What hat for NYC?

[Feraud]

I can attest to the truthfulness of this statement....

Not to mention my misspelling! :eusa_doh: lol

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Not to mention my misspelling! :eusa_doh: lol

Well they had both Umbreallas and Umbrellas at most shops.

 

[fluteplayer07]

I'm the one who Sam at Everything Australian convinced Akubra to make a size 62 Capricorn for. Now it's available on the website, but as a custom order with 3 month lead time. He had originally told me it would be a cloth sweatband hat, but mine came with the standard leatherette. I'm a true 7-3/4, the hat is a tiny bit loose on me. Didn't we talk about this once - aren't you a LO? Maybe we could arrange to meet and you could try it on sometime. It's a very useful hat to have, the gray has a nice blue undertone to it, and the matching gray brim binding is nice. I don't really care for the contrasting brown binding on the tan hat.

I think you've confused me with someone else. I'm a 7 1/8 regular oval (definitely not RO). Thanks for the offer, though. I think I may heed the advice, and do the straw + umbrella.

 

[carldelo]

I think you've confused me with someone else. I'm a 7 1/8 regular oval (definitely not RO). Thanks for the offer, though. I think I may heed the advice, and do the straw + umbrella.

I was actually addressing the post from Skyvue, a fellow melon-head. That was a bit of a thread hijacking, for which I apologize - sorry about that.

 

[skyvue]

I'm the one who Sam at Everything Australian convinced Akubra to make a size 62 Capricorn for. Now it's available on the website, but as a custom order with 3 month lead time. He had originally told me it would be a cloth sweatband hat, but mine came with the standard leatherette. I'm a true 7-3/4, the hat is a tiny bit loose on me. Didn't we talk about this once - aren't you a LO? Maybe we could arrange to meet and you could try it on sometime. It's a very useful hat to have, the gray has a nice blue undertone to it, and the matching gray brim binding is nice. I don't really care for the contrasting brown binding on the tan hat.

I'm a 7 5/8, but extra long oval, so I usually have to settle for a 63 with gaps on the sides.

But I'd love to try yours on for size sometime, if you're game. I'd be thrilled to learn that the Capricorn would fit me (though not so thrilled with that waiting period).

 

[fluteplayer07]

I was actually addressing the post from Skyvue, a fellow melon-head. That was a bit of a thread hijacking, for which I apologize - sorry about that.

Duh. Sorry. I really need to learn to follow the flow of conversation on these boards closer.

 

[Damon Falzone]

OK, getting back to "fluteplayer's" original question, don't bring any hat. Visit Bencraft or JJ Hat Center or Worth & Worth and pick up a new felt and/or straw. It will be a memorable NYC purchase. And you'll get to visit 3 of NYC's finest hatters. Have fun!

 

[danofarlington]

OK, getting back to "fluteplayer's" original question, don't bring any hat. Visit Bencraft or JJ Hat Center or Worth & Worth and pick up a new felt and/or straw. It will be a memorable NYC purchase. And you'll get to visit 3 of NYC's finest hatters. Have fun!

Ha! Great idea.

 

[carldelo]

OK, getting back to "fluteplayer's" original question, don't bring any hat. Visit Bencraft or JJ Hat Center or Worth & Worth and pick up a new felt and/or straw. It will be a memorable NYC purchase. And you'll get to visit 3 of NYC's finest hatters. Have fun!

Yeah, that's the ticket. In fact, last week a friend asked what kind of hat to take on vacation to Rome and I advised him to pick up something as soon as he gets there - what better souvenir than a straw from abroad?

 

[Tomasso]

don't bring any hat. Visit Bencraft or JJ Hat Center or Worth & Worth and pick up a new felt and/or straw. It will be a memorable NYC purchase.

But then you'd be traveling to NYC and scurrying around to the various shops in a hatless state with the pressure of having to buy a hat. And what if you don't see something you like or they're out of your size in something you do like? No, I'd bring a hat and have any new purchases shipped back home.