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I'm gonna buy calipers one day, I swear. In terms of just the thickness of the felt, those older hats are much closer to a modern dress weight than to a modern western weight. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Great colour combo. I know exactly where that is too, there's a barber shop on that corner now, drive by it all the time. -
Short Brimmed Cowboy
For an off the rack hat, you could do worse than the current Stetson Range 6x. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
I'm convinced it must have existed. I have a post about it in the OR thread somewhere. The two different ads from two different shops in two different years really sinks the probability of it being a retailer listing/printer error. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Ok but I'll still buy you a drink if you're out this way. I've been looking for an excuse to go to the Tonga Room. -
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Western, anyone?
We've always had some urban coyotes here in SF, but they got a little bolder during the lockdown days. Though we have exceedingly few incidents, which is surprising given the amount of dogs there are here. -
I love the Fed IV!!
Imported from Europe since 2015 https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-07-08/akubra-to-import-rabbit-fur/6603106 -
Appliques for Western Hats
I'm not mad at Boho/contemporary hats. There's even some I'd wear and ideas that I have for myself up my sleeve that are non-traditional. But glowing? Yah, not so much unless it was some sort of sci fi cosplay hat. Wellema has this hat available. I'm actually pretty impressed with the... -
Akubra questions
Water should not be an issue for the felt, only the leather. Akubra sweats are not the highest quality leather and are generally known to shrink. It's not crushable like a wool felt is, no. But it would have to be something like your kid falling/sitting on top of it to risk any significant... -
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Looking for hat information?
IIRC I was linking to a post from Gregory Westbrook, whom Fouquet apprenticed under as a hatmaker. There were critiques made of his techniques shown online and I believe a TV segment. And I think I recall something about Fouquet plagiarizing designs. Oh and then there was the whole matchstick... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Hope you're feeling better ASAP, Steve! As a random aside, I noticed that hat on Mike Dirnt from the band Green Day a while back. The dual tone ribbon is distinctive. -
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Show us their hats!
Adam Savage on hats....oddly he says his Steele and Jones and an AB are wool, but surely they're rabbit.... -
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I would be shocked if anyone here kept up on modern wool production hats. If I had to guess, I'd guess Dorfman Pacific. But you're asking a vintage hat focused audience about hats that are decidedly not in our collective wheelhouse. -
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I need some HAT help!!!!
Hard to answer. I can say I like my somewhat recent Resistol 10x Cogburn. It has held up well as a rain hat. I have ironed the brim down flat a few times, but I've gotten it pretty soaked. -
The Official Stetson Nutria Quality Thread
I can't think of any of the regulars here who would call a No. 1 Quality Stetson a "beaver hat." Ditto for Royal Deluxe. The distinction you're trying to force here is imprecise, inaccurate, and useless. You've created this artificial category of "beaver hat," where the percentages of the blends... -
Optimo south side mobsters
If I ended up in Chicago, there's a good chance I'd leave with another. Poor impulse control! Looking online from afar I can convince myself "that's too much for a hat," but I am so curious about the silver beaver bodies. AFAIK, FEPSA doesn't sell those to other hatters. Just for fun I pulled... -
Optimo south side mobsters
So Optimo has gone through a few iterations. My hat is old enough that it's a beaver/rabbit blend. Though IIRC, I think they were using wild furs. Then they switched to beaver. Then they introduced their true Silverbelly. The felt color takes its name from the lighter colored fur that appears on...
