Akubra Overload

[ScionPI2005]

Well, several years after adding a Fed IV in Moonstone to my collection, I had to add a Carbon Grey. I received it from Hats Direct just this past week. With each open crown hat, I'm getting more and more comfortable with bashing my own crown. Nothing beats molding the quality felt and creating your own "sculpture". Another fantastic purchase from the folks at the Hattery Katoomba.

 

[GuitarGuy99]

Well, several years after adding a Fed IV in Moonstone to my collection, I had to add a Carbon Grey. I received it from Hats Direct just this past week. With each open crown hat, I'm getting more and more comfortable with bashing my own crown. Nothing beats molding the quality felt and creating your own "sculpture". Another fantastic purchase from the folks at the Hattery Katoomba.
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Well, several years after adding a Fed IV in Moonstone to my collection, I had to add a Carbon Grey. I received it from Hats Direct just this past week. With each open crown hat, I'm getting more and more comfortable with bashing my own crown. Nothing beats molding the quality felt and creating your own "sculpture". Another fantastic purchase from the folks at the Hattery Katoomba.
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I really like that color!

 

[ScionPI2005]

I really like that color!

I really do too. I bought a Stylemaster in Carbon Grey about fifteen years ago. I'd forgotten how much I liked the color until I saw it on the Fed IV. I don't wear a lot of brown, so I found this color looks a little more casual than the Moonstone.

 

[GuitarGuy99]

I really do too. I bought a Stylemaster in Carbon Grey about fifteen years ago. I'd forgotten how much I liked the color until I saw it on the Fed IV. I don't wear a lot of brown, so I found this color looks a little more casual than the Moonstone.

That would probably be the color I'd get if I were to get another.

 

[Edward]

Well, several years after adding a Fed IV in Moonstone to my collection, I had to add a Carbon Grey. I received it from Hats Direct just this past week. With each open crown hat, I'm getting more and more comfortable with bashing my own crown. Nothing beats molding the quality felt and creating your own "sculpture". Another fantastic purchase from the folks at the Hattery Katoomba.
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I like the carbon grey a lot. Very practical colour - as good as a black, but not black... I'd say just a *notch* more flexible than Moonstone (unless, I suppose, you replaced the black ribbon on the moonstone with a more neutral silver grey.

I do wish the Hattery would do one thing with these: offer a slight customisation option for a small upcharge. Y'know, select a different ribbon colour, add brim binding to match, add a wind trolley. If Akubra were cool with that and they had somebody doing it at the right small but worth it for them upcharge, it would be really cool to have those additional options. Frankly, there are few other hats indeed I'd even think to look at with that as an option. (I know the obvious answer is to find a local hatter who can do it, but...).

 

[johnnycanuck]

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I like the carbon grey a lot. Very practical colour - as good as a black, but not black... I'd say just a *notch* more flexible than Moonstone (unless, I suppose, you replaced the black ribbon on the moonstone with a more neutral silver grey.

I do wish the Hattery would do one thing with these: offer a slight customisation option for a small upcharge. Y'know, select a different ribbon colour, add brim binding to match, add a wind trolley. If Akubra were cool with that and they had somebody doing it at the right small but worth it for them upcharge, it would be really cool to have those additional options. Frankly, there are few other hats indeed I'd even think to look at with that as an option. (I know the obvious answer is to find a local hatter who can do it, but...).

Have you ever contacted the Hattery to see if they offer those services? No harm in asking.
Johnny

 

[GuitarGuy99]

I like the carbon grey a lot. Very practical colour - as good as a black, but not black... I'd say just a *notch* more flexible than Moonstone (unless, I suppose, you replaced the black ribbon on the moonstone with a more neutral silver grey.

I do wish the Hattery would do one thing with these: offer a slight customisation option for a small upcharge. Y'know, select a different ribbon colour, add brim binding to match, add a wind trolley. If Akubra were cool with that and they had somebody doing it at the right small but worth it for them upcharge, it would be really cool to have those additional options. Frankly, there are few other hats indeed I'd even think to look at with that as an option. (I know the obvious answer is to find a local hatter who can do it, but..

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Have you ever contacted the Hattery to see if they offer those services? No harm in asking.
Johnny

I think I saw another thread about this topic.

 

[Edward]

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Have you ever contacted the Hattery to see if they offer those services? No harm in asking.
Johnny

You know, I haven't.... I should do; I think a carbon grey Fed would look really sharp with an oxblood ribbon...

 

[ScionPI2005]

I like the carbon grey a lot. Very practical colour - as good as a black, but not black... I'd say just a *notch* more flexible than Moonstone (unless, I suppose, you replaced the black ribbon on the moonstone with a more neutral silver grey.

I do wish the Hattery would do one thing with these: offer a slight customisation option for a small upcharge. Y'know, select a different ribbon colour, add brim binding to match, add a wind trolley. If Akubra were cool with that and they had somebody doing it at the right small but worth it for them upcharge, it would be really cool to have those additional options. Frankly, there are few other hats indeed I'd even think to look at with that as an option. (I know the obvious answer is to find a local hatter who can do it, but...).

I agree. It would be really cool if the Hatter could offer customizations. Of course, then we would all be spending even more on Akubra hats instead of only focusing on buying one in each color. I've noticed Akubra appears to be discontinuing quite a few of their models (Hampton, Rap, the Trilby, and probably others I can't remember). I hope they aren't struggling. Maybe some of this is the pandemic, or they are adapting their models offered to accommodate the most popular styles.

 

[Who?]

I read somewhere that most of their business is from overseas now, and that Aussie “City Folks“ don’t wear Akubras any more.

 

[Zombie_61]

...I've noticed Akubra appears to be discontinuing quite a few of their models (Hampton, Rap, the Trilby, and probably others I can't remember). I hope they aren't struggling. Maybe some of this is the pandemic, or they are adapting their models offered to accommodate the most popular styles.

My guess is that they may have been wanting to discontinue a few models that weren't selling as well as others, and they're using the pandemic as an excuse of sorts to do just that. Or they might simply be putting lesser-selling models on the back burner for a while to prioritize the hats that earn their profits.

 

[BlackSmp]

With each open crown hat, I'm getting more and more comfortable with bashing my own crown.

I know the feeling after doing my first bashing/forming of a Campdraft. Considering one additional hat just for experiments

 

[Boomerang]

I know the feeling after doing my first bashing/forming of a Campdraft. Considering one additional hat just for experiments

I acquired an open crown Akubra Bushman a few years ago and told myself that it was NOT precious, but rather my "guinea pig" hat - all new procedures or techniques would be practiced on the Bushman before attempting them on another "good" hat. You guessed correctly: it is now one of my favorite hats. It is worn and beaten, but it will hold several different bashes, without many visible ghost creases, just because I've worked it so much.

 

[jeff]

I’ve been pondering changing the thin ribbon on my 2007 silverbelly Campdraft, tried one out today, curious to know what folks think. I’ve also started experimenting with more fun ribbon colors, hence the blue.

Apologies for the mediocre photo...

 

[Frunobulax]

I’ve been pondering changing the thin ribbon on my 2007 silverbelly Campdraft, tried one out today, curious to know what folks think. I’ve also started experimenting with more fun ribbon colors, hence the blue.

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One vote in favor.

 

[Who?]

Hat looks good, not sure about the guy wearing it.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I’ve been pondering changing the thin ribbon on my 2007 silverbelly Campdraft, tried one out today, curious to know what folks think. I’ve also started experimenting with more fun ribbon colors, hence the blue.

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Looks great to me.

 

[ScionPI2005]

I’ve been pondering changing the thin ribbon on my 2007 silverbelly Campdraft, tried one out today, curious to know what folks think. I’ve also started experimenting with more fun ribbon colors, hence the blue.

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That's a great blue!

 

[Woodtroll]

I’ve been pondering changing the thin ribbon on my 2007 silverbelly Campdraft, tried one out today, curious to know what folks think. I’ve also started experimenting with more fun ribbon colors, hence the blue.

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I really like that color combination, but on my monitor that hat looks tan or fawn colored rather than silverbelly, so I'm wondering what the real colors look like? It's notoriously tough to get accurate color representation from real life to a computer screen. Anyway, I like the colors I see.

 

[jeff]

So, Woodtroll, you have stepped into a conundrum that I’ve had for 15 years.

I ordered a campdraft online in 2007 in silverbelly.

About a year later i bought a territory in sand.

To my eye they are the same color. I don’t know if one of the orders is wrong, or a mistake, or if Akubra’s sand and silver belly are the same?

Here are some different photos:

The second is the campdraft (upper left), territory (upper right), and a silver belly Stetson (bottom) overlapping.
Both photos with flash, both auto white balanced (iPhone X)