I have a small collection (5) of Akubra hats and they are just all of the highest quality! No other hat really is made better or with higher standard materials and workmanship than Akubra hats do theirs. I love them and stick with them, although I have 2 Stetsons and 1 Lucky 7 from the American Hat Company, which are all fabulous hats, too.
Back in the day, Akubra made the Stetson Open Road under licence & the Camp Draft is a copy of the hat Akubra made during that era. It is far superior to the modern day Stetson Open Roads
@@thewhiteelephant That all depends on where you're from, certainly superior to America.. Canada..New Zealand.. Any communist country or third world.. etc.
The stratoliner was introduced in the 1940s. It’s really just an open crown hat with a narrower brim to suit a more modern (for the time) lifestyle. IE, typically hats served a needed purpose in keeping off the Sun and rain in an era when using public transport was very common. The narrower brim was more accommodating in a full streetcar. I don’t know when the Camp Draft was first produced. The hats look similar particularly the narrow hat band but, if you change the hat band to a wider hatband…voilá suddenly you have a different hat. I suppose there is a very limited range of ways to style a fedora - the crease, brim width and finishing and the hat band, and that’s all? I have a Stetson Stratoliner in silver belly and a couple of Akubras. I reckon the Akubra felt, sweatband and overall manufacture and quality control is better than Stetson’s. Stetson *does* have a straighter line up to the crown, some like it, some don’t. This is purely a personal preference. In my case, one Stetson is enough. I would rather have the Akubra’s stronger felt. Of course, I would also like if Akubra reintroduced a wider range of colours and styles as they had in the 1990s.
I read that the Campdraft was originally the Stetson Open Road made by Akubra for the Australian market. That was of course back when the OR was an open crown hat. When Stetson changed the OR to pre-creased, Akubra kept making the open crown model under their own label and renamed it the Campdraft.
Good day mates just want to ask will you do a give away I’m trying to win a new akubra for my dad but when I enter raffles I never get it so just want to know any giveaways coming up
Sorry mate I’m just a hat enthusiast. These hats are my personal collections and not affiliated with Akubra. Check out the hats by the hundred shop in Gold Coast, they normally have a clearance bin with hats that are out of shape etc. easy to fix and cheap price.
Just bought/ordered the campdraft and the sombrero.... looking forward to seeing how they compare to US Stetson brand!
I have a small collection (5) of Akubra hats and they are just all of the highest quality! No other hat really is made better or with higher standard materials and workmanship than Akubra hats do theirs. I love them and stick with them, although I have 2 Stetsons and 1 Lucky 7 from the American Hat Company, which are all fabulous hats, too.
Nice overview of the hat. I have one, and you've given me lots of ideas for it. Thank you!
Back in the day, Akubra made the Stetson Open Road under licence & the Camp Draft is a copy of the hat Akubra made during that era. It is far superior to the modern day Stetson Open Roads
Define “superior.”
@@thewhiteelephant Australian.....
@@michaeleastham3868 yeah, Australia is a great place to live these days, eh? 😂
@@thewhiteelephant That all depends on where you're from, certainly superior to America.. Canada..New Zealand.. Any communist country or third world.. etc.
@@michaeleastham3868 That all depends on what part of the US you live. You’re referring to the liberal commie run states.
Like the tall crown best. Can you get it with a raw edge brim ?
Not the campdraft but I’ve seen some who stripped it out.
I love them, I have 3. But is it a copy of the American Stetson Stratoliner or vice versa?
The stratoliner was introduced in the 1940s. It’s really just an open crown hat with a narrower brim to suit a more modern (for the time) lifestyle. IE, typically hats served a needed purpose in keeping off the Sun and rain in an era when using public transport was very common. The narrower brim was more accommodating in a full streetcar.
I don’t know when the Camp Draft was first produced. The hats look similar particularly the narrow hat band but, if you change the hat band to a wider hatband…voilá suddenly you have a different hat. I suppose there is a very limited range of ways to style a fedora - the crease, brim width and finishing and the hat band, and that’s all?
I have a Stetson Stratoliner in silver belly and a couple of Akubras. I reckon the Akubra felt, sweatband and overall manufacture and quality control is better than Stetson’s. Stetson *does* have a straighter line up to the crown, some like it, some don’t. This is purely a personal preference. In my case, one Stetson is enough. I would rather have the Akubra’s stronger felt. Of course, I would also like if Akubra reintroduced a wider range of colours and styles as they had in the 1990s.
I read that the Campdraft was originally the Stetson Open Road made by Akubra for the Australian market. That was of course back when the OR was an open crown hat. When Stetson changed the OR to pre-creased, Akubra kept making the open crown model under their own label and renamed it the Campdraft.
One of these days I'll get one. I'm waiting to see if they'll ever offer one at David Morgan in a darker color like yours.
This line has been discontinued here in Australia so whatever is with David Morgan is probably the last ones.
@@akubraandwhatnot8084 Thats too bad... they're very popular here.
I like the bushman and the discontinued that too,similar hat bigger brim
Man Australia is getting weird with this lockdown stuff, Crocodile Dundee would of never stood for it if the cops didn’t shoot him
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Rubbish, stop believing your MSM...
Good day mates just want to ask will you do a give away I’m trying to win a new akubra for my dad but when I enter raffles I never get it so just want to know any giveaways coming up
Sorry mate I’m just a hat enthusiast. These hats are my personal collections and not affiliated with Akubra. Check out the hats by the hundred shop in Gold Coast, they normally have a clearance bin with hats that are out of shape etc. easy to fix and cheap price.
Thanks
The Campdraft is so Australia