Fabulous hat Jack, curious about BRE a bit of research threw up this fabulous thread. https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/vintage-stetson-boss-raw-edge.96858/ The things that I have learned on this forum.
There's style and there's style and let me tell you Jack, your style takes the biscuit as we Brits say when we are seriously impressed.
I guess that you are married too Randy. You are right, I am the boss, when I asked Tina if that was so she said, "of course you are dear," so she must be right.
Thank you Robert! To be totally honest neither pair are mine but the Ritch Rand Tom Horn was made for me in 1989. I have lusted for a pair of black & whites ever since I first saw the white & black Oldsmobile Rocket 88 boots. Just never pulled the trigger on a commission.
Glad you enjoyed your trip! Too bad you couldn’t have gotten a tape recording from security somehow.
John Lofgren Monkey Boots Shinki Horsebuttt - $1,136 The classic monkey boot silhouette in an incredibly rich Shinki russet horse leather. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - $395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Schott 568 Vandals Jacket - $1,250 The classic Perfecto motorcycle jacket, in a very special limited-edition Schott double rider style.
51 years as a couple, congratulations to you both. Tina has a stock reply when people express faux shock at the longevity of our relationship. "I know," she says, "I would have been let out after thirty years if I had killed him." Sometimes that remark invokes a kind of half smile like the person wonders if she's joking.......................or not!
Thank you Jack, much appreciated. Given that this is the black hat brigade, although technically a Fascinator, this is Tina's contribution to black hats. I will try to remember to get a photo of her wearing it when she's up and about.
What a magnificent example, the epitome of the perfect, "black hat." Jack you have some amazing hats!
That is a beauty, Jack. Wonderful style and proportions. Nice low key photography as well.
