EPOCH HATSMen's Premium Straw Porkpie Fedora Hat

As an adjunct to a lifetime spent in professional photography and small business management, I spent decades as a dedicated percussionist, first as a rock 'n' roll and R&B drummer, and then for most of the past four decades as a modern jazz thumper. During the years devoted to the jazz genre, working out Monk, Miles, or Coltrane riffs, trying my damnedest to approach the level of the great Philly Joe Jones (and mostly miserably failing), my trademark attire was a porkpie hat, ever-present at every gig, varying in size and color... but always porkpie... and always there... on the top of my head... like a counterweight to the mad rhythmic movement beneath it. During those years, I had to buy dozens of porkpies since many of them either ended up disappearing mysteriously during set breaks or wound up as a new fashion element in the wardrobe of one female "jazz devotee" or the other. I always had backup porkpies, of course, as I had grown to anticipate these predictable pate platter placement disappearances, even to the point of having backups to my backups. So much so that porkpie purchases were a regular factor in my monthly budget—the porkpie purchase part. And now that I'm retired from both clicking pics and "bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee," I've retained the porkpie habit. But unlike yesteryears, I now purchase one or two porkpies per annum instead of budgeting monthly porky purchases. The lightweight hats for warm months are a given, easily defined, and easier to buy; but the colder months are a different story. With winter comes chilly winds and single-digit temps where I live, so porkpie pickups are carefully thought out. You want something functional, of course, weighty wool or heavy straw, tightly fitting to ward off the windy winters and chilly climes. And for this, the "Epoch Men's Premium Straw Porkpie Fedora Hat" is a perfect fit, so to speak. This is the second Epoch brand I've purchased and I like this second buy even more than the first porkpie pick. The heavy straw settles on my head snuggly yet comfortably, and the wide multi-colored hatband and its accentuating feather ensemble are both very nice touches. Any porkpie percussionist or grabby girlfriend would be proud to cock one back on one's head. I highly recommend the Epoch brand and predict plenty pretty penny porkpie purchases from Epoch.

I LOVE IT!!!! IT'S JUST EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED!!! I WANT TO BUY IT AGAIN BUT I DID THAT WITH ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEY SENT ME A BEAT UP RAG THEY CALLED A FEDORA.SO I'LL WAIT A COUPLE WEEKS THEN RE-ORDER THIS NICE FEDORA, YEA.

Great product, a lot of compliments.

very nice hat for the money

Liked it, it was packed in to small of a box and got squished. Returned and reordered.

Well made and package, great hat, just too small for me

I LOVE this hat!!

Nothing to dislike about this hat! Fit is great. Quality is great. Style is great. Just a great hat!

Me gusto mucho es lo que yo esperaba.

Nice hat

Todo me gustó para mí personaje lo use

good price

Ordered brown hat as pictured here. What we got was a BLACK hat with no explanation. Good fit.