Recent content by Kinsho

I've had a few of my hats 'soaked' in heavy rain. Both Akubra, but one FF Fed4 DL and one Hemp Balmoral. I can't say they liked it at the time but no long term damage to the Fed4. However, it may, just may have had the band shrink a touch but I can't see it. The leather band on the Balmoral...

It really is a blue/grey/green/olive kinda shade in real life, Not just a victim of screen display.

Yea, playing with it a bit as one does and the colour/shade really appeals. It'll have work to do to make me look 'youthful' lol.

So, my Fed IV D/L turned up. I'm not sure about the Heritage Fawn part but fits fine and I quite like the shade. But in the hand it's more a green/blue than a brown as can be seen here. And with my loden lawson alongside...

Seeing them together really helps. Many thanks. Yea, on my monitor, the black image looks dark chocolate, hence my concern all the others may be darker etc.

Akubra Fed IV colours ? Ok guys, I'm serious about getting one ordered as soon as the new year passes and I get shipping without holidays getting involved. So, I'm looking at a moonstone, maybe even a deluxe moonstone, though I'm not nailed down on colour. Where I'm having an issue regards...

In addition to this ... Why people are helping. I have measured my head multiple times, made paper hats etc and am never outside 60.9 <> 61.1 allowing for error and haircut etc. Why a head changes is beyond me but I read that it does, so measured it many many times to get a fair average. My...

I seem to be a pretty even fit then. Not tight nor loose anywhere. I might finally be lucky in some respect. I'm guessing this info would help people help me finding a good fit though so thanks for the tips.

Many thanks and yes, I will be careful. I already emailed hats direct as I had a hat transaction go bad locally and am still awaiting a refund. When that arrives, I'll be ordering an F4. It's interesting that in many of the posters detail on this forum, they talk about oval, regular, wide etc...

Hi, new here. Had hats for ages and in recent times, Tilley's. My favourite being the LTM6 but... I'd wanted to take the plunge for a long time into a real felt hat. Came here and did research online, looked at various types for a first time buy, saw the Akubra and thought, yes, one of those 5...