What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Gareth]

I had some luck on ebay and scored this Lock and Co Fedora size 62, crown height is 4 1/2 inches at the front, 5 1/4 inches at the side. Brim is 2 1/2 inches. Felt is probably rabbit and the overall finish is good, as you would expect from Lock. Colour is slate grey. Hat features a half bow on the left and a curious twist in the hatband on the right. Picked it up for £60 which is a great reduction from what I think must have been 300 to 400 new. Looks as good as new.

 

[RickP]

Resistol time this morning

 

[jeffgarf]

This AM I choose my nicest Champ, a Featherweight in Kasmir Finish.

 

[hatsRme]

Good day. Closing in on Straw Hat day, I thought the MacLachlan needed air before summer…


All the best!

 

[MikeinRome]

1950's Stetson Boss of the Plains, licensed and made in England.

 

[carouselvic]

Panama

 

[Judgmentalist]

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Looks like a very nice one at that. Who made it, if I may ask?

 

[DaveProc]

Borsalino Qualita Extra Superiore

 

[carouselvic]

Looks like a very nice one at that. Who made it, if I may ask?

Retailed at Macey’s. Not branded

 

[VoodooSan]

I had some luck on ebay and scored this Lock and Co Fedora size 62, crown height is 4 1/2 inches at the front, 5 1/4 inches at the side. Brim is 2 1/2 inches. Felt is probably rabbit and the overall finish is good, as you would expect from Lock. Colour is slate grey. Hat features a half bow on the left and a curious twist in the hatband on the right. Picked it up for £60 which is a great reduction from what I think must have been 300 to 400 new. Looks as good as new. View attachment 785500 View attachment 785501 View attachment 785502 View attachment 785503

VERY nice!!

 

[VoodooSan]

Resistol time this morning
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Very sharp, Rick!

 

[VoodooSan]

Good day. Closing in on Straw Hat day, I thought the MacLachlan needed air before summer…
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All the best!

Sharp, Charlie! LOVE the lining!!!!

 

[Pellie]

Unlined Stetson P l a y b o y today!

 

[mayserwegener]

"Negretti" "Special Qualität" "Adonis" possibly 1910s. I don't know the German Hat Company that made this Wool Stiff Felt but highly possible one of the large factories in Guben, Germany. Negretti is a type of Wool that can be used to make hats. This Stiff Felt is light in weight (110 grams) and with smaller dimensions. The Negretti Wool Felt is very dense which results in a very smooth Finish. I found this Wool Stiff Felt back in 2010.

Negretti Merino (photo:1892)

This type of sheep grew also a very fine wool but showed a low-set compact body. While great stress was laid on the quantity of greasy wool yield and dense wool growth, the tough skin finally developed heavy folds on the neck rump, haunches and tail. The fine wool produced was especially known for its high content of lower solving grease. At the beginning of the 19th century, breeding activities in the former Prussian provinces of Silesia and Brandenburg tended to overcome the disadvantage of overemphasized breeding developments of the Electorals and Negrettis. They tried to combine the adverse advantages of both breeds by combination. This resulted in a fine wool type called the "Eskurial" or "German Thoroughbred Sheep". In the middle of the last century, the production of superfine wool ceased, due to the requirement of longer, coarser and less crimped wool. Breeding of the former type of sheep became unprofitable through insufficient yield and falling prices for finest wool.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Buddy of mine gave me this Dorfman hat. It's got a wire or something in the brim and I bent it into a shape that I like.
This is the one I'm gonna wear if I have to go scuba diving. Or dumpster diving. Or pretty much anything involving diving. Please excuse the not-candid-candid shot lol.

 

[VoodooSan]

Unlined Stetson P l a y b o y today!
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Sweet!!!!

 

[jeffgarf]

Headed to SC to see my folks this weekend, wearing a very dark navy blue Wilke.

 

[StoryPNW]

Good morning all, been a bit. I hope everyone is well. I'm wearing my newly acquired Dobbs GP today. This one has a 2 1/2" brim.

 

[Edward]

Bit later than usual, but here are the hats of the week.

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Is that a corduroy peacoat? Looks nice. Great colour.

It's coming into winter here, so it's this new one that arrived from Laird Hatters (London).

It's a beaut.

Very nice. Laird have come a long way in recent years with their caps. They used to all be very sleek, very post-1960, but they're getting into some wider, earlier styles now too. Reasonably priced, in general, for a locally made hat.

They are the new owners of Christys', correct?

Exactly so. Early comment from them on this has been promising. It'll be interesting to seed how they evolve the two brands from here, given the plan to keep them separate. Laird were in business quite a few years before they introduced their own limited range of furfelts; I'm wondering whether they'll diversify the two brands by making Laird primarily the caps and keep the brimmed hats for Laird, or give one a more classic feel and make the other more fashion forward... I guess we'll find out in due course. Either way, it's nice that the Christy's brand is going to be kept alive rather than subsumed into something else, and their plans for it sound great - it's not just going to become a badge-engineering exercise that bears little resemblance to the original company.

Many of us are familiar with the mint green Borsalino sold by JJ's, but today I went with its cousin, the bold red version.

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Oh, that's fun - I hope you're reading this via a Linux OS? ;-)

Good day. Closing in on Straw Hat day, I thought the MacLachlan needed air before summer…
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All the best!

I love that style of wide ribbon brim binding and matching ribbon in a contrast colour to the hat body. I'm leaning to a custom build in a similar spec next Spring.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

This morning under a Michael Gannon Highwayman in natural beaver.