Open Roads were initially open crown, like present day Akubra Campdrafts. They could be creased anyway the buyer or the hat shop desired. Later, they became factory creased in alpine/cattleman creases. The "style" I was referring to is more than the crease. OR's have a distinct ribbon treatment...
So some may learn about hats & the Ignore List feature of the forum, this is the only post I see except Josh bumping it up.
Point #1 = you do not pounce this finish of a hat = Art does have better things to do since he won't be pouncing this at all.
Point #2 = looks to be a fuzzy pimp hat from...
When somebody posts photos they are asking for opinions & some of them may be different than expected or yours.
Some come the Lounge & start name calling without having any understanding about hats or what the Lounge is about.
The Calgary that I saw in OKC was a factory pressed in cattleman crease.
The 2 hats I have from Biltmore, listed on Hats Plus as Open Roads, have no reference to Open Door or Open Road on them.
1 has Wilderness on the tag & Wilderness Collection on the liner. The other has 5X on the tag &...
Have to disagree Jeff about the "not caring until selling old stock" opinion. We were unaware these could be acquired OPEN CROWN until they put them on their website at a lower price than Miller's, who shut down. BIG difference....I knew Miller's Open Door was available but reviews were not that...
The Wanderer & Playboy share about the same size ribbon, about 1". The Wanderer goes back to the early 1930's & the Playboy well into the late 1950's, later but those were not the same specs.
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