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Randy's San Ant -
"I REALLY like this hat... could become my new favorite. In most lighting, it just looks like a darkish light grey, not silverbelly, but in sunlight it tends toward silverbelly.
Randy "
I think that a major difference between the Stetson reeded sweatbands and those used by Resistol might have been that Resistol did not put a wire in the reed, and the hat 'conformed' to your head better. I note that Stetsons often have a green spot at the rear of the hat at the brim (seam in the sweat) where sweat or moisture caused some oxidation of the metal wire; don't remember seeing the green spot problem with Resistols. I have only landed two San Antonios and love both for the fit, but I am tired of the silver belly color. So, I finally landed a sand color OR and love the felt - even though it is only a Royal DeLuxe quality, and it does not 'conform' like the Resistols. I have not seen many San Ants in any color other than Sil Bell.
"I REALLY like this hat... could become my new favorite. In most lighting, it just looks like a darkish light grey, not silverbelly, but in sunlight it tends toward silverbelly.
Randy "
I think that a major difference between the Stetson reeded sweatbands and those used by Resistol might have been that Resistol did not put a wire in the reed, and the hat 'conformed' to your head better. I note that Stetsons often have a green spot at the rear of the hat at the brim (seam in the sweat) where sweat or moisture caused some oxidation of the metal wire; don't remember seeing the green spot problem with Resistols. I have only landed two San Antonios and love both for the fit, but I am tired of the silver belly color. So, I finally landed a sand color OR and love the felt - even though it is only a Royal DeLuxe quality, and it does not 'conform' like the Resistols. I have not seen many San Ants in any color other than Sil Bell.