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[Doc Glockster]

Question about Akubras.

I bought an Angler about a year ago, and I was disappointed that the brim wasn't as stiff as I like. Ditto a Plainsman I got off eBay a few months later.

Does Akubra make a hat with a really stiff brim, kind of like a lot of Stetson cowboy hats where the brim won't move unless you steam it?

 

[Rick Blaine]

I finaly just made out "Railbird" on the sweat!

Stetson did different types of brim stitching on a number of hats. I don't think the triple stitch was relegated to a single model.

Seems to me I've seen a few Railbird models with 3 rows of brim stitching... but some without, too.

Col. Hans Landa: [giddy] Oooh, that's a bingo! Is that the way you say it? "That's a bingo?"

Lt. Aldo Raine: You just say "bingo."

Col. Hans Landa: Bingo! How fun! But, I digress. Where were we?

 

[Honey Doll]

Maybe a silly basic question...but what is the most common men's hat size? I've googled and seem to come up with different answers. [huh]

Thanks
Aimee

 

[ingineer]

Aimee:
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http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?11826-What-Size-are-You-Poll&highlight=common+size

Richard

 

[Honey Doll]

Aimee:
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http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?11826-What-Size-are-You-Poll&highlight=common+size

Richard

Wonderful! Thank you!!

 

[fedoracentric]

Maybe a silly basic question...but what is the most common men's hat size? I've googled and seem to come up with different answers. [huh]

Thanks
Aimee

When, today or yesterday?
It seems that the average hat size is one or two sizes bigger today than in was in the year 1900.

 

[Lotsahats]

When, today or yesterday?
It seems that the average hat size is one or two sizes bigger today than in was in the year 1900.

Given the volume of hats sold versus the documentation we have here, trying to determine an answer to this question is rank speculation. Any assertion made on the topic is speculation based on anecdotal evidence.

Aaron

 

[LuvMyMan]

Question about Akubras.

I bought an Angler about a year ago, and I was disappointed that the brim wasn't as stiff as I like. Ditto a Plainsman I got off eBay a few months later.

Does Akubra make a hat with a really stiff brim, kind of like a lot of Stetson cowboy hats where the brim won't move unless you steam it?

I have no idea how stiff any of the akubra brand hat brims are...but you can buy a small pump spray bottle of hat stiffener and use it on the hat you would desire to have a stiffer brim on, it does work. I think Bickmore is the brand name of one popular spray to use on a hat. Hope that helps you some.

 

[hatsRme]

Is there something amiss with Photobucket?

 

[mactire]

I would want a 7 1/2 as well, long oval if possible which probably means I need a 7 5/8. There is a seller on the bay that sells new but they are over $1000 for a collapsible and I don't really need one, but it would be cool. I was just amazed at the abundance of 7's out there.

I believe the reason for this is as nutrition and development has improved so much over the past hundred years, average head size has grown along with average height and build in the US/EU/Japan. Consequently there are many surviving silk toppers in the smaller sizes from the golden age of top hat wearing and manufacture. Bigger silk top hats for Royal Ascot etc. in perfect condition can go for £6,000 or £10,000 I believe.

 

[Zombie_61]

Is there something amiss with Photobucket?

Always; it can be problematic even on "good" days.

But seriously, I just logged into my account and, except for the images taking a little longer than usual to load, it seemed to be no worse than usual.

 

[hatsRme]

Thanks, Al. Apparently the problem was on my side. I just waited a while, let my computer stop smoking and cool down, and all's well. Dagnab contraptions!

 

[Zombie_61]

Yeah, we sometimes call our "contraptions" FRED. The last three letters stand for Ridiculous Electronic Device; I'll leave the first letter's definition to your imagination.

 

[boze]

I'll try posting this here so as not to clutter the forum with a separate thread:

If I'm a 60 in Stetson (a Saxon in this case) and 61 in Borsalino (last I checked), what size Akubra would fit me? I'm considering a Stylemaster or similar.

 

[gtdean48]

I'll try posting this here so as not to clutter the forum with a separate thread:

If I'm a 60 in Stetson (a Saxon in this case) and 61 in Borsalino (last I checked), what size Akubra would fit me? I'm considering a Stylemaster or similar.

I'd go with Stetson size for Akubra size. I'm a 61 in both.
It does depend on what Akubra model you are looking at too. Fed4's run smaller than say a Campdraft & Squatter.
I have a Boss of the Plains, Bushman, 5 Campdrafts & Fed4, all are 61. All my Stetsons are 61 as well. So are my vintage Borso's too.
HTH

 

[Zombie_61]

...Fed4's run smaller than say a Campdraft...

My experience is the opposite. I have two Fed IVs and two Campdrafts, all size 60, and I had to use a hat jack to stretch the Campdrafts because they were too snug (after the "shrinking" period common with new Akubras, that is).

 

[boze]

Okay, sounds like I should mostly be shopping for the same size I wear in a Stetson. Thanks, gentlemen!

 

[Lefty]

I'm not sure I want to know question that resulted in this

 

[fedoracentric]

I posted that hat a couple of days ago in the bay section. It is totally crazy. It just makes you go "what the what?'

 

[ingineer]

i saw that also in a search, just not enough brim to suit me.
Richard