It is the genuine article as style-reproductions go: it has a 2 1/2" brim, 5 1/2" high crown, pinched-front and a lovely dark weathered shade of brown. The hatband is the same material and is fully sewn onto the hat. The sweatband is of the same material as is the entire inside (which is the only part of the hat NOT treated) of this excellent all-weather fedora. And in this price range it is truly the only properly shaped hat with the right dimensions.
Everything is so darned small and goofy-looking these days, especially hats. Not this hat!
This thing has seen rough treatment and yet it looks exactly the same as when I first withdrew it from its box. The fit is accurate and clean--the material makes a wonderful sweatband, much to my surprise. This thing is almost (but not quite) good as a summer hat. For most, I think it would serve well as a year-round all-purpose hat. And it IS handsome as hell.
The brim is malleable, which is to say you can shape it as you like and it'll keep its shape. I did something that may sound stupid: I studied Harrison Ford a long time and shaped the brim to generally match the way his brim was shaped. A wise move, or else I would have ended looking like an Amish outcast.
Will you believe me when I say I am shocked this is a Dorfman Pacific hat? Aside from the excellent price I paid for it (on sale) it has no indication anywhere on it that it is DP--except maybe the little metal tag I prized off the hatband since it is religiously forbidden for me to wear such logos or symbols. But the inside is festooned with a beautiful hat tag that says "INDIANA JONES ADVENTUREWEAR". Flip up the tag and the back says prophetically "DISNEY\LUCAS" (not a mistake, that is the slash they used, a back-slash).
Inside the crown, where the maker's label would normally go, is a stamped or silkscreened Indian Jones "coat of arms" heraldic shield type thing, consisting of his hat resting on his curled-up bullwhip. It's cute, but it's overkill and I try not to look at it too often. Only I am glad it is inside the hat.
I bought this hat several years ago and at the time it was the only company licensed to use Indy's name. I'll add here: you will NEVER beat this price with a hat of this quality/design!
The only small beef I have with this beautifully blocked and quality manufactured hat is the thin wire which is inside the edge of the brim. I find it squeaks unpleasantly whenever I move my head or remove my hat; the bigger worry is whether the thing will eventually wear away a portion of the edge of the brim. Just have to cross that burning bridge when I get to it.
Get one; be a man; you won't regret it and the ladies and several others too will definitely take note of you. THIS is the way hats were made, and I recall it well. How I miss that era, and how this hat brings it all back for me. Well ... you didn't think I actually looked or wanted to look like Indiana Jones, did you??
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This hat replaced a el-cheapo special that I left in a restaurant.This one is Much, much Better.
The "shape" is stamped into the crown to keep it from becoming misshapen, and the brim has a wire reinforcement in it that you can bend to create the form you wish, within limits. I prefer the brim sides tilted up just a bit, instead of flat. Without the wire, I wouldn't be able to do that with a cloth hat.
The cloth is thick and durable and should give me years of comfortable service, if I don't leave it in a restaurant.
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