Akubra Overload

[DaveProc]

Sydney Morning Herald April 10, 1976

 

[Frunobulax]

1971
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Dave, these are great! Are they from international papers or US?

 

[DaveProc]

Dave, these are great! Are they from international papers or US?

All of them but one are from Australian papers.
One is form a US paper.

 

[The Shoe]

Akubra 1935
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Great selection going back to 1935.
I haven’t delved through this thread from start to finish, but I don’t recall seeing an older Akubra than the 1960s (according to an estimate from the people at Akubra) Stylemaster I wore the other day. I look forward to someone showing something older.

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1925

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1926

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1927

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1928

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1929

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1930

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1931

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1932

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1933

 

[DaveProc]

Akubra 1934

 

[johnnycanuck]

1971
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An interesting question that got brought up on Facebook. Why arnt there many vintage Akubras on the market. I don’t think I have come across one older then the 80’s and virtually no fedoras
Johnny

 

[The Shoe]

An interesting question that got brought up on Facebook. Why arnt there many vintage Akubras on the market. I don’t think I have come across one older then the 80’s and virtually no fedoras
Johnny

Makes me feel very fortunate to have got mine.

 

[DaveProc]

An interesting question that got brought up on Facebook. Why arnt there many vintage Akubras on the market. I don’t think I have come across one older then the 80’s and virtually no fedoras
Johnny

I come across them occasionally. They have all been too small for me unfortunately.

 

[Frunobulax]

An interesting question that got brought up on Facebook. Why arnt there many vintage Akubras on the market. I don’t think I have come across one older then the 80’s and virtually no fedoras
Johnny

I think we'd need to know their international prevalence at the time. Perhaps if you were to go through thrift stores in Oz you could find more. However, I can't think of a Member who lives in Australia - do we have any?

 

[The Shoe]

I think we'd need to know their international prevalence at the time. Perhaps if you were to go through thrift stores in Oz you could find more. However, I can't think of a Member who lives in Australia - do we have any?

We certainly have at least a couple, but I don’t recall seeing them recently. I remember one of them did some wood turning and made his own beautiful hat stand.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

An interesting question that got brought up on Facebook. Why arnt there many vintage Akubras on the market. I don’t think I have come across one older then the 80’s and virtually no fedoras
Johnny

There has been a couple of Open Roads & I had a BOP that was small.