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Akubra without sweatband, is it a fake?

pbekkerh

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Hello
I have bought an Akubra hat, supposedly bought in Australia but here is no sweatband nor hatband. There is, what looks like an original Akubra "patch" inside the hat but no model designation.

Are there Akubra fakes around or do they sell discount models?

I haven't gotten it home yet, so I only have the photos to go by and I can't discern any needle holes from a removed band.

I bought it unseen, you can't go much wrong at a price of 8$ :)

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T Jones

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Hard to tell. If it's an actual Akubra it was definitely worth the $8 gamble. All you need is a new sweat and hat band, which can be done at a reasonable cost. If it's something other than fur felt you're only out the $8. Worth the gamble, I guess.
 

Joao Encarnado

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Hard to tell. If it's an actual Akubra it was definitely worth the $8 gamble. All you need is a new sweat and hat band, which can be done at a reasonable cost. If it's something other than fur felt you're only out the $8. Worth the gamble, I guess.

+1
My Sombrero have the same "sticker".
 

pbekkerh

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what is the size, your head actually , i have some akubra sweatbands

I've finally gotten it home and there is no sign of any stitching outside or in.

I've almost removed all the grease from the front and also some yellowing, which I suspect to be salt from sweat, so after soaking it with cleaning gasolin(naphta) I soaked it in water and at the same time I did a bit of shaping.

I'm very interested in a sweatband in size 59(mm) and also a brown hatband for it.

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