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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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Boxing up felt hats…always a sad time. This VS won’t come out again until Autumn.

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Getting in my felt before it gets too warm. Gannon in plum nutria:

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Super color Brent
That's a humdinger Greg.
This morning it was an unseasonable 60'f (15'c). An unlined Stetson Playboy was my hat for a walkabout.

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Rose bush trimming and moving fallen limbs had me changing to a "work hat." My Gannon Playboy was put to work. I removed the liner for the warmer weather efforts.

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Cheers, Eric -
Beautiful duo Eric.
Two hat day. Out for brews in a Wormser.

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Nice couple of hats Jim.
Sweet straw Fabio.
 

DrHat

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Italy
Akubra Camp Draft Taupe
- RAF Museum Laarbruch, Germany

Any suggestions about the brim or crease? (first time doing that, wanted to make a cowboy crease but ended up with the teardrop and leaving the brim as it was).
 

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Mighty44

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Looks like you did a great job. Up to you whether you want the brim snapped down. Mine took some steam to convince it to stay down but then I still had the option of wearing it up. It does make it more practical for keeping sun and rain out of your eyes.
 
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Akubra Camp Draft Taupe
- RAF Museum Laarbruch, Germany

Any suggestions about the brim or crease? (first time doing that, wanted to make a cowboy crease but ended up with the teardrop and leaving the brim as it was).


Looks great as it is. I personally find the 5 ½” crown height of the Campdraft to be a little too low for a good cattleman’s crease. Others get their hats shaped that way and it looks great, but I need more crown to pull it off.
 

tamz0r

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Looks great as it is. I personally find the 5 ½” crown height of the Campdraft to be a little too low for a good cattleman’s crease. Others get their hats shaped that way and it looks great, but I need more crown to pull it off.
Brent, out of curiosity, what crown height would you say would a good cattlemans crease… say for a smaller hat like 2.5 inch brim.
 
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Brent, out of curiosity, what crown height would you say would a good cattlemans crease… say for a smaller hat like 2.5 inch brim.


A lot has to do with my head size (7 ¾) and my head shape. I like a 6” crown at a minimum, but with thinner the felt you can get away with less crown height…to a point. I don’t care for any hat with an open crown of less than 5 ⅝” and teller is definitely better. It’s also a personal preference and no doubt others will think my crowns are too high. I also think that 2 ¾” is the minimum brim width that looks right on the Open Road and, although it’s not authentic, I think that at my size a 3 ⅛ to 3 ¼” looks best. It’s all so subjective and has more to do with proportions that with just the raw numbers. Small changes also make a big difference when we are talking about brim widths and crown heights.
 

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