Custom hat makers?

[jlw]

Stetson or Bailey's lite felt. Conforms to Klingon shaped heads, multiple styles, meets all your requirements. I'm wearing a Stetson Cruiser today in the FL weather.

I have a Stetson Cromwell and I have two hats from the Bailey lite felt line. They are all wool hats and are too hot in GA for much of the year. They also don't hold their brim shape all that well. Their good for inclement weather, and the price is good, but they aren't in the same class with a fur felt. None of the three hats I mentioned fits anywhere nearly as well as the custom hat I had ordered or even a standard long oval in my size. The Stetson is a little tight, and the Baileys are a little loose.

[MistWolf]

I cannot recommend a custom hat maker (but I will be checking out the recommendations made in this thread) but I can recommend a style I think may work for you. The Australian Outbacker. It is basically a fedora with a broader brim. I've been wearing one outdoors for a few decades and it's worked far better for me than anything else. I like them made of a canvas material so I can dip it in a stream on hot days which helps to cool the head

[jlw]

I cannot recommend a custom hat maker (but I will be checking out the recommendations made in this thread) but I can recommend a style I think may work for you. The Australian Outbacker. It is basically a fedora with a broader brim. I've been wearing one outdoors for a few decades and it's worked far better for me than anything else. I like them made of a canvas material so I can dip it in a stream on hot days which helps to cool the head

The hat that I had made is an outback/fedora. I wanted something that would go well with jeans and boots as well as more formal attire.

[jlw]

Regarding outback style hats, Akubra is a well respected Australian hat maker. They are the Aussie version of Stetson/Resistol. There are numerous sites with differing inventories. Here is one:

The Hattery

The shipping is reasonable considering it is an international shipment. It's really not much more than some domestic shipping options.

As for odd head shapes, I mentioned previously that I am a long oval. Here is a video that shows how to reshape the Akubra to a long oval:



I suppose something similar could be done to address the OP's stated issue; perhaps turning the jack in the other direction so that it pushes out wider in the front.