yes i have measured my head...im around size 7 3/4. Needless to say every hat i find online is not carried in my size. And most hats that are in my size are rather expensive...its not that im cheap, i just don't want to pay 100+ for a hat.
I own one fedora...its not exactly the best fit for my head and since i have trouble finding fedoras i like in my size, i was wondering if caps/newsboy/eightquarter type hats are more forgiving in their sizes. I mean, are caps more flexible than the leather band of a fedora, or do they generally...
what exactly is the methodology to using a steaming kettle. the fedora i referred to was felt with a leather band inside. I really don't know much about hats but i thought that using a steaming kettle was only applicable to non-felt hats.
...and doesn't removing the sweatband and ribbon cause...
to my knowledge though, hat stretchers won't really increase the size of the hat, only maintain the current size...right?
EDIT: and Duane, how am i supposed to know that i can call to order something larger than what is listed at the fedora store?
I bought an XL fedora around christmas, thinking that my head could not possibly be bigger than 7 5/8... it didn't take me more than 30 seconds of wearing it to realize that the hat cut off a great deal of circulation to my head. I've been searching for some place that sells something larger...
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