Atticus Finch
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Job has given you some good advice. If you feel like an Open Road style hat would be best for you, then you may want an Akubra Camp Draft as opposed to an Open Road. I love ORs as much as anyone, but the modern OR just isn't the hat it used to be. The Camp Draft looks very much like an OR but it has a slightly wider brim and comes with an open crown so you can block it however you wish. Also, most would agree that the Akubra will stand up to more punishment than a modern Open Road.
Here's one of the places you can get a Camp Draft. Please pay no attention to the way its blocked. As I mentioned before, it comes with an open crown.
http://www.everythingaustralian.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=19
Here are two of my Camp Drafts. One is blocked as a fedora and the other is brand new and unblocked.
As to shrinkage, there's no guessing with an Akubra. They will shrink a full size within a few weeks of regular wear. But they come a full size larger than tagged, so just buy your normal size.
AF
Here's one of the places you can get a Camp Draft. Please pay no attention to the way its blocked. As I mentioned before, it comes with an open crown.
http://www.everythingaustralian.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=19
Here are two of my Camp Drafts. One is blocked as a fedora and the other is brand new and unblocked.
As to shrinkage, there's no guessing with an Akubra. They will shrink a full size within a few weeks of regular wear. But they come a full size larger than tagged, so just buy your normal size.
AF