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griffer said:It's not a lifestyle, it's a hat.
Like any other item, research and discretion make an informed purchase that maximizes quality within your budget.
Exactly. Think of us as the Consumer Reports for hats.
Regards,
J
griffer said:It's not a lifestyle, it's a hat.
Like any other item, research and discretion make an informed purchase that maximizes quality within your budget.
Art Fawcett said:At any rate...get over it, it's just a hat
Art Fawcett said:At any rate...get over it, it's just a hat
Well that explains it.Art Fawcett said:have your children..it's just a hat.
Actually, I had an advantage over some of you guys.Art Fawcett said:Guy's like myself, JP, Matt Deckard, tonyB, feltfan, et al started the same way. Every one of us have stories of bonehead moves ( OK..I'd better just speak for myself on this one) that we have made and have had to live with
feltfan said:Well that explains it.
Actually, I had an advantage over some of you guys.
I got to start out with hats by visiting a little store in
Kensington, CA run by a wonderful expert on hats and
men's vintage clothes, Jon Lundberg, and another fine
store in Crockett (later Rodeo) with its own fine "reference
library" of hats and hat making equipment. Stopped going
to that second store when the proprietor introduced me to
some shady characters in the back room who provided obviously
false names such as "Jamespowers" and "LadyPowers".
Joel Tunnah said:You can almost never go on those measurements. Most sellers don't understand what measurements are relevant, or how to take them. Taking a tape measure to the inside of a hat (the most common method) is wildly inaccurate - try it.
Worse, most of the time the seller measured the outside diameter of the hat body - an utterly worthless piece of information.
Dumbjaw said:...what can be relied on? Luck?...
Dumbjaw said:A follow-up question: if seller measurements cannot be relied on and if vintage size tags cannot be relied on due to leather sweatbands shrinking with age, what can be relied on? Luck?
Dumbjaw said:A follow-up question: if seller measurements cannot be relied on and if vintage size tags cannot be relied on due to leather sweatbands shrinking with age, what can be relied on? Luck?
Dumbjaw said:What happens? My internet connection drops with 2 minutes left in the auction and is restored 1 minute after the auction ended. More salt in the wound? Sure! It ended at $22.50!
The only thing making me feel better is that the approximate circumference is listed at 23.5" and I'm 24", so maybe it wouldn't have fit at all. BUT I WANTED IT.
Ahem. I'm OK.