Akubra Campdraft

[ManofKent]

Looks nice Andy - should be a versatile colour

 

[Banky]

I've seen several pictures of the Heritage grade Moonstone campdraft. I'm looking for more of a mid-gray colored hat, does moonstone fit the bill? I ask because I've seen some pictures where moonstone gets dangerously close to white which I'm uninterested in, and I've seen several where it's very mid gray which is what I want. Can anyone clarify the color?

 

[Orangegrad]

I've seen several pictures of the Heritage grade Moonstone campdraft. I'm looking for more of a mid-gray colored hat, does moonstone fit the bill? I ask because I've seen some pictures where moonstone gets dangerously close to white which I'm uninterested in, and I've seen several where it's very mid gray which is what I want. Can anyone clarify the color?

I don't have the Moonstone CD, but I do have a Moonstone Fed IV in Heritage fur. Photo below. It's a fairly accurate portrayal of the color of my Fed.

I don't think Moonstone goes towards white. If anything, it goes towards blue. It's definitely a mid-gray color.

 

[viclip]

I've got 4 Akubras in Moonstone Grey. They're definitely medium gray, not light gray:
-Fed IV
-CD
-Squatter
-Stylemaster
I recently tried to order the Turin too (same colour) but it's been discontinued...[huh]

 

[enrique]

Does anyone have pics of a campdraft in Moonstone and/or Glen Grey with a Cattlemens bash? If there is such a thing is this thread, I missed it. I am happy to be redirected to post xxxxx.

E

 

[gtdean48]

You might be hard pressed to get a cattleman/alpine crease photo in a moonstone or glen grey CD.
I think I've seem a silverbelly done that way (to mimic an OR) but most here go for a fedora crease = centerdent, teardrop, diamond, c-crease,...

Does anyone have pics of a campdraft in Moonstone and/or Glen Grey with a Cattlemens bash? If there is such a thing is this thread, I missed it. I am happy to be redirected to post xxxxx.

E

 

[bowlerman]

I haven't studied up on the campdraft dimensions but I'm led to believe they're almost identical to the open roads. ? Occasionally the open roads show up in grey, and you might find a cattleman crease there, as gtdean suggested. Or you can try and digitally edit the hat color on your computer, which I've done (very primitively) on occasion.
I seem to recall lounge member atticusfinch preferring the cattleman and possibly having a few different colors.

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[Landman]

Does anyone have pics of a campdraft in Moonstone and/or Glen Grey with a Cattlemens bash? If there is such a thing is this thread, I missed it. I am happy to be redirected to post xxxxx.

E

I have several Campdrafts in different colors with a Cattleman's crease. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures but I will take some tonight when I get home.

The Campdraft takes a Cattleman's crease very well. It is essentially the same dimensions as an Open Road but the brim is a tad longer at 2 7/8" where most Open Roads are 2 3/4". I have never measured it but I think the Campdraft crown has a little more height too. At least it seems that way to me.

 

[Landman]

I forgot I had this on my iPad. It is a Moonstone Campdraft with a Cattleman's crease. Not a very good picture but better than nothing.

 

[enrique]

I forgot I had this on my iPad. It is a Moonstone Campdraft with a Cattleman's crease. Not a very good picture but better than nothing.

This pic sealed the deal. It looks exactly like the OR my great grand dad and great uncles wore in West Texas. I got no idea if it will look good on me, but there is only one way to find out. I just hope the shipping from hats direct is closer to 10 days than 3 months. No we play the waiting game. And my 5 year old will no longer come in the office to declare "you can't spend all day looking at hats!"

Thanks to those of ya'll who have answered my many questions about the OR and the CD in this quest.

E

 

[frussell]

I know it's not the color you asked for, but here's a few of a Campdraft in a "cattleman's crease." This one is silverbelly, which is more like sand in Resistol or Stetson, less gray, more tan. Frank.

 

[enrique]

I know it's not the color you asked for, but here's a few of a Campdraft in a "cattleman's crease." This one is silverbelly, which is more like sand in Resistol or Stetson, less gray, more tan. Frank.

This hat's brim is more what I am interested in. But the stetson OR's traition in my family was definitely on the grey side. I am really looking forward to getting this CD. I hope an expensive habit is not in the making...

 

[DesertDan]

Best you abandon all hope right now.

 

[gtdean48]

... I hope an expensive habit is not in the making...

Yeah, me too....like this computer fad = I don't think it'll catch on either...

 

[Landman]

Enrique,

You will be very pleased with a Campdraft and Hatsdirect ships very quickly. Mine have always arrived in 10 days or less.

The front brim on mine is down in that photo but it easily snaps back up for a more traditional Open Road look.

 

[RBH]

 

[gtdean48]

You have an original of this ad Rusty?

 

[RBH]

Yep Tom... just ordered it. Far as I can tell its from 1952.
One of the few if only ads that I recall that puts the Open Road and Stratoliner together.

 

[gtdean48]

Yep Tom... just ordered it. Far as I can tell its from 1952.
One of the few if only ads that I recall that puts the Open Road and Stratoliner together.

Excellent! Looking forward to more detailed image....

 

[Landman]

Very cool ad Rusty. It has a very modern look to it for 1952. I really like that it has both the Stratoliner and Open Road in one ad too.