If I hadn't just bought my Sebagos a moth or two ago I'd have gone with these. Oh well I like my Sebagos aplenty, great find though.

If I wasn't in need of a more modern, practical handgun I would be all over this.

Too bad there's nothing for my 13" Macbook. All the ebay ones seem to be for 15".

You want to talk about a nightmare with colors. Try Star Wars. I have an Imperial Officer costume, but I have to wrestle some people to convince them it isn't grey. I look at a couple of shades of tan/brown shirts and say good enough. With officers I've seen pale grey to dark green. I'm somewhere in...

Looking forward to getting my Raiders hat in the near future.

Looking good

It has certain;y helped and gotten me around the web a bit more looking at them. Also I now know I prefer rabbit fur because I live in Florida. Also that Penman vid was really impressive, you know the one. Perhaps that will be the hat I get after I'm out of college. Soon I'll move onto whip research...

I'll lok those up, thanks. I didn't know Penman had those videos, that's good of of them.

Very cool, nice work.

I'm very seriously considering the Explorador as it comes ready to wear out of the box and I've never bashed a hat before.

Well from the two ratings I've got I see the Fed IV deluxe is doing quite well among the list. It isn't much, but shows it's a good hat. I think I'll end up going with a rabbit blended hat after your remark about heat. Florida certainly has plenty of heat.

I actually found it helpful, kinda builds a general consensus. Still need more research before I choose, but now I have even more to chew on. Does anyone have hands on with the Steele and Jones Explorador? I/m curious to see how it compares with the Akubra Deluxe.

I don't think we ever got all the hats rated, just listed. Think we can have it out and organize them? I'm really unsure which hat to go with.

Much appreciated, you certainly are the knower of things. I'll shoot him a pm here as well. sounds like he is a busy guy as well.

I emailed him through the site, but haven't heard anything for some time. The Fedora is the next step for me and if the price reflected in the faq is still close then it may be the one for me. Unless magically the US dollar springs ahead of the Aussie dollar so I can get a FED IV Deluxe. Thanks

Well this thread has been a great resource for my research but I fear it has left me at a bit of a cliffhanger. Being so new I really don't have any say on the ratings of any of these ats really, but I'm trying to soak up as much knowledge as possible. That said I would really like one of Lee Kepple...

I love the Bapty version of the M1917. I'm working on making a rubber version now. Hope to get me a real steel one someday.

Nice looking hat! This is one of the ones I'm considering. I've got quite some reading to do. So many choices for fedoras in many different price ranges. The Swerford is priced friendly, but I'll be looking over every option.