Lately I had been keeping an eye out for an Akubra style hat on Ebay, with no luck. I did end up coming across a good deal on an open-crown Resistol western styled hat, with 4" brim. The hat had a nice brown color that I had been looking for so I went with it, hoping I could work with it...
Received my Open Road from Ebay today. I took some time to reblock the crown and reshape the brim to my liking. Have been practicing on other lesser hats for a while, using some of your fine hats as templates.
The hat started off with an Alpine crease, which was steamed out. Took some...
This was taken at the lieutenant's wedding a while back. We are with a "brother-in-arms" at a small church in North Carolina. We had a great time, ate alot and met good people/family...
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