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[Redfokker]

New Bushman!

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Nice color and lines on that Aussie Boze. I like it!

 

[Redfokker]

Came home to a waiting package. Moon stone Camp Draft.

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Very nice DD! It looks great with that crease. I do love that color, think this would be the ticket for an order from down under.

 

[Redfokker]

My Agnoulita arrived today.

My first impressions on opening the box were:
1: it's smaller than I was expecting
2. It's a lighter in color than the photos depicted

It's always a bummer when the initial reaction is one of let down.

The brim is a little wonky, but I'm sure I can work out those wrinkles. The felt is surprisingly soft and very pliable. The felt is far superior to the D'aquino I just took delivery of. The ribbon and bow are quite nice. The liner is fine too. Now the sweat; it is shockingly nice. I love how soft and supple this goatskin sweat is. I wish more hats used this quality of sweat. I should back up and also note that the box it shipped in was very nice and reminiscent of days long gone. Strangely, there are no markings on the sweat and no size label either. The hat does seem to fit true to size or maybe just slightly on the small side.

I guess my only reservations are the color and the proportions. I'll work on the brim later and post shots of me wearing it on the What Hat Are You Wearing Today thread. Maybe it will just take some time to adjust to it. I've gotten used to tall crowned hats.

Side-by-side with my D'aquino for perspective:

The color of the hat in the Etsy listing:

One last dig on the company: my experience is in line with everything else I've heard about Agnoulita: they don't reply to your emails. Expect to pay your money, get ignored, and hope for the best. For what it's worth, I don't see myself ordering from them again.


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Very informative review DH, I kind of like the color, but I know that was not what you were expecting. The wonky brim should be fixable, but you shouldn't have to. I think I'll pursue the D'aquino bowler over this brand. Looking forward to the final verdict on your noggin.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Thanks dh, I spent about 30 minutes on it so far. Getting some of the cup out of the front and roughing in the crown. Still need about 15 minutes to smooth it out.


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It looks great. I'm actually surprised at how much I like that hat with a cattlemens crease. You'll get a lot of us thinking with this one.

 

[Desert dog]

Very nice DD! It looks great with that crease. I do love that color, think this would be the ticket for an order from down under.

Thanks Red.

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[deadlyhandsome]

Very informative review DH, I kind of like the color, but I know that was not what you were expecting. The wonky brim should be fixable, but you shouldn't have to. I think I'll pursue the D'aquino bowler over this brand. Looking forward to the final verdict on your noggin.

Thanks Red. It's strange how much more I like the D'aquino even though this Agnoulita is better in most metics: hand, ribbon work, mailability, and the sweat. The Agnoulita has all those better components yet the completed product just isn't as compelling. I'm having Luisa at D'aquino put together another hat for me and I'm offering to pay a surcharge for a better sweat. We'll see how it goes.

I'll keep an eye out for your upcoming bowler.

 

[boze]

Came home to a waiting package. Moon stone Camp Draft.

Wow, terrific job. I'll for sure be trying to approximate that whenever my three month wait CDs arrive from EA.

 

[Desert dog]

Wow, terrific job. I'll for sure be trying to approximate that whenever my three month wait CDs arrive from EA.

Thanks boze, will be looking forward to seeing yours.

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[Rogera]

Came home to a waiting package. Moon stone Camp Draft.

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You nailed that crease, great looking hat!

 

[Desert dog]

You nailed that crease, great looking hat!

Thanks Rogera!

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[RJR]

You nailed that crease, great looking hat!

+1

 

[splintercellsz]

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[ScottF]

I was just admiring Eric's on the other thread. This is another beauty, love this color and that brim look. Very nice Scott.

Thanks all. I had not heard of the 'Vogue'. Found the thread with Eric's hat - what a super-wide brim binding!

 

[steur]

l like the ribbon treatment on this one. The odd lineage is always a good story. Very nice hat.

Mike, thanks. It's growing on me I must say. The brim curve is just right for wearing it brim up like Bob Roberts does/used to do (damn, I miss that guy).

 

[steur]

That is a sharp lid. Great lines and proportions

Roger, thanks! It is a bit more unusual than most other hats I have. I like it!

 

[steur]

Royal De Luxe Stetson Vogue - late 1940's/earl 1950's. Looks like an Open Road with a wide ribbon. I think it was meant to be worn with the brim as shown in the top photo.

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Great looking hat. The brim curve on the first picture is awesome.

 

[steur]

My Agnoulita arrived today.

My first impressions on opening the box were:
1: it's smaller than I was expecting
2. It's a lighter in color than the photos depicted

It's always a bummer when the initial reaction is one of let down.

The brim is a little wonky, but I'm sure I can work out those wrinkles. The felt is surprisingly soft and very pliable. The felt is far superior to the D'aquino I just took delivery of. The ribbon and bow are quite nice. The liner is fine too. Now the sweat; it is shockingly nice. I love how soft and supple this goatskin sweat is. I wish more hats used this quality of sweat. I should back up and also note that the box it shipped in was very nice and reminiscent of days long gone. Strangely, there are no markings on the sweat and no size label either. The hat does seem to fit true to size or maybe just slightly on the small side.

I guess my only reservations are the color and the proportions. I'll work on the brim later and post shots of me wearing it on the What Hat Are You Wearing Today thread. Maybe it will just take some time to adjust to it. I've gotten used to tall crowned hats.

Side-by-side with my D'aquino for perspective:

The color of the hat in the Etsy listing:

One last dig on the company: my experience is in line with everything else I've heard about Agnoulita: they don't reply to your emails. Expect to pay your money, get ignored, and hope for the best. For what it's worth, I don't see myself ordering from them again.


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Pity really. They seem to be doing a lot of things right and I can see how you would be tempted by the listing picture. Thanks for the review.

 

[Redfokker]

Today's arrival is a Cavanagh rolled brim pimp hat from the 1970s or so. I took in this stray from Ebay on BIN just because it said Cavanagh. Actually very nice felt, factory crease and very light. The liner is glued in and the sweat does not have a Cavanagh logo. It probably would have the Registered Trademark (R) which is used post 1972. The chicken feather hat band does appear to be original, well stitched on there. I'll be wearing this one with
pride!
Those stripper feathers should turn some heads.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Today's arrival is a Cavanagh rolled brim pimp hat from the 1970s or so. I took in this stray from Ebay on BIN just because it said Cavanagh. Actually very nice felt, factory crease and very light. The liner is glued in and the sweat does not have a Cavanagh logo. It probably would have the Registered Trademark (R) which is used post 1972. The chicken feather hat band does appear to be original, well stitched on there. I'll be wearing this one with
pride!
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That hat band is all you. Classy. What were people thinking in the '70s?
Nice hat anyway.

 

[65 Classic]

Came home to a waiting package. Moon stone Camp Draft.

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Way to take charge. Giddy-up!!