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[bowlerman]

these are all very good points.
next question: what is the cure for having champagne taste on a beer budget?

 

[Saint-Just]

these are all very good points.
next question: what is the cure for having champagne taste on a beer budget?

Drink less, but drink the better stuff. At the end of the year money spent will be equivalent, but liver and taste buds will say thanks

I believe the same applies for everything, although I am not sure of the benefits to liver and taste buds of a very fine hat

 

[DudeInBlack]

I'm in the market for something very similar to an Akubra Cattleman BUT with a taller crown.

What can the Lounge recommend?

 

[BR Gordon]

I'm interested in a sombrero de huaso. A Chilean cowboy's hat. I've checked the previous threads, but can find no reference to the hat quality. The sombreros that appear to be good quality are listed as Sombreros Canadian 10X. Does anyone know what the Canadian 10X designation means? The 10X I understand to be 100% rabbit, but what does the Canadian mean?

 

[danofarlington]

I'm in the market for something very similar to an Akubra Cattleman BUT with a taller crown.

What can the Lounge recommend?

Sounds like you're aiming for a regular cowboy hat.

 

[David Conwill]

Reposted from the Cap Faction thread:

I’m wondering if I can get some quick help here. I’ve been eyeing the Belfry Street Grimwig for a while. It’s a normal-looking eight-panel cap, but it comes in peached cotton, which I haven’t seen before and find appealing. I’m in a quandry, though, as I’m right on the line between L (7 3/8) and XL (7 ½) in their sizing recommendations. I’m leaning toward the XL, but if anyone has any experience with this particular cap, I’d love to hear it.

-Dave

Thanks,

Dave

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Hat shop's in the Golden Era took and hat and made it to the users spec sometimes. People replaced sweat bands and changed out ribbons on hats if they where worn or they did not like the colors. Bash's where not pressed into hats like they are too day the hat was shaped to the wearer's favorite bash. There was more choices for off the shelf in the past than there are today.

 

[hatophile]

I'm interested in a sombrero de huaso. A Chilean cowboy's hat. I've checked the previous threads, but can find no reference to the hat quality. The sombreros that appear to be good quality are listed as Sombreros Canadian 10X. Does anyone know what the Canadian 10X designation means? The 10X I understand to be 100% rabbit, but what does the Canadian mean?

Is a huaso the Chilean version of an Argentine Gaucho? It seems the hats are very similar to what Alan is wearing in the New Hat thread, a Spanish flat-brim hat may suffice. I'm not sure what the Canadian 10X refers to unless it's Canadian beaver?

Pardon me, Alan's Spanish hat is in the WHAYWT thread.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?19520-What-Hat-Are-You-Wearing-Today/page3557
#35566

 

[BR Gordon]

The huaso's and the gaucho's hat are similar. The huaso's hat has a telescope crown, where the gaucho's is flat, the huaso's hat band is narrow, usually a cord, and the brim is wider, typically about 9 to13 cm. The huaso's hat has a stampede cord that is typically worn behind the head at the base of the head except when needed, then worn under the chin.

The hats that I've seen with the Canadian 10X are 100% rabbit, no beaver. I've seen this used for fedoras as well. The Spanish noun and adjective for Canadian would be Canadiense. I have no idea what the "Canadian" means. It may be unique to Chile.

 

[hatophile]

Maybe one of our native Spanish speakers could help. Are the hats made there? If so, rabbit may be the usual material for those type of hats, and considering Akubras are rabbit, not a bad thing for and outdoor hat.

 

[BR Gordon]

To the best of my knowledge the hats are made in Chile, and the best quality are 100% rabbit. They do make wool hats that are much cheaper..

 

[hatophile]

Well, if it were me, I'd go for rabbit for sure.
Now you need a chamanta to go with it.

 

[BR Gordon]

As much as it rains in central and southern Chile, I'm surprised that they even make wool. There's no question that I'll get the best that I can find. The wool sombrero that I had shrunk by at least two sizes after I returned to the states.

As far as the chamanta goes, I think I'll probably pass. I would like to get a pair of corraleras.

 

[Aerol]

If you go here: http://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/Hat shops and scroll down (almost to the bottom) there's a photo of a hat seller at a Chilean rodeo. He's selling the sombrero de huaso, and his company name is visible on the stand.

Does this help?

 

[BR Gordon]

Thanks, I've had no problem finding quality sombreros, I just didn't know what the "Canadian" designation meant.

 

[jlee562]

When shipping a hat in a hat box, what's the accepted practice? I've gotten hats off eBay where the seller had simply wrapped the hatbox itself in butcher paper and sent it off. Do you double box?

 

[zetwal]

When shipping a hat in a hat box, what's the accepted practice? I've gotten hats off eBay where the seller had simply wrapped the hatbox itself in butcher paper and sent it off. Do you double box?

That is unacceptable. It should be double boxed.

 

[gtdean48]

That is unacceptable. It should be double boxed.

All that I have bought from Hats Direct & Everything Australian have come in the Akubra or store hat box with shipping labels applied = no double boxing.
Those purchases that include a nice or vintage hat box have been double boxed. YRMV...

 

[monbla256]

All that I have bought from Hats Direct & Everything Australian have come in the Akubra or store hat box with shipping labels applied = no double boxing.
Those purchases that include a nice or vintage hat box have been double boxed. YRMV...

Same from DM, The Bluewater Group, John Helmer and Panama Bob. Never had a problem.

 

[zetwal]

A new hat is (or may be) another matter. I thought the question was about purchasing a hat and hatbox on eBay. In this case, if you want the box to be protected, it will need to be double boxed.