l wear whats comfy .
ive worn fur felt , wool , and coconut straw hats this summer .
wear what ya want and remember to own your look its whats most important !
lifes to short to give a rats ass what anyone thinks do what makes you happy as long as it isnt hurting anyone else.
BUT back to your...
hi gang
just a quick update on my akubra slouch hat experiment i conducted this past weekend at the brickyard in indianapolis.
it was comfortable not hot a bit but the breeze was blowing ,although it was in the mid 80's with 70+% humidity it was comfortable just walking and sitting while...
t jones your feelin what im saying,
lets for one moment re invent the wheel if you were going out to explore the great unknown what charecteristics might you need ?
im a fan of the akubra slouch hat with the chin strap so yes im gonna have one and im also a fan of the akubra cattleman...
lets build a real indy fedora
hi gang
lets build a practicle indy fedora,
in my opinion i would start with an akubra cattleman in brown (traditionianal ) and then add a chin strap of some sort .
im ready to build this monster help me to MAKE IT ITS ALIVEEEEEEEEEEE...
today in east central indiana it was 80 with 39 % humidity i wore my akubra slouch outside all day and it was moderatly pleasnt (sorry all nascar got rained out so did my spelling and punctioation)
anyway where was i
o i forgot what i was saying o i remember now up to 80 fur felt is good to go...
sebastien
I CHARLIE AM THE KING AND PROTECTOR OF PLANET WOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if its your first fedora wool is fine on a budget BUT stay away from scala its like wearing a hard hat.
go out and try some fedoras at places like steinmart and some others from ebay are country gentleman , ll bean so...
i wasnt aware of the coconut fedoras short comeings ,
i bought a 7 1/8 on ebay (missrepresented ) as a 7 1/2 and after cutting the sweatband i got it stretched into a 7 3/8 long oval , it split the the stitching on the back of the crown but it still makes a good work hat .
if i found a...
never even thought of a slouch in the winter BUT why not!!!!!!!!!
is it me or could the slouch be the perfect outdoor adventure hat.
i mean charlton heston wore it in the treasure of the incas and sean connery rocked it in extrodinary league of gentleman .
it is a compass heading
the wife helped me make it from things we picked out at hobby lobby.
i wanted an adventure hat to wear when ive got the doors and roof off my jeep jku wrangler and the pin matched a jeep tire cover im still looking to buy , if i can ever get over the price!
ive been trying to download an image since 3 pm est with no luck
i want a tear drop bash like a fedora but both insist on a diamond bash im trying to resize my pics to see ifthey mightupload ifnot i will retry to pic them
i swear i belong to four forum and this is the biggest pita to post...
wow
its been 100 years since the events leading to ww1 occured.
i can remember seeing the ww1 vets along with the spanish american war vets being driven thru town on memorial day parades does anybody have any memories of these heroes?
i just got my akubra slouch and compared it to my akubra digger from eddie bauer
its the same hat yet the digger has thicker stiffer felt diffrent yet the same
i luvem both equaly
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