- Messages
- 19,001
- Location
- Central California
It probably is a Clearwater Hats, hat. It looks like their 'Plantation' ($170) It's a small hat manufacturing co. founded in the late 1980's that specialize in 'historical' hats. They usually use a beaver/rabbit blend & most have that strange sweatband. From what I've seen, they like to use different non-existent hat manufacturer's logos in the linings, prehaps to give the hats a more 'authentically historical' or 'historically authentic' look in a fun way. Damn confusing though.
Thank you for the info. I plan on having $120 into it including the VS rebuild...not a steal, but I think I’ll be happy with it. That sweat is indeed odd, and it will be replaced with a more conventional leather sweat by VS. I’ve been trying to avoid buying cheaper hats and stick to either customs or very nice vintage hats, but sometimes a hat just makes me smile.