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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Love a black on black Homburg! Great hat, Steve. Good brim width on this one. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Mini heat wave in the bay (you know, what we call "hot," which is like 75°). VS Dualist -
How to travel with hats
Hmm, this may be dependent on the individual airport/agent. I've never had anyone check under the sweat. I have put hats through the xray machine for sure. -
How to travel with hats
I mean, it's an Akubra, so there's probably not much that could happen that could not be fixed by steam, but if you are really concerned, get a hat case. It's about as convenient as you would imagine carrying another piece of luggage would be, but it'll protect your hat. -
1900’s Vibe Hat Choices? Help me Out!
Huh? what OR were you trying? The modern OR is smaller than the campdraft. Can you expand on why the OR is "too western?" is it just the cattleman crown? Something is lost in translation for me, because the Campdraft is an OR, more or less, as it was formerly produced under license as the OR. -
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1900’s Vibe Hat Choices? Help me Out!
The OR/Campdraft is slightly later than 1900's. The thin ribbon OR seems to have popped up around the 40's. check out this 1902 Stetson Catalog, lots of those earlier styles. Personally, I have an affinity for the rolled brim hats. Many makers simply cannot duplicate this look anymore. It's not... -
Johnny Depp Fedora
He's probably wearing a vintage Borso. The modern version is here: https://www.bencrafthats.com/alessandria-by-borsalino-5630#.Yjnuod9lC2c Modern Borsos are not the best hats, but if you like the distressed look, it's probably a better choice than Akubra, as the latter will take a while to get... -
Open road review
just use a touch of steam. A tea kettle works, a handheld clothes steamer will work, if you want to throw some cash around, you can buy a jiffy hat steamer. avoid hitting the sweatband with steam! But you should be able to do some shaping. -
Waterproofing Shantung Straw
Shantung is by its nature somewhat water resistant already. Village Hat Shop is under the impression that the Bickmore spray can be applied. If you need a "waterproof" straw hat, I suggest getting something that is not a straw hat. -
Show Us Your Vintage Hat Store
Minor 2022 addendum: If anybody ever visits the city, this building is still here (sorta) and now houses a mall, anchored by Bloomingdales. The facade was restored to its 1908 appearance. The original building was gutted, but they retained the original rotunda and glass dome. The old Emporium... -
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Ask a question, get an answer
....well, have you dug around this site yet? Since the answer is essentially the same, I'm quoting myself. -
What's your signature hat?
....that's mostly what the forum is. We have brand specific threads; we have threads on different styles; we have threads on different countries; we have threads on different time periods; we have threads on specific models. a good place to start... -
Ask a question, get an answer
Consider a shangtung 'straw' hat as well.... -
setting a hat down: brim up or brim down?
My understanding is that soft felt hats (e.g. fedoras) should be set brim down to avoid possible crown deformation and that crown-down is mostly preferred for western hats to avoid possible brim deformation. -
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Akubra Sombrero : Remplacement hat bands?
Yeah, its shame about the vent holes in the Sombrero, otherwise it would be a dead ringer for those old BREs. But if I can duplicate that bow, most any hatter should be able to do it. I used 12 ligne ribbon, which was the best match I could find in vintage ribbon. The real ribbon was ever so... -
Miller-Stockman Catalogs
Those velours are new to me. Now I think I need a black one! Thanks for sharing, Ross. -
What Stratoliner Color?
If there was a Premier version of this I'd be all over it. -
Western, anyone?
Nice collection! That black one especially, love the curled brim. -
Northwest Hats, Eugene, Ore.
AFAIK Bob uses the same Tonak felts. Hard to get a good shot of these.
