New and psyched to be here!

[scottyrocks]

OMG! Hi, guys!

I am so excited to be here!

In the time that Ive been waiting to be able to post, Ive read as much as I could, including all 151 pages of the 'your newest hat' thread. You guys have inspired me to go from merely wearing my hats, as I have for years, to getting excited about them again.

So where do I begin? I want to post to a number of threads, but I guess I can show here how Ive rebashed some of my fedoras and one of my cowboy hats (although I dont think I took pics of the Bailey cowboy hat before I rebashed it, although it was a mess). It doesnt look perfect now, but it looks a hell of a lot better than it did, and I like my hats to look lived in, as opposed to brand new.

My first fur felt fedora is this Stetson Imperial that I bought at Worth & Worth in NYC in 1982, shortly after seeing Raiders. I had bought a wool no-name version of this hat right after I saw the movie, but the furfelts looked oh so luscious so I popped for the then princely sum of $35 for this hat.

This is how its looked for 27 years:

And this is how it looks now, after bashing. Its darker because it was wet. It has since dried and returned to its normal color.

I'm so psyched, I'm busting! Got lots more pics of very recently reshaped hats. Im off to further explore the site. Yaaaa-HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

 

[RBH]

Welcome to the Lounge Scotty!

It seems already that you are going to fit right in!!!!

 

[ironhead]

I found it's like an addction. Once you start its hard to stop. Unfortunately I'm on a strict budget. I hope that changes soon!

 

[CRH]

OMG!...

My first fur felt fedora is this Stetson Imperial that I bought at Worth & Worth in NYC in 1982,

Wow! Way to just barge in and belly up there, scottyrocks - here, you can have my stool. I'll stand for a while lol.

That's one fine look'n lump of felt on your head, man! Does it have any.. Hmmm... Hmmm... stories to tell?

 

[Wil Tam]

Excited are we?

Ha ha ha ... welcome, you'll fit right in

 

[jazzncocktails]

Welcome to the addiction, Scottyrocks!

 

[randooch]

Nice re-bash, welcome, and THANKS for losing the green feather!

 

[anglophile]

Welcome to the forum. Prepare to buy more hats than you ever thought you wanted.

 

[Caity Lynn]

Hello, allow me to buy you a drink lol welcome to the lounge it's great here!

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Hi Scotty welcome glad you are here

 

[jpbales]

i don't know what it is about hats

but they are so addicting! no one else seems to ever understand either [huh] Seriously, my mom and sisters have bought several coach purses (which cost hundreds of dollars, more than any hat I have!) and they don't understand why I like hats [huh] [huh]

welcome to the lounge, and indulge!

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Welcome, Scotty. Now that's some hat enthusiasm!!

Welcome to CRH as well!

 

[Garrett]

Welcome, SR! You'll love it here.

Cheers

 

[scottyrocks]

Thank you, all, for the warm welcome.

Interesting that I got a number of compliments on my 'new' hat yesterday from people that have seen me in it a number of times. Although thats not why I changed it, it was nice to hear, anyway.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Hi Scotty, nice post and nice hat. You have the enthusiasm necessary to become a certified hatoholic!