HERITAGE grade Akubra Campdraft in Silver Belly Campaign

[The Wiser Hatter]

The Bash of a Hat is all about personality of the wearer. It is not nor has little to do with "Professional" its your Bash. There are many threads here in the Lounge on how to bash a hat. I understand if you are new to hats that it seems to be something a "Professional" should be doing but it is an easy task and lets you "Own" your hat.

The bash is yours.

 

[jbucklin]

The Bash of a Hat is all about personality of the wearer. It is not nor has little to do with "Professional" its your Bash. There are many threads here in the Lounge on how to bash a hat. I understand if you are new to hats that it seems to be something a "Professional" should be doing but it is an easy task and lets you "Own" your hat.

The bash is yours.

You just sold that idea like Donald Draper!

 

[jkingrph]

I have tried doing a cattlemans crease and just cannot get it looking smooth and tight like the commercially bashed hats.

 

[Edward]

This.

It's not hard to crease a hat! Especially a cattleman's crease.

I can see the point, though, if there was other work to be done - like a new sweat or a complete reblock - and the additional cost was either nil or negilgable.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

I have tried doing a cattlemans crease and just cannot get it looking smooth and tight like the commercially bashed hats.

The commerical ones are done with a hydraulic press and it never comes out.

 

[jlee562]

The commerical ones are done with a hydraulic press and it never comes out.

Right. To each his own, but for myself, I prefer the look of a hand creased hat that doesn't have the sharp lines that a pre-creased hat does.

 

[SGT Rocket]

I would love to be the type of guy who hand creases his hats, but I've actually never tried it. I may do try it on my silberbelly CD Delux.

I'm also thinking about getting a straw open road for the summer. Has anyone ever had one of these?

 

[jlee562]

I would love to be the type of guy who hand creases his hats, but I've actually never tried it. I may do try it on my silberbelly CD Delux.

I'm also thinking about getting a straw open road for the summer. Has anyone ever had one of these?

I have an OR styled Milan, but not with a Cattleman's crease.

 

[Atticus Finch]

Straw Stetson Open Roads are not really straw anymore. They're shantung...which is a paper product of somer kind. But they still look pretty good...if you like a casttleman's crease.

AF

 

[SGT Rocket]

That is SWEET AF! I think I'm going to get the CD Delux in silverbelly and an Open Road Shangtung!

 

[T Rick]

Creasing a hat is simple, even more so if you have steam. The Camp Dradts are very forgiving, not happy, simply start over. If it comes to not being able to get the Cattleman's crease the way you really want it, try visiting a local Western Wear store that shapes hats. They'll probably be happy to help out with what should be a familiar crease for them.

 

[jkingrph]

Straw Stetson Open Roads are not really straw anymore. They're shantung...which is a paper product of somer kind. But they still look pretty good...if you like a casttleman's crease.

AF

Atticus, that looks good. Remindes me of older men when I was growing up. As they say now that I is one, I'll have to get one of those straw Open Roads.


I just got an e mail back from Hat's Direct and they will bash the Campdraft for me as I have bought from them previously and they know the size is correct.

 

[jkingrph]

http://www.cowboyhatinfo.org/shantung_hats.html

A link explaining the origin of shantung!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Here is a Milan OR that Josh sold last year to me it beats the shantung for sure.

 

[SGT Rocket]

http://www.cowboyhatinfo.org/shantung_hats.html

A link explaining the origin of shantung!

Great link, before I read this I just thought Shangtung was straw that was grown in China. Go figure!

Oh, BTW, my mom's side of the family comes from Tyler, Wills Point, and Canton. Parts of my dad's family comes from Paris, Tx.

 

[TipTop]

My email has been sent....

Would you mind telling a Newbie what this is all about?

 

[gtdean48]

Would you mind telling a Newbie what this is all about?

Last year, we emailed Hats Direct in Australia about a special run from Akubra for a Campdraft in Heritage grade.
It is now offered on their website.
That initial post also mentioned how we got a Glen Grey Imperial grade Campdraft run the year before. Hope that clears it up for you & welcome to the Lounge...

 

[SGT Rocket]

I believe I'm going to put my order for the CD Deluxe (Heritage grade) in tomorrow. I don't want them to run out of my size.

 

[Link]

Here is my new Campdraft Deluxe.

I took a couple of pictures with it next to my son's sand Cattleman to show how similar this Silverbelly is to Akubra's sand. In fact, I would almost bet it's the same dye, just a slight difference due to either different lots of dye or maybe the Imperial and Heritage grade felts absorb dye differently or reflect light a little differently. Of course, I'm far from being an expert, but maybe these photos will help someone decide whether this is the color they want or not.

 

[SGT Rocket]

Hi Link,
That is good a good photo for me. I still haven't had the chance to place my order for one. But I will probably do it today. A few posts back, there was a picture of a CD Delux in Silverbelly that looked almost tan or light golden to me. That kind of made me hesitate. I can do a cement or sand color, but I like the idea of a more silver color better.