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There are several crushable hats on the market today, among them:
The Akubra Casual and Traveller, both made of its pure fur felt Pliofelt, unlined, with a fabric sweatband, run around $100--nearly as much as their regular hats--but are attractive simply because they're Akubras, always a quality hat.
The Casual is a misnomer, as it's a 2 3/8-inch-brimmed carbon grey fedora, with a matching 1-inch grosgrain band and pre-formed center bash and a pair of dents, suitable for business attire. The dark fawn Traveller is the casual model in a 3-inch brimmed Outback style with a narrow woven leather band and a unique memory strip in the brim that allows it to be reshaped after being crushed or packed. Akubra does warn to not put a sharp bend in the brim, which could put a permanent kink in it.
The fairly dressy burma brown Chrystys Foldaway is also pure fur felt and has a same color 12-ligne grosgrain band and a 2 1/4-inch brim. It comes with a red tube you can use to roll it up in and carry inside. It is advertised as having a Von Bauer sweatband. What the heck is that? Is it lined? Imported from England, this hat is close to $200, and I wonder if any crushable model is worth that.
Scala makes the Roadmaster, a wool felt model with a 6-ligne grosgrain band and a 2 1/2-inch bound-edge brim. Available in black or putty colors, it's only about $50 and looks very good, but it might be a case of you get what you pay for.
The obvious beauty of a crushable hat is that you just don't have to worry about it. I will soon be travelling extensively on business by air--oh, joy--and am reluctant to carry along my beloved soft new Akubra Sydney for fear of its being smashed (see signature below) and taken away by the dreaded TSA personnel and subjected to water-boarding, or, worse, having to listen to their mumbo-jumbo.
Given my needs, I'm seeking a crushable fedora suitable for business, preferably though not necessarily of pure fur felt, in gray or black.
I have not found any such hats locally that I can see, touch, smell, taste, hear in person. Does anyone here have any direct experience with the hats mentioned above, or others not mentioned, to make an informed suggestion?
The Akubra Casual and Traveller, both made of its pure fur felt Pliofelt, unlined, with a fabric sweatband, run around $100--nearly as much as their regular hats--but are attractive simply because they're Akubras, always a quality hat.
The Casual is a misnomer, as it's a 2 3/8-inch-brimmed carbon grey fedora, with a matching 1-inch grosgrain band and pre-formed center bash and a pair of dents, suitable for business attire. The dark fawn Traveller is the casual model in a 3-inch brimmed Outback style with a narrow woven leather band and a unique memory strip in the brim that allows it to be reshaped after being crushed or packed. Akubra does warn to not put a sharp bend in the brim, which could put a permanent kink in it.
The fairly dressy burma brown Chrystys Foldaway is also pure fur felt and has a same color 12-ligne grosgrain band and a 2 1/4-inch brim. It comes with a red tube you can use to roll it up in and carry inside. It is advertised as having a Von Bauer sweatband. What the heck is that? Is it lined? Imported from England, this hat is close to $200, and I wonder if any crushable model is worth that.
Scala makes the Roadmaster, a wool felt model with a 6-ligne grosgrain band and a 2 1/2-inch bound-edge brim. Available in black or putty colors, it's only about $50 and looks very good, but it might be a case of you get what you pay for.
The obvious beauty of a crushable hat is that you just don't have to worry about it. I will soon be travelling extensively on business by air--oh, joy--and am reluctant to carry along my beloved soft new Akubra Sydney for fear of its being smashed (see signature below) and taken away by the dreaded TSA personnel and subjected to water-boarding, or, worse, having to listen to their mumbo-jumbo.
Given my needs, I'm seeking a crushable fedora suitable for business, preferably though not necessarily of pure fur felt, in gray or black.
I have not found any such hats locally that I can see, touch, smell, taste, hear in person. Does anyone here have any direct experience with the hats mentioned above, or others not mentioned, to make an informed suggestion?
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