I began looking for a thread that discussed how we photograph our hats. This thread is the closest thing I could find, so here we are, back from an 11 year hibernation.
Like anyone else, I have certain criteria for what I consider acceptable for a hat photo, in general, and for those that I...
Whooof! There's a left-handed compliment if I ever read one. haha
The Pendleton is made to be a rugged outdoor hat with no fancy or dress pretensions. All cloth construction. I also happen to like its shape.
And for my hot and muggy outdoors-all-day days, a Pendleton I picked up 3 summers ago near the St. Lawrence Seaway.
This has very quickly become my favorite outdoor summer hat. Completely ventilated, a wire bound brim that allows it to hold the shape I want, and a fabric sweatband.
Last night, because it wasn't oppressively hot and muggy, my new Hufvud for a night of singing and socializing.
I'm smellin' a new avatar picture right here. :)
Cigar or 'smoke' shops have indoor smoking rooms, but that's about the only indoor spot, other than a private house, that I know of around here where you can legally smoke indoors.
I'm glad this hat has created inspiration, but to tell the truth, if my wife was indifferent to it I'd be okay with that. I bought it for me, not her.
But she does like it.
My wife, who can be pretty blase about my hats, reacted quite genuinely positively when she turned around and saw me in my new Hufvud for the first time. That was a very important test it passed, at least for me, psychologically.
The cheapest I've been able to find these is $1.68 each at Home Depot. At a minimum of 3 per hat, and a hat jack or band block, or even cutting something, oneself, from a block of wood, we're talking more expense than the plastic doohickeys sited by Bill Hughes, above, especially if we're...
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