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Ok. I have been lurking for awhile, reading hundreds of posts and decided I had to get a few Akubra hats after reading all the rave reviews here! I got a Cattleman in fawn which I totally love and a Campdraft in silverbelly. These Akubra hats are SO So So much better than the cheaper hats I used to wear! And so much more comfortable then Stetson temple I own but never loved. I adore the campdraft! I had a heck of a time bashing it. I have a big head, lots of thick curly hair. I think I like to wear my hats oversized and kind of low which often leads to the problem of my head popping through the bash on low crown fedoras. I find that teardrop shapes seem to help with this problem. I formed my campdraft into a teardrop bash. I brought the crown down lower because I looked a bit like a forest ranger when it was higher. Thanks to youtube, I stumbled through bashing and steaming it, but it took about 6 tries! (Getting the middle to pop up in the center of the tear drop was quite difficult and the side dents are not as defined as I was trying to get) Anyhoo! I love this campdraft and it's my favorite hat ever! The brim is a perfect width and I love that I can wear it flat or pulled down. My question: is there a hat that is similar to the campdraft..same size brim, but slightly more tapered and maybe not as tall a crown? A hat slightly less majestic then the CD? Something similar but slightly more "fedora-esque"? The CD is kind of old time wild west look on me. I'm a 6ft tall, broad shouldered woman and can handle a lot of hat, but I would like something with a bit more subtle crown but not so low that my head hits the top. I checked out the stylemaster but I don't think I will like it because it's too tapered. I don't like the pinhead look on my hats..tapered fedoras just don't look right on me. Brims much smaller the CD also are quite unflattering. I also tend to like thinner ribbons, but those can always be changed. Any recommendations?