Club Obi Wan

Apart from the dreadful DP waxed cotton fedora does anyone here know a maker of more 40's / Indy proportioned fedoras in waxed [or unwaxed] cotton?

I have a question... is there a reason, beyond it being a dorfman, that you want a specifically non-dorfman waxed cotton hat?

Yes, I'm looking for a summer hat that will keep off the occasional British downpour but still breath. The Dorfman doesn't have the tall crown with untapered sides of a good 40's style hat. If the crown of the hat has no air space round one's scalp it's not much good for avoiding sunstroke. I've had 'modern style' [read 'stingey on fabric'] waxed cotton hats before that were so close fitting that the wax actually melted from my body heat.

enigmata_wood wrote:Yes, I'm looking for a summer hat that will keep off the occasional British downpour but still breath. The Dorfman doesn't have the tall crown with untapered sides of a good 40's style hat. If the crown of the hat has no air space round one's scalp it's not much good for avoiding sunstroke. I've had 'modern style' [read 'stingey on fabric'] waxed cotton hats before that were so close fitting that the wax actually melted from my body heat.

Bailey "Wind River" Sportsman's model. 2 7/8" brim w/ a 4 1/2" c-crown.

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Ta, I'll look them up

You might also check Tilley hats.............they have 2 new waxed hats, in the T4 and T5 styles..............these hats have dimensional brims................