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I will add my voice to the chorus advising you to forget about wool hats.
Stick to fur felt.
Stick to fur felt.
Apparently, vintage heads weren't that big. If you go new, I would recommend custom. It is not nowhere near as hard as trying to get a custom leather jacket. There are loads of great hatmakers mentioned on this forum. I can personally recommend Gannon and Wolfbrae as I have used each and they make great hats. They are also very reasonably priced.This is turning out a little differently than I expected. Apparently 7-5/8 heads are either less common or they don’t wear hats as often. FleaBay is full of hats in some sizes but not so much when you hit 7-5/8.
If you are the same size and have a versatile fedora that isn’t getting much noggin time feel free to shoot me a note. Beyond that the pickins are slimmer than I had expected. Maybe new is the best option.
This is turning out a little differently than I expected. Apparently 7-5/8 heads are either less common or they don’t wear hats as often. FleaBay is full of hats in some sizes but not so much when you hit 7-5/8.
If you are the same size and have a versatile fedora that isn’t getting much noggin time feel free to shoot me a note. Beyond that the pickins are slimmer than I had expected. Maybe new is the best option.
Thank you! I'll keep an eye on his store!Larger sizes are tough to find. You might watch Deadlyhandsome on Ebay, he usually carrys some larger sizes.
Thanks again to all for the help. I have another pesky question please. There's a hat f/sale on FleaBay that may not fit the full spirit of a typical fedora but that might be a little easier for my chicken self to get used to as a first real hat. To my eye it's a crossover between a western hat design and a fedora. It's one of JJ Hat Store's New York Limited Edition hats from about 5 years back. I like the hat, the exterior of it looks good to my untrained eye, but the inside looks like a high miler for sure. Any idea what might cause that or if the liner's condition should put me off? From the description it would fit my apparently outsized skull.
The seller wants $300 for it which seems a little rich given the liner's condition but you all know far better than I. What say you?
It's a pure beaver.
That seems completely reasonable to me. Any idea what might cause that sort of damage to the liner or have you seen anything like it before on a relatively new hat?Hmmmm. The seller would have to do a lot of convincing for me to fork over that kind of money when I could get a new custom for not a lot more, particularly when it is not a vintage hat.
Thanks again to all for the help. I have another pesky question please. There's a hat f/sale on FleaBay that may not fit the full spirit of a typical fedora but that might be a little easier for my chicken self to get used to as a first real hat. To my eye it's a crossover between a western hat design and a fedora. It's one of JJ Hat Store's New York Limited Edition hats from about 5 years back. I like the hat, the exterior of it looks good to my untrained eye, but the inside looks like a high miler for sure. Any idea what might cause that or if the liner's condition should put me off? From the description it would fit my apparently outsized skull.
The seller wants $300 for it which seems a little rich given the liner's condition but you all know far better than I. What say you?
It's a pure beaver.
That seems completely reasonable to me. Any idea what might cause that sort of damage to the liner or have you seen anything like it before on a relatively new hat?
Any idea what a reasonable offer might be?
...or what it might cost to have a hat shop put a fresh liner in?
Very nice. A bit of an outback vibe to it. Wear it proudly.Gentlemen... I very much appreciate all the input and expertise you've shared w/ me; genuinely so.
Due largely to the help you've provided I've made what I suspect will be the first of several hat purchases. Just to toss it out there I don't consider myself to be a delicate little flower and in many respects the opposite is true. That said, despite having found fedoras interesting for several years (and never having sated that bug), there's no one I can recall in my area having worn a fedora... which has meaning that is difficult to articulate. A fedora on my head or wooden shoes on my feet; either would stand out as unusual in my part of the world.
I do occasionally see cowboy hats though and I suspect a more western style might be easier to pull off here as a first fedora. Due in part to the help of fellow TFL folks and in particular to one engaging seller I have now to wait for this to arrive. It is en route right now.
Thanks again for all your help and patience w/ my fedora noob questions.
I will do that! It does seem to have a style that's at the confluence of outback > western > fedora > casual that defies convention. JJ Hat Store apparently bought them as an in-store special and called it their New York Limited Edition. Somehow that doesn't help categorize the style. Whatever it is, I like it for certain.Very nice. A bit of an outback vibe to it. Wear it proudly.
I have one of these hats but with a wide ribbon/bow treatment. Honestly it's one of my most unique felts and I like it quite a lot. It's rugged and has a nice hand and the sweatband is also decent quality. Congrats on a worthwhile first purchase!Gentlemen... I very much appreciate all the input and expertise you've shared w/ me; genuinely so.
Due largely to the help you've provided I've made what I suspect will be the first of several hat purchases. Just to toss it out there I don't consider myself to be a delicate little flower and in many respects the opposite is true. That said, despite having found fedoras interesting for several years (and never having sated that bug), there's no one I can recall in my area having worn a fedora... which has meaning that is difficult to articulate. A fedora on my head or wooden shoes on my feet; either would stand out as unusual in my part of the world.
I do occasionally see cowboy hats though and I suspect a more western style might be easier to pull off here as a first fedora. Due in part to the help of fellow TFL folks and in particular to one engaging seller I have now to wait for this to arrive. It is en route right now.
Thanks again for all your help and patience w/ my fedora noob questions.