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  1. Mr E Train

    Post New Hats Here!

    My new "Boaterma" A Capas Panama straw "boater" that I took the red-blue guard's band off of and added a black pleated puggaree. I call it "The Boaterma." More in Boater Faction.
  2. Mr E Train

    Boater faction!

    Ladies and Gentlemen, THE BOATERMA I never cared for the Panama straw boaters because I considered it a poor substitute for a real boater. Recently, however, I started to think of them in a new light. With the traditional red & blue guard's band, they look like a poor man's boater, sure. But...
  3. Mr E Train

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Not poor at all. Nice! Great tie choice, too.
  4. Mr E Train

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    This shorpy.com photo here that skyvue posted in another thread inspired me today. Click on the image to see it all the terrific detail. Isn't that something? Anyway, I was inspired by the sharp-looking guy squatting next to the larger gentleman in the uniform on the left, and that pork...
  5. Mr E Train

    Panama Hat Thread

    I've used Kahl hat stiffener to good effect. If you have a western store in your area, they should have it.
  7. Mr E Train

    Boater faction!

    DelMonico Hatter on Fox 61 Morning News April 30, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3qEjE847Y
  8. Mr E Train

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    David Morgan Panama today. I'm becoming quite fond of this lid.
  9. Mr E Train

    The OFFICIAL Sinatra Hat

    I believe that's a Milan straw pork pie, here's another shot of it. Someone around here recently posted on that looked really close to that but a different color, with the same shape and a similar pleated pug. I think it was CRH.
  10. Mr E Train

    The OFFICIAL Sinatra Hat

    I doubt the milans are officially licensed or that they even have a model name. That's probably just the name Henry the Hatter chose to sell them under. But yeah, I'm sure the Chairman would not approve.
  11. Mr E Train

    Boater faction!

    Shushan's probably has the best variety of any online stores I've found. They have striped ones similar to the one above. On a vintage hat they might stick out as looking too "new" though. I'm not sure if there's a special name for the hooks. Usually they're just called "hooks." [huh] You...
  13. Mr E Train

    Boater faction!

    Not that I know of, and I've looked, although I didn't do an exhaustive search. There's always puggarees. Less fancy, but not without precedent, like this old Cavanagh.
  14. Mr E Train

    The OFFICIAL Sinatra Hat

    Looks like an official piece of licensed crap to me. :rolleyes:
  15. Mr E Train

    Adding a puggaree to Akubra Kokoda

    A bigger photo would be nice because I can't make it out too well. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a pug attached like that before, with the overlap in the front rather than on the left side where a ribbon usually goes, but I think I like it.
  16. Mr E Train

    SOLD: **50's Park Crest silverbelly Open Road/Stratoliner clone, size 7 1/4 - 7 3/8**

    SOLD
  17. Mr E Train

    Panama Hat Thread

    Hmm...looks like a Milan to me. ;) I like that puggaree, very nice!
  19. Mr E Train

    Prom

    Well, that's an old school (as in "old school," not "old school") rule. That rule just has to do more with manners and decorum than anything else.
  20. Mr E Train

    Prom

    It's all about self-esteem. They don't want the hat wearers to make the non-hat wearers feel bad about themselves because of their non-hat-wearingness. Either that or they're afraid that students will carry concealed weapons under them.[huh] Or drugs. Or perhaps some weapon-drug hybrid that...
  21. Mr E Train

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    The weather looked iffy today, so I wore my Pinzano Milan. I wasn't happy with the snap of the brim in the front, so shortly after taking that photo I steamed it and shaped it to give it more of a downswoop in the front and made the upswoop in the back a little more dramatic. Looks...
  22. Mr E Train

    Boater faction!

    Congratulations on the win! Is yours a Ponte Rialto or a Tesi?
  23. Mr E Train

    Boater faction!

    I'd say that fourth one qualifies as a boater because of the material and the weave, although it's more of a boater/pork pie hybrid.

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