A (Nearly) Complete Guide to Men's Hats

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[@RoadToHeritage]

Yay more content! And good content! Nice work as always 😊

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thank you very much!

[@machoprotegido5607]

Wow the well dressed head caps are incredible. The shape and width are on point!

[@almostvintagestyle]

Yeah they are extremely well designed and made

[@vancanjeje]

i love the content! it would be great if you could do a video on which type of hats look best on which style of leather jacket

[@almostvintagestyle]

That's at least partly personal preference, but I could do some sort of guide

[@SD-th6jv]

Please make more hat videos! I would like to see the flat caps too.

[@almostvintagestyle]

Will do! I definitely want to talk more about hats

[@adamkreuz9068]

I made the mistake of getting a merino wool hat. One slight rain and it was ruined. Just got my first Akubra

[@guylewis7418]

For the money, you can’t beat an Akubra.

[@bolandjd]

Truth@@guylewis7418

[@almostvintagestyle]

Yeah thats a real shame, but I've heard good things about Akubra!

[@marlinspike1235]

Thank for a good video again. Thomas Farthing in London is making exellent newsboy/bakerboy hats. I have several of them and they are awesome.

[@almostvintagestyle]

Yes those look quite nice

[@elmarwaldvogel3383]

Cool, thanks for this overview!

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thank you!!

[@belipe_belipe_belipe]

i hope you will still read this, even 4 months later... i love the troy caps but cant find the brand on the internet. might not finding it because im in the eu and every countries search engine functions a different way, but could you please link me their website or write down the exact brand name?🙌🏼

[@Marc_Sola]

Thinking I might try the poten Japanese baseball hat on self edge. Unsure if I should get the linen/cotton or the straight cotton. Have very hot humid summers but cotton has more color options

[@almostvintagestyle]

I think either should work, but a linen blend would likely be more breathable

[@vintagefeatherr]

Great video, as always 😊💕

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thank you😁😁

[@nathancreel8547]

Super helpful. I have the pure beaver Stetson, but it doesn’t fit perfectly. Would love to see more on fedora about styles, weights, colors of felt. There is so much to choose from, and going straight to a wellema or optimo. Choosing a color, style, crown shape, brim, band on a hat you’ve never seen with limited knowledge about hats is intimidating.

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thanks! I definitely want to talk more about fedoras in particular

[@bolandjd]

Great video Jake. I agree with you on Stetson. I’m pretty happy with my Gun Club. But I tell you what, Akubra hats are even better and cheaper too. Very good quality Australian rabbit fur. The Akubra Campdraft is a Western-style fedora similar to your Wellema, obviously not custom or beaver though. IMHO, they are about the best

[@almostvintagestyle]

Good to know. I should look into them more

[@kennethgates5790]

For work I generally wear baseball caps and on the weekends it’s usually a flat cap it is the style I get the most compliments on . Fedora and anything with much of a brim are too big in scale for my build and height. Least favorite hat type is watch cap or knit caps with my 1/8” inch buzz cut they are very uncomfortable.

[@almostvintagestyle]

Nice! It's all about what makes you most comfortable and fits your style/preferences

[@jr-zo9gi]

Great video, as usual. But you have to tell me, what jacket is that you’re wearing?

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thanks! It's a vintage 1940s Windward jacket!

[@davidcallan7844]

Where I’m from beanies are toques, and brand for dollar I’m gonna say Akubra is my favourite hands down.

[@almostvintagestyle]

Yeah I'm hearing great things about Akubra

[@davidcallan7844]

@@almostvintagestyle They are my favourite brand. Australian Hare Fur, great in all conditions. Western durability with dress style. I have three Campdrafts, 1 Homburg. 1 Squatter open crown. I also have a MaGill Jackson, Stetson Open Road and Stetson Hemp Stratoliner. But Akubra is my favourite hat brand hands down for quality, durability and price. Looking at approx $200 US for anything the sell. Better than Stetson , family owned and operated.

[@bolandjd]

@@davidcallan7844Preach it brother. I have a Campdraft and a Cattleman. My favorite things about the Campdraft - besides its incredible "bluegrass green" color - is the open crown I can shape any way I want. I bashed mine more or less like Hopper's hat from Stranger Things, and I like that it looks a little asymmetrical and hand-formed, not factory preformed. I love that hat so much. The Cattleman is more my rain and sun work hat. Its so tough. I've never owned a 100% beaver felt hat, but Akubra's rabbit felt takes rain better than any Stetson I own.

[@JMSaga0]

Does anyone know what style of hat Brian the Bootmaker wears? It's perfectly worn in and looks great.

[@almostvintagestyle]

He wears fedoras and they look like they may be vintage

[@positiveliberty]

yo love the brown leather jacket! where'd you get it/what's the brand?

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thanks! It's a vintage 1940s Windward jacket

[@FranciscoAldereteE]

Are there any makers that make more baseball cap shaped caps? A lot of the ones you showed are kind of in between trucker and baseball style (imo) or flatter brimmed if that makes sense. I enjoy the more baseball cap look. An example would be what PRL sells. Great video thanks for making it!

[@almostvintagestyle]

Actually, the Troy Oshea hats are specifically modeled on vintage original baseball caps. This is how they look. If you want something more curved, maybe try Poten

[@kennethgates5790]

Any recommendations on cleaning of wool hats would be nice having little hair and a sweaty head cleaning is an issue and I don’t have a clue about cleaning them .

[@almostvintagestyle]

I would hand wash with cold water.

[@renangaidheal1320]

A few brief takes. First, give the Knickerbocker NYC cotton ribbed watch caps a try. Much like the wool watch cap but much cooler and just as cozy. Excellent fit and manufacture here. Next, I am sorry to hear about your Optimo. I too have a long oval (about 59 and some) and my fit is absolutely perfect. With the long oval, nothing fit until I found Optimo. The quality of the fabric is unsurpassed ime. I want another Optimo but balk at the price ('cause who wouldn't?) I've had a few Lock Hatters (London), really nice but not worth the premium price as I see it. Their foldable traveling Trilby is a quite nice. Thanks for the excellent video.

[@almostvintagestyle]

The Knickerbocker cap sounds pretty nice! I agree that the Optimo felt is unbelievably nice. I just wish it fit me better so I could appreciate it more

[@rpow6861]

i like the Richardson 112 or the Yupoong 6606

[@almostvintagestyle]

Haven't heard of them

[@SD-th6jv]

Slightly off topic…What jacket are you wearing? I love the cut and shape! Does that particular style have a name?

[@almostvintagestyle]

Thanks! Its a 1940s Windward leather jacket

[@almostvintagestyle]

The style is just leather Sports Jacket basically.

[@MrDyldoBaggins]

what's the O stand for?

[@almostvintagestyle]

His last name: O'Shea

[@closetome]

Have you heard of Solovair shoes/boots? Nice brand from here in England.

[@StolenAlias]

Not great leather and not rectaftable. Better than docs tho.

[@almostvintagestyle]

I have! I'd like to try them, but they're not really my style

[@seansimmons73]

Those newsboy caps are WAY to wide. Stetson makes a more narrow version of newsboy that is more like a baseball cap & much less costumey

[@almostvintagestyle]

Yeah they're accurate, but not subtle

[@StolenAlias]

ShipJohn.

[@almostvintagestyle]

What about them?

[@devinhurt7698]

No straw hats though

[@apilkey]

Depends, you can get $5,000 “straw” hats that are better quality than most other hats out there. Get a custom Nick Fouquet for example or even Optimo makes them. They’re not going out into some random cow field or in their backyards and just picking straw lol. It’s high-quality purpose grown “straw” if you even wanna call it straw and it’s made by expert milliners.

[@almostvintagestyle]

I don't wear them as they give too much of a dad vibe here in socal

[@gregholden8812]

American hat company builds the best felt hats in the world

[@bolandjd]

Do they make any other styles besides cowboy hats?

[@almostvintagestyle]

Bold claim