This hat is a Dream come true for a Hospital chaplain !!
I love this hat I am a hospital chaplain and am out all hours of the night on call... even though I live in Florida it sometimes gets bitter cold here in the winter. My father in law who had lived in Spokane during the seventies once purchased one of these for me which I still have. It was much more expensive than this one but most certainly no better. The hat is extremely well made, stitched, and is substantial and yet not bulky. I get lots of compliments on it here and when I wear it in New Jersey while visiting our daughter. Ever since I was a little boy I dreamed of being a Trapper or Alaskan musher like in the Iditarod, thus the need for this hat fulfills a childhood fantasy as l well. I bought this hat for my own self-care and to be good to myself. I am also a folk guitarist and it is cool to wear outside on a cool night with the ear flaps up of course so I can hear, If you love shearling, but maybe can't afford or don't need a shearing coat... do yourself a favor and by this hat. You will be transformed into an outdoors person. This hat looks great on a lady as well. It is very hip and cool and feels great on. I can wear it even when it is in the fifties outside to walk my Australian shepherd early in the morning or late at night. When I wear it and walk my dog I imagine we are together on the Iditarod trail. It was therapy for me to get this most wonderful, supple, extremely well made, lightweight hat!!!
