The Akubra Squatter

[elvisroe]

Oh man...
All these squatters, I'm starting to feel like I need a new one!
Nice hats lads, thanks for the pix.

 

[Sam Craig]

G'day Sam...and yes indeed Australia Day rates a public holiday.

Not to mention a game of cricket and a barbeque. Today's cricket is a one-day match between Australia v Pakistan.

Eph,

I looked up the game on Fox Sports Austrailia.

Congratulations!:eusa_clap

 

[theinterchange]

No worries, mate

Oh man...
All these squatters, I'm starting to feel like I need a new one!
Nice hats lads, thanks for the pix.

That's what we're here for... Making you feel as if you need a new hat, even if you don't! I know that's what everyone else does for me.

Randy

 

[gtdean48]

^^^^

We are true enablers around here!!!

 

[Chuck Bobuck]

That's what we're here for... Making you feel as if you need a new hat, even if you don't! I know that's what everyone else does for me.

Randy

What?...Who doesn't need another hat? lol

We are true enablers around here!!!

That would be a good name for a hat gtdean..."The Enabler"

 

[Sam Craig]

Friends, indeed!

You guys are great.

The rest of the world seems to think ... You've only got one head, why own more than one hat?

A little positive feedback is a wonderful thing!:eusa_clap

OK, it's enabling, but so what?[huh]

 

[theinterchange]

What?...Who doesn't need another hat? lol

Me when my spending allowance is shot. :eusa_doh: Otherwise, no one.

Randy

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

Eph,

I looked up the game on Fox Sports Austrailia.

Congratulations!:eusa_clap

Yep Sam. Australia gave Pakistan a thorough bottom-smack - again! It's very a very one-sided contest, which doesn't make for much excitement as a spectator.

The one-day series** against the West Indies starts soon and I'm going to the match here.

**For those unfamiliar with the greatest game of all, cricket is played in 3 formats at international level - Test (over 5 days. Yes Americans, I did say FIVE DAYS). One Day (50 overs per side). 20/20 (20 overs per side - for those whose attention spans won't cope with anything longer than 2 hours).

 

[Sam Craig]

wasn't it Shaw who wrote we are two nations separated by a common language?

We may not get cricket, but my alma mater, University of Kansas, are the current national champions in basketball .... well this past season that is ...

Good luck on the rest of the season and keep showing the cool lids!

 

[gtdean48]

...We may not get cricket, but my alma mater, University of Kansas, are the current national champions in basketball .... well this past season that is ...

Uh, North Carolina is the current Nat'l Champs. Kansas was year before.

 

[Mountain Man]

You guys are great.

The rest of the world seems to think ... You've only got one head, why own more than one hat?

A little positive feedback is a wonderful thing!:eusa_clap

OK, it's enabling, but so what?[huh]

Remember what Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart said when trying on wigs in the movie "Amadeus"? "They're all so beautiful....If only I had three heads! HAHAHAHAHA!!"

 

[Sam Craig]

Ooops on KU! Shows how time flies.

And right on Motzart!

I'm not sure how you get into wigs, but the sentiment is accurate!

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

The Squatter remodelled

The other day I wore the Squatter with a teardrop and low crown, much as they have been worn by generations of Aussies. It looked like this:

There was some discussion as to whether it would look better with a low or a high crown. As much as I liked that teardrop, I mentioned that I would rework the crease to a wide centre dent to give the crown a lift.

Here it is today with the centre dent and higher crown.

Which do you prefer?

 

[elvisroe]

Well, the first incarnation is more traditional Oz (in fact you look very boss-cocky in the blue shirt and maroon tie!) but I definitely like the second better.

Is it still a pretty tapered crown? Mine is so old and shrunken on top it's hard to tell now what it may have looked like open!

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

I think I agree with you elvisroe - the higher crown suits my melon better.

As for taper, here's a profile shot:

 

[Sam Craig]

Eph,

Are you on the Akubra payroll?

I gotta say, you are doing a great job of making me hungry for one of those beauts!:eusa_clap

I like the taller crown, but after we conversed the other day, I went home and dug out my wife's copy of Australia and was looking at the hats in it.

Was the one ... sorry ... Mrs. Boss, you know, oh man, her name escapes me know ... anyway, the gal that used to be married to Tom Cruse ... aging stinks

Anyway ... was that a Campdraft that she wears in that movie? It looks to have a thinner ribbon, but it seems about the same color as the one you had.

Long way of getting to the point, which is ... that movie takes place in the 1940s ... so how would that hat have been shaped then?

Low crown, porkpie?

Just wondering.

Sam

 

[Doctor Strange]

If you mean this hat Nicole Kidman wears:

http://www.australiamovie.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=random&cat=9&pos=-1971

http://www.australiamovie.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=2

It doesn't have the thin ribbon of the Campdraft. It looks a lot more like a Squatter to me - the ribbon is about the right size, as are the crown/brim. But I think it may be missing the bound edge... making it more like a Federation.

Back when the movie was out, wasn't there a lot of noise about how its costumer worked closely with Akubra to create special new hats that replicate the old ones, rather than just modifying their standard contemporary models?

 

[Chuck Bobuck]

The other day I wore the Squatter with a teardrop and low crown, much as they have been worn by generations of Aussies. It looked like this:


There was some discussion as to whether it would look better with a low or a high crown. As much as I liked that teardrop, I mentioned that I would rework the crease to a wide centre dent to give the crown a lift.

Here it is today with the centre dent and higher crown.


Which do you prefer?

I prefer the centerdent.

 

[theinterchange]

Which do you prefer?

I can honestly say I like both, but the higher crown works a little better.

Randy

 

[Karyl]

I can honestly say I like both, but the higher crown works a little better.

Randy

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