An instructional video on how I bash (reshape) my Akubra hats.
Пікірлер: 60
@WrinkleRelease2 жыл бұрын
Dear Australian Jerad Leto, the fact you can rock a hat with a crown that high is impressive.
@charlieheatherley2 жыл бұрын
Just ordered my Sombrero, can't wait to give it a bash. Thanks for the video 🤠✌️
@craigjeffs67332 жыл бұрын
About to buy an akubra so looking at tips and tricks. Might use this tip to bash my dads 20 year old hat. Also, how has this bloke not been discovered by Tourism Australia / Mainstream Media etc. He’s a great fit.
@josephlarritt8215 Жыл бұрын
Cheers for the upload bloke. I reshaped my hat super easy after watching 👍
@theguy62882 жыл бұрын
Just had to comment and say thanks! I actually recieved a vintage Akubra sambrero from my father, and was looking at how to reshape it. I was a bit worried at the size of the brim, and how tall the unbeaten crown is... now that I have seen the possibilities of this hat, i will DEFINITELY be having a play with it 😁😁 thank you so much brother. Peace from brissy ✌️
@davidmcmahongoingbush35942 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I could help mate 👍🏼 good luck with the bash.
@frankshattuck19753 ай бұрын
I have been wearing hand made felt hats since 1960. Most of mine were made at the Hatatorium in San Angelo Texas.
@Buddy89538 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial bloke. I’ve been apprehensive about bashing my Rough Rider because I always thought it had to be done by a hatter but I’m confident to do it myself now. Cheers bud
@jamesross23732 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the bash guide! Just bashed my first Akubra Sombrero today and it came up a treat. Put a plaited kangaroo leather band on and she now looks like a proper Aussie bush hat.
@jimmymack1079 Жыл бұрын
You just got your old one looking perfect! 😂
@Brsotr Жыл бұрын
Found this vid. Thanks for keeping it simple bashed my first Akubra. Your vid and energy definitely made it a fun project.
@StuK323 Жыл бұрын
I found this video extremely useful, I love the bash design you employ here. I have bashed my golden spur to try and replicate it, but with a more standard western brim. I call it the Bush Bash, so you can add Style icon to your CV 🤣. Big love from the UK.
@howva2 жыл бұрын
I love the sombrero I think it looks great just open like that a real standout and your bash is real unique good one
@JordanLeden2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks from Canada! I just ordered me up an Akubra campdraft.. needs to be bashed when it arrives. Thanks again!
@LORIJARVIS333 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the best video to explain how to reshape the hat and also the fitting of the hat band too. Thank you very much 👍👍😊😊
@PRINCESS-zz3wqАй бұрын
Oh my goshhhh this is exactly what I was looking for thank you ILY
@Dakiniwoman7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this great video... I love the character you put into your hat. I have an Akubra that I bought about 35 years ago and never knew how to shape the top and so I never have worn it more than a couple of times... Mine is the same color as yours and it is an Akubra Squatter Imperial. I really want to wear mine now, so I am going to experiment with how to shape mine... Thanks again.
@tonychestnut9042 жыл бұрын
Loved your video and straightforward talk. Thanks a heap!
@Brsotr Жыл бұрын
Wonderfully simple and informative
@jamesorton1228 Жыл бұрын
Loved that review mate. I’ve actually Rebashed my Sombrero to have a flat brim somewhat similar to the Territory because the territory has a crown that is to shallow for my head haha. Turned out a treat
@sjazzp Жыл бұрын
I got a Territory whose crown was reshaped using this method to fit my head. Now it fits perfectly!
@unclesigsig Жыл бұрын
And I thought I wore a tall crown with my old gus crease Bailey! Looking forward to buying a sombrero and teying this crown style out here in the American Southwest!
@corytheobald21662 жыл бұрын
Good job on the bash and the video!
@justmeeagainn10 ай бұрын
This helped me a lot. i got my Sombrero today after waiting for months for a restock. They don't make many of these anymore, and I was lucky enough to jump onto the Hats by the Hundred website on a day they had my size in stock. I did exactly what you showed here, and it came out great. My only gripe is that cow band! It's the worst band Akubra makes, and then they glue it on with Gorilla Glue or something and it's really hard to get off. I tore my first Sombrero trying to get it off with a knife, but not this time. (I still wear the torn one, but it always bothered me.) Anyway, thanks for making this!! G'day!
@bananaking8904 Жыл бұрын
I prefer the old hat. It has genuine character to it ❤️
@ladyashephd727 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Hat, it's Fall, and I have two Felt hats that need stretching and personalizing. Thank You.
@Kenny.G63 Жыл бұрын
Great video mate, just what I've been looking for.
@jonathanvermillion7263 Жыл бұрын
That’s a great hat the old one is super cool
@SandMDOTCOM12 жыл бұрын
Love this hat... and I stole your "bash" crease design/type!
@leerhodes79772 жыл бұрын
Bloody great hats
@crystalgriffiths6 ай бұрын
Top tutorial video. Too right, there aren’t very many instructional videos on how to bash an Akubra. Yours was the best one I’ve watched by far. Thanks for emphasising to not apply direct steam to the inside hat band. I would’ve loved watching the whole video, without the cut you edited into the middle of the clip. Your old hat still had plenty of life left in it, but I appreciate that you made your tutorial before your old hat was completely cactus, so we viewers could see the desired shape you were going for when you were shaping your new hat to resemble your old one. How did you get into the Sombrero style?
@nibbles7178 Жыл бұрын
Cheers for the video mate! Really useful. Emigrating Down Under later this year and one of the first things I'll be buying is an Australian bush hat. Any opinion/experience on/with hats from Jacaru?
@adelarsen9776 Жыл бұрын
Where are you now ?
@kevinmaillot79702 жыл бұрын
Hey David thanks for the video, it's perfect. Which type of akubra hat is your original one ? I like the green kaki colour of your old hat. Thanks, waiting for the next full documentary !!
@davidmcmahongoingbush35942 жыл бұрын
G’day Kevin, cheers for the comment 👍🏼. They are actually both the same hat and the old hat looked the same when it was new 😂. It’s an Akubra sombrero and only comes in one colour. I’ve been so busy out bush but haven’t had the time to put together another longer doco. Hopefully some time this year.
@CORPORAL-dn7nn4 ай бұрын
To bad we can’t get them shipped to Texas
@stewedapple2 жыл бұрын
When you said bash, I was expecting to see a baseball bat come out.
@codpieceofjustice45954 ай бұрын
Why wreck a good bat?
@mickdickfos97782 жыл бұрын
Nice stuff mate 👍🏽
@Outbackmick712 жыл бұрын
I have to ask, the colour change from new to old.... How long in wear & weather to get kind of colour or dye fade did your old hat take to get the santone colour?
@davidmcmahongoingbush35942 жыл бұрын
I wore the old hat almost every day for three years including some big wet seasons of proper rain but it always amazes me looking back at how much the colour changes over time.
@blakesby2 жыл бұрын
Hope you didn't get rid of the old hat!
@mattiasandersson2315 Жыл бұрын
Young mr zz top! 😎
@1neAdam122 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@nomadWalkr11 ай бұрын
Cool. What do you do w the old hats?
@johnevans8328Ай бұрын
nice look is good on you not my style i have the snowy river ordered but cool video thanks
@fergspan5727 Жыл бұрын
This is how I used to shape my military beret
@LK2.O2 жыл бұрын
Gday Dave I hope you're well mate and thank you for the video. I just got myself a sombrero and I noticed at the 3:38 mark on your video the hat shape changes dramatically what did you so I can achieve the same look? Cheers mate
@davidmcmahongoingbush35942 жыл бұрын
It’s just a matter of steaming and shaping, steaming and shaping until you have it how you like it. Careful you don’t apply too much steam to the band directly otherwise it can shrink. 👍🏼
@LK2.O4 ай бұрын
@davidmcmahongoingbush3594 Thanks for the reply Boss man
@mychannel0610connect7 ай бұрын
This Sombrero looks a bit off color than the fawn color. Lucky
@basicdose.98722 жыл бұрын
Akubra best.
@mitchelllambert3059 Жыл бұрын
Yea make sure ya kettle has a metal on off switch boys I melted mine doing this same thing had to buy a new kettle 😂😂😂😂
@1cleandude2 жыл бұрын
I don’t get the term bashing!🙏🏻
@davidmcmahongoingbush35942 жыл бұрын
Bashing is an old Australian term for reshaping a felt hat. It goes back to the days when hats came ‘unabashed’ and needed individual shaping.
@1cleandude2 жыл бұрын
@@davidmcmahongoingbush3594 thanks 🙏🏻
@justmeeagainn2 жыл бұрын
That’s because you’re not a bright person.
@rayjclifford2 жыл бұрын
how much for the old hat?
@davidmcmahongoingbush35942 жыл бұрын
The old hat is well past it’s days unfortunately. Up north in this climate the second you stop wearing an old hat it absorbs humidity and goes mouldy and horrible. The wonders of tropical northern Australia 😂👍🏼
@ChosenByGrace Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful man, girls must flow to this guy. Man.