Short brim vs. wide brim fedora

[kaosharper1]

I have a wide face so brims less than 2 1/4 look strange on me. It's crown height that's even worse. The current trendy stingy brimmed hats with low crowns make me look like Oliver Hardy, and I'm not fat.

 

[bolthead]

Hi, I always thought the short brimmed hats were for old guys. My dad and several of the other teachers wore them. Old time movie stars wore the wide brimmed stuff.

Later

LMAO.....:eusa_doh:

 

[Spats McGee]

There are some fine-looking stingies out there, but they just don't look right on me. The shortest brim I own is 2" and even after months of owning it, I'm still not sure it looks right on me. I like brims right around 2.5", bur I think I have a couple that are a little bigger.

 

[Wolfwood]

Wide-brimmed all the way. I just don't see the appeal of stingy brims...

 

[mayserwegener]

I wear and enjoy both. Crown and brim dimensions (same with taper and felt finishes) varied during the golden age of hats (say 1880 - 1960).

 

[bolthead]

I wear and enjoy both. Crown and brim dimensions (same with taper and felt finishes) varied during the golden age of hats (say 1880 - 1960).

indeed you do, very well I might add.

 

[mayserwegener]

indeed you do, very well I might add.

Thanks but you are the undisputed King of All Dimensions! :eusa_clap

 

[ryang]

Let's compare apples with apples!
Do you prefer this:

or this:

This:

Or this:

The nice thing about living to-day is that we can have both!

Jauntyone - now those are some great comparisons:eusa_clap - definitely apples to apples. I am definitely a wide brim fan. (Although I may eventually pick up a stingy).

 

[mayserwegener]

The hat in my avatar pic is from 1930s. It has a 2 inch brim (considered stingy) and the crown is slightly under 5 inches. Taper (next poll?) wise it is more in line with the general view of this board.

 

[mayserwegener]

I have a wide face so brims less than 2 1/4 look strange on me. It's crown height that's even worse. The current trendy stingy brimmed hats with low crowns make me look like Oliver Hardy, and I'm not fat.

This also applies to wide brims and tall crowns when you go in the extreme direction.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

I like both.

Both of these hats are from the 50s. I don't like extremely wide brims on me.

 

[KY_RudeBoy]

I've started wearing wider brims lately. My wife says she prefers the stingy brim on me because I am 6'2" and have a fairly thin face.

Dobbs Glenwood

Akubra Federation IV

Ruby's Custom Hatters (kind of in-between width)

Someone on here said something like the more you wear hats, you will begin to wear wider brims and taller crowns. This is certainly true in my experience.

 

[Hereward]

That's true for me too.

 

[zetwal]

A couple other threads to visit -

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=14697

http://207.218.231.242/~thefedor/showthread.php?t=14030

 

[blixa00]

I like to mix it up a bit...outdoors or formal situations I'd go wide brim, driving or informal situations (BBQs or bar hopping) I'd wear a stingy!! Just to confuse folks I do throw a westrn hat into the mix once in a while...but I do get tired of the "where's your horse" comments!! lol

 

[AXL DEMOCRACY]

I love wide brims. And love wide "stiff brims."

I wish I could find more fedoras with wider and stiffer brims. Guess I can always get one custom made?

 

[KeyGrip]

While I can't deny that small brims can be very classy on the right person, they do nothing for my gigantic head. I can't really pull off anything under 2.5"

 

[Widebrim]

The nice thing about living to-day is that we can have both!

Ah, I prefer that one...

 

[carldelo]

My favored brim width is 2-1/4", right in the No-Man's land between stingy and wide, I think. I always think of a 2" brim is a stingy, not borderline. I do go wider for summer straws - my kayaking hat has a 3" brim, looks kinda goofy, but not more so than the life jacket...

 

[Florida_Marlin]

I have one really nice Knox with a cav edge that has 1-7/8 brim. All my others are 2 -1/4 or larger. I prefier 2.5 to 3. Although the Knox is a great hat, I do not like how I look in short brims. I am 6'3" and rather slim. A stingy makes me look like a pencil with the lid the eraser on top! F_M