Scala Classico Men's Crushable Felt Outback Hat

I needed something more than a baseball cap to keep sun off my face and ears, and a warm hat for colder weather.This hat has got lots of compliments (a guy in the mall yesterday said he "wants me to give him my hat"). I told him where he could buy one himself.The wool of the hat keeps my head warm and stays on in moderate wind. The color is good (I got the dark brown) and the wool quality is every bit as good as a comparable Stetson, for half the price.Sizing: I'm about a 7.25 hat size, diameter of my head is just under 23". So I'm normally between a med and large. I opted for a medium and it was a bit tight. But I used a hat stretcher on it a few times, stretched it maybe an extra half inch, now it's perfect: snug but not tight.I love this hat, it looks great and gets a lot more positive attention than I expected. It will probably last a long time since I'll only wear it in fall-winter-spring. It might be too warm for summer.The only thing I didn't like about it was the cheap synthetic leather hat band with the feather. Feathers are fine, but just not my thing. I replaced it with a custom horsehair band... Much better.I can't speak to the water resistance because I haven't worn it in rain yet, but I imagine it will shed a fair amount of water.

I love this hat. It is not only very well made, it is good looking, stylish, and, best of all, completely crushable, and yet bounces back into shape.I will be purchasing another one in a lighter color soon. Scala makes a very, very nice, economical wool felt hat. It is NOT a 100X fur felt Stetson, but you will be hard pressed to find a nicer, or better wearing hat for the price. My other Scala is Black and I have worn it heavily through the fall, winter and early spring seasons for two years. It is still in excellent condition, and I'm pretty hard on hats. Just a quick brushing, maybe an occasional spot cleaning (I often remove the hat with mythumb and fingers in the front creases, which is a "no no", and accumulate a little oil spot from my fingers. This is easily removed with a little careful spot cleaning. Again, I Love this hat.The fit was excellent, but if you are in between sizes order it larger and use the foam inserts under the sweat band to adjust the size for a perfect fit. The Large is a perfect 7 3/8 for me.Before I store the hat in a hard hat case this year, I will clean it and fine tune the shaping with a little steam, and it will be ready for instant wear when I need it again.

This hat was a replacement for the same old one. It matched well and is well made.

I accidentally ordered this in black when I meant to order it in chocolate, so I had to return it. I would have had to return it anyway, however, due to it being slightly too large. I normally wear a 7 3/8" hat, and according to the size chart that would be a large in this brand. However it was too loose by about a 1/4". So order smaller than you normally would!That being said, when I ordered the medium in chocolate to replace the black one, I received the "Indiana Jones" version by Dorfman Pacific and not the "Scala" version. I found out of course that Dorfman Pacific is the maker of the Scala brand as well so the hats were basically identical except for the hat band and the Indiana Jones markings. Still, I was a bit annoyed that it wasn't what I had ordered and I returned it as well in favor of a different Dorfman Pacific hat. I will say that the medium fit quite well and if I wasn't looking for a specific hat, I would have been happy to keep it.This hat shipped super fast; i got it in two days. And the second one came just as fast. The returns were free thanks to amazon prime.These hats are shaped very nicely and are of good quality material that looks good when worn. I liked the black even though it wasn't my first color choice.Overall, as long as you keep the sizing in mind, you should be very happy with this hat!

Purchased for anniversary gift for husband. He had taken over mine that my dad bought me years ago. He loves the old one I had but he ruined it with our dogs. When I found this on Amazon k was shocked because of sizing but the size range is accurate on the listing. We all have larger heads and this fits him well.The color has not faded (if you leave them in direct sunlight say in a vehicle they will fade so be mindful of that).The wearability is top tier!I give this brand of hat A+ in sturdiness too!This is the best hat brand! I’m so thankful I found it on Amazon!