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    Top Quality Biltmore

    I retired 5 years ago. While working, I'd alternated a (Glacier Gray) Biltmore Rosellini and a (Mink Brown) Stetson Temple, depending on the color of my suit/tie combo. I bought the Biltmore in the late eighties or early nineties. It served me well, but then was put in the closet when I...
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    So whats so horrible about the new Stetsons anyway?

    Back in '88 I bought my first fedora (although it's not like I have a lot of them; my only other fedora was a Canadian-made Biltmore Rosellini in gray [Glacier], until I recently bought a Deluxe Fed IV). This thread piqued my interest in my first fedora. It's a Stetson Temple (mink color), in...
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    The Curse of Indiana Jones

    I've been retired for five years. Before that, I wore a suit and tie for 35 years. For the last twenty of those, I always wore a hat. I began with a panama in the summer heat, then made the leap to a fedora as the weather turned cooler and wetter. To my surprise, I discovered an umbrella...
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    The Curse of Indiana Jones

    Back in '99 I was going down an escalator at Charles de Gaulle airport, wearing an Akubra Riverina (the old model, similar to the Coober Pedy) with Docker-style pants and my well-traveled brown leather jacket. Another escalator (probably going down also) faced mine. A group of students on that...
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    I love the Fed IV!!

    Perhaps your head is shrinking????:rain::yo:
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    The Allen Edmonds / Men's Warehouse brand?

    I retired five years ago. My Allen Edmonds shoes have been collecting dust all that time. But before that, my three pair were all the dress shoes I needed for the last 15 years of court appearances. The shoes were wonderfully made; periodic refurbishment by AE kept them like new. If their...
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    Federation IV sizing

    This reply makes ten! I'll give photobucket a shot, if I cannot upload now. I had an account there. What was the password???:confused:
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    Federation IV sizing

    Thanks, here's a useless post to move my count upward.
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    I've tried uploading from my computer with no luck. Do I need to use photobucket or something similar?
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    As for me, today I was wearing my Panama that I picked up in Cuenca last November at a downtown hat factory. It was a fun experience, I was able to select the raw hat from among a variety of grades, specify the size of the brim I wished, watch it cut to order and then placed in a steam block to...
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Casechopper is correct. My first Akubra, a Down Under and my wife's Gymkhana have the same size tag (although my Down Under is no longer with us). We bought them in Sydney in '89.
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    I love the Fed IV!!

    Thanks to all in this thread I ordered a Heritage Fawn Fed IV. I've had a half dozen Akubras since '89, but all have been "Outback" style, Down Under, Riverina, Longreach, Coober Pedy, Lawson, and the Traveller. All but the first two are still with me, although the Longreach and Coober Pedy...
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    Federation IV sizing

    I could not upload a photo of my Fed IV. I guess I need more posts. Well, here's a useless one to get me on my way.
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    Federation IV sizing

    My size 61 Akubra Deluxe Federation IV arrived yesterday in perfect condition. I'm very glad I ordered a size up. My half dozen other Akubras were all size 60. Hats Direct thought a 61 was the right size for my head dimensions. They were on the money. If anything the Fed is a bit tight...
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    My hat is gone and I feel like I've lost a friend

    Seriously? That's where many of us first smelled French perfume.
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    Federation IV sizing

    1st post I'm ready to order a deluxe Fed IV and have emailed Hats Direct about this sizing issue. After reading this thread and the "I love Fed 4" thread (that was a long one), I'm still perplexed. I've owned half a dozen Akubras since '89 and all were/are size 60 and fit well. Using Hats...

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