My first Akubra was a tawny fawn Campdraft that I bought a few years ago. It got soaked quite a few times (it rains a lot here) and tapered up pretty bad. I relegated it to yard work; etc. But now that I have a real block and flange, I decided to re-do it. The original ribbon was...
Thanks, everyone. Aureliano and Ordinary Guy, I really appreciate your honest opinions. Can I ask what it is specifically that you don't care for in this hat?
I read somewhere that the Nostalgia had been made before this last incarnation. It had slightly different dimensions. I remember Matt Deckard writing about it's crown being prone to taper because it had been so tightly stretched over the block. At least that's what I remember reading; my...
I bought a Nostalgia back in 2008, wore it a few times, got caught in a down-pour and the crown turned into a tapered, lumpy mess. I tossed into the closet and forgot about it until yesterday when I pulled it out and decided to use my recently-acquired block and flange on it:
After the...
I received a new VS last night; it's a thin-ribbon in powder blue light-weight felt. The brim is 2 5/8" and it has a really neat gray sweatband. Thanks for the fantastic hat, Art!
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