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Please post some head shots when you get it.
Just joined the Lounge guys, and living here in Sydney was overjoyed to see the Akubra love! I have been lucky enough to have visited the factory in Kempsey, and have started a collection ranging from Hamptons to Rough Riders with a couple on between!
Best hats ever!?
Please!Also - happy to post some photos of the factory hard at work if there is any interest?
Ok - let me see if I can master this loading things up... Ok - just tried, and I dont have permission as yet... happy to email a photo to someone to load up? or we can just wait till admin gives me permission..
I really love the Banjo Patterson! I always feel buying the Heritage collection is like buying an Aston Martin over a standard Jaguar ..I'm really enjoying my new Banjo Paterson. I can see how it would provide very good sun protection in the summer. But it's still fairly cool here in Cleveland. For those of you who live in Australia, do you really wear your felt Akubras in the summer? Or for that matter, for those of you who live in warm climates, do you folks wear your Akubras in the summer? All that great sun protection...but in a felt hat.
I really love the Banjo Patterson! I always feel buying the Heritage collection is like buying an Aston Martin over a standard Jaguar ..
The Akubra really is an icon in the country here though .. City slickers still prefer their baseball caps, whilst in the real heat of Oz, the Akubra hats take some beating .. One of my cattle farming friends only wears his for 'best' however and insists on a cheaper straw alternative for hard labour ! And right now as I write this, I can hear the rain hammering down in Sydney, I can't wait to go out because my rough rider is better than any brolly!
I have a stylemaster too, but it often misses out in favour of my Hampton! When I finally load up the photos of the factory you will see the amazing process of where these enormous felt cone shaped things get shrunk down to the stiffest smurf like hats. Blew my mind (and my senses - the smell of rabbit pelt being soaked in a factory struggling with 35 degree heat was something else! I feel the same about straws.. I have a couple but am happy to sweat it out in my rabbit pelts ..
I love my Banjo (that's it in my avatar). I had the brim trimmed to 2 1/2 inches, replaced the leather band with a ribbon and had vent grommets put into it. I'll see how it fares in the hot part of summer.I'm really enjoying my new Banjo Paterson. I can see how it would provide very good sun protection in the summer. But it's still fairly cool here in Cleveland. For those of you who live in Australia, do you really wear your felt Akubras in the summer? Or for that matter, for those of you who live in warm climates, do you folks wear your Akubras in the summer? All that great sun protection...but in a felt hat.