That's another really good looking hat!Though it's far too warm and humid for a felt hat today, it's also raining (which makes the air feel like tepid oil oozing on your skin). So I brought this one:
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A few years ago I had Mike Miller of Northwest Hats in Eugene, Oregon, model it on a very cheap but sturdy fedora I found at Meyer the Hatter in the mid-'90s. Though I had better hats, I could never bring myself to dump the "Casablanca," as it was called. This custom was quite inexpensive compared to other customs at the time. It fitted perfectly right out of the box. He included 2 other "belts," one in dark brown and one in black, so I could switch to them if I felt like it.