New Hat....

[Kentucky Blues]

Okay, I was really planning on an open road until I saw this... I might still get the open road, but I'm waiting 'til this gets here first....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200134219331&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010

you ladies and gents please tell me what you think

 

[deanglen]

You can wear 6 7/8?!?! You should be able to have your pick of vintage! Looks like you've made a great choice there! Excellent looking hat.

dean

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Excellent!. The details look very high quality, and I like the bound edge and the colors. Give us an update when it arrives, OK?

 

[halpap]

Good Deal

Really good deal

 

[Jerekson]

hot damn

 

[Jerekson]

You can wear 6 7/8?!?! You should be able to have your pick of vintage! Looks like you've made a great choice there! Excellent looking hat.

dean

Maybe he's doing what I did. If he's on the smaller end of the spectrum (I'm a size 7) then a 6 7/8 can easily be stretched to fit, as evidenced by my Royal Stetson posted a while back.

 

[BJBAmerica]

Looks outstanding, and the price can't be beat....Looking forward to seeing some pics of you wearing it after it arrives.....Congrats!!

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Kentucky Blues, You did great! I was the one who sent the question about looking under the sweatband. I wear a 7 1/8. Glad to know we're not bidding against each other. Enjoy it and show us some pics.

 

[RBH]

hot damn

Man you said it!!!

Still everyone needs an Open Road. With your size you should have some luck and at a great price!

 

[Jerekson]

Yeah, I'm still looking for mine.

I've got an OR clone Marathon, though. That should keep me quiet for a while

 

[DOUGLAS]

Supurb!!! what grand looking hat.:eusa_clap

 

[DanielJones]

Sweet deal on a nice looking hat!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Kentucky Blues]

Okay, questions must be answered.... Yes, I am a 6 7/8. And there is a 6 7/8 open road on ebay I'm not going to link to yet, but I don't know if I'll be able to purchase it. and I do sort of have my pick now of hats, but in the past, there was another member of this forum who kept getting them all before I could. I went up against him once, and didn't come close, thus learned my lesson, lol. And I will definately post pictures when it comes, which should be relatively soon considering how fast I sent payment and the priority shipping

 

[Kentucky Blues]

ARRIVED!!

My new hat has arrived. I've not yet taken pictures, but its a darn nice hat. Has a velvety finish, and looks mostly unworn. There's a center dent, but nothing else. Unfortunately, it feels kind of wide (but not as bad as my wide oval Whippet) Perhaps I'm a long oval...[huh] And the hat kinda looks bad on me, which I think is a result... But I still love this hat, and as soon as I can find something to wear it with (and the weather drops before a 100+ heat index) I'll start wearing it, to see if it's really a keeper. Perhaps it's the bound edge keeping it from conforming to my head or something, because I have some other not long oval hat's that fit pretty well. I dunno. But I'll post pictures later today

 

[Damon Falzone]

KB, a good hatter, like Optimo, could make that hat fit you. It's a great find and well worth having it fit right.

 

[carter]

KB, Check out David Morgan Hats.

http://www.davidmorgan.com/index.php?cPath=2_29&page=3

There are 3 pages of hat supplies. The use of felt strips plus wearing your hat outside may solve the sizing problem,


BTW. I picked this hat up on EBay yesterday for $9.95.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150147473910&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005

 

[Kentucky Blues]

Well the problem feels like its too tight in the front and back, and too loose in the sides. I figure if I get it resized, I'll probably get it done by optimo, or get a stretcher and try it myself. I'm just worried that it won't fix how it looks on me. I'll definately have pictures up by tonight to show you what I mean. I'm still wondering if perhaps the bound edge is part of the problem, it does feel that if it were a different shaped oval, it would fit perfect, and I know that a bound edge helps retain shape. We'll just have to see. I'm kinda scared about shaping it too, because this is the first hat I've had with nothing more than a center dent in it. It's never been pinched

And Carter, that's a fine hat at a good deal as well

 

[J.T.Marcus]

If you've got the courage, you can always soak it in cold water, then let the excess drain off. Shape it how you want it, and put it on your head (at least off and on, for about 20 minutes at a time) until it dries. Whatever shape it dries in, it will hold! (I've done about 60 hats this way, with excellent results.)

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Sounds like a L.O. problem to me. welcome to the club . . .

Looks like a lovely hat with some serious vintage credentials, too.

bk

 

[carter]

KB, The David Morgan website has a page on bashing an Akubra that may help qualm your concerns. There is at least one thread on the FL with good photos of different bashes. Carter