The Gentleman Mason » Capricorn http://thegentlemanmason.com Dress - Etiquette - The Good Life Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:53:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 And that is why I use Hats Direct… http://thegentlemanmason.com/2010/07/07/and-that-is-why-i-use-hats-direct/ http://thegentlemanmason.com/2010/07/07/and-that-is-why-i-use-hats-direct/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:40:54 +0000 Jeff Naylor http://thegentlemanmason.com/?p=246 Those two hats I ordered in the previous post?

I ordered them on 7/4, and I received them today, 7/7.

From Australia.

As I said, I’ve never heard of anyone getting better service from one of the American Akubra retailers.  I can’t recommend either Hats Direct or Everything Australian highly enough for your Akubras.

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More to the point, I have a rather large gap in my hat collection, namely a dark gray fedora.  I have a light gray that I had my friend Art Fawcett make up for me a couple of years ago, and a couple of brown ones, but nothing in a darker, more formal gray.

Akubra Capricorn in Grey

Akubra Stylemaster in Carbon Grey

I like my Akubra Stylemaster in fawn quite a lot, in a size 59 it fits perfectly and I think it’s just about the perfect size and shape for my head, so I’ve ordered a stablemate for it in Akubra’s “Carbon Grey” color.  Hopefully it’s not too dark, but we’ll find out in a couple of weeks when I get a box from Hats Direct in Katoomba, Australia.  Sounds like a long way to go for a hat, but Hats Direct is one of the outstanding internet retailers, I’ve had really good luck with them, as I also have with Everything Australian.  There are a few American retailers, but I’ve never heard of anyone getting an Akubra any faster from them than from the Australian sellers.  While I was at it and paying for the shipping from Down Under, I also picked up a grey Akubra Capricorn to go with my tan.  They’re inexpensive and bulletproof substitutes for a proper Panama.

Akubra is an inexpensive and outstanding everyday hat, highly recommended, as are either of the retailers I mentioned.

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