LEATHER FEDORA

[hatflick1]

I spotted this while checking out styles of Aussie hats.

https://www.adventurehat.com/p-486-drifter-leather-fedora-hat-by-cov-ver.aspx

Thoughts? Impressions?

 

[Garrett]

Overpriced and yuck - that's my opinion :eusa_doh:

Stick to vintage

 

[gtdean48]

Different strokes for different folks....Not my stroke at all.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

I made the mistake of buying one years ago. I still use it when I clean out the septic tank.

 

[gtdean48]

I made the mistake of buying one years ago. I still use it when I clean out the septic tank.

lol lol For us in the know, that is the lowest job for a lid there is!!!

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Not a fan of leather hats; looks too much like hippies from the '60s and '70s.

 

[scottyrocks]

And leather is heavy, and very hot in the warm weather. I have a leather western, and a couple of caps that I dont wear for those reasons.

 

[1911 Man]

Avoid the leather

I had a leather hat almost identical to that one years ago. Way too heavy to actually wear, it had a stiff fabric sweatband that was very itchy, so it was always uncomfortable. It was hot in the summer, cold in the winter. They just don't work well as hats, stick to felt or straw, and use the leather for the sweatband.

 

[hatflick1]

Yes, my thoughts exactly.
I owned one leather hat once which I bought in a leather goods shop in Old Town, San Diego. Great style, but heavy and hot!
What I don't understand is, if you appreciate the fedora as a hat, why not put the money toward a quality fur felt?

 

[Edward]

I can see it being practical if one was to be spending all day out in the sort of driving rain that will eventually soak through even the best of fur felt. A bit too in danger of looking like some wannabe rock star from the 80s for my liking, though. lol I think for that sort of circumstance, I'd probably prefer something similar in wax cotton. Certainly wouldn't fancy a western in leather, but then those aren't really to my taste in any material. YMMV...

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

So guys, what's with all the fence-sitting? Do you like that hat or not?

lol lol

 

[gtdean48]

So guys, what's with all the fence-sitting? Do you like that hat or not?

lol lol

Uh, only 1 I have ever liked was in a photo on your noggin!

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Here is the hat....I will not be seen in public with it. It is the worst purchase I have ever made. I, however, wanted to post it to save you from your prospective poor choice.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Here is the hat....I will not be seen in public with it. It is the worst purchase I have ever made. I, however, wanted to post it to save you from your prospective poor choice.

lol lol lol Have you considered "shopping" at some of our local banks lately; you look strangely like a teller camera shot I saw recently, with that Texas stick-up mask and really bad hat.....

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^^^

lol lol lol

 

[Aureliano]

CB, that hat is hideous!lol lol

 

[RobFedoraField]

in defense...

I did not have that hat per say, but a leather Henschel fedora that had a center dent crown and 2.5" brim.

The hat was heavy and warm, but comfortable. it worked out well for my snow shoeing / hiking adventures when I was younger.

it looked very similar to this one, but in a smooth finished leather.

Leather hats have their place, and it's not always in the bottom of a septic tank.

but that's just my

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Leather hats have their place, and it's not always in the bottom of a septic tank.

lol - I agree!

{By the way, great photo of a floppy hat, CB!}

OK, here are the ones I've owned over the years. I still have a couple of them. I guess I'm sentimentally attached. They don't get much, if any, play since I upgraded to fur felt hats a couple years ago or so.

 

[elvisroe]

I've always found it wierd that all the Aussie tourist shops in the city sell stacks of the kangaroos leather hats alongside all the koala T-shirts and didgeridoos.

They're always called the "Aussie Bushman" or something like that but I don't know that many Aussies that wear them.

I think "German Backpacker" would be a better name

 

[elvisroe]

...although having said that...