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None of the top 10 are hats I have or would have.
Anyone knows what is a Casual Hat? What is buckram band? And what is crown height?
http://www.everythingaustralian.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=1023
Thanks
Here's David Morgan's description of it and BTW, he's got 'em on sale but only in one color.
http://www.davidmorgan.com/product_info.php?products_id=1060
Got a good true color shot of my Acorn Fawn Stylemaster I got from David Morgan back in March.
None of the top 10 are hats I have or would have.
None of the top 10 are hats I have or would have.
The difference between the Australian market and the U.S. market. Well, they use hats for different purposes in Australia. I like to see local variations on styles. Otherwise everybody would wear the same thing all over the world.
Can you not just order direct from Oz? I'm in the UK and my hat arrived in a couple of weeks from ordering it. Great customer service too
Take a look at their selection of Squatters while you are there if they carry them. They are another open crown Akubra made from the same Imperial grade felt as the Stylemaster and Sydney. Enjoy your vacation and let us see what ya getThe only Australian sources that I've found that carry the mid-brown Stylemaster also have a 3 month wait - which is about when John Helmer will have them in stock in the US.
Since I'll be on vacation near a store that does sell some Akubras (but not the Stylemaster), I think I'll get another Akubra while waiting for my Stylemaster to arrive. This store carries mostly the Outback hats - plus the Sydney. At least I'll get to try on what I'm buying this way.
After all the advice I've gotten here regarding the Stylemaster, I hoped to order the mid-brown. Unfortunately, my size in mid-brown Stylemaster won't be in country until October. Actually, I really couldn't wear it in Cleveland in the summer, anyway. So I'll wait until the fall.
For those of you who own the Sydney and any other Akubras - is the felt on the Sydney noticeably lighter than your other Akubras? How well does the Sydney hold a bash?
I own a Sydney and 2 other Imperial style Akubras. Sydney's felt is thinner (about twice as thin), lighter in weight, but still dense enough to keep rain away. It's very soft and it has a better sweatband. As far as the bash goes, I have it in pork-pie, that seems to hold the best. I had center crease with front or side dents before, but it kept losing it's bash after each wear, so I got tired of it and re-bashed it to pork-pie and that is holding well. BTW, in US it's available in two colors - black (charcoal) and mid-dark brown (heritage fawn).