Recent content by PRW94

I just hate it because going there and meeting them face to face, they seem like quality folks. The warehouse/storefront is in kind of an unusual place, it’s like in an office complex where a lot of the other tenants seem to be physicians, tech companies, etc.

Yeah … it sure sounds like there’s a chance they might not be selling Akubras at some point.

My wife and I, both hat lovers, were in Washington a couple of weeks ago and stopped by the David Morgan warehouse, which we were very close to. I didn’t get anything although I tried on some things (went in with my eye on a Bogart but it really didn’t work for me), but my wife got her second...

Update: I still don’t have the Stylemaster in hand, it’s caught in USPS hell right now. It sat in Indianapolis, where apparently three-fourths of the Christmas presents in the US have been sent to pile up while the shiny new distribution facility there has an absolute meltdown for its first...

Update: Went for an acorn Stylemaster and also tacked on a cheap wool import homburg just to see how that works for me, if it does that will be my next fur felt upgrade.

Thanks everyone for the input. The Temple is caribou in color BTW. And my Open Road is silverbelly. Both colors work for me. As for what I am seeking that’s “different,” unless I scratch the homburg itch, I am looking for something fedora wise that has a little variation in styling from the...

Sounds good. As noted I really was looking to get an Akubra. My wife got a nice Banjo Paterson at a hat shop on River Street in Savannah, Ga., a few years back and I have been bad jealous ever since. She’s into hats even more than I am. She scored a mint 7X beaver Stetson cowboy hat including...

This is a photo of me wearing the Temple … which I guess doesn’t look that bad LOL … holding my grandson who is starting out right as far as chapeaus. I’m also vertically challenged, about 5-7. I really have the itch to get an Akubra. I’m thinking the crown on a Federation would be too tall, I...

I love the Stetson Stratoliner and the Akubra Stylemaster, Leisure Time and Traveler, and I still have this itch to see what a homburg looks like on me. But that is simply from looking online and as noted, I am not going to be able to try on before buying, which is why I cast out a line for...

One addendum and a major reason for the post: This will have to be a sight unseen online purchase, the closest dedicated hat store to me is 350 miles away.

Hi, Santa is going to bring me another hat for my collection, which includes a Stetson Temple, a Stetson Open Road with the LBJ cattleman’s crease and a Thomas Gomez custom Panama. I’m looking for another fedora type hat because I never have really been 100% in love with the Temple, I am not...

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UPDATE, just opened the box and donned the Premiere Stratoliner ... absolutely perfect fit, color is just what I wanted, loving the cattleman crease with front brim pulled down a la Truman ... and this thing is SO SOFT unlike the stiff Temple. Well pleased. Pix to follow by end of day.

I know it's kind of out of kilter with other folks here, but I don't wear my current Stetson in the rain, I wear my beater flat caps. I know a felt hat is supposed to protect you from the elements, not vice versa, and I figure that if I do all the right things to maintain it, it will be fine...

I look at eBay all the time, probably will look more closely now, but rarely see anything that just screams out at me. There was a 7 5/8 vintage Open Road on there the other day, but it was trashed, needed a lot of work.