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Good day Gentlemen: I have a question that has been bugging me for a while, and I am sure many of you more experienced in hats than me can help me: I have an Akubra Snowy River hat (the Australian version, not the DM one, unlined) that I have modified to suit my needs. I have flattened the... -
Akubra size question
Good day to all: Just to let you know that the mink-oil/steam method for correcting the shrinking of an old Akubra worked! Maybe just a little too well actually. I have an old (10 year old) Coober Pedy that I could not wear anymore because it had shrunk over the course of many years of hard use... -
Akubra size question
T Jones: I had almost the same problem with my Akubras when I first got them: the shape of the hat was not exactly my head shape and they felt a little too large. However I noticed that over time they would conform to the shape of my head, and the constant wear on the outdoors would make them... -
Akubra size question
I thank you kindly for your comments and suggestions. I am working on the hat band with some mink oil, some kettle steam and the hat jack. Looks like its working, and the shrunk hat is slowly going back into the original size. What I did was to apply some mink oil to the sweat band, heat the... -
Akubra size question
Shrinkage of Akubra hats? Good day: I am new to the forum, and most likely the question I want to ask has been answered somewhere else in other forums, however I guess there is no harm in asking again. As a field anthropologist, most of my work is in the outdoors, where a good hat is not... -
