James Bond Oddjob Hat Limited Edition Prop Replica

James Bond Oddjob Hat Limited Edition Prop Replica:    

     
Oddjob is the manservant of Auric Goldfinger, James Bond’s antagonist in 1964’s GOLDFINGER. Oddjob is a formidable character – extremely strong, skilled in martial arts and in possession of a deadly weapon, his black bowler hat.

THE ORIGINAL PROPS

A number of prop hats were sourced from London theatrical and film costumier, M.Berman Ltd. ‘Square Crown Bowler’ style hats were selected for the ‘stunt’ hats, while Lock & Co. Hatters made the costume hats for Oddjob to wear. The stunt hats were handed over to Oscar® winning special effects man, John Stears, who modified them to create the illusion of hidden lethality

Different stunt props were modified to meet different production needs, as detailed below;

A design with a full underbrim ring was made with metal supplied by New Pro Foundries of Middlesex.
Another was given an embedded metal rim that allowed it to be firmly fixed in place between th...