Stetson Stratoliner Milan {modern}

[Landman]

I know this is off topic but Stetson has a panama open road but I can't find anyone selling it online.

That's a very nice looking hat. I wouldn't mind having one of those.

 

[jkingrph]

I know this is off topic but Stetson has a panama open road but I can't find anyone selling it online.

Try here http://www.cavenders.com/product.asp?cat=6&dept_id=4510&pf_id=S2505

A smaller western wear chain here in E Texas.


I just got one a couple of weeks ago before the sale price hit.

 

[RBH]

Nope... this is a place to get the Open Road pictured in the post by Job.
The one pictured is a panama, the one linked from Cavenders is shantung. Hence the low price.

http://www.meyerthehatter.com/meyer...OAD&pf_id=PAOHIDHOHPJOMLMF&dept_id=33&s_id=0&

 

[jkingrph]

My mistake, I had looked on the Stetson website and it's there, but buried a couple of layers down in collections.

 

[RBH]

No problem, its a nice looking hat. But I bet the crown is really low.

 

[jkingrph]

No problem, its a nice looking hat. But I bet the crown is really low.

Not nearly as tall as our typical Fedoras, but ok. I got it for the price/quality balance and it's a nice looking little hat. I plan on using it on some of the hotter summer days to save my nicer Panamas from sweat stains, saving them for evening wear or cooler days.

I did locate the Panama Stetson Open Road at hatcountry.com. They list a wider range of sizes available than Meyer, although it seems to be a special order item.

I am going to be interested in the brim width on the Stetson Milan Stratoliner, if on the wider size I will probably order one of those also. I wonder what the acutal "straw" is in this one, natural or synthetic, I did not see a discription in the listing at Hartford York and the other vendor.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Nope... this is a place to get the Open Road pictured in the post by Job.
The one pictured is a panama, the one linked from Cavenders is shantung. Hence the low price.

http://www.meyerthehatter.com/meyer...OAD&pf_id=PAOHIDHOHPJOMLMF&dept_id=33&s_id=0&

Well, I'll be --! Looks like I'll need to make a pilgrimage down to Meyer's.

 

[VetPsychWars]

I've ordered the milan Stratoliner... just what I was looking for, though the dents could be a little larger. We'll see how it is in person. Menshats.com say it is backordered to 3/16 but this is Wisconsin so I'm not concerned.

Tom

 

[jkingrph]

Well, I'll be --! Looks like I'll need to make a pilgrimage down to Meyer's.

Best call before going, I looked on their web site and they do not have all sizes!

I notice your location as "The Swamp". I have a couisn who lives in Priareville. His wife inherited a camp from her parents down in Pierre Part, and there is a lady who lives there and commutes to Baton Rouge daily and has a vanity license plate that reads "Toodeswamp"

 

[Benzadmiral]

Best call before going, I looked on their web site and they do not have all sizes!

I notice your location as "The Swamp". I have a couisn who lives in Priareville. His wife inherited a camp from her parents down in Pierre Part, and there is a lady who lives there and commutes to Baton Rouge daily and has a vanity license plate that reads "Toodeswamp"

Ah, I just call it that -- to me Noo Awlins is a vast swamp, pretending to be a city with actual roads.

Meyer's website says they have my size, which is 7.

 

[T Rick]

Back to the milan Strat, do we know for certain what it is made of? Is it Shantung, or Poly, or???

 

[RBH]

Jose just replied that the hat has a 2 1/4 brim and a 4 1/2 crown.

 

[Joshbru3]

Well its not this which is too bad.

OR Milan Josh sold last year.

It was really a shame that the hat was a 7 1/2. I would have kept it if it fit. It was some of finest Milan Straw I have laid my hands on. It was almost as good as the 1940's Milan I just re-did.

That Milan OR was a heck of a hat!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

The fur felt verson has a 2 1/2 " brim. The Open Road shantung has a 2 3/4" brim. While most of the other Stetson dress milans of between 2" to 2 1/8" brims.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

It was really a shame that the hat was a 7 1/2. I would have kept it if it fit. It was some of finest Milan Straw I have laid my hands on. It was almost as good as the 1940's Milan I just re-did.

That Milan OR was a heck of a hat!

Loved it Josh it was a real wonderful Milan. If I had the money at the time it would have been mine. Now I just look at the picture I saved.

 

[Joshbru3]

Loved it Josh it was a real wonderful Milan. If I had the money at the time it would have been mine. Now I just look at the picture I saved.

If I ever find another one in 7 1/2, you have first dibs, Ed.

 

[jkingrph]

So has anyone discovered what it is made of? I have sent emails to a couple of vendors and no replies.

 

[jlee562]

So has anyone discovered what it is made of? I have sent emails to a couple of vendors and no replies.

It looks to be the exact Shangtung material that is in my Stetson Latte. If I were a betting man, I'd say Shangtung, especially with the $80 price tag.

 

[gtdean48]

Jose just replied that the hat has a 2 1/4 brim and a 4 1/2 crown.

That ain't no Strat....just saying.....

 

[zetwal]

Jose just replied that the hat has a 2 1/4 brim and a 4 1/2 crown.

Interesting ... Thanks to you and Jose for looking into it.