Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting Herbert Johnson while I’m vacationing in Europe for the next 2 weeks. I’ve been very excited to visit their store and to see their Raiders poet in person.
The store is very small, but they had many hats to see including Last Crusade models in rabbit, Raiders in beaver and One clipper. We discovered my size was 59 and luckily they had one 59 Beaver Poet in stock which was exactly the hat I would have custom ordered. There is something so nice about being able to try on a hat first before buying it, especially one this pricey. I purchased it and had it shipped directly back home so I wouldn’t haven’t to lug it around Europe for 2 weeks. Also avoids UK sales tax that way.
I will post a full review once I have worn it a few times but I had a very positive impression of the quality, specs and craftsmanship, not to mention to the very friendly and helpful staff. The hat fit me perfectly and I think even looks better on me than my other hats. Maybe it’s because it doesn’t have the Raiders turn. Not sure. But it looks great. I will tweak the bash and dial it in later but so far I do recommend it to anyone who has been on the fence.
Anyway here are some photos, enjoy! And thank you Herbert Johnson!
-Clipper
(I’ll clean up the photos later. Best I can do on mobile)
