theoldnorthwest
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I am not familiar with Christy's, the only new hats I have ever bought are an Open Road a few years back and then the new Premier Stratoliner last week. The Open Road is ok but I don't want a cattleman's crease and the brim is too wide, but the felt and overall quality on the Open Road I bought about 5 years ago is far superior to the new Stratoliners, I don't know what happened on these. I am a 7 1/2 (60) and while it is not easy finding vintage hats I have quite a few. I just cannot find a vintage Stratoliner in a dark color (dark brown, dark gray), so I was really excited to learn about these new Strats. I probably should have went with the Akubra Campdraft but the brim is rather large on those and I would have had to have it trimmed. Anyways its not that big of a deal, I wanted to see what a new Stetson open crown hat was like and now I know. Unless I hear about some drastic changes in quality I can safely say I will never buy another new Stetson.
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