Now I'm feeling anxiety over the Stetsonian I ordered from Delmonico two weeks ago. Six week wait, they said. We'll see, I guess.
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Having exact same situation with a 150th Premiere Open Road. Jeff said he would be in Garland to check personally but no update...
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Wow, after reading about some of you all's experiences I feel lucky that I had to only wait a week to get my Tawny Stetsonian. I must say that the quality of the hat was OK and the felt was very stiff. The one issue I had with it was that the stitching on the hat band was not great. Several of the nylon stitches were sticking out and I just went ahead and trimmed them myself. I am hoping that the quality control issues are few and far in between.
Wow, after reading about some of you all's experiences I feel lucky that I had to only wait a week to get my Tawny Stetsonian. I must say that the quality of the hat was OK and the felt was very stiff. The one issue I had with it was that the stiching on the hat band was not great. Several of the nylon stiches were sticking out and I just went ahead and trimmed them myself. I am hoping that the quality control issues are few and far in between.
Speculating on absolutely zero evidence and entirely supposition; but, it's possible that Hatco doesn't know what numbers to produce of the new open crown hats to satisfy demand.
Consider that their last try at an open crown hat, the Nostalgia, was pretty much a bomb. IIRC, the number was less than 300 units sold per year. If I was a bean counter at Hatco, I would be producing the open crown hats in conservative batch sizes. Especially considering that it's a relatively niche market to begin with.
Yes, and the issue of larger sizes is one of the first they should address. It's always seemed kind of shabby on their part to offer so few models in larger sizes, especially considering that they're supposed to be the #1 manufacturer of men's hats. Last time I bothered to look, there were only one or two models available anywhere in 7 7/8, and then only in one or two colors. For a company relying on its name recognition, lousy QC and limited products seems a very questionable road for them to be taking. What they need is some real competition in the high-production sector.
Speculating on absolutely zero evidence and entirely supposition; but, it's possible that Hatco doesn't know what numbers to produce of the new open crown hats to satisfy demand.
Consider that their last try at an open crown hat, the Nostalgia, was pretty much a bomb. IIRC, the number was less than 300 units sold per year. If I was a bean counter at Hatco, I would be producing the open crown hats in conservative batch sizes. Especially considering that it's a relatively niche market to begin with.
how do you like the chatham ive been a little hesitant on modern Stetsons im a bit green on hats I only got one from mr. vs himself but a cheaper Stetson would be nice I see the edge is bound as well does that help thr brim keep its shape?Hi Carldelo,
Thanks for the picture that is a great help. I think it is more grey/green than I thought.
Maybe he meant the color or maybe he meant to hype?
when I saw that one at JJ , Adam told me that they decided not to stock them because they didn't like the quality ... seemed ok to me.Well, they no longer appear in the catalog, perhaps they just didn't sell. They were offered in silverbelly, caribou, and black, as well as the natural RJR and I have. However, the only ones I've seen on anybody's head are the naturals.
@moontheloon looked at them last year at JJ. Don't know if they had any other colors in stock.
when I saw that one at JJ , Adam told me that they decided not to stock them because they didn't like the quality ... seemed ok to me.
the only one they had was not for sale ... just a demo piece that he went upstairs to get to show me when I inquired about the name.