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[glider]

I would guess that it's just a difference in style, what was popular at the time. It seems they wore there pants a lot shorter also, you never see pants as long as we wear them now in any of the old pictures. Now about the Kroger hats ?

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

“Ask a question, get an answer.”

Question...Bowen are you glad to be divorced?
Answer....See hat discussion above...YES!
Be well. Bowen

Bravo!
Love it Bowen.
@AbbaDatDeHat

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[Cane Rod Maker]

Because I know it's in here somewhere, as guys stumble, sourcing a hat block for their own needs. A question and an answer.

Knowing how to make something work, appropriately and thinking outside the box is critical thinking.

Q: How do you make a hat block work for a build you don't have the right block for, and we all know they vary so much.

A: a duffer.

So if that block you own, is a size small here you go. Back to work.

Have a good day all.
@Gunloader55
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[Zombie_61]

Interesting theories and observations fellas. For the facts I turned to the Forensic Anthropology Center here in Knoxville. They have the largest collection of contemporary human skeletons in the United States. This article in the Huffington Post seems to support the fact that our skulls are, indeed, getting larger as time passes. Still doesn't explain why so many men of the 30s and 40s wore their hats so damn high on their heads, but interesting, none the less.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/americans-heads-getting-b_n_1559002.html

From the link: "The researchers studied about 1,500 skulls that dated from the mid-1800s through the 1980s. They noticed that the skulls gradually became larger, taller, and narrower. As a result, faces have become longer."

I read this, and my first thought was, "A guy from the 1980s walks into a mid-1800s saloon. The bartender asks, 'Why the long face?'"

I chalk it up to the same as for the reasons men have gotten taller, etc. over the years. Better prenatal care, better health care, that sort of thing.

Nawww, man, it's all that stuff the Government is putting in our food and water so the next time we invade a foreign country for no apparent reason our 'Murican troops will be bigger and more intimidating to the "enemy".

 

[Frunobulax]

Nawww, man, it's all that stuff the Government is putting in our food and water so the next time we invade a foreign country for no apparent reason our 'Murican troops will be bigger and more intimidating to the "enemy".

You're not supposed to tell everybody!

 

[humanshoes]

There were definitely some cats back then, though, that could pull off the "high hat" look.

 

[Orvil Newton]

much of the hatless Kennedy stuff is completely false

as proven here ... unfortunately a lot of the images have disappeared into cyber hell

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/jfk-no-hatless-jack.29687/page-3

Agreed. JMHO, but I think the automobile gets a lot of the credit, along with the shift from outdoor labor on farms to indoor labor in factories and offices. By the nineteen sixties, hats were less practical protection than inconvenient fashion accessories. Another casualty, I think, was the full-length overcoat; so much easier getting in and out of a car with a short "Car coat" or jacket. Now I'm looking out the window at the mix of rain and snow falling on the four inches of snow that fell last night and thinking about dressing to go out on foot for the 20 minute walk to the store vs. dressing for a 3 minute car ride.

 

[Zombie_61]

You're not supposed to tell everybody!

Really? Maybe that's why that black van is always parked in front of our house.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Really? Maybe that's why that black van is always parked in front of our house.

See, and they called me crazy when I put tinfoil under all my hatnliners. Who's laughing now?

 

[belfastboy]

I chalk it up to the same as for the reasons men have gotten taller, etc. over hu years. Better prenatal care, better health care, that sort of thing.

Not that it affects us non athletic types but Barry Bonds went from a standard size 7 1/4 ball cap to a gargantuan size 8 during his steroidal phase.

 

[belfastboy]

I would guess that it's just a difference in style, what was popular at the time. It seems they wore there pants a lot shorter also, you never see pants as long as we wear them now in any of the old pictures. Now about the Kroger hats ?

Watching Peaky Blinders i was struck by how short they wore their pants but it made so much sense when you looked at the mud in the streets. "Flood pants" are the only ones that made any sense.

 

[Zombie_61]

See, and they called me crazy when I put tinfoil under all my hatnliners. Who's laughing now?

It's not paranoia if they're actually out to get you.

 

[hatsRme]

It's not paranoia if they're actually out to get you.

Shhhh.....

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

There were definitely some cats back then, though, that could pull off the "high hat" look.

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Totally! @humanshoes
I'm one Kat, that digs tall crowns.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Greetings All: Hatlessness...if you ever were in the Service you prob understand not wearing them! JFK....nada, but he was in the Service though.
Be well. Bowen

 

[Ken David]

I know beaver is preferred on customs and the felt is night and day compared to staple rabbit (talking about Winchester felt) but was curious if any of the many many individuals that have either have one, a couple to several plus custom hats does anybody prefer the feel of rabbit over beaver? Just curious, most of the pics of customs I see on FL are beaver.

 

[Ken David]

Because I know it's in here somewhere, as guys stumble, sourcing a hat block for their own needs. A question and an answer.

Knowing how to make something work, appropriately and thinking outside the box is critical thinking.

Q: How do you make a hat block work for a build you don't have the right block for, and we all know they vary so much.

A: a duffer.

So if that block you own, is a size small here you go. Back to work.

Have a good day all.
@Gunloader55
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Very resourceful. The cost was to sacrifice a felt body, hope that one was defective?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

As I shuffled my hat collection and added and removed hats from my rotation I wondered how few hats I could own and still have my bases covered. Then I began to wonder how many hats a prosperous gentleman in the Golden Age would have owned.

For me, without counting caps, I think I could have around a dozen and feel that I had the right hat for most every occasion and most every ensemble.

I've seen historical photos of wealthy men from the 1930s and '40s, and it appears that they had nowhere near as many hats as I do at my lower socioeconomic standing. So my questions are these:

#1: how many hats on average do you think the well-to-do gentleman of say the 1930s owned?

#2: how many hats could you reduce your collection to and still have all your bases covered? For this second questions I don't want to include hats you love and would never part with; only from a sartorial standpoint how many hats would you "need" to have the right hat for the day's activities and the outfits worn.

 

[Redfokker]

As I shuffled my hat collection and added and removed hats from my rotation I wondered how few hats I could own and still have my bases covered. Then I began to wonder how many hats a prosperous gentleman in the Golden Age would have owned.

For me, without counting caps, I think I could have around a dozen and feel that I had the right hat for most every occasion and most every ensemble.

I've seen historical photos of wealthy men from the 1930s and '40s, and it appears that they had nowhere near as many hats as I do at my lower socioeconomic standing. So my questions are these:

#1: how many hats on average do you think the well-to-do gentleman of say the 1930s owned?

#2: how many hats could you reduce your collection to and still have all your bases covered? For this second questions I don't want to include hats you love and would never part with; only from a sartorial standpoint how many hats would you "need" to have the right hat for the day's activities and the outfits worn.

"need" is the key word here. This is an interesting thought process. Need and Want are the bane of my existence...

 

[deadlyhandsome]

"need" is the key word here. This is an interesting thought process. Need and Want are the bane of my existence...

Oh boy do I understand that distinction. The "need" for the sake of this particular discussion is the ability to match/pair every event and outfit with a properly matching hat.