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    From Akubra to Josey Wales

    Hi All, I quite fancy bashing a hat in a somewhat Josey Wales shape (light colour, flattish brim, kettle curl, mid crown). My natural inclination would be to get an Akubra and rebash it, but I am not sure which one to start with. In addition if at all possible I'd go for for a Heritage...
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    Stetson 6X versus Akubra Heritage collection

    Hi All, thanks for the info, especially thanks to gtdean48! I am not sure what the difference between dress and western weight felts is, I own a Banjo, and I was under the impression that it is an outdoors hat designed to take sun and rain in abundance -- the heritage felt should be more not...
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    Stetson 6X versus Akubra Heritage collection

    Hi All, I would like to ask you how does a Stetson 6X felt compare to the felt of an Akubra Heritage collection hat. Which one is more durable? which one is smoother, softer etc? And of we look at the leather sweatband, how would a 6X Stetson compare to Akubra Heritage (softness, width...
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    Modified Akubra Banjo Paterson

    Thanks to all for the compliments. @ Seb, I choose a Banjo because I hoped (and hope) that the higher quality felt and sweatband would give a longer life and greater comfort. Admittedly I had not had any chance to handle any other hat so I might just be a sucker for advertisement! Cutting a...
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    Modified Akubra Banjo Paterson

    Hi All, I have one hat, and Akubra Banjo Paterson. I like the quality of the felt and the sweatband, but did not like the fedoraish shape, nor the hatband, so I changed them to a somewhat cattleman (without a massive brim) + a hand braided band. I also removed the plastic from the liner...
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    Akubra Lightning Ridge

    Thanks! I did in fact contact David Morgan, and the LR is especially made for them and thus is not on the Akubra Australia website but it is not going to be discontinued anytime soon! F
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    Akubra Lightning Ridge

    Akubra Lightning Ridge's availability (mid 2014) Hi all, this is my first post here at the FL. I recently bough a Banjo Patterson, which made me interested in Akubra hats. I noticed that the official website does not list a number of models (such as the Bushman), and one of the missing is...

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