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  1. JackieMatra

    Oilcloth Safari hat. Have I picked the right hat?

    Waterproof? No way. Not mine, at least. First drop of water immediately goes right through it. Now, there's a leather version of that same hat. Oil that one, and it really is waterproof.
  2. JackieMatra

    Akubra hat like the Squatter but with wider brim

    There's at least one thread somewhere on this forum with rather explicit instructions and photographs of how to make a hatband with a bow. I would think that most any competent tailor or seamstress should be able to do this. Sewing on a length of ribbon to make a bound brim edge should be even...
  3. JackieMatra

    Akubra hat like the Squatter but with wider brim

    Sold only in the U.S.A., Australian-made Akubra Adventurer (different hat from Australian-sold Akubra Adventurer). Considerably lighter weight and softer felt than any other Akubra that I own, including three Squatters, two Bushmen and a Sydney. 5-5/8" open crown 3-1/8" x 2-3/4" raw edge unbound...
  4. JackieMatra

    Oilcloth Safari hat. Have I picked the right hat?

    From one Free Stater to another. Oilcloth is way too hot to wear during our usual summers. If it doesn't let water through it doesn't let much air through either. Sunbody hats are relatively very heavy and their cotton sweatbands get soaked with sweat in practically no time at all. Akubra hemps...
  5. JackieMatra

    Akubra hat like the Squatter but with wider brim

    The Territory and Riverina both have 102 mm brims, which are quite a lot wider than your preferred 83 mm brim width. I have a Territory, and it is one really thick and stiff hat, nothing at all like any of my three Squatters. I have heard tell that the Riverina is made of the same sort of felt...
  7. JackieMatra

    Akubra hat like the Squatter but with wider brim

    So why won't it do? Too narrow a ribbon? You can always replace it, or put a pugaree over it, as I did, so that you can always easily go back to the original ribbon.
  8. JackieMatra

    Akubra hat like the Squatter but with wider brim

    Akubra Bushman - available only from U.S. A. sellers. Not sold in Australia. It's just as tall as an Akubra Squatter, but it has an 83mm wide brim, and it's made by Akubra. 5-1/2" tall open crown 3-1/4" wide bound brim Nullabor Tan or Moonstone...
  9. JackieMatra

    Looking for a lightweight but stiff summer fedora

    Isn't the stuff just water with some corn starch in it?
  10. JackieMatra

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    Akubra Coober Pedy, Santone Fawn Akubra Cattleman, Sand Both shipped today from Everything Australian (with no waiting period!), and should arrive by the end of the week.
  11. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    All that you need to do to re-shape this hat into one with an upswept rear brim is to wet it. That's what I did, and it's holding its new shape just fine.
  13. JackieMatra

    ever order from Village Hat Shop?

    I've purchased a fair number of items from them over a number of years. Never any problems. Everything that they listed as being in stock on their website, always was. Everything was just as pictured and described, and everything arrived at the other end of the continent within a week.
  14. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    The Akubra Range hat has a raw edge brim that it should possible to cut down to a smaller size.
  15. JackieMatra

    Anyone know anything about this hatmaker Daquino?

    Hat Dandy, Thanks for the photographs and your review. I am hoping that you can supply one more bit of information that I find to be extremely important to know about a hat, but which nearly no one will ever supply. Perhaps you might? What is the weight of this hat?
  16. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    I have one of these "treated to be water and stain resistant with pinch and hatband protector" panamas. I went for a pleasant little stroll, nearly all downhill, through the District of Columbia, from the Free State line, down to the Potomac, on a nice cool but sunny 95 degree summer day while...
  17. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    Some drawbacks to expensive straw hats are: a.They will fail to impress most anyone since hardly anyone is knowledgeable enough to appreciate them. b.Even if someone is knowledgeable enough to appreciate a fine panama hat, they still have to get close enough to get a good look at it. c.You can...
  19. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    As I recall, as of last year, all of Panama Hat Co. of St. Augustine's hats were "treated" to be water and stain resistant and additionally had "pinch protectors" to make them all the hotter and less comfortable. Okay for sitting in the shade or air-conditioning. Not so good for actually doing...
  20. JackieMatra

    "Torrid Zone" - The Ultimate Panama Hat Movie

    The ultimate panama, and other hot weather, hat movie has got to be Warner Brothers "Torrid Zone" from 1940, expertly directed by William Keighley, with a truly stellar superstar cast of James Cagney (with a mustache) and Pat O'Brien (at their fast-talking, wise-cracking best), together with Ann...
  21. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    I've never had any such problem with any PanamaHatsDirect hats, or any other hats, panama or otherwise, myself.
  22. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    Ginseng, "PanamaHatsDirect and PanamaHatMall have decent Cuenca hats at decent prices, but they come with cotton sweatbands and there's the problem of the hats not necessarily being as described or pictured." The first PanamaHatsDirect "Havana" Cuenca hat that I bought was just as pictured and...
  23. JackieMatra

    Recommend a Panama ...

    $150 for the Tesis, and everything else mentioned should be under $60, disregarding shipping costs, as per Ginseng's requested price range. For "better quality" panamas at "better quality" prices, check out the Panama Hat thread, or send several thousand dollars, or more, to Brent Black. ;)
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