Fitting an Akubra

[Andy in Germany]

I have finally bought a replacement leather Akubra hat for cycling and general outdoor life, as the previous version had finally succumbed to the elements (mostly through constant use in said cycling and general outdoor life).

Despite the newer hat being the same size and maker, it is a little more loose on my head, which causes problems on windy days or when riding down hill.

Has anyone got an idea how to make the band a little tighter? I don't want to put a strap under my chin (before some bright spark suggests it, strings and corks are out of the question as well)

I'm thinking in terms of a strip of felt or soft leather around the inside of the brim so it holds onto my head tighter, but how would you fix that without damaging the existing band?

 

[classic33]

How much larger?

 

[Andy in Germany]

How much larger?

I'm aiming for smaller, about half a centimetre in total -which means getting the next size down won't work.

 

[classic33]

Some ideas here
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/my-akubras-too-big.35758/
My first one is out, due to the size difference.

 

[tom73]

Do they come with a innner leather or fabric strip ? If so fold it down and try a band of newspaper under it.

 

[PeteXXX]

What about a large Jubilee Clip?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Akubras!!

I have 2
A Snowy River, & a Sombrero

The Sombrero, is bashed, as it's called into the Les Hiddins shape

 

[Levo-Lon]

Can you get a horse in 12speed?
These hats don't suite me,I'm more beany

 

[Vantage]

Would a strip of that iron on hemming stuff work?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Have you tried thinking a lot to make your head bigger?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Have you tried thinking a lot to make your head bigger?

I do it all the time.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I'd have thought some soft suede leather cut and stitched or glued would help tighten it.

 

[perplexed]

'At the third stroke, the time, sponsored by Akubra, will be 09:46 precisley...beep, beep, beeeeep...'

 

[Dayvo]

Maybe some sponge-like stuff on the inside of the hat.

 

[Globalti]

I bet there's a conventional hatter's way of tightening a hat. It's just that we have lost those skills.

I'd try fitting a strip of leather inside it, either under the internal sweat band or glued on top of it.