Thanks Jimmy...I can see now that you're exactly right...now I can relax...life can be so much more pleasant if we learn to accept what can't be changed and be happy with what we got.
Best wishes,
Chuck
Stratoliner Liner Stains
I just received my first Stratoliner and love it except for the liner stains. The liner looks like many of my Open Roads with the Royal Stetson logo protected by a plastic layer. The remainder of the entire liner is covered with light yellow "splatterings". The liner...
I recently mailed a Western hat in a hat box within a shipping box. USPS wanted 30.00 Priority...Just to see (and in shock), I went to UPS and shipped the hat for 10.99.
Read Jeff Shaara's new historical novel "The Rising Tide"...it is a very readable account of what happened in North Africa during WW II, and the early history of the invasion of Italy. His second book of a trilogy will deal more with later events in Italy. Read all of his books...and his...
I bought a very nice vintage Churchill Ltd. fedora at a flea market last year. It is a very high quality stingy brim "noir" detective style, medium brown with a wide black ribbon and bow. It has a sown in satin liner, and a real leather sweatband. The sweatband is embossed with te-dum...
I liked the Norfork when it first came out, but didn't want to pay the full price. I periodically check the Peterman's sale items and was lucky to find a Norfolk in my size. It's been my all time favorite jacket. It's well made, has many pockets, a very nice color, and goes with...
Open Road "stingy brim"?
Greetings, and please accept my humble appilication to the Open Road Guild. I have 14 Open Roads of varying vintages and shapes. I recently acquired an absolute mint Open Road 25 complete with the wind trolly and a stitched in hat liner. I have several exactly like...
I would definately recommend talking to Trent at the Greeley Hat Works...It's worth the short drive up there just to see his shop and his custom hats...Be careful...I've been overcome with temptation many times.
Visit his website: http://www.greeleyhatworks.com/
Best wishes,
Chuck (in Idaho...
I highly recommend Filson for top quality plus they're made right here in the USA. If you're into Ebay, there are many Filson coats up for bid there as well. Of course they're not cheap, but will last.
http://www.filson.com/home/index.jsp
I normally wear a fedora or a newsboy...Last month I took a trip to Central and South America...mostly outdoor adventures...Hot and humid...I really, really wanted to take my Adventurebilt Fedora but, after much debate with myself, I ended up taking my Tilley, which served me very well as it has...
Tilley, Panama, or Fedora...Help me decide
Thanks for the great pictures and commentary...they bring up my own dilemma...Next week I'm going on a three week trip around the coastlines of Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Equador on a small ship. I think the weather will mostly be hot and...
Thanks for the great pictures and keep'em coming...I'm working on restoring a 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe...That period of history is especially interesting to me...I wonder how coming events affected those people you see pictured. You look at some of the teens pictured and wondered if they...
Pre-WWII buttons (I'm not sure the year) were different than the WWII era design. I had a terrific WWI coat with a large, multi-color dragon design sewn on the inner liner (undoubtedly done in Asia) but, alas, the coat was way too small for me. The anchor buttons from that era had (from...
My gray Federation arrived yesterday and it is "better than expected." It was easily shaped and I love the color. I had always resisted a dark or charcoal gray having gone with the brown Federations, but this is one nice looking hat (even my sister-in-law said so). I haven't decided if the...
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