Pumpkin heads!!! 7 3/4 +7 7/8 hats coming...

[konadog]

very interested in any 7 3/4 hats

 

[scottyrocks]

Uh-oh.

 

[markhassler]

Oh my dear lord ! What WAS I thinking !!?....the horror,the horror...now the tough part,deciding which to keep and which to let go....gonna be ready for Sunday,either way.....

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Oh my dear lord ! What WAS I thinking !!?....the horror,the horror...now the tough part,deciding which to keep and which to let go....gonna be ready for Sunday,either way..... View attachment 230093 View attachment 230094 View attachment 230095 View attachment 230096

Heck...this is exciting and i’m just a pinhead.
B

 

[belfastboy]

No one writes and mails a check anymore?

Have not owned a cheque book in about a decade.

 

[pimple]

Have not owned a cheque book in about a decade.

I do! love writing checks. for rent, gas and car insurance...etc...
we are all into "oldschool" hats, why not?
trying to avoid online payments as much as i can

 

[belfastboy]

I do! love writing checks. for rent, gas and car insurance...etc...
we are all into "oldschool" hats, why not?
trying to avoid online payments as much as i can

every household payment we make is either automatic withdrawal or ebanking. The only cheque we write is our church tithe as I feel the need to put something in the collection plate each Sunday. If it weren't for pizza coupons and realtor adverts we would get no mail at all as everything is online.

 

[markhassler]

Pimple,I hear you,I' m 59 and I just got my first credit card ever, in my WHOLE life,...ever... always cash..( because of the pandemic,no work for 6 weeks and counting) and it tore me up inside.I used to go around bragging about how cool I was because I' d never had to resort to one and I never thought I'd be one of those "gullible douchebags" who uses their card for EVERYTHING.....aaaaaaaand now I is one.....shame on me...but there it is.

 

[hatsRme]

Heck...this is exciting and i’m just a pinhead.
B

How do you think I feel, Bo?!?!
My breath is coming in short pants!!

 

[The Shoe]

This is killing me. First @steur posts a bunch of hats just under my size, now you’re going to post a bunch just over.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Pimple,I hear you,I' m 59 and I just got my first credit card ever, in my WHOLE life,...ever... always cash..( because of the pandemic,no work for 6 weeks and counting) and it tore me up inside.I used to go around bragging about how cool I was because I' d never had to resort to one and I never thought I'd be one of those "gullible douchebags" who uses their card for EVERYTHING.....aaaaaaaand now I is one.....shame on me...but there it is.

If you pay them off every month there isn’t much of a downside. I’ve taken a few nice trips on the miles I’ve earned too. “Interest: something a foolish man pays and a wise man earns.” The trick is to avoid debt, and what a trick it is.

 

[belfastboy]

Pimple,I hear you,I' m 59 and I just got my first credit card ever, in my WHOLE life,...ever... always cash..( because of the pandemic,no work for 6 weeks and counting) and it tore me up inside.I used to go around bragging about how cool I was because I' d never had to resort to one and I never thought I'd be one of those "gullible douchebags" who uses their card for EVERYTHING.....aaaaaaaand now I is one.....shame on me...but there it is.

Using a credit card for everything is a very good way to keep track of expenditures. As a retired guy we keep close track of all our expenditures and the credit card makes it easy as they send us a statement every month plus give us 2% cash back. Pay it off each month, no interest charges and free accounting.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This is killing me. First @steur posts a bunch of hats just under my size, now you’re going to post a bunch just over.

No sympathy from us big heads. There must be 1000 vintage size 7 3/8 for every one in 7 3/4. Want a 7 7/8, I’ve personally only seen one true vintage hat in that size.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Using a credit card for everything is a very good way to keep track of expenditures. As a retired guy we keep close track of all our expenditures and the credit card makes it easy as they send us a statement every month plus give us 2% cash back. Pay it off each month, no interest charges and free accounting.

Absolutely. As long as you have discipline and pay it off every month it’s a very convenient way to manage your money.

 

[markhassler]

Deadlyhandsome Right?? Y'know ,when I worked in Texas I had to go into the courthouses all the time for work and they were all built in the 1800's out of granite( tornado proof) and I CONSTANTLYbanged my head into the lintle( top of doorway opening) because back then almost everyone was at best @ 5'6" or so ( I'm 6'2")......reputedly poor nutrition was the culprit because everyone was just scaping by....so it stands to reason.that heads were correspondingly smaller ....so yes, large hats were rare as they were made only in very limited runs ( even today,most makers make few if at all,as you have probably noticed)..market forces dictate....sucks to have a large melon....P.S. to Theshoe...you bulk out the sweatband and a slightly larger hat will fit..easier than trying to enlarge a hat...

 

[Rmccamey]

So many people don't have that discipline.

Absolutely. As long as you have discipline and pay it off every month it’s a very convenient way to manage your money.

 

[The Shoe]

Deadlyhandsome Right?? Y'know ,when I worked in Texas I had to go into the courthouses all the time for work and they were all built in the 1800's out of granite( tornado proof) and I CONSTANTLYbanged my head into the lintle( top of doorway opening) because back then almost everyone was at best @ 5'6" or so ( I'm 6'2")......reputedly poor nutrition was the culprit because everyone was just scaping by....so it stands to reason.that heads were correspondingly smaller ....so yes, large hats were rare as they were made only in very limited runs ( even today,most makers make few if at all,as you have probably noticed)..market forces dictate....sucks to have a large melon....P.S. to Theshoe...you bulk out the sweatband and a slightly larger hat will fit..easier than trying to enlarge a hat...

I’m actually 59 (7 3/8) but I’ve found 60 (7 1/2) a better fit with some hats - even within the same brand. So when I can’t try the hat on, I usually go for the bigger size. But going up another size or two would just be getting silly.
I’ll just watch and weep!

 

[markhassler]

I have found the same,I think some hats shrink after 60 or so years..

 

[markhassler]

Alrighty then! Here is the preview....enjoy!!! P.S. the middle three pictures are of a hat blank that I got from a closed hatter in Colorado....Peters Bros. In Ft.Worth did the band ,the edge binding the sweatband the interior and it...was..AWESOME!!! They charged me 125 bucks but it was soooo worth it. If you are ever in Ft. Worth you have to go there....seriously, it is hat heaven...they have been in business since Christ was wearing a cowboy hat!! P.P.S No, it's not for sale!...Mark

Alrighty then...heres the preview (w/ more to come).....enjoy!!..

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[scottyrocks]

I see the one I would want if I was a melonhead, but I'm not, so go at it, gents!