/fa/ Hats

[Anonymous No.14073114]

What are your favorite styles of hats, /fa/? Feel free to discuss ones you own and wear, but they don't have to be yours only, but also including other hats if you simply like the way they look, or the idea of wearing one rather than in practice.

[Anonymous No.14073152]

I really want to own a wizard hat and somehow pull it off

[Anonymous No.14073385]

I have been wearing a 4X beaver stetson daily for the last week or so. It’s surprisingly comfy, and it keeps the rain and sun off my face which is an obvious yet somehow underrated feature. Nobodys called me a faggot yet, but at this point it wouldn’t stop me. I feel like the goddamn sheriff when I wear that hat.

[Anonymous No.14073387]

>>14073114
the kind of fedora that Hedi Slimane makes are good but only go with his style.

Yohji style hats are cool too but it's for his aesthetic too.

[Anonymous No.14075005]

>>14073385
Keep it up! Don’t let anybody knock you down, keep cool.

>>14073387
Are those fedoras black and the wider brimmed sorts?

[Anonymous No.14075511]

I like to wear a style that looks like this.

[Anonymous No.14075642]

>>14073114
>Be Irish
>Flatcap is pretty much seen as a traditional hat (not really but still)
>Live in the countryside
>Flatcap wearers are old men mostly farmers, men who worked with their hands their entire life and it shows
>Caps are likely several years if not decades old full of holes, stained and worn and more than often second hand
>The rest of their clothes is usually just cheap, practical warm clothes (likely second hand) and a pair of boots
>Move to city
>Flatcap wearers are almost exclusively of the onions variety, you normally see them at feminist and other left wing events
>Caps are in immaculate condition made of tweed from a designer label
>Their clothing is typical hipster shit

I don't care what anyone says I still have alot more respect for the old farmer who hasn't changed his sense of fashion all his life. As opposed to some faggot hipster who wears it as a fashion statement.

[Anonymous No.14075650]

>>14075642
I think there is a yearning in their soul to be real men and productive. I could dismiss that idea as bullshit if not for the fact these feminist girls all wear bastardized 50s fashion.
ie. The fashion of people that would find them physically, morally and spiritually disgusting.

[Anonymous No.14075661]

>>14075642
I own a newsboy cap, and I enjoy wearing mine. However, I find that caps are a bit low-crowned on my tall head, compared to most brimmed hats.

[Anonymous No.14075709]

Stetson Open Road.

[Anonymous No.14075710]

>>14075650
It's a coincidence you should say that because the female counterparts all have the 50s hairstyles. This was especially true for repeal the 8th, a highly disproportionate amount of the feminists marching had those hairstyles with the fringes, in comparison to the rest of the female population. Maybe it's a specific national perspective or its just me overthinking about the two very different wearers. The old, hardworking, rural, conservative, catholic (sometimes protestant), masculine man of Ireland. The new wearer is the young, urban, progressive, atheist, feminine man. Even though the former might wear a cap that is old, torn, ripped, second hand it still gives an aura of respect and admiration. The latter meanwhile comes off as an artificial bastardisation, that ironically represents all that is the reverse of the former.

[Anonymous No.14075814]

>>14075642
try just wearing a hat and not being a faggot
source: old hats and new hats in cities and in the country and not a faggot like you

[Anonymous No.14075820]

When I was a kid I fucking hated wearing hats but as a man in the sun or in the rain a hat is a great comfort.

[Anonymous No.14075990]

>>14073114
I don't wear a hat much any more but if I did I would rock an Akubra. Some of the smaller brimmed hats can fit with heaps of outfits.

My brother rocks similar to pic related. He has long hair and it suits him well.

[Anonymous No.14076205]

>>14075820
Yes, this is true.

>>14075990
I collect and wear Akubras, and I own both wider brimmed and narrower brimmed styles, but there aren't extreme differences in the widths I go for. My narrowest Akubra is a 2.5" tan fedora, their Federation IV model based on classic straight-sided proportions, and I also have a few of their wider 3" or over brim size hats, generally outback proportions. Typical American cowboy hats tend to be a bit wider, and more curled at the sides, it would seem. If one gets a Campdraft or Bushman hat, they could style it very much like the one in this picture. As for smaller brimmed Akubras, they are just as good in quality as the ones I normally prefer. The hat in your picture is nice, and reminds me of the Akubra Bogart and Sydney models of fedora hats, especially the former, due to its wider ribbon width.

[Anonymous No.14076757]

pilbox needs to rise up and become the hat of the 2020's

[Anonymous No.14076870]

I want to buy this hat but never wore one, can someone share their opinion on this?

[Anonymous No.14077915]

>>14076870
That is one of the Dorfman-Pacific officially licensed Indiana Jones hats. While it looks good as a fedora, note that officially licensed means that they are allowed to put Indiana Jones pins on the ribbons of their fedoras. The quality level of these hats is generally not that good, as most of them are, and the hat in your picture is wool, whereas the one in my picture is made of the same material that Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones hats were; rabbit fur felt. Stylistically, while the Akbura Federation IV hat arrives to your house open crowned (bowler shaped on top), you can shape it exactly like any one of the movie hats, whereas the Dorfman-Pacific hat is pre-shaped in an inaccurate style to any of the movies. I would spend a little more money on a rabbit felt hat versus a wool one, personally, as fur felt lasts much longer in better condition, and looks to have a nicer finish on it than wool. Akubra hats can handle rain and snow very well, too, with often no signs of distress from harsh weather.

https://hatsdirect.com/products/federation-iv-open-crown

[Anonymous No.14077948]

There are no hats you can casually wear daily between 20 and 50 years old.
It fucking sucks.

[Anonymous No.14077959]

>>14077915
damn you really know your hats, thanks a lot

[Anonymous No.14077971]

>>14077948

[Anonymous No.14077983]

anyone know any good pointy wizard hats? the only one that looks relatively good is the licensed LOTR one on ebay

[Anonymous No.14077989]

>>14077959
No trouble at all, you're welcome! I have a collection of several different Akubra hats, and while at first I got the wrong size (which fit for the first few times, until it shrank too tight), I sized up from 59 to 60 centimeters (7 1/2 in American sizing), and all my hats fit perfectly now. I recommend that you measure your head with a flexible tape measurer, not too tightly, read an Akubra hat vendor's website for sizing advice, and it might be better to go over one size up, as the interior leather sweatband shrinks slightly, over time. A size 60 for example, is going to feel loose out of the box, but apply the provided foam strips inside the sweatband, wear it for a while, and it will slightly shrink and conform to your head shape.

[Anonymous No.14077995]

>>14077971
That's a boater hat. Boaters could look good with suits, sports jackets and odd trousers, and perhaps a dress shirt and chinos at a more casual level, although the veil going over it in that picture doesn't look right to me.

[Anonymous No.14078000]

>>14077948
move somewhere sunny

[Anonymous No.14078004]

Hey Akubranon, what's the broadest brim style they do with an open crown?

[Anonymous No.14078031]

[Anonymous No.14078041]

>>14078004
Most open crown Akubras sold in America are not wider than around 3 1/4" or 3 1/2", such as the Bushman and the Military Slouch Hat. If you don't mind possibly getting one directly from Australia, some sites have the Akubra Sombrero and Woomera hats, which have around 4" brims or slightly more or less than that, and are sold open crown, based on the pictures I've seen. A more conventional, pre-shaped Akubra that is wide brimmed would be the Territory hat, which I don't have, but I considered getting before. For open crowns, I especially like the Bushman hat, but that may not be as wide as you're planning to get, it would seem.

[Anonymous No.14078043]

[Anonymous No.14078052]

i reshaped the crown of a new hat today and am happy with it

[Anonymous No.14078054]

>>14078041
I have to let you know more about the Sombrero, though. It has a very high crown, and looks like this. I think the crown height is at around 7 inches high, and it has a dimensional 4.6" through 5" inches brim width.

[Anonymous No.14078057]

>>14078054
There are also versions of the Sombrero with a fur looking hat band.

[Anonymous No.14078064]

akubranon, what are some other good hat brands, please?

[Anonymous No.14078068]

This is what Akubra Bushman hats look like. It is apparently the very first hat the company made, in the early 1900s, and the style goes back to the late 19th century, before the company officially named itself Akubra. Mine is shaped like the one on the left, without front dents. Again, the width is only around 3 1/4" inches wide, but it does enough for me, and you could always have the brim bent down for more sun protection, or bent up to have it look the way it started out.

[Anonymous No.14078081]

>>14078064
I like some Stetson hat styles. I posted a Stetson Open Road hat, above, which I enjoy wearing. It pretty much goes with anything. There is also a less cowboy shaped looking version of the hat called a Stratoliner, which is shaped like a fedora, with front dents, rather than a cattleman's crease. I only have a milan straw Stratoliner, and not a felt one. However, I don't have much experience with different brands, other than mainly Akubra, and some Stetson. I like the durable palm straw hats from Sunbody Hats, Texas. I own this style of one from there.

[Anonymous No.14078087]

>>14078064
I will add that there are very good custom hat makers around, too. The one that makes pic-related is especially well-known for this, by hat enthusiasts. Vintage Silhouettes is the maker.

[Anonymous No.14078090]

w2c snufkin hat?

[Anonymous No.14078097]

>>14078090
Probably, you could try to look into searching the web for reproduction medieval felt hats, or maybe a wider brimmed Tyrolean style could look similar to that, if one could be found.

[Anonymous No.14078101]

>>14078097
thanks anon

[Anonymous No.14078174]

>>14078041
Cheers, thought it might be a Woomera. So you are an American? Seems odd to me that you'd be so into Akubras. Sadly Akubra's Western styles are taking over everywhere in Aus, the more traditional styles are withdrawing as everybody seems set on LARPing as Texans. My part of the country seems to be one of the few areas left where people still wear them.

It's a wonder Stetson seem to have exited the Australian market. They had distro here once, I see a lot of old signage in outfitters, now would be the perfect time for them to be active here.

[Anonymous No.14078290]

>>14078174
Yes indeed, I am American! I don't even really live in the countryside, I just like hats, and I have particular uses for them, even relatively broad brimmed. I think the Woomera might be a great choice for a wide brimmed hat, but pictures I see of them have the brim curled, which looks like a feature set in place even with the open crown. I prefer brims to start out flatter, but variety is nice. As for Akubra's western styles, they have a few more typical rodeo looking styles than they did a few years ago, which were just then the Arena and Rough Rider hats, I think. Akubra used to have a license for selling Open Road hats, directly from Stetson itself; this style is now named the Campdraft, and it resembles the older 1940s-1960s Open Roads more than the newer ones by Stetson do, which is why many hat enthusiasts like Campdrafts. As for more traditional styles of Akubras, the most trad of these are the Bushman and Squatter hats, probably their earliest styles, followed by more modern yet still decades' old Cattleman, Snowy River, and Territory styles of hats.

[Anonymous No.14078315]

>>14078290
I've examined the Woomera in store, the brim looks to be easily steamed down. Just with you referencing styles I wasn't aware of I thought there may be others.

I had assumed Stetson to be like the American Akubra, but actually looking at the website ... they are really fucking boring frankly. Limited number of bashes they use, and no open crowns that I saw. Very samey. Their fedoras look nice though.

If I want to pick up a hat when I'm over there what are some other manufacturers to look for?

[Anonymous No.14078352]

If you want a good place to browse fur felt hats that arent outrageously priced and are willing to shop secondhand, check ebay. searching "fur felt hat" will yield a lot of cool results, and many hats listed are in good or mint quality. just a heads up

[Anonymous No.14078492]

>>14078315
I only really have experiences with two major manufacturers, Akubra and Stetson, of which I prefer the quality of Akubra's hats, although Stetsons can be very nice, too. Then, I have experience with a Sunbody palm leaf straw hat, which is very durable, good quality for an inexpensive price. Other than those, I am vaguely aware of some companies from Italy, such as Borsalino and Barbisio, and German/Central European brands such as Hückel and Mayser, all of which are especially popular in America among Orthodox Jews for their almost entirely black hats.

>>14078352
I agree. Great deals, good deals, and especially decent deals are all attainable on eBay. I have bought some hats from various auctions and buy-it-now deals, and vintage hats from before around the 1970s are of better quality in general, compared to most modern manufactured hats, especially the ones made prior to around the 1960s, although many good hats to be found from that decade, as well, but then quality really dropped during the 1970s, by which point very few men were routinely wearing dress hats anymore.

[Anonymous No.14079040]

The original cowboy hat: the Stetson Boss of the Plains style.

[Anonymous No.14079098]

make way for the most based of hats

[Anonymous No.14079110]

hats? for me its hoods