Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

[Lefty]

I'm curious about the feel of the felt, as the proportions aren't all that make the hat. It's makes me wince a bit whenever someone posts that they had a Whippet or Strat clone custom-made in pure beaver. To me, part of the appeal is the thickness and weight of the hat.

I realize that the felt did vary a bit within any given model over the years, but I'm curious as to whether these are being made with the original felt in mind (not expecting vintage quality or perfect weight/thickness). What do you think, GTD?

 

[gtdean48]

I've got photos of a 40s Strat & a 50s Strat next to FF3 Strat as soon as AT&T gets my U-verse back up....

Here's all 3. Sorry about the quality. Me & this camera ain't friends yet....

 

[gtdean48]

I'm curious about the feel of the felt, as the proportions aren't all that make the hat. .... What do you think, GTD?

I'll let Rusty chime in too but to me, this felt has a lighter feel than other modern Stetsons that I've handled.
Having just handled all 3 to do the photos, I have to give the older ones the credit for the dead felt but this new one could get there it seems.
Compared to my CD Deluxe, it is a flyweight.
Here are more shots...

 

[T Rick]

Thanks for posting the pics! Yup, I want one. Hope they can make this happen.

 

[RBH]

I agree Tom, the felt is much lighter [than any modern Stetson I have handled] and pretty close in feel to the brown vintage Stratoliner I wore at FFIII.

 

[Lefty]

Very nice. Thanks for the comparisons.

 

[Alex]

Thanks for the comparisons! I'm super excited about the basically no-taper crown

 

[Dundee]

I am very interested. All I have seen so far looks great. Waiting patiently.

 

[kaiser]

Hi Guys, is this one going to be offered by Stetson in Europe, or is this going to USA only ?

 

[majormoore]

Once we have the hat concerns fixed , this hat will be sold thru Buckaroo Hatters, in the USA.

Major Moore

Hi Guys, is this one going to be offered by Stetson in Europe, or is this going to USA only ?

 

[Terry "The Hat"]

I am very interested. All I have seen so far looks great. Waiting patiently.

Same here. I have given up looking for a "vintage" Strat for the time being and am saving for this one in a 60 (long oval if the major is up to it). From what I've heard though this hat forms to your head very quickly. I want it bashed just like the Strat Ad that was posted a few pages back. I love that look!

 

[Tango Yankee]

I've just subscribed to this thread so I won't miss the announcement that the hats are available.

I own a few hats, but as these days I tend to grab the silverbelly Lee Stratoliner clone when heading out the door for work. As an IT technician I tend to dress casually for work (jeans, button-down shirt) due to finding myself crawling under desks and other places and this hat works with anything I might wear. For an initial color silverbelly is a great choice! Yes, I'll be looking foward to seeing other colors, but you can't beat a good silverbelly for versitality. :eusa_clap

Hat's off to everyone working hard to bring this hat to market! (Where's the "hats off" icon?)
:cheers1:,
Tom

 

[zetwal]

(Where's the "hats off" icon?)

:yo:

 

[Terry "The Hat"]

I agree with Tango. The Silverbelly is the easiest color to match up with just about anything you wear. I love to wear my Camp Draft Akubra Silverbelly with my black suit (avatar picture). It looks like they were made to go together. It goes just as well with jeans!

 

[T Rick]

I've just subscribed to this thread so I won't miss the announcement that the hats are available.

I own a few hats, but as these days I tend to grab the silverbelly Lee Stratoliner clone when heading out the door for work. As an IT technician I tend to dress casually for work (jeans, button-down shirt) due to finding myself crawling under desks and other places and this hat works with anything I might wear. For an initial color silverbelly is a great choice! Yes, I'll be looking foward to seeing other colors, but you can't beat a good silverbelly foro versitality. :eusa_clap

Hat's off to everyone working hard to bring this hat to market! (Where's the "hats off" icon?)
:cheers1:,
Tom

Subscribing to this thread is a great idea, think I'll join you. Would hate to miss the announcement and initial offering!

Having just gotten a great vintage Strat in a sort of cocoa brown, I look forward to this in Silver Belly. It really is a great color, and about as versatile as it gets. Think I'll probably do my best to duplicate gtdean48's diamond bash he shows in his prototype, love the look of that!

I've already sent Major Mike & Rusty my review, so here are some photos of Proto2 & I did work a quick, dry diamond crease into this one...

 

[TCMfan25]

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[JimWagner]

How do you subscribe?

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[mustangman3000]

I have been wanting a strat for a long time now! Silverbelly isn't my color of choice but if it comes with the pin you can count me in!

 

[monbla256]

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[buler]

You don't. Go to the begining of this thread and start reading all the posts and you will get ALL info needed to answer your questions.

Wrong. To subscribe to a thread, go to the Thread Tools dropdown and choose "Subcribe to Thread". Then you can go to Quink Links and jump to any threads you've subscribed to. Also you can set a notification if there has been a post made to your subscribed thread.

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