Honest review, I do not like the hat band and have already changed it and will order another from you that is more subdued
I’m not a wool felt fan, prefer fur felt, however this hat looks to be well made, lining is nice and sweat band appears to be leather.
I have been thinking about getting an open road and when I saw the ELLISTON on the history nerds channel on YouTube I decided that for $94.50 I could try the open road style and see if I liked it.
So far, I don’t like the open road style, much prefer a snap brim fedora or a full western Stetson , which I own five Stetson fedoras and six Stetson western.
I’m going to wear it for awhile and maybe snap brim down and I may like it better
As far as quality and construction, I think it’s pretty damn good for a $94.50 wool felt hat. Seems like it will hold up and I’m not at all upset over my purchase even though it took 2 full weeks to arrive , which is not the fault of Two Roads Hat Company because they shipped it post haste, however, USPS sent it all over the country for some unknown reason and after 2 weeks of being shipped from Utah to Atlanta to Indianapolis to Nashville and to Columbia sc, it arrived in pristine condition
You guys need to thank that YouTube guy because I doubt that I am the only one that bought this hat due to his review
Update: wore it for first time today and I really didn’t feel like I looked good in it and I be damned if I didn’t get 2 compliments from 2 different guys, both of who came up to me and said how much they liked the hat.
Might have to adjust my thinking a bit and I’m changing to 4 stars
Have to update this one more time: wore it for 2nd time and got 2 more compliments. That’s 4 guys that have complimented my hat in 2 days , all unsolicited. I own a lot of hats, and I’ve never had more than a passing “ I like that hat” comment on any of them and most are fur felt hats. I want to update to five stars but I really don’t much care for the style but, since none of my high dollar felt hats have garnered this much praise I’m going to continue to wear I and I will only update again if a large bosomed female compliments me and it will then become my favorite hat, for damned sure. I just turned 80 couple months ago so it’s not as if I’m new to hat wearing but just tickles me plum pink that I’m getting compliments on the least expensive hat I own.