Gobi
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I've always wanted something in that bran color buy it's pretty much the color any tanish Akubra will turn after a couple years of sun. They bleach fairly quickly in the summer sun.
The differences that I've noticed between the BM and the Cattleman are that the brim is larger on the BM, the bash, and the BM is lined. I don't know about the crown height. I prefer more of a center dent over the teardrop crease. I would almost actually prefer a full telescope crease over a teardrop.Well if I could afford both lids there would be my excuse for getting both, lol. They are both similar yet different hats, both good quality and everyday usable hats.
Blue Mountains is center crease and the Cattleman a tear drop, I'd go hot weather work hat the Cattleman Bran colour and then back it up with the Bluegrasss Blue Mountains for warm weather work 'n play, lil dressier all rounder.
Looking at the Bluegrass colour, I really, really do like it. Well if I didn't talk you into both I think I just convinced myself I need a new lid in Bluegrass lol. Damn it!
I'm really second guessing the bran. It's a color I really want, but the amount of dirt that it will be taking on may be more than I feel like keeping up with.I've always wanted something in that bran color buy it's pretty much the color any tanish Akubra will turn after a couple years of sun. They bleach fairly quickly in the summer sun.
I have a heritage fawn Lightning Ridge (exclusive to DM) that fits between taupe and regency imo.another vote for hatsdirect.com. They are great. Shipping super fast if you choose the expedited version and only costs like an extra $7 or 8 more IIRC.
They're about to get a new style (well new to their site) called the Avalon. You can see on Akubras main site. And that has a really cool color called Tempest. More blue tone than the bluegrass green. I got one on hold for when they come in. More of a soft felt, sloppier brim style.
But I too want to get something in Bran. Was hoping I could do Snowy River, but they only have Sand which I think will be too light. I like the Cattleman (I have one in Santone), but I prefer the natural edge of the Snowy River for more unpolished look. I messed with my brim to give it a more broken in feel, but I think with the Cattleman, that rim will keep it too tidy for my liking.
I posted this on another thread, and I maybe recall seeing here previously on one of the many pages, but if anyone can do a side by side of the various Fawn colors, I'm sure that would be of great help to many of us. I've got Acorn, Regency, and Tawny. Was wondering where Taupe fits in the scale. I don't think it's as light as I want, so I think Bran is the way to go. I also heard Silverbelly is more light tan than "silver" per se. So anecdotally from what I'm able to piece together seems like:
Order of light to dark:
Sand
Silver Belly
Bran
Tawny
Acorn
Regency
Santone fits in their somewhere but has green hue, so didn't want to mess up the scale. Probably around the Tawny depth range, maybe slightly darker.
Good suggestion, Royce, thank you. Is this information posted somewhere (I'm interested in which specific ones are being discontinued), or did you find this out iin a conversation? Being a size 62, my hats usually have to be custom ordered anyway, so I'm probably out of luck already.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Wlell that's more depressing news. I'd love a Campdraft deluxe in cedar brown but I just can't spend $$ on another hat right now. Dang it!
Good suggestion, Royce, thank you. Is this information posted somewhere (I'm interested in which specific ones are being discontinued), or did you find this out iin a conversation? Being a size 62, my hats usually have to be custom ordered anyway, so I'm probably out of luck already.
Thanks for the heads-up!
They had the Campdraft Deluxe in Cedar Brown. I just placed my order for a size 62.
Thanks, Brent. I saw that too, and I'm sorely tempted, but I have a brown RM Williams Akubra that I like a lot which is almost identical to this hat. That's an awful good price on the Heritage grade, though... I'm trying to decide if the felt upgrade is worth the price, since they won't be making any more.
That is surprising, but it might be only a temporary production stop because they aren't selling a lot of Squatters at the moment and need to focus on making more of the hats that are selling and keeping the lights on. If I'm right, the Plainsman and Stockman are more surprising to me because they're "work" hats with wide(ish) brims, but I suppose Akubra has enough hats with wide brims to go around....I’m stunned they’ve discontinued the Squatter. That’s the original Akubra.
With the demise of some models, I went through my few Akubras and for the first time noticed that the Bushman from David Morgan in Nullarbor Tan is exactly the same color as my Campdraft in Taupe Fawn. I guess I just never had them side by side before.
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