First and second impressions with this hat are that I don't like it.  It came well packaged.  No issues there.  The hat material is stiff.  It resembles cardboard.  Uncomfortable on the head.  The leather string is very stiff and doesn't lay flat.  As for the overall quality, I don't understand how other people can say its a quality product.  I'd rate it somewhere between cheap to medium quality at best.