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Am I doomed to no hat?
Hi, I dunno, Brinybay, I think that you've got the looks to carry off a Real Hat any time you give yourself a break and just try it. Lotsa ways to do this, you know. Here's three: 1) You could return to Byrnie Utz & ask for some advice. Or David Morgan in Bothell, if you think an... -
wow, one hat store in town; dissapointing
Hiya, Yup, Kentucky does have some great Bourbons. Plus racehorses, baseball bats, and heavyweight boxers. Just not vintage hats in the antique shops. [huh] Is it possible that there's a semi-enforced law in KY relating to vintage clothing having to be cleaned in some way or other... -
New member intro and question
Hiya, The short answer is that the more Xs the better the quality of the fur used to make the felt. But almost every hat brand uses a different scale of comparison. So one maker's 10X will be another maker's 2X. For proof that the concept is in danger of becoming meaningless, consider... -
Sanitizing used hats?
Aloha, Sweet Leilani, am I right that your museum is primarily worried about dermestid beetle infestations & clothes moths? If so, the freezer trick is just the ticket. Naphtha and any other chemicals are obviously going to be off-limits for you. And, you lucky thing, your vitrines and... -
wow, one hat store in town; dissapointing
Howdy, Well, Bob, I visited the Louisville Antique Mall at its former location just about 3 weeks ago. Virtually none of the cases or booths had any vintage hats, or any other kind of vintage clothing for that matter. So my guess is that they'd be a bust for hat hunting. It might help if... -
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Sanitizing used hats?
Howdy, That's what I'd have said, too. Until I read the following from Wikipedia: Now, is that 20% of all humans in the world, or 20% of the population in the developed nations (Western Europe, Canada/USA, Australia/New Zealand, and Japan)? That's hard to say without excavating for... -
Sanitizing used hats?
Hi, Plastic bag? Nope. What Rockbottom said. Naphtha? If you've got a well-ventilated indoor area, they say it works. Alcohol? I've used it for stained felt, dabbing a few drops on with wet fingers. Didn't want to use much, as the black dye wasn't alcohol-fast, and I was worried about... -
Decisions, decisions!
Howdy again, Thanks Donato for the suggestions about Stetsons. I'll check them out over the next couple of days. Thanks Mr. Lucky for steering me towards Bencraft's selection of Borsalinos. Seems to me I was looking at them just before Christmas. Not sure why I didn't add them to the... -
pgoat runs the batsakes voodoo down.....
Hi again, Actually, I meant the question from a few posts ago (mostly) seriously: What is it about a Greek fedora that makes it look Greek? I sorta kinda know what makes a hat with some fedora-like characteristics look like a cowboy hat. Ditto for an Aussie hat. There are a few kinds of... -
Kentucky hats?
Howdy, I spent the holidays at my sister's place in the Bluegrass, with a side-trip to Louisville. Kentucky is a lot like it was when I moved away, but more developed. It was easy enough to find Bourbon distilleries, restaurants serving catfish & hushpuppies with greens on the side, horse... -
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Decisions, decisions!
Hiya, SonOfAPreacher/Donato: Which models of these brands did you have in mind? I've got 3 Beaver Brand and 2 Akubras, and have looked at a few of the hats they offer besides the specific models I own. I don't know of any hats from either brand that's quite right. Donato: All the wide-brim... -
Decisions, decisions!
Hi, The spectral howl of the wild fedora is wafting again through my window. And in response, I'm thinking of getting a new one (a fedora, that is, not a window). This time I'm looking for a fur-felt hat with a wide brim around 2 3/4' to 3" and a light-colored felt. The price point above... -
pgoat runs the batsakes voodoo down.....
Ya sou, Pretty nice hat. Works pretty well on you, pgoat. But is there really a special sauce that transforms the style of an ordinary fedora into one that really looks *Greek*? Opa, Mark (who is not, aman aman, a millionth as talented as Markos Vamvakaris) -
Shrinking a hat?
Hi, It's definitely not a silly question. But it does seem to me that there was a thread on this very topic, like yesterday. The short answer is that you can glom stuff onto one side or the other of the sweatband, without having to call in a highly-paid specialist for radical surgery... -
Please help assess my hats......
Hiya folks, I missed this thread somehow. Just now getting around to looking at it. Anyway, I vote for #4 (the Panama) and #5 (the Art Fawcett/Vintage Silhouettes). No contest, man. There are good things, too, going on with #6 (the Knox, because the color works well) and the #7 (the... -
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Loss of a Seattle institution
:eek: Gaah! Seattle's Loungers rise to moan in deep despair, and most Fail at that hope which springs eternal in a Forum post. We only wish his landlord saw us shaking in our boots! (I'd even buy some trucker's caps, to save our Bernie Utz.) Somewhere in this favored state, the rain is... -
Where to obtain reproduction/comparable hat?
Hi, Hey, as long as the hat was obtained that way, it's been neutralized. It's hard to find another one with similar provenance though, unfortunately. :) Cheers, Mark -
Where to obtain reproduction/comparable hat?
Hi, This hat resembles a Russian ushanka. The only online vendor for ushankas in my browser's bookmark list is Russian Legacy. http://russianlegacy.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=32_45_274_147 Drill down to page 3, which has a couple of hats that are pretty comparable to yours. There are... -
Help, What kind of hat?
Morning all, I'm still holding out for it being valid to call a hat like Doherty's a trilby. This morning, after reading Jimmy Pierce's comment, and figuring that he knows his stuff, I looked at a few online hatshops to see what they market as trilbys. And that seems to be stingy brim... -
Beaver Brand impressions?
Hi, I own three Beaver Brand hats, a grey homburg, a brown fedora, and a black porkpie. The homburg is rather stiff as you'd expect for a homburg, but the other two aren't, particularly. Definitely no stiffer than Akubras. They get worn all the time, especially the fedora. I think all of...
