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Akubra Overload

lbgradwell

Familiar Face
Messages
82
Location
Mount Pearl, NL
Gentlemen, this is my first post and I would like to enquire as to whether the membership has ever encountered the "Dapper" model?

It appears to my fairly untrained eye to be very similar to the C.E.O. but I can find no mention of the Dapper online.


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Ralph_Phillips

One of the Regulars
Messages
118
Location
Texas & Australia
Gentlemen, this is my first post and I would like to enquire as to whether the membership has ever encountered the "Dapper" model?

It appears to my fairly untrained eye to be very similar to the C.E.O. but I can find no mention of the Dapper online.


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I think so, in a shop in Melbourne. I've seen Akubras that do not appear to be catalog items and the only way to find them is to spot it in a shop in person.
 

stratcat

One of the Regulars
Messages
212
Location
UK
Not wanting to upset people in the campdraft thread I thought it'd be better to post here!
My new Campdraft conversion
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and
my new black Fed IV with a new ribbon and bow
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Doctor Strange

I'll Lock Up
Messages
5,246
Location
Hudson Valley, NY
New Campdraft in Taupe Fawn arrived yesterday!

I gave it a quick basic center-dent-and-front-dents bash to start with, but I intend to play with it for a while. I love the color, it matches all my brown and OD jackets much better than my old Mid-Brown Federation. Like every Akubra I've bought, I believe the build quality is outstanding for the price.

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Duper

Practically Family
Messages
899
Location
Ontario, Canada
New Campdraft in Taupe Fawn arrived yesterday!

I gave it a quick basic center-dent-and-front-dents bash to start with, but I intend to play with it for a while. I love the color, it matches all my brown and OD jackets much better than my old Mid-Brown Federation. Like every Akubra I've bought, I believe the build quality is outstanding for the price.

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Very nice. The Doctor is "in".

,,,Mike in Canada
 

konadog

Practically Family
Messages
598
Location
los angeles
finally got my silverbelly Campdraft Deluxe back from the hat shop to block for my long oval. still messing with the bash, but here it is right now...
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Ginseng

One of the Regulars
Messages
142
Location
MidAtlantic
my new black Fed IV with a new ribbon and bow
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Strat, that is outstanding. I had never considered a Fed IV in black but that looks razor sharp!

New Campdraft in Taupe Fawn arrived yesterday!
I gave it a quick basic center-dent-and-front-dents bash to start with, but I intend to play with it for a while.

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Looks good on you. Did you swap out the band? It looks wider than stock.

Wilkey
 

Obsessed

One of the Regulars
Messages
156
Location
New York
New Campdraft in Taupe Fawn arrived yesterday!

I gave it a quick basic center-dent-and-front-dents bash to start with, but I intend to play with it for a while. I love the color, it matches all my brown and OD jackets much better than my old Mid-Brown Federation. Like every Akubra I've bought, I believe the build quality is outstanding for the price.

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That looks great with the center dent. You don't seem to see that too much with the Campdraft for some reason.
 

Obsessed

One of the Regulars
Messages
156
Location
New York
Speaking of Campdrafts, it looks like Hats Direct now has the CD Deluxe in Moonstone. (Maybe you all knew that, but it's news to me.). Seems like that's kicking things up to a whole new level!
 

Fed in a Fedora

Practically Family
Messages
739
Location
Dixie, USA
Speaking of Campdrafts, it looks like Hats Direct now has the CD Deluxe in Moonstone. (Maybe you all knew that, but it's news to me.). Seems like that's kicking things up to a whole new level!

That is a pretty color and the quality is good. If ordering via HD, remind her to examine it before it is shipped. Mine was not checked; had poor pouncing where the brim meets the crown and shipping is expensive... It is a nice hat, but their quality check was lacking - if done at all.
 

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