Recent content by Naphtali

I received my Lightning Ridge a couple of days ago from the authorized (??) retailer. The hat has that [about] half inch crown height more than Banjo Paterson. And crown's configuration seems to be somewhat more comfortable and roomy. Hope this helps.

It is 29 September 2024. I may have bought the last New-with-tags Lightning Ridge size 57. I expect it to be delivered within 12 business days. I own a Banjo Paterson whose only aea I feel needs improvement is crown height. The Lightning Ridge has that extra half inch or so while having a...

I have a hat I used to wear when hiking. It had been in "hidden storage" for several years. I want to wear it again but its leather band has some wrinkling and is stiff. I have a hat retainer-stretcher. What to do about softening band's leather sufficiently to smooth wrinkles as band becomes...

I am partway through the 1931 "Trader Horn". Nowadays most will find it to be somewhat archaic and prejudiced. But it's incredibly interesting also. Alfred Aloysius Horn, portrayed by Harry Carey wears the most grotesque hat that is not a billed cap. You may want to judge it for yourselves. . ...

Why are Campaign hats -U.S. and British empire - unlined? Is it strictly cost?

Neither word occurs. . . . Such is life.

I have Borsalino fedora, qualita supremore, Cavanough edge, circa 1950s. As best you can from this information, please identify this hat's percentage of beaver fur felt.

Presently I own Borsalino, Dobbs, and Akubra "Heritage Collection" hats. All but Akubra are fedoras. Akubra is in the "fedora neighborhood" with slightly larger brim that is not snap brim capable. Having been a Montana resident for more than 25 years and far from even moderately sized cities...

I apologize for my response being this tardy. I bought an Akubra Banjo Patterson (Heritage Collection) and I'm comfortable with it having chin strap slots and ventilation holes. Two questions: - Why cannot vent holes be installed through the liner with holes' lined with the metal hole liner...

Here are images that I should have posted with my query. Apparently, the front of Fonda's hat looks like Campaign hat but sides and rear are different? Is the crown also taller?

For the first time in a generation, I watched the 1946 motion picture "My Darling Clementine". Henry Fonda portrays Wyatt Earp, wearing a western hat with Montana crown. I estimate the hat's nearly flat brim as 3.5-4 inches per side. My Campaign hat also has a somewhat more sharply defined...

Has anyone rendered the crown of a standard three-inch brim campaign hat into a western/cowboy crown or any crown other than its standard form? My own rather beaten up campaign hat has its crown stretched and pointed to strongly resemble that earlier higher crown hat shown in many photographs of...

Okay, I confirmed that my Campaign hat doesn't have enough crown to render it anything more than a army-style Montana Peak. I've identified a couple of used Western hats that are satisfactory - except for a couple of details. I especially appreciate chin strap slots and grommeted ventilation...

I acquired another Campaign Hat. Has anyone reshaped its stunted Montana crown to either more of a teardrop fedora shape or, perhaps, in more of a western crown? Because I had so much aggravation maximizing a peak, I question whether there is enough felt in crown for serious reshaping. I won't...

Replies and photographs have furnished precisely what I needed. It is a fedora. And yes, I bought it as a fedora. Many thanks.