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Introduction
Howdy, Welcome to the Fedora Lounge, Alon! Since you've specifically asked about the quality of Biltmore hats, here's my experience with them. The one Biltmore porkpie I've bought has been quite well made. Many compliments come my way every time I wear it, too. As I recall, Biltmore... -
Recommend me a fedora, please
Hi 'spike and welcome to the Fedora Lounge! With a hat size of 8 (or higher), your chances of finding a vintage fedora that fits you are pretty close to zero. A lot of folks here have been urging you to look at Akubras. I own a couple of them; they're great hats. You've already seen... -
Who Needs a Riboon?
Hi, Pretty interesting, Ben. And it looks better on you than I'd expect from a hat with what appears to have such a plain crown. Translation: You don't look at all like Chico Marx wearing it! lol Is there any indication of the name of a hatmaker? And what's the price range there... -
Spaghetti Western - where do they get the hats?
Hi, Yohanes, you're exactly right about the "spaghetti" western movies really being Euro-Westerns. One of the oddest series of this genre was the Ardelenii saga, made in Romania. The three movies involve the adventures of the Ardeleni brothers in the American Wild West. They strike... -
We are starting to make an impression on that hat industry "Browndale Dress Hat"
Hi, That Browndale does look super. And I can vouch for Miller quality and service as well; the Miller porkpie I've got was made (quite well) by Biltmore. I'd like the Browndale even more if they offered it in some other colors. [huh] Edward: Great new avatar! :eusa_clap Cheers, Mark -
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PET PEEVE HAT
Hi, Guess I'm just not with the program of hating various hat styles. There are some I don't wear, like trucker caps or fabric stingy-brims. But I don't hate 'em (except perhaps for the trucker caps that feature disagreeable slogans). There are even some styles roundly hated by various... -
Stetson One Hundred
Hey, Dinerman, that's one excellent deal on an excellent hat! :eusa_clap I'll have to find a diner someplace and eat in it this weekend in your honor. Cheers, Mark -
Sizing of vintage hat stretchers?
Hiya, I can't recall having seen a vintage hat stretcher in any antique shop anywhere ever. Much less one that'd do some good for a fathead like me (7 5/8). :whistling But I'll be in your general neck of the woods round about Christmas. Frankfort and Lexington KY, to be exact, perhaps a... -
Western hats
Howdy, Quite welcome, but don't you get a big head over it now. If you do, your hats won't fit any more! lol Cheers, Mark -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
H'lo folks, Today was a porkpie kind of day, so here's the Bailey porkpie that just seemed to fit. This hat, bought at Bernie Utz some years back, went with me back to its old home a few days ago. I kept lying the hat down on its brim and picking it up by its crown the whole time. ;)... -
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Western hats
Hey y'all, Now here's something that caught my attention: You know what, JT? The Charlie 1 Horse looks super on you. Absolutely first-rate. :eusa_clap But if I'd have seen the hat in a store, I'd have passed it right by. [huh] First, I'd have thought it looked silly. And second... -
'30s Vintage German Homburg, non-Homburg and Fedora
Hi, I vote with those who consider BellyTank's non-homburg to be a type of homburg. The difference between this hat and any other homburg seems to be to be a difference without a distinction. There's just not enough non-homburgness about it to make it not a homburg. If it weren't getting... -
The Cap Faction
Howdy, Thought I'd file an application for membership in the Cap Faction. This one might be my favorite, a Doria made by Borsalino. Charcoal-grey wool/cashmere blend. Bought five or ten years ago at Bernie Utz Hats in downtown Seattle. Even the liner is pleasing: Soft to the touch... -
The Rarest Color I have, what's your's?
Hiya, Here's one of the oddest hats, with the oddest color, and oddest ribbon, that I've ever seen. It's vintage, at a guess 1950s -- but if you told me it was from the '40s or even '30s, I'd probably believe you. A no-name homburg in a dark wine-red. Probably American-made, to judge from... -
Western hats
Howdy, Some great advice & info so far on this thread! Another difference between western hat folks and dress hat folks is that there's no cultural support in the dress hat world for letting your hats go grungy. David Stoecklein published a coffee-table book a few years back, full of... -
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Akubra Federation?
Hiya Lorne, Akubras are indeed measured in cm instead of inches, like Mid-fogey says. Sizing might vary slightly, but no more so than any other brand of hat. Perhaps what follows will repeat some other thread. But I'll go ahead and say it anyway, since it's what I learned when I... -
Stetson Sizing?
Hi, It's enough to make you wish that eBay sellers (and online hat shops too, for that matter) would list the actual inner circumference of the hat. That way, if a marked size 60 hat is actually a size 62, or whatever, we hat buyers could know a lot more accurately whether it'd fit us... -
the shoe was lost
Howdy, These nailed up hats in this shop are a real mixed bag, from tatters-&-rags to ready-to-try-on. One question, though it's certainly :offtopic: , has me puzzled. In this photo: who's the gent on the poster? Isn't that RM Williams, the bootmaker? What's he doing up there with... -
New Member
Hiya, Welcome to the Fedora Lounge from another fellow Seattleite! We're pretty lucky here to have Bernie Utz (pronounced OOtz, for those of you not lucky enough to live in or near Rainytown). Bernie's is a real local treasure, at least as cool, to my way of thinking, as the Space Needle... -
Hats at Burlington Coat Factory
Top o' th' mornin', folks, It's worth a bet (if I were a betting man) that the Czech-made fur felts are Tonaks. And Tonak is the parent company for H?ºckel. Tonak has a Website that shows their product lines for the past few years. The peach fedora that BCF sold me recently looked like...
