Seaplane Poet - Storm Beaver

• Felt: Storm Grey beaver fur felt
• Brim: Dimensional flanged brim
• Ribbon: 38mm black galloon ribbon-band with screen accurate Raiders style bow
• Interior: Branded gold liner & black soft leather sweatband, silver embossing of brand and "I J"
• Bash: Hand bashed Raiders style without Turn
  

All our hats are handcrafted to order or for stock from only the finest sustainably sourced materials.

We work closely with our fur felt hood suppliers in Portugal, choosing only the highest quality fur felt which is ordered to our exacting specifications.

All our felts are preshrunk during the blocking stage to avoid later shrinking as much as possible. Our rabbit is pounced to a smooth finish and a coating of protector is applied to prolong its resistance to the elements. Whilst not as dense as our beaver fur felts, our rabbit makes a very fine quality fur felt hat.

Our Indiana Jones styles include our true grosgrain Indy ribbon which is accurate to the original film hats, still produced to the same specifications for us and woven by the very same machines.

Avoid handling your hat by the crown as you could wear out the front pinch. Holding your hat by the brim is the best way to handle any hat. We advise against wearing your hat in heavy rain. If your fur felt hat does get wet, shake off any excess water and allow to dry naturally placed brim faced down at room temperature. Never force dry your hat using any form of heat source. If required, use your hands to gently reinforce the shaping of the crown and brim. When completely dry, lightly brush to clean.

When measuring for a Herbert Johnson hat, please place string or tape around your head above your ear and across the mid forehead, completely circling your head. Hold the tape firmly, but not too tightly. Measure your head exactly where you want the hat to sit. It may help to either do this in the mirror or have someone to help for accuracy. Measure in centimetres. If your measurement falls between sizes, round up to the nearest half centimetre and/or email your exact measurement to our team and they will be happy to advise you.

For more information please email enquiries-hj@herbert-johnson.co.uk.

A professional measuring service is also available at our Swaine stores on New Bond Street and at the Burlington Arcade.

We ship worldwide.

Delivery costs will be calculated based on the weight of each product and country to which the item is to be posted.

Due to the exclusive nature of our products we do not stock large quantities. Shipping is within 2-8 weeks from date of order. If you would like to enquire about the current expected lead time for your order, please email enquiries@swaine.group.

Delivery time from date of dispatch is dependent on location; typically 2-4 working days for UK orders and 3-5 working days for overseas orders (depending on customs clearance and location).

Unless otherwise agreed, for sales made and delivered to customers outside the United Kingdom, the price is invoiced exclusive of tax and VAT, customs duties and any other taxes applicable to the products in the country of delivery will be payable by the customer and may be claimed on delivery. The company is not legally liable for VAT, customs duties or any other tax on these imports and cannot therefore be held responsible for the payment of these sums where applicable.

Our hats are carefully packaged in simple white hat boxes within a cardboard postal box.

It is said that the term "Fedora" comes from an 1882 play by Victorien Sardou, where the lead actress wore a soft-brimmed felt hat. Initially popular with women and women's rights activists, the fedora gained popularity among men by the mid-1920s, replacing the bowler. Its rise was aided by the Prince of Wales, who made it his signature hat.