Still plenty of sizes on NE JapanI was just on new era last week and didn’t see these. I would have grabbed this. How the **** are these selling out so fast? **** is going on?
www.neweracap.jp
i remember my first Chinese made on field. The poly looked exactly like this
A literal lint trap. I actually think they’ve gotten better over the years but not by much. This first or second year Chinese poly was thick, had no true fuzz, and was not flexible at all. Chinese made at its worst imho.
The Yankees were one of the first teams to really get large scale production in China for on fields. Even before derby closed, finding a USA made Yankees (and even Mets) was a daunting task. This is going back like 8 years at this point.
Even player caps have been found to be made in China too. So it’s not exclusive to consumers. I feel grey under Yankees are easier to find than MUSA black under polys.
i meant to say you should Go back 3-5 years for yankee caps. The year they got the side flag was a big year for imported caps. Many were made in USA but had the crappy materials, so a non flagged Yankees has a better chance at fitting better.
I think I have two Bangladesh hats. They fit terrible. They’re extremely boxy with nasty materials. And the size tag means nothing anymore. Made in China caps are the new USA. You’d be better off with a Chinese wool custom grey under then any 2018,2019, or 2020 yankee on field
Guccishades I get on HC a lot but I am a bit impressed with the fit and look of some of their newer releases. They are really polishing what should be boxy turds. They have one of the better factories working with them it appears.
A lot of lids fashion caps are just Terribly built. I was expecting the worst from them when derby closed. I’d still like to stay away from their Bangladesh hats. But their made in China are about as good as you’ll get. The shape on 70% of their caps looks close to what derby USA would do for them. 4ucap and even ecap and my fitteds over the years have had questionable quality Chinese made caps. For the new retail of $40-$45, they better be higher class, and I think they are close.
Non mlb caps such as milb and NCAA were notorious for having crappy crowns and bad craftsmanship overall. These were all made overseas. Today’s HC exclusives are a tad bit above that, so there is a glimmer of hope.
I own a few cooperstown collection mlb hats and they’re made overseas with a side flag. Now those were low grade customs. HC is at least trying here. I’ll give them credit.
speaking of shape, how have I never stumbled on this guy
When people tak about boxy or high crown, this guy has good examples in how to reshape them. Game changing info. I have a ton of hats I don’t wear enough because they’re too high crown
The biggest issue now is sizing. Anything from 2012 onward Has questionable sizing, usa or overseas made.
Retail to maybe $55 tops. The new hype boyz aren’t into on fields. They want the colored unders and life size side patches.
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Tldr. HC used to make caps that resembled mlb on fields, and not the cheap cooperstown looking knock offs. Now they’re a bit in between.
snagged the purple palm tree dodger
You can take your own patches to lids
They have a stitch machine I used some designs they had on file. They also can do custom designs that you made.
Where from
Mickeys place
