IT CAME!!!!

Phil Nowack

Phil Nowack

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Well... I am almost ready for the 2015 season...
This arrived today.. but it is a little tight... will it stretch? I am in need of a haircut too....


 
NO.....bt it will squeeze your head till it pops like one of those watermelons with about a hundred rubber bands on it.....get the POP on video for us....


Steve
 
Filson hats DO NOT stretch. If anything they get tighter, as how should I say - yer head gets "rounder". I own a few old ones that I have "altered" to fit my older noggin'.
 
well.... I question their ability to read a tape measure then!!!! (sizing chart)

I will have to see how it fits after a hair cut....
 
Phil, I have the same hat, and wish it was a tad larger, and fit over my head more than just on it. After it has softened up a couple seasons it feels just fine. I ordered mine on-line because there was no-one nearby that stocked them. Finally last season I stopped at a place in Vermont that I knew carried Filson stuff..... they had only a couple of the waterfowl hats, and only really big Vermonter sized! But I found a couple of the same hat in orange to compare for size... tried a couple all marked Large, that fit different. So maybe there is different manufacturing sites or IDK.
 
Good choice, those Filson hats are like helmets....I have had mine for 3 seasons now and it's barely getting broken in! Best waterfowling hat on the planet in my opinion.....
 
Sweet hat! I'll be ordering soon. I also wanted to get the filson waterfowl sweater but can't seem to find one. Anyone know if they are still offering it anywhere?
 
Tight now? Wait till it gets wet. Great hat though. Send it back for next size bigger as with all Filson Clothing.
 
THE XL just arrived.... I am sooo freaking disappointed. It is as tight as the L was. I measured the noggin at 23"... that is the top end of the L.... an XL is supposed to fit a 23 1/2"-23 7/8".... I am very much questioning Filson QC.... :(
 
Stormy Kromer has a waterfowling hat that I will be ordering soon. I find no fault with their hats ever, other than I do not have one of every hat they make. Even after a soaking, follow their directions on how to let the hat dry, and it does not shrink and fits like it did new.
 
Phil... look on E-Bay for "Hat jack", or "Hat stretcher".
You can easily make one - or just buy one and have it. I keep a couple I made in my western straw hats to keep them fined "tuned"....
Keep the XL and use the hat jack - Later, it will come in handy after it gets wet and wants to shrink up on you.
 
I feel your pain phil. I order my hats from big head hats.com. If not they end up in the bay after they shoot off the top of my head.
 
I tried a large locally and found it too tight. Ended up ordering an XL from them and that one is too stinking big. I love the hat, but I don't wear it too often since I feel like a goombah when I do. I may look into one of the Stormy Kromers for the coming season as well.
Steve
 
Stormy Kromer has a waterfowling hat that I will be ordering soon. I find no fault with their hats ever, other than I do not have one of every hat they make. Even after a soaking, follow their directions on how to let the hat dry, and it does not shrink and fits like it did new.
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Vince - do you have a link? I looked and did not see a hat specifically indicated for waterfowling.
Thanks
 
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Hank - I don't have a link, but I did see it in a few of the many catalogs for waterfowl hunting that should be arriving soon. Also saw it on a few websites, but can't recall a specific one at this time. Gonna have to start digging again. Hopefully LL Bean will offer it this season.
 
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