Recent content by H Weinstein

Don't old catalogs make you wish for a time machine so you can go back and buy a dozen or so to bring back to the present with you?

Hi, Buckeye -- Can you dig up and email me some photos of the hat you have in mind? Then I'll know exactly what you want. Diamond bash is pretty easy, but I'd want to be sure of the look you're after. Feel free to PM me here or email me directly at st.white@comcast.net Thanks for your...

SOLD: AKUBRA ROUGH RIDER western hat - open crown - size 58 (7-1/4) - Rarely Worn! $80 (including US shipping) The Rough Rider in Akubra's new bran color (a classy medium tan -- not too light, not too dark) comes with a reeded roan leather sweatband, satin liner and cut-edge brim. Made in...

I think it looks great on you! Nice color and shape. Stick with it.

A little cooler and breezy today, but not too windy for one of my Akubra Fed IVs this morning to walk the dog and run a couple of errands.

Thanks,again, FedOregon! I appreciate the kind words.

Maryland morning dog walk, cool (around 48), sunny, no wind, so this hat joined me and the Corgi. Started life as a light sand Akubra Rough Rider, reshaped brim and crown to my liking, added a home-made hatband. I was pleasantly surprised when this hat won compliments and questions from hat-shop...

Thanks, FedOregon! The Akubra Rough Rider comes with a huge, pre-shaped brim. Ironed it flat, measured it to about 3.2", cut it down, then spent quite a while with the steam kettle getting the brim curl and dip just right. I'd already found the correct basket-weave band at the local western-wear...

Pleasant morning, 55 degrees, light breeze -- good morning for walking the Corgi in a denim jacket and my Raylan Givens/"Justified" hat (which I made from Akubra's beautiful Light Sand Rough Rider).

Thanks!

For anybody who might have (or have seen) hats in this color (and it may only be a western hat color), is Stetson's Mist Grey truly grey? Or is more a greyish-tan or tannish-grey? It's so hard to tell in online photos, which can vary with lighting and monitor reproduction. As many of us know...

I did some extra digging and found what I needed.

Does anybody know anything about a western hat brand called Lion Hats? I'm trying to help a seller who doesn't know much about hats dig up info on a hat he's got for sale. The sweatband, oddly, appears blank, with no maker or store info, no X-grade info, no hint as to whether the hat is wool...

Apologies if this has already been posted. NPR's business show Marketplace did an interesting story last week on the current Stetson Co., including an extensive chat with the woman who is now Stetson CEO. The story is about 7 1/2 minutes long. This link should take you there; click on the...

I recently started re-watching JUSTIFIED from the beginning again. Still a great show, with writing and acting among the best of TV in recent years. This prompted me to finally get a hat to properly convert into a replica of Raylan's silverbelly western. I started with a nice Akubra Rough Rider...