Although Stetson's got a truckload of great fur felt fedoras including The Dexter Fedora, its suede finish lending the coveted luxe feel, The Downs Business (a dress hat from their Hats Royal collection), and the fur felt Weekender, a fall/winter hat fancy enough to wear to casual dress events, they're not the only hatter to do so. Scala too uses fur felt in hat shapes from safari-style hats (with their Capri Safari a great example) to a classic snap brim fedora known as The Roma and to one hat called The Sicily, a stingy brim hat with double bow and molto attitude.

The treatment of the fur and trim of the hat itself obviously makes a difference to the finished product. When a hat is finished in a manner such as the satin-lined Scala Sorrento Stingy Brim, sueded and trimmed with a grosgrain band and double bow, it takes on a supple, urbane look. For a silk finish fedora, in Black or Graphite, I think The Temptation in fur felt might tempt you. I sure fell for it! Anything I tend to fall for anything from Dobbs Hats, and when you see the multi-lined tone on tone trim that adorns the The Harvey's crown (after taking in the tastefully bound edge of the 2 1/2 inch brim, clean center dent, leather sweatband and satin lining), you'll probably be on the floor with me.

Really, there is nothing like fur felt for men's hats.