Scala Mens Felt Fedora Hat

I measured my head and thought I needed an extra large but apparently I did not. The hat was way too large. Although the hat comes with filling strips, I had already purchased such strips. After placing these strips along the rim, the hat fit better. Now it is just a matter of adjusting the hat's rim to suit my taste.

I have researched and researched and read review after review and finally selected the Scala Fedora. I have a cheaper Fedora which I like but it is cheap. This Fedora has professional written all over it from the materials used to the liner in the hat. The size is in the S/M/L/XL language but they also give us sizes in inches and centimeters. I wear a 58/59 so I selected Large, and sure enough, right on the money.The hat arrived in a box that I thought was a little too small and when opened, it was confirmed it was too small. The crown was crushed just a little but after a few minutes of forming with just my hand, the hat popped right in to the original form. So at first disappointed but relieved to know it was a non-issue.The hat is comfortable to wear. It did come with sizing tape I will not need it. This I am very happy about. The other hats that are one-size are cheap and IMHO not worth the money. If you want a hat to look good, spend a little more and get a quality hat.Now, I am sure there are better hats out there and if one has a hat shop to really spend time looking, go for it. But in this case, all I had was reviews (and some that almost scared me away from this Fedora) to go on and this Scala Fedora WF536-BK3 won the day. So much so that I will get eventually get the Grey version.Happy hat hunting.

I use it for dressing up

The brim is exactly 2.5 inches all the way around, It has a nice snap to it. The crown is 5" at the tallest point, 4 1/4" in the front, and 4" in the back without a lot of taper that is common in lower cost hats. The brim is raw edge which means you can trim it down if you like, or leave it as is. I trimmed mine down by 1/8" to make it a little more proportional to my body. A little goes a LONG way. The sizing is spot on. I have a 23" inch head which is on the upper end of a large and the large hat fits as I would expect. It's not too small, but it is snug. If your head is over 23" I would go for the next size up. The texture of the wool felt isn't as nice as a fine fur felt, but that's to be expected. it still looks fantastic and non "hat people" won't know the difference. The only problem I could find is the glue attaching the polyester lining under the sweat band isn't very strong and easily comes loose if it's tugged on.

Nice looking hat, seems true to size but the wrong shape for my apparently long-oval head. If I squish the sides in, it seems to conform to my head at the right size for me, but as a stiff hat, it needs stretching/reshaping to sit comfortably. I'm hoping to be able to slightly reshape it to a perfect fit. (I have an oddly shaped head, and I had the same issue with motorcycle helmets; the only motorcycle helmet I could find to fit my correctly was a $400 Shoei.) Also, I'd prefer if the hat were slightly deeper; it sits a little high above my ears, but it's not too bad.Poor shipping packaging meant the brim arrived slightly bent up out of shape on the left side, so I'll need to try reshaping that with steam, but that isn't the manufacturer's fault. Hats like this are meant to be stiff and will retain their shape if they're deformed, just be aware that whoever prepares your hat for shipping may not pay attention to whether they're deforming your hat.