drmaxtejeda
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Well, it's good, but my Optimos have better felt, IMHO.I bought this used directly from Nicholas Engel. He said it is approximately 20 years old. According to him the fur used is the same as is used in the Optimo 1000 hoods. Of course, I have no way of proving this one way or another. But, I will say that this Fepsa hood seems to me to be of better quality than the Winchester hats I have. (I have 7 beavers from Art Fawcett, 2 from Black Sheep, 2 from Gannon, 2 from Northwest, and 1 Penman). I assume all of those are Winchester hoods.
I talked with Mike Miller about the hat when he first received it. He agreed it seemed to be nicer than the Winchester counterparts. I don't know the price difference between a beaver Winchester hood and a beaver hood from Fepsa. But, since they aren't used that much in the USA, I would think the hatters don't think the price justifiable. It does have a nice hand and color is unique. It is lighter in weight than all the custom beavers I have except the ArtLite. Max aka @drmaxtejeda recently bought one used directly from Nicholas Engel. Maybe he can chime in with his opinions. He has way more hats to use for comparison.