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    HOLY GRAIL? /What fedoras are you pining for?

    A Knox 100 certainly is a swell hat. Styling aside, I don't imagine there is any difference between a Knox 100, Dobbs 100, or Cavanagh 100 from the same year. They were made by the same company so it seems unlikely there would be any quality difference. I would like to find the precursor to the...
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    HOLY GRAIL? /What fedoras are you pining for?

    Does anyone actually have a Grail hat? Not a pretty good hat, not a new custom, not a rare hat, but an honest to goodness one of the kind <cue "U can't touch this"> hat?
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    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    And I lived in Buffalo for many years. The dude in the other escalator is checking out your hat.
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    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    I have a near mint 1920's Dobbs that just is a wee bit too tight for me. I figure once I lose a few more pounds or some more brain cells it will be just right.
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    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    Very stylish, I like the brown one particularly. I was wondering if there was a style that fit these hats other than the well-dressed Englishman one tends to see exclusively these days.
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    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    Lots of shots of nice bowlers. How about some shots of members with the chutzpah to actually wear the hats out amongst the general public?
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    Starter Fedora

    If you want to go vintage one "trick" I can suggest is to search for "cavanagh edge" on EBay. These edges were almost exclusively used on better quality hats and are not available on modern hats. So by selecting a hat with a cavanagh edge, even a complete novice can end up with a quality vintage...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

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    Is Hat Ettiquette Obsolete?

    I personally don't mind when topics wander but I can understand and respect your view. I would say its hard not to wander a bit, as evidence, your very post is off topic. In my opinion, it should be up to the person who starts the thread to determine how strictly the conversation stays on the...
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    You are all clearly enlightened men, please sign my petition to end the suffrage of women. Thank you for your kind attention.
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    The Hell if I know...
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    I was speaking on factory made hats capable of supporting the scale necessary for a hat renaissance. There are obviously custom hatters turning out quality hats today, at the rate of a few dozen hats each year.
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    Especially when they forget to use the Impact font!
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    1) I've no interest in a hat revival. I'm perfectly happy being different and the masses are perfectly happy in their ball caps. I'd like it to stay that way. 2) Increased interest would simply mean opening factories in Asia and more low quality hats produced. Neither of these appeal to me...
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    Be it known Ok 2nd agreement, to clarify tone and intent, we shall henceforth use the following fonts exclusively; When one is serious we use Times New Roman. When one is facetious, we use Comic Sans MS. When one is angry we use IMPACT. All who do not agree with this are clearly...
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    Is Hat Ettiquette Obsolete?

    I would love to find a place that is limited to civil discourse. Does such a place actually exist on the internet? I think not. It is simply a fact of life that people argue they get defensive and in so doing usually resort to personal attacks of one sort or another. That is what our culture...
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    Is Hat Ettiquette Obsolete?

    Amen... I thought this was a discussion forum not a library. Otherwise might as well close all threads and be done with it since pretty much everything has already been covered before.
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    Stolen eBay hat

    I would at least contact the seller to see if the package was insured.
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    It's time for a gentlemen's agreement.

    It is a pipe dream to be sure... but what we can do here is to start extoling the virtues of wool hats and how modern hats are so much better than vintage ones.
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    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    Nothing wrong with serviceable, but for north of $200, I expect better than that.

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