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Color comparison help..
Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a whole lot of brown undertone in Granite. Not Art's hat, but the same Winchester granite felt: -
Akubra Campdraft
The color of the bristles on the brush doesn't matter so much as it does as having one brush for light hats, one brush for dark hats. That way you don't end up depositing light color fibers on dark hats and vice versa. -
Can't Make up my mind!!!
Well, Akubra makes a nice production hat, no doubt about it. But what will you get with a VS? 1) Conformed fit. Not only is it made to measure, it's made to your headshape (you can also have Art make you a band block which you can use for all your hats to keep them sized). A custom fit hat... -
Plastic Hat Shapers really work!
The circumferences are listed on the product page. -
Ask a question, get an answer
That's only a hat body. You'd have to drop $40+ for a new sweatband, $25+ for a new ribbon, and probably $50+ to have it reblocked. You can make a simple foil cone or buy an attachment for a kettle. You want the moisture, not the heat per se. Depending on how bad the brim is though, you may... -
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Akubra Campdraft
http://hatsdirect.com/federation/specifications.html Fed is actually 5 5/8ths according to hatsdirect. -
Post New Hats Here!
Mounds of decently priced stingies on ebay, which in the long run will be a better hat. -
Shapeable homburg other than Akubra's?
http://www.bates-hats.com/store/formal/homburg/prod_15.html Bates' model has a relatively flat brim. http://optimohats.com/#/hats/121/ Optimo's offering http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Homburg-details.aspx Lock Hatters -
What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Big Easy Express, half documentary, half concert film featuring Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and Old Crow Medicine Show, riding from California to New Orleans by rail.- jlee562
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PORK PIE MILAN
Yes, you can snap the brim down. Steam should not be necessary. -
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Anybody know how light-color fur-felt hats are made?
Don't know the definitive answer to your question, but Winchester does make an undyed natural felt, which Art uses. Optimo, and I think a few custom western hatters, have an undyed silverbelly felt. -
The Bowler or Derby Hat
Wow, a stunning 'time capsule' hat! Congrats on the score. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Thanks everyone for the kind comments on yesterday's VS. On the road again today (took this while parked, I assure you!) with my Dobbs Gay Prince. -
The definitive 40's fedora? Which is it?
My non-expert opinion, I'd say 5 1/2" open crown and 2 1/2" brim. The whippet is a good choice for a 40's fedora. -
Stetson Austral Question
It's funny, I first saw that film whilst in film school, before I got into serious hat wearing. So when I watched it back a few months ago, now having all this knowledge about hats, I was a little amazed that his hat was flopping around like that! Good luck with the Austral though, if it does... -
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The definitive 40's fedora? Which is it?
Well, the Fed is certainly going to have a taller crown than the Jaxon, FYI. -
Stetson Austral Question
Hmm, that's an interesting criticism. With fedoras, I think many of us think that modern felts are too thick. When I look at say, John Wayne's battered diamond creased hat (the "Rio Bravo" one, among many other films), I think modern felts are just too thick to get that crease. -
The definitive 40's fedora? Which is it?
IMHO, any hat that is sized with s-m-l is not a 'real' hat. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Some great hats as usual...trying to keep up with my VS Playboy. -
The definitive 40's fedora? Which is it?
The Fed IV is a good choice for an all around hat. Akubras are well made. Depending on your hat size though, you may be able to find a vintage hat for just about the same money, which is probably going to be a better bet in the long run. Also, T Jone's suggestion about going the custom route...
