Thanks Ed! nice of u to chime in, thanks for taking the time to compliment me.. appreciate it

I do like that one, Tommy James.. love that song, I want to do a Turtles song too, and maybe I’ll tackle,”Skating Away(on the thin ice of a new day) by Jethro Tull, Crimson and clover, great tremolo on the guitar..like Bo Diddley! wow, I’m only doing videos seriously for a couple years, you’re a viewer from the start, huh? btw, the Signes is from Spain too...that’s the only hat brand that still uses real silk liners,and their felt is at least 25-50% thicker than anyone else’s..those hats are extraordinary. It feels like a $350-400 hat, and I think they were on sale for $87 or some ridiculously low price.. u have good taste. In music, and hats!

No idea where that came from, I started thinking about that song right before recording this,I was figuring it out as I went along.. I smiled because I accidentally pronounced the word,”alone”...like,”arone!”

@@quadrogong1111 Arone😝

Aronious

Thank you, Christopher 🤠✌️

Thanks!! LOVE that song!

I thought it was just “resists-all” spelled differently, interesting

You too, great comment! You need to pick up your guitar again! These days you can get a Chinese strat or tele for $60-80, and an amp for $20 ! I think you should go for it!! Don’t be a stranger, I enjoyed your note, thank you Kev

​@@quadrogong1111 Youre welcome. Thank you for your message, and encouragement.I had strat-like guitars in my teens. The first guitar that I ever owned was a Yamaha. I then took a liking to Jackson guitars, due to classic Megadeth (original line-up with Chris Poland/Gar Samuelson, and then the Jeff Young/Chuck Behler line-up) and Ratt (Robbin Crosby/Warren DeMartini line-up) being some of my favorite bands. The warrior guitar in metallic blue, and the king V in metallic blue stood out to me. I also like Johnny Ramone's Mosrite in blue, and Kurt Cobain's lake-placid blue mustang guitar, and Brian May's red special. To name a few gutairs. I also like Roland keyboards and synthesizers.

I like all those models, u can’t go wrong w them..I like stylemaster a LOT

That is an amazing hat, that’s the one w 5e opal on the band? And the barramundi fish skin band? I think.. they’re all great, I like that one a lot, u might also like the Riverina, the stylemaster is my favorite but it’s more of a classic fedora made from tough felt. Go w the Coober... or the Banjo Patterson, or the Riverina if u want to get real rugged and outbacky... I am partial to the stylemaster, it’s by far my favorite model, perhaps my vote for the best performing/most rainproof snap brim-classic style hat available today..at any price. It’s extraordinary l we are doing 25% off every akubra today by the way. The discount code is on in my post, at the top of the last five videos I uploaded www.jjhatcenter.com

Great costume designer for that show..brilliant.

Yes larger than most companies, most folks order about a size down

No more Stetsonians..we blew them out half price. The SE is a regular whippet Crown,comes with a standard teardrop, pre-shaped, and the felt is thinner than the premier. The premier comes open crown, so it's hard shaped.. it's a much higher crown,and wider,baggy and boxy,like an old vintage hat.. and the felt is thicker. They're not the same..at all. They look quite different. The SE is easier for most folks to stomach,it's more mainstream.. and the premier is a vintage purist's dream.. more baggy,more fabric to play with..

The S.E. does not have the vintage specs.. no.

They are all on order, they don’t tell us when each hat arrives, they arrive in partial shipments, throughout the months of November and December Stetson begins shipping around end of October, usually the bulk of our Stetson felts arrive between November 1- December 15 , I’ll say this year they’re at least two weeks behind schedule. it could be any day, like tomorrow or Monday..it could be a week or two, or sometime in December.. we don’t know. They’re all late, technically.. but this is typical. No way to tell, unfortunately..but I watch the new arrivals section daily, I’ll try to announce them here if it happens

Saxon is much stronger than the Temple, which is sensitive to rain , Snow and steam w it's thinner felt ,long brim and raw edge. Saxon Yes. Great hat. But the Temple is much wider, and thinnish. The Mercury I've never seen so I can't comment in it. Saxon is a medium brim,temple is a wide brim.

@@quadrogong1111 Thanks Kevin, appreciate your input.

Ooo good catch ! Fixed, good lookin out!

Yeah.. I know. Sux. Who would've thought 8 months later we'd still be in this mess? It'll happen one day..this global crisis can't last forever..

You would need to pay the hat maker to make u that band. It's costly,like $40 or so. They have to make that band custom,from scratch..the only way But sure, yes. $40 extra I think and they make any bow,any width,or color u want.. it makes it non-exchangeable though.( If u alter it)

@@quadrogong1111 Thank you Kevin. I’ve decided to stick with the factory original then. The JJ site says you’re out of Whippet Caribou in 7 1/4. Maybe you’ll have one in soon ??? And how do I order so you get the credit or commission for the sale?

It depends, they’ve changed so many times through the years, they were famous for the Christie’s Roll Up, which was Very thin, very light and comfy but not a hat for rain or snow by any means, I don’t think the price is worth it anymore, it’s soared up incredibly.. I believe Roché makes the exact same hat, branded with various names, for $225, we sell them for half price in our back roo, section now, it’s called “The Explorer” and the wide brim version is “the expedition” same thing, rolls up, every specification is the same as the Christie’s.. these are light,light hats, no leather sweatband, no lining, no Reed in the sweatband.. they are exceptionally light and soft.. I am not sure what the actual Christie’s sell for now... but I never cared for them much personally, I love the little red boxes,.and their bowlers are still the finest production off the rack Bowler u can get.. but the Christie’s felt is too soft for me, the crowns are way too low and too talented, it can be an elegant look for an older man looking for a conservative look.. but that hat is not for me. now I cannot judge an entire hat LINE..those lines are vast, different felts, qualities, prices,and dozens of styles.. I haven’t seen the line since the 90’s, when we carried them... but for me, i always preferred the Borsalino stuff in that price range.. after their bankruptcy I lost faith in the brand, but back in those days,i felt the Christie’s trilby look was a bit wishy washy for me, the low crowns, thin ribbon,soft felt.. That’s not me...I like a bold,higher crown with a center crease,and a good,snappy feel. It’s been too long for me to actually judge the whole line, but I’m familiar w the “Christie’s Roll Up” and their hard bowler, I give the bowler a 10 though.

@@quadrogong1111 - Thank you Kevin, that is most informative. The depth of your knowledge is remarkable. I have an open crown sable from Christies that I'm fairly happy with. Was wondering if they had different qualities of felt. Now I have some perspective. I've learned a lot from your videos in the past year. Wish I had known about Roche, as I was in Seville in the fall of 2019. I ended up buying a Panizza wool felt from another lovely store there , Maquedano Sombreros. I have the Stylemaster in Acorn (you helped me figuring out the colour) which I got from DelMonico since JJ didn't have my size. The Hamilton in black should be with me shortly (fingers crossed). Cheers

If u want a navy blue that’s really BLUE , and not that dark,dark,barely blue-almost black (like the temple) that’s the Seville. It comes in a real blue-blue shade of navy. They have a brown band, and we have a few with grey bands..but the color is exactly what you’re looking for. Most of those navy blue hats are dark, from many brands. The only other really blue felt I can think of has a short brim, the Asher in “True Blue”.. it’s a small brim, but it’s stylish and wonderful, everyone seems to like it,no matter what brim they’re used to.. and yes, I agree..the Stylemaster has the best felt..it’s rugged and thick,but breaks in nicely. I think the whippet is almost the same shape as your Stratoliner, so I wouldn’t worry about not having a whippet, they’re almost identical..just different trim, (thin band,thin binding vs thick band,thick binding)

@@quadrogong1111 Thanks, Kevin. You’re sold out of blue Sevilles in my size. I’ll keep an eye out for one.

What! Just checked JJ’s the second time today and the navy blue Seville is back. Threw down my plastic with thanks25 for a smooth discount. Looking forward to actually having a blue fedora. It’s good to be Bob today!

It’s not really a rain hat technically, but it will withstand rain very well, just hang it away from heat, or hot rooms.. It’ll be okay, as far as felts go, they’re the best for rain resistance

Dave i wish they had in in black!

I'd pay a lot of money for one. 🙄

Very funny, I fixed the title😂 but I know what u mean, that would rock

@@quadrogong1111 😂🤣all love Kevin 🤙🏼