What do you think of this boot: http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=349552 Though certainly not screen accurate I think it's a great looking boot. churchman73 The Alden, the Chippewa and half boots of the type are ALL copies of the continental European halbschuh. The Haferl Richard is the pr...

Off the shelf hat makers don't bother, and that's why custom is the way to go for head gear for this buyer. At least 9 times out of 10, that's the way I go now. Regards! Michaelson For most people an off the shelf hat will do as long as they fit the standard hat size. For people between sizes, the ...

If you're a standard 'round', it's going to be a lot closer to fitting than what I experience, as any deviation from my actual head measurement seems to be worse when I try to put it on my head shape, as it's forcing a round shaped hat into an oval. Looks nice, but VERY uncomfortable! At least to m...

When I bought an HJ last year from Todd, I ordered the 58, since I wear a 7 1/4 hat in most brands. The hat ran small. It fit me like a 7 1/8. So, use your head measurement whenever possible. What would really save a lot of work and exchanges is having a uniform size across hat brands. The Euro siz...

. If you tell him your head size is, say, 22 3/4 inches around the area you were your hat, then he checks the measurement of his blocks, and finds one that's exactly that measurement. No guesswork involved. I know my hat size cold. I also know the European sizing is 58 cm. My jacket's usually large...

I understand the hard part is the waiting, regardless of what you are waiting for. Much of this is a cultural thing, today, 2006. We are the instant gratification generation. The emphasis is on speed. Every road that leads to my town is dotted with fast food joints. We have express lines in the gro...

how do the sizes of these boots run? Are they close to normal shoes, bigger/smaller? Very nice looking, bet they'd wear a long time. Haferls run one size smaller than the American - UK sizing. They are narrow like the feet of chamois found in the German Allgau that inspired Franz Schratt to first m...

:shock: ......Ummmmm...... :-k .......Tilley is a Canadian company and all of their other hats are made in Canada. Why would they make this one hat in the USA? I guess they couldn't find a Canadian hat-maker that would make a quality fur felt hat for them. So they found one in the Bollman Company i...

;0 I don't get to post that smilie very often. :wink: Regards! Michaelson An informative ad on the new Tilley Fedora. This is NOT a classic dress hat. Its more of an adventure hat like the Akubra. But travel hats is what Tilley is known for around the world. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/A...

Michaelson wrote:;0

I don't get to post that smilie very often.

Regards! Michaelson

At the moment, I don't have a pic of me. But it does look good on Alex Tilley:



Its a100% fur felt USA made fedora.

I received the Tilley Fedora this afternoon and it fits snugly and comfortable. It looks well made and really can't be beat for the price. Plus, its made in the USA, something one can say of few apparel these days. Tilley is already known for its other hats that have made it world famous and they do...

Yeah, and he posted that 1½ years ago. That was then this is now. It says something that Tilley has brought it back. They could have looked for a Far Eastern firm to make their new hats. Its been awhile since I've seen a fedora made in the USA. I've ordered one and Tilley DOES offer a lifetime guar...

I was talking about the hats in local shops in general, not specifically Borsalinos. The decline in hat quality is due to the lack of market demand for well-made hats. Before the 1960s, both men and women wore hats. Today, fedoras are primarily worn by people in a niche market, like Hassidic Jews. ...

It's the same story with Stetson and HJ (and, as far as I understand, most of the other surviving classic hat brands) - they used to make outstanding hats. But now they sell mass produced dress hats that are only mere shadows of the hats the companies used to make. Luckily there are still hatters, ...

My wool fedora is a Tilly. It was a dark chocolate brown when I got it (it still is on the underside of the brim and under the hatband), but it turned a cinnamon colour over years of daily wear. They don't appear to offer them anymore. Tilley reintroduced the fedora this year. Its USA-made of fur f...

Who told you that? The sales clerk at Borsalino?! Boy, my stomach hurts from laughting!!! For a nearly 150 year old Italian company in this business, one should expect nothing but the best. It's not even TWO months since I visited the store together with my wife and Erri in Florence to see their ab...

Any chance of seeing one of these hats in brown? -John Borsalino is generally considered to be the finest hat in the world... Italian felt fur and no other make comes close. The Borsalino black fedora was made famous by the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Its the favored hat won by Ha...

Those are some nice looking boots. The only thing I don't like about them is the wide spread of the laces. I like a tight closure, myself. Good find, though I don't know if I'd call them "cheap". :-k Kind regards, Magnoli I can imagine Indy would have worn a Haferl Richard. Its a kind of ...