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Year of the Snake: Grey Venom

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Rounding out our 2013 Custom Collection is the SD Grey Venom. This cap is another testament of the detail we put in our 2013 Custom Collection. As with all our cap designs, one of the first thing we spent a lot of time on here was with picking the perfect colorway. We wanted to create a snakeskin print cap that you could love even if your style leans more towards basic solid colors. So we started with a very basic color, charcoal, and then combined this with a snakeskin print in basic blacks, whites, and greys. The overall look of this cap has a very smooth charcoal tonal feel.  

We also took an extra step by incorporating the same snakeskin pattern onto the three dimensional SD logo on the front. This is difficult to do because normally a 3-D logo uses the stitching to secure the inside filler of the logo in place. With the Grey Venom, we were not able to do this because it is snakeskin instead of stitching. So we had the snakeskin tie into the outline stitching at the borders of the SD logo, which is difficult because the logo stitching has to be completely even all the way around, otherwise it would look conspicuously sloppy and poorly made. New Era really got it right for us with this one and the precision craftsmanship really shows when you look closely at the SD logo on the front. 

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Finally, we also added the snakeskin pattern on the top button and the MLB logo on the back for good measure. And as with every hat in the 2013 Custom Collection, we finished this one off with the signature 59FIFTY gold sticker print as the inner lining of the front two panels.

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