Ok, I'v owned my Henry for a while now, so I can submit my own review.
The first thing to say about it is that, to me, the color isn't that right. Looks like way too dark to my eyes
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I know, it's all about the lightening, the distress and so on, but I personally reckon that the Henry should be a little more "sable".
Anyway, let's come to the hat shape. Yes, it indeed has a surprising front taper, but hey, Raiders' hat does have it. BUT the Henry also have a very little (very very very little, let's say) side taper. So you've got to bash it very carefully, to let the taper disappear. And no way you are getting a reverse taper or the light bulb effect. If you have a large round head, expect to fight against side taper. I do have protruding temples and parietal ridges, and I wear long hair, so my henry look a little tapered on my head.
Talking about the bashing, the fact that it comes open crown may be a positive or a negative thing. Positive, because it lets you choose your own style; negative, because bashing a hat is not that easy. The Henry is very responsive, but I have to say that you have to crease and pinch very hard to give it a definite profile. The curves of the side bashes, for example, come out very undefined, and it's hard to make them more visible (considering that, if it's the first time you bash a hat, you could be really scared about pinching too hard, fearing of ruining your hat). And pinching too hard does ruin it a little. It ruins the liner, to be more precise, leaving hard marks on it. In the end, the Henry is very elastic, so prepare to be very firm on bashing it, to be sure it takes the shape you want.
The lining is good, but being plain white it gets dirty very soon. Mine is becoming opaque already. The no logo choice is SA, but I'd suggest to produce a second version of the hat whit the AB logo: the plain liner can look a little dull, if you know what I mean.
Sweatband: thin and soft, but it gets stained very quickly! The part that touches my forehead is already much darker. Hope the golden writing will not go away with time (as it happened for my dear old DP).
And now, a few word about shipping and packaging. I ordered my hat on 23rd of October and it should have arrived after 5-6 weeks according to Marc. I got it December 31st, having it been shipped on 19th. A one-month delay, more or less. Not a great shipping time, for a factory hat. And, as Mighty_Draw said in another topic:
My only complaint with The Henry is when I received it the round piece of cardboard forming a tube the crown is protected in had left an impression on the brim, close to the brim break and seemed as if it was starting to form its own new brim break.
I'd suggest to put some polystyrene between the brim and the round piece of cardboard, to avoid this problem.
Overall: I personally think the Henry has been overrated a little bit. Hands down: it is a great hat and all, but, well, it does have its own little blemishes.
Ok, end of my review. Sorry about being so critic and picky, but it's in my nature!
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