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A 6" (15cm) open crown gives you lots of felt to work with. With a shallow centre dent you can have a 5 1/2" finished crown height or with a deep teardrop a 4 3/4" crown at the pinch.I would gladly buy a vintage hat but lets me honest it's would be hard to find one in size 61 in the USA and even harder in Europe where I am from. For a first hat, I was looking to buy from Hutbreiter in Germany, I was looking in that model: https://www.hutbreiter.de/huete/fil...uenchen-fedora-bogart-form-monika_16794_61247
Firstly I know that they were sold open crown but from all the photos from that era I can see they look taller than today's modern one on an average, and I would definitely prefer one with taller crown so that the reason I was asking you crown height. I will rephrase differently this time: What dimensions would define a high crown so I can know what to look in off the rack hats?
Secondly: I will if I see that he is competent
Thirdly: Thanks for the honesty