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It's a secret marketing scheme
Went to the Hatsdirect website today to look over some Fed IVs. A message came in stating that there is a ‘Fed IV hat Project’ in the works. Says nothing more about it. Anyone have any information?
It's a secret marketing scheme
Carbon Grey Fed is back in stock, most sizes available. I bought one a few months ago but the crown was so tapered I had to return it. I hope this issue is solved in the new batch.
I'm also eager for more information about new developments on the Fed. After the Carbon Grey, I could buy a Moonstone when it became available and I'm very happy with it. Feds are really great hats, we need them in production for years to come.
Not sure if this is news, but just saw on the Hattery site that the Imperial Fed IV will be available again in brown in November.
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and/or a hemp summer option.
I'd go for one of those.
I would be interested to see the end product of a straw Fed IV. The catch in my mind is that straw hats have to have a pre-creased block, open crown straws are not really a thing (ok, Resistol has some western style ones on the market, but no fedoras). It's either going to have the same pre-creased crown as already exists in the Akubra line (like the Range) or a custom block would have to be made to retain the straight sides. I'm not aware of any straw block in use that has the same straight sided profile. I'd settle for something like this BB Mombasa style though.
Oh, and I also don't think a dimensional brim is possible.
Me too. I have a few straws, but the idea of being able to buy a few in a milano weave hemp with a leather hatband... oh, my. That would be the perfect Summer hat. Logical seller, too, you'd think for HD, what with so many of us Fed Fans already - and Akubra seem to have retired a lot of their straws (including the Capricorn, which is a shame).
Interesting re the dimensional brim - hadn't thought of that, presumably the issue is that you can't weave fewer rows of straw on the sides than front and back when forming the brim? That's a detail I'd be happy to compromise on if it meant getting a Summer Fed.
If I understand Milan construction correctly, the braided straw is formed into a strip, which is then sewn back to itself to create the hat body. It's basically a big concentric circle of a continuous spiraling braided strip.
I have a Capricorn and rarely wear it. I don't love its shape or material. Too shiny and plasticky. And it's heavy for a 'straw.'
It also doesn't look like an Indy hat. And I know it's not supposed to.
If Akubra makes a straw Fed IV it's gonna have to look like an Indy hat.