Fedora (ish) hard hat

fedoralover · 07-29-2007, 12:37 PM

In my job I work out of an Aerial boom truck and am required to wear a hard hat. I've always hated those duck billed hard hats and recently found one on ebay that looked like I could make it like kinda like a fedora. Here it is. I put a couple of rings of black electrical tape around it to simulate a black ribbon. At least it somewhat resembles a fedora. From 30 feet away it will project a fedora look.

fedoralover

nulty · 07-29-2007, 12:40 PM

Ingenuity on the job..

That is Priceless!

Tango Yankee · 07-29-2007, 12:58 PM

Gotta love it!

silvereed · 07-29-2007, 01:12 PM

That is very cool. Good for you man.....

bolthead · 07-29-2007, 01:32 PM

That's insane, you're a freakin' Genius dude.

I gotta have me one of those.

Any chance of that?

Prairie Shade · 07-29-2007, 01:46 PM

Is this a great country or what?

MrNewportCustom · 07-29-2007, 02:07 PM

Fedora for sun protection: $20.00 to $60.00 on eBay.
Good fedora for stylish dress: $160.00 and up at a good hat shop.
Rounding out your fedora collection with one that'll protect your noggin from falling tools: Priceless.

Lee
______________________

That's a great hat! Even though my job doesn't require a hard hat, I might get one.

J.T.Marcus · 07-29-2007, 02:32 PM

Any chance of finding one on eBay? Gotta love it!

SHARPETOYS · 07-29-2007, 02:50 PM

Rich,
Looks like a Sterling Beaver...No such thing folks... LMAO...Good fine. I love the vintage tape. Now work on your bow...

Here is one on a old Ebay ad.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cowboy-Style-Har...QQcmdZViewItem

bolthead · 07-29-2007, 02:59 PM

How'd you find it anyway?
Was it by chance, or were you actually looking for it?

Prairie Shade · 07-29-2007, 04:13 PM

Just down the road also. Should I or shouldnt I, that is the question.

fedoralover · 07-29-2007, 04:26 PM

I saw a guy wearing one on a job site and decided to look on ebay and found it. The brim had a bit more curl than I wanted so I took a heat gun and warmed up the sides a little and flattened it out a touch. I actually tried painting it brown with some krylon spray paint which was supposed to be for plastic, but it was too shiny, I couldn't find any in flat brown, plus it just didn't seem to adhere very well and scratched off really easy. So I stripped it back off and just put the tape on to simulate a black ribbon. I'll wear it at work tomorrow. Here's a frontal shot, the crown has more taper than I like but I don't think I could get Art to reblock this one successfully.

fedoralover

fatwoul · 07-29-2007, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedoralover

...The brim had a bit more curl than I wanted so I took a heat gun and warmed up the sides a little and flattened it out a touch. I actually tried painting it brown with some krylon spray paint which was supposed to be for plastic, but it was too shiny, I couldn't find any in flat brown, plus it just didn't seem to adhere very well and scratched off really easy. So I stripped it back off and just put the tape on to simulate a black ribbon...

I know I don't need to tell you, but for anybody else reading this, there should probably be a caveat here:

Painting, heating or reshaping a hardhat can affect it's integrity, and the protection it can offer.

I have to wear a hardhat for some of my work here and there, and we have to replace ours periodically, because over time the plastic becomes tired, and more prone to cracking. A lot of UK hardhats come with warnings about not applying heat or paint to them, for similar reasons.

Anyway, your hardhat looks great, fedlover. Good job with the tape.

J.B. · 07-29-2007, 08:12 PM

I'll bet that baby's got a ballistic-cloth sweatband, too?!

And best of all, no moth worries and no costly repairs! ...When you incur tool or lunch pail dings -- just slap a coat of Bondo or Red Hand over those unsightly holes and cracks and you're good to go again!

Benny Holiday · 07-29-2007, 09:36 PM

Fedoralover, you rock!

Doh! · 07-29-2007, 10:41 PM

Brilliant!

HamletJSD · 07-30-2007, 03:57 AM

Not 48 hours ago I saw a construction site and joked to my wife that I should patent a fedora hard hat ...
It really is a small world.

Anyway, imaginative engineering such as this makes the world go round. I love it!

fedoralover · 07-30-2007, 06:04 AM

The one drawback to this style is that it is heavier than the other styles. There is another cowboy style hard hat on the market that's shaped with a regular cattlemans crease and it is REALLY heavy due to all the plastic for the brim. This one is lighter than that one but it will take a while to get used to.

fedoralover

bolthead · 07-30-2007, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedoralover

The one drawback to this style is that it is heavier than the other styles. There is another cowboy style hard hat on the market that's shaped with a regular cattlemans crease and it is REALLY heavy due to all the plastic for the brim. This one is lighter than that one but it will take a while to get used to.

fedoralover

Let's see it on ya dude.....

Russ · 07-30-2007, 03:59 PM

If you do a web search for "Vulcan Cowboy Style Hard Hat" you will find a lot sources for this hat.

I like the pugaree effect with the black tape.

07-29-2007, 12:37 PM	#1
fedoralover One Too Many Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Great Northwest Posts: 1,423	Fedora (ish) hard hat In my job I work out of an Aerial boom truck and am required to wear a hard hat. I've always hated those duck billed hard hats and recently found one on ebay that looked like I could make it like kinda like a fedora. Here it is. I put a couple of rings of black electrical tape around it to simulate a black ribbon. At least it somewhat resembles a fedora. From 30 feet away it will project a fedora look. fedoralover

07-29-2007, 12:58 PM	#3
Tango Yankee One Too Many Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lucasville, OH Posts: 1,867	Gotta love it! __________________ A man either lives life as it happens-meets it head on and licks it. Or turns his back on it and begins to wither away.

07-29-2007, 01:12 PM	#4
silvereed Familiar Face Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Noir Florida Posts: 69	That is very cool. Good for you man..... __________________ She had me running and hiding, like a two bit gangster running from the police.

07-29-2007, 01:32 PM	#5
bolthead My Mail is Forwarded Here Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The N.E. Mountains of Pennsylvania Posts: 3,147	Are you kidding me? That's insane, you're a freakin' Genius dude. I gotta have me one of those. Any chance of that? __________________ "When the Power of Love overcomes the Love of Power, the world will know Peace." -Jimi Hendrix. ƘƲƦƬ☮

07-29-2007, 01:46 PM	#6
Prairie Shade "A" List Customer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 395	And Now For Something Completely Different Is this a great country or what?

07-29-2007, 12:40 PM	#2
nulty One of the Regulars Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: McGraw ,New York Posts: 248	Ingenuity on the job.. That is Priceless!

07-29-2007, 02:07 PM	#7
MrNewportCustom Call Me a Cab Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Outer Los Angeles Posts: 2,269	Fedora for sun protection: $20.00 to $60.00 on eBay. Good fedora for stylish dress: $160.00 and up at a good hat shop. Rounding out your fedora collection with one that'll protect your noggin from falling tools: Priceless. Lee ______________________ That's a great hat! Even though my job doesn't require a hard hat, I might get one. Last edited by MrNewportCustom : 07-29-2007 at 02:11 PM.

07-29-2007, 02:32 PM	#8
J.T.Marcus Call Me a Cab Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mineola, Texas Posts: 2,361	Any chance of finding one on eBay? Gotta love it!

07-29-2007, 02:50 PM	#9
SHARPETOYS Call Me a Cab Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Titusville, Florida Posts: 2,464	3000X Rich, Looks like a Sterling Beaver...No such thing folks... LMAO...Good fine. I love the vintage tape. Now work on your bow... Here is one on a old Ebay ad. http://cgi.ebay.com/Cowboy-Style-Har...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain

07-29-2007, 02:59 PM	#10
bolthead My Mail is Forwarded Here Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The N.E. Mountains of Pennsylvania Posts: 3,147	How'd you find it anyway? Was it by chance, or were you actually looking for it? __________________ "When the Power of Love overcomes the Love of Power, the world will know Peace." -Jimi Hendrix. ƘƲƦƬ☮

07-29-2007, 04:13 PM	#11
Prairie Shade "A" List Customer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 395	Thanks Sharpe Just down the road also. Should I or shouldnt I, that is the question.

07-29-2007, 04:26 PM	#12
fedoralover One Too Many Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Great Northwest Posts: 1,423	I saw a guy wearing one on a job site and decided to look on ebay and found it. The brim had a bit more curl than I wanted so I took a heat gun and warmed up the sides a little and flattened it out a touch. I actually tried painting it brown with some krylon spray paint which was supposed to be for plastic, but it was too shiny, I couldn't find any in flat brown, plus it just didn't seem to adhere very well and scratched off really easy. So I stripped it back off and just put the tape on to simulate a black ribbon. I'll wear it at work tomorrow. Here's a frontal shot, the crown has more taper than I like but I don't think I could get Art to reblock this one successfully. fedoralover Last edited by fedoralover : 07-29-2007 at 04:33 PM.

07-29-2007, 08:12 PM	#14
J.B. Practically Family Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hollywood Posts: 516	I'll bet that baby's got a ballistic-cloth sweatband, too?! And best of all, no moth worries and no costly repairs! ...When you incur tool or lunch pail dings -- just slap a coat of Bondo or Red Hand over those unsightly holes and cracks and you're good to go again!

07-29-2007, 09:36 PM	#15
Benny Holiday One Too Many Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,682	Fedoralover, you rock! __________________ Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value - Albert Einstein

07-29-2007, 10:41 PM	#16
Doh! One Too Many Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tinsel Town Posts: 1,080	Brilliant! __________________ "You're dead, son. Get yourself buried." --J.J. Hunsecker

07-30-2007, 03:57 AM	#17
HamletJSD "A" List Customer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 444	Freakin' me out Not 48 hours ago I saw a construction site and joked to my wife that I should patent a fedora hard hat ... It really is a small world. Anyway, imaginative engineering such as this makes the world go round. I love it! __________________ *Whatever happened to common sense?*

07-30-2007, 06:04 AM	#18
fedoralover One Too Many Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Great Northwest Posts: 1,423	The one drawback to this style is that it is heavier than the other styles. There is another cowboy style hard hat on the market that's shaped with a regular cattlemans crease and it is REALLY heavy due to all the plastic for the brim. This one is lighter than that one but it will take a while to get used to. fedoralover

07-30-2007, 03:59 PM	#20
Russ One of the Regulars Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 209	If you do a web search for "Vulcan Cowboy Style Hard Hat" you will find a lot sources for this hat. I like the pugaree effect with the black tape.

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