Kilgore

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5 3/4" crown

3 1/4" brim

In sizes:
6 7/8 to 7 5/8

Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now wore an unusual
black felt hat with cavalry trimmings. Duvall's hat was not the typical
stetson worn in "nam". Duvall's hats was formed on the stetson 7"
crown with a relatively small brim at only 3 1/4". I prefer making
these replicas with a 3 1/2" brim as i think it looks better, but 3 1/4"
is shown. your choice. Notice the hat cord is not uniform correct
having an all black cord; black and gold is correct for an officer. Lt.
Col. Kilgore also wore the enlisted sabres rather than the smaller
gold plated sabres pro-scribed for officers.

You may have noticed that his hat was different in some scene. The
center crease on the crown was deeper lowering the crown, and
there were more hat pins/ badges on that hat too. You may
remember that the filming of Apocalypse Now turned into a long
drawn out process and many scenes were re-shot. I suspect that
something happened to the first hat and this is why, when
costumers order hats from us, they often order several identical.

We have seen another website where they claim to have made so
many of the originals (however their replicas are not very accurate)
and have read where they claim to have the official U.S. hat blocks
as were used for Duvall's hat. This is B.S. If they have the original
blocks then why does the shape neither match the actual Cav hat or
Duvall's (look carefully).

We can match Duvall's hat exactly or we can make almost any
variation that you could want; including trim for artillery or infantry,
just call.