I am really confused about the proper usage of formal stud sets. As I take it, a full dress shirt takes two collar studs; a longer stud to fasten in the front; and a squatter, but otherwise identical, stud to fasten the back of the collar. Then there are three studs to fasten the front placket...
I advocate many vintage things... but, like asbestos, I stay away from real glass lenses like the plague. Real glass, tempered or not, can chip or shatter easily when dropped. And, say you were to get in a car crash, or be hit in the face by something, or even take a tumble off a bicycle...
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The cliched answer is that, if you can wear the hat, instead of the hat wearing you, then generally it produces a pleasant effect. When you wear a hat with confidence, it shows. Other people can tell you're comfortable, so they see the hat as an extension of you as opposed to an object...
Lefty, are you trying to cut back also? Just how many hats do you own? You provide a lot of insight, but I never have seen that much from your collection.
I'm really curious to see what you think of it when you have it in-person... I found a pin that I thought was a Strat pin, this weekend, but I jumped the gun and it wasn't. It's made of a gold/brass colored metal. Someone scratched in '1945' on a wing, so I know it's old, but not that much...
I have swatches of Art's felt. You could email him and ask for them.
Dark moss, to my eye, is a medium to darker (but not mistakable for any other color but green) green with undertones of brown under direct light. It appears to be fairly versatile, but slightly less with cooler colors than...
I own that Borsalino's slightly more refined and lighter cousin, a 4X (same style [XXXX] and liner) in a peach color a tad darker and less complex than Art's Sunset. The felt on mine is rather substantial, but very plush to the hand.
I have two Whippets, but I was drawn to them for reasons...
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