Summer Hat Suggestions?

[Tukwila]

I do like my Hemp. The one issue I have, which can be fixed with some steam, is the droopy brim. It needs to be put on a flange and tightened up. I think this would also make the brim a little wider. View attachment 243087

Mike, Is yours the Special Edition or some other model that comes with the leather sweatband upgrade?

 

[tropicalbob]

PB is still making hemps AFAIK, a COW member received one as recently as November 2019. I recall a lounger has a negative experience with a ribbon job they had done, so it seems they were 'rebuilding' a bit.

I would also give a nod to the vented shangtung open roads. While shangtung hats are not normally my #1 choice for straw, there's something to be said about a 'straw' hat that you don't need to baby too much. Stash it under the seat on a plane? No problem. Well, when we can fly again safely anyways!

Seems like I am perpetually shilling for JJ Hat Center, but they're having a 25% fathers day sale if anybody is feeling impulsive.

I've gotten a couple of their hats (during sales). They were very nice to deal with both times.

 

[Edward]

The polystraw Akubra Capricorns are great workhorses in my experience. The pleather sweatband can peel after a good decade or so of hard wear, but that's no sin. I wear linen and cotton caps a lot at this tiem of year if I'm not going to be outside for long.

Try a Sunbody. They're pretty much indestructible.

I hear good things about them, though so far for me the shipping and tax have always made them lethally expensive.

Saw a Peter Bros straw a few years ago on TFL that looked exactly like an Indy hat, ceptin' the obvious. THat was very cool.

 

[Tukwila]

The "Tankersly" from Peter Bros. is the tall, wide brimmed model that @Frunobulax created with them.

 

[Redfokker]

Mike, Is yours the Special Edition or some other model that comes with the leather sweatband upgrade?

Yes it is the 'upgrade' version with the nicer sweat. It also seems to be more robust(?) than the regular version I handled.