I grabbed the Champ this morning again. This is a pic from a warmer day than today, I think... just to copy Red's use of archival photos.
They're saying snow showers over Santiam pass today. It's rainy, windy and feels about 10 degrees colder than the current broadcast of 47F here in town...
Ha! Red it looks great! Just throw on some jeans and a Carhart jacket... and some elephant hide western boots!!! Add some dark glasses and your Mercedes and you've got a whole new personna! An Orygun grass seed tycon!
Seriously, though, it looks really good pard!
That's not cool, at all. I'm so turned off modern hats I swear I won't buy one unless I hold it in my hand and inspect it first... and then it may not pass muster anyway.
I don't have any pre-50's hats yet, but the felt on the late 50's Royal Stetson is head and shoulders above all others in my collection. There are similar aspects from the custom pure beaver felt hats I own, but nothing as light, thin-but-dense, and a super velvety hand. I just love it.
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Thanks very much, buddy! I feel the same way.
It's not vintage, it's not custom... but I really like it anyway, for the same reasons you posted! And a big plus to having Mike put in a nice sweat is, now it even fits like it was a custom... for a meager $25! The old sweat was some sort of man...
I have removed the feathers from several hats, but left it in on this Dobbs.... it looks so "pimped out" with the satin pug and the shorthair finish anyway, LOL. If they hadn't closed the jazz club in Portland I would have worn that hat out to the club. :cool:
I grabbed a NOS Dobbs Temptation off ebay last year for $40 shipped to my door. I was actually surprised at the quality of the short-hair finished felt. As dark brown as I've ever seen. I had Mike Miller put a new sweat in it for me and he said he was also surprised at how nice the felt was...
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