Look at the HST
The limited edition HST at vintage silhouettes has a 5-3/4 crown with a really nice c-crown shape and beautifully subtle tight creases at the top front. I love it, but it's too tall for me - so, now I'm pondering a custom version matched to my big cocoanut, but what color to...
Sydney
A different source for the Akubra Sydney is noggintops, on sale for 98 bucks, and there's a coupon code (SWEET20) that brings the price down to 78 bucks (good until Feb 15). I'd buy one but it looks too much like the Chrystie's Trilby my wife bought me at significant expense 20 yrs ago...
Love that
I can't help with any info, but I love that hat, it really speaks to me, the color, the crease, the brim edge ribbon, everything. Plus the initials in the sweatband are "GJ" so I guess you wound up with George Jetson's old Stetson. Lucky dog...
Aluminum block shape?
Can I ask where you got an adjustable aluminum block? That sounds very interesting - is it an open crown / dome shape? I've stretched a hatband out on an old hat of mine - now I think I need a block to un-taper the crown and basically make it look right.
New guy weighing in---
Hi guys, new member here. I've been following the Akubra Sydney posts for a few days, as this is the hat I didn't buy for myself recently. This is mostly because it looks so much like the Chrystie's hat my wife bought me back in 1986 (now a little small), and I don't...
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