Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. Rick Blaine

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Like the lid, LOVE the M8, first I've ever seen.
  2. Rick Blaine

    Traffic

    Start with 1971's classic "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"! ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRe42BDK_R4&feature=fvwrel
  3. Rick Blaine

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    DOBBS Hankerchief Weight Felt To bridge the gap 'twixt Winter & Spring, I have been looking for a vented lightweight for quite a while. A leather sweat covered by a petersham (or is it grossgrain?) ribbon. ... can't quite make this out...? Inside crown. The proud...
  4. Rick Blaine

    Post New Hats Here!

    Just in time for the season To bridge the gap 'twixt Winter & Spring, I have been looking for a vented lightweight for quite a while. A leather sweat covered by a petersham (or is it grossgrain?) ribbon. ... can't quite make this out...? Inside crown. The proud...
  5. Rick Blaine

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Thank you, I can think of few I'd druther be likened too than RM. In truth, the actual events (and many of the film's locations) that inspired Mitchum's "Thunder Road" happened not five miles from where I now sit. People here still wax poetic about both the events & the subsequent visit from...
  6. Rick Blaine

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Arrived today. ...and it is mint, absolutely unworn, wholly & entirely untouched by time. It might as well have been dispatched by the factory yesterday! Pristine! I wish as much could be said of the model, a thousand pardons. :o The Mallory, Aristocrat quality, Dallas. Time machine...
  7. Rick Blaine

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Know nothing of the brand, but that is a nice score. Overwelt & lovely color. Post some pix when it arrives! Looks late 5o's to early 6o's at latest. Perhaps far older, given the apparent proportions, looks in very good shape.
  8. Rick Blaine

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Too true Sam, too true. I still have a Stetson 3x mode edge I pd. seven dollars for in the early 9o's, in Athens. It is the earliest vintage hat purchase I still own. But when I recall ALL those lovely hats we wore as teenagers in the mid to late 7o's in N. Ga. & how we were absolutely...
  9. Rick Blaine

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

    Well... :arated: Thanks Vic! I feel lucky too now, er, Mr. Lucky! I was gonna be on that like a duck on a junebug. Instead I dodged a bullet. Thanks for the 411, both of ya'll!
  10. Rick Blaine

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

    Oh, my word... You ain't just whistlin' Dixie, neither. WOW!
  11. Rick Blaine

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

    Whoever snagged that Knox Well done! Ya, beat me by mere seconds. Timing is everything in this life! Looks great!
  12. Rick Blaine

    30's~40's Work Boots

    I am usually a 9.5 & order up to 10s with little problem. Be prepared to shell out a few more buck for insoles too, in order to get the fit you like.
  13. Rick Blaine

    Anyone know "Spring Canyon Hats" out of NM? I like what I see

    Thanks Tone Thank you for the vote of confidence, my friend. Mind you, I've not seen these in the flesh, you understand. But I hope to soon, that's for sure.
  14. Rick Blaine

    Nikon F2 with Lenses on eBay.

    Oh man A Photomic F2! No better camera made by that company. If I wasn't so happy not coming home stinking of fix & D-76. This is a camera that will operate forever. A mechanical & engineering triumph. If this were 15 yrs. ago.... :eusa_doh:
  15. Rick Blaine

    Anyone know "Spring Canyon Hats" out of NM? I like what I see

    Reply My inquiry: Listing: www.etsy.com/listing/67533100/fur-felt-hat-5-inch-fedora-crown-2-34 I REALLY like your work! Do you offer any modification like a bound brim or a 2 1/2" brim or any other color felts? I am about to "chat you up" to the folks at thefedoralounge.com There is...
  16. Rick Blaine

    don't manufacturers make ladies' fur felt hats anymore

    Just found this: Spring Canyon Hats Women Fur Felt Cloche - Rust Women's Sun Hat - Tan Western Fur Felt. 4 inch brim, 4 1/4 inch crown. "The New Mexico Sun"
  17. Rick Blaine

    Anyone know "Spring Canyon Hats" out of NM? I like what I see

    Spring Canyon Hats I have already written to ask about mods, colors, brim sizes and such & am waiting to hear back. What do ya'll think?
  18. Rick Blaine

    Cloth/ twill/cotton/linen summer brimed lids

    Questing on For that elusive non-panama cloth summer hat. Today I ordered these two, both from "co-ver" hat co: 45% linen %55 cotton 100% cotton twill. The search continues...
  19. Rick Blaine

    The Most Hideous (?), Wonderful (?) Vintage Boots on Ebay?...

    Whoa now.. I had TWO pairs of those (c. 1976-78) by Dingo, sans the pocket. Blue denim & blue suede. It was the Seventies. Ya' had to be there. :eek:
  20. Rick Blaine

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

    Well done & THANK YOU!!! Very nice combo. Would've had to buy if it were still there in the a.m. To WHOM SO EVER snapped it up, my marriage thanks you! lol. I have had a similar , though later, Stetson Western Royal (?Royal Western?). and it was quite a nice hat. Killer score!

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
109,313
Messages
3,078,677
Members
54,243
Latest member
seeldoger47
Top