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  1. SteveFord

    Side By Side/ Hat Comparisons

    I can answer part of the question as I have lots of collapsible top hat wearing experience. There's no give to the oval section where it sits on your head and if it sits too low you'll feel the springs. The fabric on the inside is stretched taut so that has some give to it, that's effectively...
  2. SteveFord

    How often do you wear your hat?

    While it's true I wimp out in the shower I do try to dress well when I motor past the pestilential populace as I break quarantine. How do I do it? Velcro!
  3. SteveFord

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

    So, to keep my life from becoming a living hell, I bought an old Knox or two and a bizarre Stetson which probably needs a flea collar.
  4. SteveFord

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

    Today was just one of those days. Yesterday I unpacked that Knox Foxhound fedora and instantly thought, "Gah! What an ugly little fuzzy hat! If I had seen it in person I never would have bought it..." and then I spent all day today wearing it. I think this might become one of my favorite hats...
  5. SteveFord

    FS Echter Mayser homburg 7 1/4

    I looked through my baby pictures last night and in NOT ONE of them was I wearing a homburg. No wonder I feel deprived. I don't know what my mother was thinking. Shoot me a price for both of them in a PM, please. I'm sure they could both be stuck in one box.
  6. SteveFord

    “WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

    Did someone say "swirling effect"? The next time someone doses your Aunt Tillie's fruit punch, this will be sure to be a crowd pleaser (and with a low Buy It Now price, too).
  7. SteveFord

    League Hat

    Perhaps he is simply very patient and is awaiting a reply?
  8. SteveFord

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

    You know you're bored when you buy a hat that you need like a hole in the head but justify the purchase with it was only $25 plus shipping, I can spiff it up easily enough and if a bird poops on it I won't be totally distraught. Then I come here and see that people are buying hats that they know...
  9. SteveFord

    How often do you wear your hat?

    With working at home due to the plague it's pretty much wake up, put on a hat and take it off to shower and sleep. It must look ridiculous to wear a dress hat indoors but I figure the wife and dog are used to me by now. Before the creeping crud hit it was don't wear a hat indoors as that's...
  10. SteveFord

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

    I can't recall ever going fox hunting and have no plans to do so BUT should Prince Charles or somebody ring me up, I think I'll know what to drag along for the complimentary refreshments. Oh, yes, the entire affair was quite smashing. Say, you gonna finish that? I think this should clean up...
  11. SteveFord

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

    No way he was getting my hat!
  12. SteveFord

    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    Who doesn't love a good bowler (or derby)? They really seem to be catching on this season.
  13. SteveFord

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

    Ye Olde Knox Derby showed up today. It had a bunch of finger sized dents in the top where some large, unpleasant person tried to snatch it off of someone's head many years ago. I know this as I had someone try that in NYC to me many years ago. I got my hat back but it had a few dents in it. At...
  14. SteveFord

    What is your current favourite.

    If you were to stick a bowler on top of that there would be no need to own anything else.
  15. SteveFord

    What is your current favourite.

    That's a tough one. I guess whichever one I have on my fat head at the moment. This Stetson Biaritz is almost up to St. Regis quality but they got the ribbon riding about 2mm too high in the front. I believe they were made a for a short time just a few years ago as it has a modern size tag but...
  16. SteveFord

    “WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

    I would not care to see that metal beak coming closer.
  17. SteveFord

    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    I was thinking about how people view items as I was driving home with it last Fall. To his wife it was just old clutter to get rid of, to his kids it was something that they didn't want and could care less about but to the owner this old hat was an important part of his life that he was passing...
  18. SteveFord

    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    Here are two beauties which I really like. The one on the right appeared on Broadway in My Fair Lady quite some time ago, the other one appeared on my door step in a Priority Mail box. I think I'll turn the My Fair Lady one into one of the hats in steady rotation as it's taken a tumble at one...
  19. SteveFord

    “WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

    We could do an American version with fuzzy dice.
  20. SteveFord

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

    $20 appears to be the magic number for derbies and bowlers for me. I think this should clean up nicely with a little work.

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