jlee562
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the ribbon on a Campdraft is too wide? Really? That's just about as thin as you can go.
Well, it is just a wee bit wider than that of an Open Road.the ribbon on a Campdraft is too wide? Really? That's just about as thin as you can go.
Well, it is just a wee bit wider than that of an Open Road.
But I don't think I will ever buy a stingy brim, in anything, although I do have one converted cowboy hat, that never looks quite right to me, with the 2.75 brim, so I currently have it rolled up on the brim, like a small cowboy. I have considered cutting it down to a 2.5 inch but I don't know, I am afraid I end up throwing it away, afterward.
This sounds strange, the cd has a crazy thin ribbon.. Any thinner and it would be invisible i think?Yes exactly!! From the side its not to bad, but from the front I feel like the flying nun! I think I would prefer it if the ribbon were not as wide, but I dont want to start cutting the brim and looking for a thinner ribbon. Also the color is really light tan, and not what I have in mind for silverbelly.
I guess I'm not able to post pics yet.
This sounds strange, the cd has a crazy thin ribbon.. Any thinner and it would be invisible i think?
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It doesnt seem to take much in either brim size, crown height or ribbon width to make a big difference to the eye of the beholder! Tom, would you say your Stratoliner is a "scaled down" CD?
Well yes, since a Strat is really a lightweight Open Road with a different brim flange to it. I have a late 1940's Stratoliner with a 2 3/4" brim that is the same dimensions of a same era Open Road. The felt is much lighter & the brim is cupped a great deal more due to the flange.
I guess since the Strat came out in the early 1940's & this configuration of the OR came out in the late 1940's that the Open Road/Campdraft is a "scaled up" Stratoliner....
Sir, if you would not mind clarifying some vocabulary for me I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Hinge, flange and cup are troubling me when I pick up my hat and try to sort out the details.
Flange refers to the "natural snap" hinge point of the front brim? Cup is the design of the brim dimensions that make it curl upwards all around when not "snapped at the flange? I hope others can also be edified by my query. My engineering background is a disadvantage at times as I have been trained to qualify/quantify the fundamentals of a function (like a hat) before working the metrix of a design, like a hat.
Until now, I had not put it together that the Stratoliner and OR were brothers. Little brother and big brother, if you may.
Thanks, Eric -
Has anyone had a chance to examine the "new" Stetson Stratoliner. I was just looking at it at TheFedoraStore.com It doesnt come open crowned, but it looks good to me, and to be able to just order one in my larger size would be great. I would always rather have vintage, but Stratoliners seem rare, especially in a larger size.
I fear I should have gotten one of these instead of the CD, but live and learn.