Die sollen lieber zu sehen, dass ich meinen Hut in die Finger bekomme!

I received my two hats from Ron yesterday. As with any hat that is close to the Raiders fedora, it does not take any detailed work to get this hat looking like it came from the film. A neophyte should be able to get an accurate looking Raiders fedora from the new Fed IV, without having hat creasing skills like some here. Some could turn a sows ear into a silk purse. This hat is the silk purse out of the box.

The blockshape is superiour to anything I have seen from Akubra to date. When Ron found that old block at Akubra, he hit a gold mine in my opinion. I find it hard to tell the difference in blockshape from our own blocks. The 2 3/4 by 2 1/2 brim will work so much better with most folks as well. So, now I have myself a new hat! I have not opened the other box yet, but the box I did open had the Fed IV Deluxe. The finish is superiour to the old Deluxe. Ron must have requested these to be finished with a finer finish. Crown height once creased
is like our own, 5 inches tall at the sides. I have not tried to put the CS crease in the other one yet, but I can tell that it will be very accurate to the film by the overall open crown block shape. I will let others post pics of their hats once they get them. But I am really impressed with what Ron has had Akubra make for him. Not only does this hat look great from the front, it looks great from the sides, at least for the Raiders look, which is all I have put into one yet.

So, if you are in the market for a pure rabbit hat, you need look no farther than the Federation IV. I don't see how anyone could improve upon it. Critiques of this hat are gonna be hard to come by. It is the most Indy looking hat to ever come out of Akubra. Kudos to Ron once again in running with the ball and delivering a hat that he should be proud of. Fedora

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