black OR, 7= mine.
Excellent! Look forward to seeing that one on your noggin.
black OR, 7= mine.
lots of nice hats today, none mine
black OR, 7= mine.
Glad you caught that one... I haven't seen many black examples turn up.
In what way historic?Did anyone get this AMAZING Knox Boater. It was small, but what a historic piece of Knox history.
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In what way historic?
I don't know about the milan underside (I don't think I've seen that) or how often I've seen them by Knox, but a black boater pops up once or twice per year. They are pretty rare.
Maybe they were used for summer funerals?
Those two items are super cool, Steve!! I love that the Germans/Austrians had enough insight to design a type of hat holder like that and not rely on cardboard rings in hat boxes to hold hats upside down.
Thanks!
This type of hat holder was / is used in hat shops. You stack a few same size hats (inverted) with ring spacers between.
Back in the day boaters were painted black. I forget for what reason this was done but there was a product sold to do it. Perhaps it a post-boater season tradition or having to do with covering up wear..
A few years Marc Chevalier gave us a little lesson on it.
Anyone have a boater in their hat rotation?
Alan, in answer to your question,
I have 2 boaters that fit and one that doesn't, mostly for collection/curiosity purposes (no black ones though). I also have a couple of derbies. While I'm not shy about wearing fedoras, a homburg or cowboy hat, I have some reluctance to wear the boaters or derbies on a regular basis. However, I know there are some on this forum who use both quite regularly, and I think look quite good in them.