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  1. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    I guess it depends on who reads what and accepts what they read as truth. I've always been amazed at the amount of info out there for the researcher and knowing everything is 100% true and factual.
  2. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    Best answer so far...IMO!!!!;):D
  3. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    Fashion/Trend setters...…….Considering the era, lets say, mid-1920s. Just like Marlene Dietrich I believe was the trend setter for women in trousers and what an uproar!!! But, it only took one. (I'm talking trousers, not Levi's) I believe what I read about King Edward VII being the first to wear...
  4. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    I'm just trying to "edgamakate" myself with the help of others which I know, know far more than me, then again, I might just be passing time during a very boring day!!!! :D
  5. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    Whether stiff or soft depended upon the material used. The name fedora did not originate in the US nor by an American, something that was adopted. Your catalog above is dated when?
  7. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    Why was the term "stingy brims" applied in the first place? There had to have been a beginning someplace and why and by whom. Since there is a "wide" brim, why not just a "short" brim. The scots have always had the stigma "stingy" applied to them. Having spent years in Scotland, the scots are...
  8. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    They were not called back then, Stingy brims because a fedora was a fedora in different size brims. I consider the term "stingy' being a modern day term and applying the term "stingy" means, it's lacking, lacking what? As for as Tom Mix, his hat was norm among that group that wore every day...
  9. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    A wide brim had to help against sun exposure is a whole different animal. I've used many a wide brim hat during my lifetime for sun protection and they came in handy also for rain too. Through time there has always been a norm and an exception. Why today are hat brims of the 20s/30s considered...
  10. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    I don't see where I said 2.5 was considered a stingy brim. I did say "below 2.5".
  11. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    Here's one thread I read. https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/fedora-brim-size-in-1920s.48267/ 2.5 was the limit but from my reading most were below that.
  13. 31 Model A

    Stingy brims???

    I've been researching fedoras for a few days now and even purchased one, a Stetson. I've read many articles and even some threads here pertaining to "stingy" brims. I looked up the word "stingy": stingy (ˈstɪndʒɪ) adj, -gier or -giest 1. unwilling to spend or give 2. insufficient or scanty...
  14. 31 Model A

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    I'm waiting on a Peaky from Irina at IDHatShop. Should be here soon. First one from her. If it sits well, I'll order another straight off...……..
  15. 31 Model A

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Breaking in my Stetson Chatham....it's starting to grow on me.:)
  16. 31 Model A

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    It came, I saw, it conquered …….but even though it fits after a small inside band addition, I love the color and I will wear it, but, I'm still a newsboy kinda guy but who knows, it might grow on me and then I'll be looking for a Mac Lachlan. ;)
  17. 31 Model A

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    Stetson Chatham should be arriving today.
  19. 31 Model A

    Vet having actually wear a m65

    ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!:D
  20. 31 Model A

    Vet having actually wear a m65

    One more thing, the hood was a worthless POS anyway on the M-65!!! The button on hood for the M-51 was heavier, better for winter and took any rain far better also.
  21. 31 Model A

    Vet having actually wear a m65

    BTW, I cut the hood out of my collar on the M-65 and many others did also just so the collar would lay flat.
  22. 31 Model A

    Vet having actually wear a m65

    Looked better, not as bulky, pointed collar that laid flat. Button cuffs. Velcro wasn't liked in the bush, catch it on something, it separates and you have loss of concealment because of the sound it made. (If it isn't broke, don't fix it) The military has a tendency to ignore that. I don't know...
  23. 31 Model A

    Vet having actually wear a m65

    Mine never moved either......wore an M-65 for many years. The M-51 were still being issued when I went in. I preferred the M-51 and so many others did also and we scoured every military surplus store looking for them too. They starched up better. Eventually the M-65 won out.

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