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[RickP]

Nice hats...BOTH of 'em !!

Reacon I should get a grey one too? lol

 

[Monte]

50X beaver Custum Hufvud. Fits snug but good. It does have a heck of a substantial sweat inside so that probably accounts for the snugness...even though it's a 59.5. It is very soft, reminiscent of vintage felts I've handled. Overall really pleased. Any cons would be not a fulfilling snap to the brim. Hatbox was just a shipping one-off. Very nice hat! Great customer service I should add.

 

[Monte]

Pics.

 

[RickP]

Custom from Kimmo Halme. I wanted some fun details that might not be to everyone's taste, but I love it.
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Different!

 

[RickP]

Mailman delivered another Champ Featherweight today.. My old one is more of an darker olive/ brown felt and olive ribbon... this ones is a lighter actual brown and brown ribbons. ( I was worried that they would turn out to be the same color....I didnt really need duplicates with my limited wall space lol) Now I have two to choose from. Should make a more complementary match some of the shirts.

Was well packaged and in really nice shape but needs just a bit of tickling on the stretcher and some work on a couple wavy brim spots. Im a big fan of the Featherweights

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Little bit of steaming, and this little thing is telling me it wants a center dent instead of a c crown, and it wants to snap down in front and in back.... do that and the brims is perfect. snap up in back and brim is all wonky,,, Swept don brim it is! Ive learned to watch what the hat tells me and be prepared to NOT fight it lol. About 1/2 my hats are center dent anyway... no big deal

 

[rogueclimber]

I Struck The Gold with this "Strike The Gold Again" hat from King's Umbrella Hat Co

Allan was amazing to work with and the hat is stunning and fits like a dream

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[RickP]

The new Featherweight brim behaves decently when its snapped down in front AND back. Centerdent behaves a lot better than trying to do a teardrop. I think im just going to brush some dust off and leave it alone.

 

[Monte]

That looks really natural on you. Way to go with the flow. "The earth has music for those who listen." - Shakespeare.[/QUOTE]

 

[Monte]

This is the “Thundercolt revision” of The Dakota from Agnoulita Hat Company.

To start with; Agnoulita Hats runs a great company and was a pleasure to deal with them. They have an amazing website that shows the hats from multiple angles and gives all the dimensions (I wish other companies did that!). They are upfront about their pricing and delivery schedule and ordering online was easy, plus my hat arrived 2 weeks ahead of time.

The Dakota is what I would call a Western Fedora. It is made from rabbit felt that is more on par with a Fedora weight, than a Western weight, so it’s lighter and more comfortable to wear throughout the day. The felt and hat band colors shown on the website were exactly what I received. I was also kept up-to-date on the location of the hat during the shipping and clearing customs process. The quality of this hat is well above the price I paid and I am quite pleased with my new Agnoulita Hat!

As soon as I received it, I knew I had to start about restyling it to match my character. It came with a Cattleman’s crease and turned up brim, neither fit my style. I added some profile to the sides and dropped down the front of the brim. Then I went to town on that crease, turning it into more of an Arena style crease. Now it looks like MY hat :>)

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Great shaping, and entire outfit looks sharp.

 

[Monte]

Just received my Stetson No. 1 Quality. I took the brush and some steam to it and got it into shape. It came with a cattleman crease and the brim was a little wonky.
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I put in a center crease with some pinches and straightened out the brim a little. I like it much better this way.
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Wow. That looks like a different hat. Amazing what some elbow grease, a brush, and some steam can accomplish!

 

[Boomerang]

I Struck The Gold with this "Strike The Gold Again" hat from King's Umbrella Hat Co

Allan was amazing to work with and the hat is stunning and fits like a dream

"Stunning" is the word. That is my kind of crown! Can't wait to see it in the WHAYWT thread.

 

[Blare]

Mailman delivered another Champ Featherweight today.. My old one is more of an darker olive/ brown felt and olive ribbon... this ones is a lighter actual brown and brown ribbons. ( I was worried that they would turn out to be the same color....I didnt really need duplicates with my limited wall space lol) Now I have two to choose from. Should make a more complementary match some of the shirts.

Was well packaged and in really nice shape but needs just a bit of tickling on the stretcher and some work on a couple wavy brim spots. Im a big fan of the Featherweights

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Nice addition

 

[Thundercolt]

Just received my Stetson No. 1 Quality. I took the brush and some steam to it and got it into shape. It came with a cattleman crease and the brim was a little wonky.
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I put in a center crease with some pinches and straightened out the brim a little. I like it much better this way.
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Nice restyling, looks way better now!

 

[StoryPNW]

Nice restyling, looks way better now!

Thank you!

 

[Pellie]

French Morreton Prestige in color Pecari i think. I also think it's an oldie. It was not in 100% great condition. A few little mothholes and the sweatband is a bit broken. But the quality is good.

 

[TimmyV]

I Struck The Gold with this "Strike The Gold Again" hat from King's Umbrella Hat Co

Allan was amazing to work with and the hat is stunning and fits like a dream

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Very, very nice ! I agree with you sir, Alan does amazing work...looks good on ya too !

 

[rogueclimber]

Very, very nice ! I agree with you sir, Alan does amazing work...looks good on ya too !

Thank you very much. The colours really work as we move into Autumn

 

[wsmontana]

I will need to store this one for three seasons but should be good for next summer. Newspaper clipping behind the sweatband dated 1980.

 

[wsmontana]

Here is a boater given to me by a good friend. It was her Dad’s — he moved to Seattle in 1941 but she isn’t sure of when he purchased the hat. Newspaper clipping behind the sweatband dated 1951.

 

[Edward]

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Montecristi Ecuador Panama Blank
Unfinished Panama Body in Balsa Wood Box
About 5 inch open crown (4 1/2 after shaping)
2 1/2 brim
Unfinished - no sweat or hat band

I remember years ago reading a post by a lounger who had one of these unfinished Panama hat bodies in its balsa wood shipping/storage box and the process of finishing by shaping the hat and installing a sweat and hat band. I assume these type of blanks were intended to sell to tourists and have them finished upon return home. I hadn’t come across one until now… and no risk throwing 5 bucks at this one.

The hat body was crammed into the balsa wood box instead of being rolled properly… probably not a surprise and totally fine with me. I just wanted to have some fun with it and see if I could shape it with steam. With a little bit of work.. I got it into some semblance of a hat shape.

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Then with more steam and time was able to shape it fairly well. I threw on this ribbon I had laying around just to see how it would work. And even managed to run a couple errands with it.

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The weave is not as tight as my finer panamas… but it is certainly a finer than others I have. I’m not good at counting weaves… but I think it may be in the 125 to 150 wsi range as I’m seeing about 12x12 ish. Maybe someone could correct me if I am wrong there.

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It will need a sweat and hat band to complete. But honestly I may just roll it up and return it to its balsa box and keep it as a conversation piece as that is where it’s value is to me… being something different. We shall see.

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Digging through this thread looking for a specific post and I stumbled across this one. My first straw hat, way back in 2007, was one of these. The only photo I can find of it is this:

I remember just wearing it in the manner I had assume was intended: the ribbon there is the black elastic loop that was used to wrap it in the box. The elastic kept it in place - which was once or twice quite handy when a breeze caught the brim.

All these years later, and knowing what I do now, your speculation on the original intent of this as an easily shipped body rather than a finished hat in and of itself makes a lot of sense. As the latter it worked well enough (though I rolled it and wore it hard a lot, and eventually it developed a hole in the pinch), but it would be interesting to see it finished with a band and a ribbon. I shouldn't wonder it would hold up a little better treated as a 'fixed' hat and not rolled.

Love your ribbon, btw - great one for a Dolphins fan (or, in a pinch, St Patrick's Day).