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Mr Godfrey, I think those are excellent hats. I debated between the Safari and the Riverina, and went with the Riverina because of the fantastic deal at Outback Outlet. This is my third Akubra, and they are all great hats.Mr. Godfrey said:Hello Chaps,
I have bought a Akubra Safari hat, "Styled like the safari hats of old but with a modern flair" It's my first felt hat and I am really pleased with it
Took three months of waiting for it to arrive but I have brought it along to Indonesia with me to shade me from the sun. Or rain! (Out here working)
It needs to have a bit of a bashing to make it more of an adventures hat and I am working on it. I lost the hat feather on some aircraft flying around here.
I have also just got a chin strap from Perth to sew into it, the hat's the next size up rather than a tight fit (odd head shape). The chin strap would help with the windy weather.
So I have two questions?
1) Have any of you experiance on this style of hat and is it any good?
2) Is the chin starp a good idea or have you had bad examples of one?
Before I sew it in.
Regards
Mr. Godfrey
The chin strap can be very handy. I use the one on my Akubra bush hat quite a bit around here, where it can get very windy. It's not necessary to have it cinced down tightly to be effective, and sure beats chasing my hat down. There are a couple ways to attach a chin strap, depending on if you want it to be removable or not. Here's one method for Akubras from the David Morgan site. This tutorial is for use with their Australian bush hat issue chinstrap:
http://www.davidmorgan.com/chinstrap.html?keywords=attach a chin strap&
You can also use the method for the stampede string, which uses a cotter pin. THat's a new method to me, and I don't have any experience with them, but you can read a little about them in the "Trip to Egypt in April 2008 - Felt or straw?" thread in the Hats forum. Some folks there recommend them as an easy solution to putting on a chin strap.
Hope that's helpful! Incidentally, where are the pics of this Safari?! Looking forward to seeing the hat itself, with or without the chinstrap!
Ah, Camp Perry! I have many memories of that place, particularly trying to shoot for score with the wind coming right off Lake Erie at about 25 knots. Talk about windage adjustments! (Still shot expert, mind you, just had to work harder at it!)Yorker said:I don't know when the official transition to the Montana peak was? ~1910 the old style was still in use at Canp Perry:
Thos epics look great! Can you post slightly larger ones or links to larger ones? I'd like to see the detail. I'm not sure whent he changeover occurred, but I'd be willing to bet that there was a period of a couple years when either could be worn. Are these guys Guard or Reserves? If so, they may have retained the older style campaign hat a little longer than active units, too.