Are these all official Open Roads? I had no idea there were so many variations or that they were offered in black.
http://www.millerhats.com/openroad_index/index.html
http://www.millerhats.com/openroad_index/index.html
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In this line up, the basic hat is the Open Road, the first version listed.
The others appear to have, using the OR as a basis, had the brim and/or edge given a different shaping, then the latter ones a different band replacing the ribbon. All have the cattlemans bash, which many prefer to change to a more fedora like pinch in front.
Yes in a way they are all Open Roads, but with each step away from the first configuration, they are less and less Open Roads and more something else, not that they wouldn't "clean up" nicely.
Variations on a theme is the way I would describe it.
In this line up, the basic hat is the Open Road, the first version listed.
The others appear to have, using the OR as a basis, had the brim and/or edge given a different shaping, then the latter ones a different band replacing the ribbon. All have the cattlemans bash, which many prefer to change to a more fedora like pinch in front.
Yes in a way they are all Open Roads, but with each step away from the first configuration, they are less and less Open Roads and more something else, not that they wouldn't "clean up" nicely.
Variations on a theme is the way I would describe it.
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Same basic hat, just different cosmetics. You'll notice that this is a pretty common marketing approach for Miller -- they may have different names for exactly the same hat, but each model has a different kind of hat band, for example.
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i would imagine an official open road will have 'Open Road' stamped on the sweatband, and will certainly be made by Stetson. Uvvawyzz it be an open road clone.
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