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  1. Rick Blaine

    Panama Hat Thread

    What do I have? Got this sweetie from a California lady who told me her Ecuadorian Grandfather was an import/export guy who became a US citixen at 40, dying recently at 95 yo. She says this body is at least 30 yo & probably a lot older as he was in business for more than four decades. Who...
  2. Rick Blaine

    BARBISIO Brothers

    Barbisio Panama Bollman, South America or Italy? I've not yet received it so I dunno what info may be on the sweat. There are just enough imperfections & variations in the straw to make me believe it to be a genuine Panama, sewn brim aside. Vintage. Nothing like that being produced now...
  3. Rick Blaine

    HATS WITH HISTORY

    Yarbles NUTS! I WAS noting the kettle curl & lack of dents on SR's hat. Perhaps a promotional item for the albums debut? But ...lots can happen in 57 years. It could have been trimed/reflanged/reblocked. I am not quite, yet, ready to write it off ...yet, quite... I have some...
  4. Rick Blaine

    HATS WITH HISTORY

    "HANDSOME! Is that a ten-gallon hat on your lap or are you just enjoying the show?" I just got this hat, seen here, in 1957 on the head of Mr. Sonny Rollins one of the most acclaimed & accomplished Sax players Jazz has ever produced, behind only 'trane & Bird (& arguably Lester Young) &...
  5. Rick Blaine

    Moose River Hat

    Looks super, Big guy. :thumb: It almost looks closer to 2 1/2" than the old 2 3/8" brim. If it is at 2 1/2" I'd be quite tempted to give it a try, what with the report on the improved felt quality. I don't think there is a better place in the east to hike, hunt, fish or suchlike than western...
  7. Rick Blaine

    Biltmore Palermo Fedora as little as $85 USD

    new code 6/13 - 6/16 Ynw5578b
  8. Rick Blaine

    Biltmore Palermo Fedora as little as $85 USD

    New code $71.47, bring it up to $75 f/ .99 shipping w/ code: MCZ1230B
  9. Rick Blaine

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Stetson Brisa (?) panama made f/ Miller Bros. ...nothing special, but clean & tidy, snappy, has become a bit of a "go-to" this summer.
  10. Rick Blaine

    My first stolen hat

    ...one of many reasons to sleep in on Sunday (or Saturday, depending on, uh... the "cut of your jib" so to speak :o).
  11. Rick Blaine

    My first stolen hat

    THAT STINKS! 'sides it's a distinctive lid, easy to spot in a crowd, not like Cinci is a small town, but still
  13. Rick Blaine

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Thanks ya'll, I was very pleased. I think it was just a BIN that I saw first. I didn't look, but I'll wager it wasn't posted for more than 10 minutes.
  14. Rick Blaine

    Sterkowski hats...opinions/experiences wanted please

    Mr. Stan! Very glad you are here!
  15. Rick Blaine

    Farewell My Lovely... Hello my lovely hat.

    I think you are right.
  16. Rick Blaine

    Farewell My Lovely... Hello my lovely hat.

    Here is a "Mitchum" Optimo built from a Stetson 25 body. Detailed here: Optimo Cowboy Conversion Optimo's Mitchum The rebuild, before & after.
  17. Rick Blaine

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Further Validation of my rationale to stay out of the contemporary felt market altogether.
  19. Rick Blaine

    Ridiculous Ebay listing!!!

    Working people here are largely unaware of the word, concept & certainly would resent the implication that they were a prole, I am afraid.
  20. Rick Blaine

    Pictures of Old Christy's Adventurers Wanted.

    To amass any significant number of vintage larger sizes take time, patience, $$$ and luck, oh and a good hand with, & a willingness to master, a hat stretcher is very helpful too. But if you want the icons, e.g.- Open Road, Strat, Playboy, Hanover Square, Gay Prince, Rainbow, Foxhound et al...
  21. Rick Blaine

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Straw Season My go-to Stetson Panama of unknown vintage.
  22. Rick Blaine

    Pictures of Old Christy's Adventurers Wanted.

    Honestly, with that size bean, you can buy ten vintage lids for the cost of a single Christy's. And the difference is profound. Christy's modern hats vs. almost anything vintage is like comparing apples and penguins. Different taxonomy entirely. :hand:
  23. Rick Blaine

    Biltmore Palermo Fedora as little as $85 USD

    $71.47, bring it up to $75 f/ .99 shipping w/ code: PPP21244 'til midnight 5/30 and they restocked 7 3/8, too.

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