Joshbru3
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1890's Boater
No pics are showing up on my screen, Josh. OH! there they are. Just slow loaders . . .
Dang! Where did you find that "Star Ventilator"? Awesome relic.
You sure? 1890's? Wow! It's in wonderful conditon, though! Needs a new lining and a new sweat band, but then it's good to go. Beautiful piece!
Damn yer eyes Sir! Where do you find your fantastic hats Joshbru3!!
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Now I've seen it all. A spiral boater? Holy mackerel!
^ I agree! What a fantastic hat!
And Joshbru, I too spend quite a while trawling eBay, but you Yanks seem to have far better selection of hats on your site. All we seem to get is trilbys by the dozen!
To me, the boater hat is the traditional men's summertime, hot-weather hat. I've been thinking of buying one. Or at least some style of straw hat. I really don't have any summer hats. All my hats are heavier rabbit/beaver-felts which are really winter/autumn hats. They make me sweat buckets in the middle of an Australian summer; and Australian summers can be punishing hot.
I saw a nice boater hat for sale at a thrift-shop once, but it was too big for me. Otherwise I may have bought it. How does one decide if they look good in a boater...
Another spiral masterpiece, Josh... I'm loving these!
Haha! Okay that was an interesting response. I dunno. Maybe one day I will get one. I do think they're kinda neat.