New Agnoulita Templar fedora
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:20 am
I thought this might be of interest for some as there is only one thread about Agnoulita hats in our forum here.
As I am still anticipating my HJ Destiny poet, the urge to get another hat got stronger and stronger. After a while Agnoulita caught my eye, even though there is not much information available or even proper pictures.
Before that I was thinking about getting a new Christy´s as I liked them over ten years ago quite a bit. But I wasn´t so fond of their new pricing, so Agnoulita, being in the same range and inside the EU, became more and more interesting.
After some thinking I went ahead and ordered it in dark brown rabbit felt, chocolate brown ribbon and a 2 3/4 brim. After 5 weeks it arrived safely from Greece and I had quite a pleasant surprise inside this nice creme white hat box.
To me it looks like it has quite a nice block shape which easily gives you that big crown look with a nice bit of reverse taper. On their product page they call it the Explorer crown design which appears to be the same for all their Indy offerings like the Raider or Voyager (YIJC). I think it is not 100% accurate to any movie but the overall shape is very pleasing with the reverse tapered sides and its pronounced and rounded humps. Maybe even slightly exaggerated
I worked on the bash a bit and settled for a mix of LC and CS which I think fits this hat quite good.
The felt is on the thicker side, compared to my Penman, Fed IV and AB Henry but it has a nice rugged feel for rabbit. The overall finish is okay, it is definitely not as smooth and nice as my Penman or even the Henry but it is not unlike the Fed IV.
They forgot the dimensional cut I asked for so I had to do that myself later on (I went with roughly 2.6125" on the sides). To their defense, you can´t chose that in their customization menu and I asked for that via email a bit later.
The sweatband has a nice softness and thickness to it that makes it comfortable to wear. The fit was also good but just in case it also came with a couple of cork spacers, which I thought was a nice touch, just like the little canvas bag that was included. I guess it is meant to further save the hat during transport or storage. You can choose the stiffness for the brim and crown and I went with moderate with both. While the crown is pretty soft, the brim almost reminded me of a cowboy hat when I got it. Needless to say, it softens up quite well.
Overall I am happy with it and look forward having fun with this hat. Here a some pictures with the hat dirtied up a bit and a dimensional cut brim. 
As I am still anticipating my HJ Destiny poet, the urge to get another hat got stronger and stronger. After a while Agnoulita caught my eye, even though there is not much information available or even proper pictures.
Before that I was thinking about getting a new Christy´s as I liked them over ten years ago quite a bit. But I wasn´t so fond of their new pricing, so Agnoulita, being in the same range and inside the EU, became more and more interesting.
After some thinking I went ahead and ordered it in dark brown rabbit felt, chocolate brown ribbon and a 2 3/4 brim. After 5 weeks it arrived safely from Greece and I had quite a pleasant surprise inside this nice creme white hat box.
To me it looks like it has quite a nice block shape which easily gives you that big crown look with a nice bit of reverse taper. On their product page they call it the Explorer crown design which appears to be the same for all their Indy offerings like the Raider or Voyager (YIJC). I think it is not 100% accurate to any movie but the overall shape is very pleasing with the reverse tapered sides and its pronounced and rounded humps. Maybe even slightly exaggerated
I worked on the bash a bit and settled for a mix of LC and CS which I think fits this hat quite good.
The felt is on the thicker side, compared to my Penman, Fed IV and AB Henry but it has a nice rugged feel for rabbit. The overall finish is okay, it is definitely not as smooth and nice as my Penman or even the Henry but it is not unlike the Fed IV.
They forgot the dimensional cut I asked for so I had to do that myself later on (I went with roughly 2.6125" on the sides). To their defense, you can´t chose that in their customization menu and I asked for that via email a bit later.
The sweatband has a nice softness and thickness to it that makes it comfortable to wear. The fit was also good but just in case it also came with a couple of cork spacers, which I thought was a nice touch, just like the little canvas bag that was included. I guess it is meant to further save the hat during transport or storage. You can choose the stiffness for the brim and crown and I went with moderate with both. While the crown is pretty soft, the brim almost reminded me of a cowboy hat when I got it. Needless to say, it softens up quite well.
Overall I am happy with it and look forward having fun with this hat.
Here a some pictures with the hat dirtied up a bit and a dimensional cut brim. 
