Recent content by MothPrey

Looks great to me, I personally wouldn't want a smaller brim. Very fedora, not cowboy. I have two Bluegrass CDs in different configurations, they were identical when they arrived. I was going to trim down the brim on one, assumed I had to, I wanted to do a fedora, and looking at the first I...

I both sympathize and empathize with the OP. Every time a subject like this comes up, a whole lot of folks chime in to say they're never self-conscious, as though they couldn't understand why anyone would be. Fine, they can pull off the pink tutus with aplomb, I'll watch with interest. From a...

Really? You realize that you're probably challenging the main reason that hats exist at all? And, for that matter.... why we have hair mostly on our heads? I don't think either evolution or ancient cultures were deceived by a US training manual from the '70s. Sorry, but with several decades...

Just my two cents, but I have some reservations about felt hats for this sort of thing. I've got a lot of Akubras.. maybe 7 or 8 now. Four Campdrafts. I also have a number of other felt hats, and I've spent a lot of time on the trails backpacking with hats, though that was before I owned any...

Police departments that wear "campaign" hats often use rigs like this in the cars. Works fine for them with the very flat brims, or for cowboy hats that only curl up on the sides.. don't think it's going to be good for snap-brim fedoras or Aussie-style brims, which are getting more common even...

Good news. I've done a few back-of-the-envelope drawings for one that would be based around a lanyard retractor rather than bungee cord... seated in a compartment so that the retractor itself is a replaceable component. This would be more compact and less hassle to store, they just reel...

It's a continual problem... I am not at all comfortable keeping my hat on when seated in a restaurant, or in a lot of other circumstances, My lap is probably out of the question for a relaxed meal, I have trouble enough keeping my napkin there. The restaurant we frequent almost weekly has...

Y'know, I've got a vintage 7 1/2 whippet around here somewhere, it's just a bit too snug for me (I'm a 7 5/8)... PM sent.

Two of my most recent Akubras are a Silverbelly Heritage Campdraft and a Moonstone Heritage Campdraft. The Silverbelly was probably second-stiffest Akubra out-of-the-box that I've owned, it really couldn't be dry-bashed at all, and thick. The Moonstone is easily the softest, most supple Akubra...

My impression too, the moonstone Heritage Campdraft I bought was much darker than I expected. And, as I mentioned elsewhere, much softer and more supple than the Heritage Silverbelly, which really couldn't be dry-bashed at all it was so stiff. I'm finding the moonstone a difficult hat to...

Got a rare positive response Wednesday... or at least I think I did. Driving through a sleepy suburb, making a right hand turn, SUV coming out from the road I'm turning into. A lot going on right at that moment because it happens to be the corner that I live on, so I'm hitting the remote for...

That much is clear. Most people don't care, but those that do react way out of proportion to what amounts to just an unusual clothing choice. I'm not sure if reacting to a hat as costume rather than clothing is part of the cause or effect. I've tried to see it from their perspective, and part...

This is basically a pretty hat-hostile area, as I mentioned here before. I get lots of stares and sometimes deliberate rude comments. The African-American ladies seem to take the most exception to it for some reason. I had one break out in laughter at the sight of me on the sidewalk while I...

I have the Heritage Campdraft in Moonstone and in Silver Belly, both acquired in the past few months, both in size 61. Hard to believe that they're the same hat, same grade. The Moonstone was larger, the felt MUCH thinner and more supple, much more like vintage, you really have to handle it...

Ah, yes, the Sombrero.. yet another intriguing, unusual model I've never seen in person. I remember seeing pix here somewhere of one that had had the brim ironed flat and turned into a sort of super-safari hat. Made me wonder, if you started with TWO of them in staggered sizes, strip the...