Recent content by Wolfwood

Yes, I agree completely. Since I started balding and began to trim my hair to 6mm, the liners have got grimy faster. Relatively easy to fix (at least mostly) by tossing it into the washing machine every now and then, but a darker colour would help with the visuals.

It's been about 9 years since I posted here last (time flies!) and I can no longer remember how long I've had this hat, but I guess about 15 years or very soon so. I tend to switch between hats (Fed IV deluxe in the profile photo here, I see), but since winter is the longest season around here...

They have a separate sizing table for the Federations at Hatsdirect. Or at least they did when I bought my Federations from them a few years back.

I never know whether I should call myself an aspiring writer or a writer. I have some textbook-y research publications under my belt and I've also written sort of fan-fic in the past. I'm also been writing a novel set in the early 17th century for a couple of years now (who doesn't love...

This is very true. People who do not wear hats cannot make out the difference between a cowboy hat and a fedora, for example. I've had to correct several of my co-workers on the issue (they thought that since I spent a year in Canada, the hat that I had begun wearing must be a cowboy hat). Even...

Straw hats will not hold rain very well. But you could try some of Akubra's straw hats, or perhaps even their poly-straw hats that will certainly withstand rain with no worries (Capricorn is popular). Personally, I have good experiences with the Balmoral (hemp braid) - it looks good and does not...

You missed hemp braid, as in Akubra Balmoral...

The Flume of Doom it is, then! (and thank you for teaching me a new word!) Indeed, it is hemp braid. I guess I can try the iron at it carefully to see how it behaves.

I had thought that method only applicable to felt hats, but perhaps I was mistaken?

Uh, that must have hurt when it happened! My story suddenly pales in comparison... :/

I must say that I felt miserable for quite a while after the accident as I tried to reshape it and restore it as much as I could. But, yes, at least I now have a hat I can use without fear in all sorts of situations! :)

I prefer the deluxe, but I've only seen the black variant of the standard (to compare with my brown and fawn Deluxe models). I found the felt softer and smoother in the Deluxe model and the Heritage Fawn is a very unique and great colour which only comes in Deluxe. The price difference is a bit...

I'm sad to say that one of my hats got into an accident last weekend. The hat in question was an Akubra Balmoral and it flew off my head during this descent at an amusement park (stupid mistake to wear it in the first place when I had to protect both my daughter and my hat as well as hold onto...

Oh, sorry to see the Kokoda go, but happily I got one of them already. And my wife already has an Ascot, so we are safe in that regard. I hope they are just making room for new models.

Don't try to upload here - just post to photobucket and link the picture from there.