Amon Carter Borsalino; Stetson Shady Oak Farm; Peters Bros Shady Oaks, Bankers Special & Shady Pines

[moontheloon]

As designed by Carter & Peters the original Shady Oak Farm hat was .5” wider on the brim & taller on the crown than an OR. I always assumed that when Carter switched to Washer Bros & Stetson is when that .5” was lost & the hat became based off the OR dimensions.

PS: And keep in mind the OR came out in 1937.

The Open Road that came out in 1937 was a wide ribbon fedora with a raw triple stitch brim.
That hat didn't last long because of all the hats that were similar like the Stetsonian etc.
Then in 1948 they reused the name when the Open Road as we know it was released.