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
I have the Burlington one, it really looks good for $20. It says 'Harrison' inside the hat as the model style.
I have the Burlington one, it really looks good for $20. It says 'Harrison' inside the hat as the model style.
brainiacfive
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Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
Some great links here. Just popping in to say thanks, since I was thinking of grabbing an Indy-like hat when I work up my Doctor Occult costume this summer. Figured I'd grab something I could eventually dual purpose. But I didn't want to spend some of the big bucks on the more 'authentic' Indy-wear.
Some great links here. Just popping in to say thanks, since I was thinking of grabbing an Indy-like hat when I work up my Doctor Occult costume this summer. Figured I'd grab something I could eventually dual purpose. But I didn't want to spend some of the big bucks on the more 'authentic' Indy-wear.
jlee562
Sr Member
Re: Looking for a cheap but believable Indy Fedora.
That hat is part of the line of hats produced by Dorman Pacific. They're mostly sold at the Disney parks but most hat stores stock them, as they're the officially licensed hats.
The problem is none of them are very accurate beyond being a brown fedora. With the hat you linked, it has a low teardrop crown, a very wide brim and looks like it has an underwelt. The screen hat had none of these features.
The Adventurer, produced by Christy's is basically the same hat as a modern Herbert Johnson Poet. They're made off the same block in the same factory. The difference is a few hundred bucks. The wool Adventurer that Rick and I linked is the wool felt version of that hat.
It's far more accurate than any of the licensed offerings. IMHO, it makes a darn good LC hat. My Christy's is shaped this way:
That hat is part of the line of hats produced by Dorman Pacific. They're mostly sold at the Disney parks but most hat stores stock them, as they're the officially licensed hats.
The problem is none of them are very accurate beyond being a brown fedora. With the hat you linked, it has a low teardrop crown, a very wide brim and looks like it has an underwelt. The screen hat had none of these features.
The Adventurer, produced by Christy's is basically the same hat as a modern Herbert Johnson Poet. They're made off the same block in the same factory. The difference is a few hundred bucks. The wool Adventurer that Rick and I linked is the wool felt version of that hat.
It's far more accurate than any of the licensed offerings. IMHO, it makes a darn good LC hat. My Christy's is shaped this way:
