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I wear fur felt all year long. Always have.
Just thought that I would add my two cents. I live in northern Europe where the warmest temperature is about 90 to 95F. I was visiting family in Texas and brought along a silver belly 30x Stetson. The toughest temperatures were around 110F in San Antonio. The fur felt worked really well. I am going to try a straw, but to be honest the fur felt worked so well I would not hesitate to use it again. That said the hat does get some character from all the use.
110 degrees in a 30X Stetson, and you didn't overheat?? You're one tough customer. I can't even walk my dog for a few miles wearing a well-ventilated straw without sweat rolling down my face, and it's not all that humid where i live, AND I'm talking 80 degrees or so, max. Oh, and I'm 6'3", 198 lbs., and in shape.
Maybe the key is a low activity level while making shade?
Please tell me you guys are not whining about 80 degree weather!!!
I wear fur felt all year long. Always have.
That would be like wearing an oven on your head down here, We have now had 32 days of over 100 degree temps, and mid week is forecast to be 103-106.
My non ventilated straws are too warm, whatever I wear needs to be ventilated,
Maybe I've just never had a good straw hat. They seem scratchy, and the poly ones and poly-coated ones seem heavy. I'm in Georgia, and I can wear a vented, unlined felt hat outside. i can't work in it such as yard work, but I can walk around in it. For working, I wear a well-used Tilley, which I douse regularly with cool water, and then machine wash it when I'm done.
Hi
I have three of these:
http://www.sunbody.com/
I let one of them dry out and now it's trash, but I soak the other two at least once a month in the summer. You have to wear them dry, or the shrink a little. My local hatter did the shaping of mine. I have one fedora and one more western styled hat. Both have custom ribbon jobs, so my total cost was about $70 a piece.
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