What hat are you waiting for today?

[Dm101]

Cool hat Dm. Welcome to the vintage world.
It’s on now!
What are you gonna do with this one? Tan Amish style?
Bowen

You know it! I'm going to reshape it into a telescope crown like my black Amish hat and flatten the brim. I'll stiffen the crown after I get it perfect.
Im also working on building a 9mm ammo-hatband for it from leather.
It's going to be so awesome!

When I get done it should look like a flat-brim version of this hat...

Of course with the ammo-hatband and lighter color...

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[AbbaDatDeHat]

Greetings All:
Done waiting. I was taking some pics so thought i’d throw them out here. No prep on this, just a crease and pose.
This one’s along the lines of the Angora and Disney Camel Hair.
Might have to do a comparison on the three.
Borsalino “SILCHI”. I’ve never seen another. Kinda nice.
Be well. Bowen

 

[Dm101]

Congratulations! The six cord ribbon is cool.

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Thank you! Im excited to see what the difference in build quality is like. The comfort too!

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[Dm101]

View attachment 155974 View attachment 155975 View attachment 155976 View attachment 155977 View attachment 155978 Greetings All:
Done waiting. I was taking some pics so thought i’d throw them out here. No prep on this, just a crease and pose.
This one’s along the lines of the Angora and Disney Camel Hair.
Might have to do a comparison on the three.
Borsalino “SILCHI”. I’ve never seen another. Kinda nice.
Be well. Bowen

That looks so furry and warm...wow!
Nice find!

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[Rmccamey]

Since Max has never seen one in person, can we tell him we've found that MacLachlan 100 he's been looking for?

It's official!
I bought myself a stingy brim!
:O

 

[Joao Encarnado]

That come to my mind when I saw it at first.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Since Max has never seen one in person, can we tell him we've found that MacLachlan 100 he's been looking for?

The sweatband is damaged and seems that it's impossible to know the maker.
It will arrive in less than 15 days.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

That looks so furry and warm...wow!
Nice find!

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Thank you Sir.

 

[jonesy86]

Take extra care if you have to venture out into the storm that's slamming the islands right now.

That was very exciting. The wind was blowing so hard off shore where I live that the waves looked like they were breaking out to sea. 60 MPH gusts, downed power poles/lines, downed trees and many tree limbs. Power outages, and just howling wind. Never seen anything like that before.

 

[jonesy86]

I always wanted to go back to Niue Island, but never got there again. Advancing age and health problems have seen to that. Now that I'm married to an Ecuadorian woman, we spend our time and money visiting family in Ecuador. More likely we'd move there than the south pacific.

When I was younger and weighed less I'd climb coconut trees to get a drink.

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Its a small world. I sailed relatively close to Niue in 1983. One passage brought me from the Northern Cooks to Vava'u Tonga. When I was done with the South Pacific, I spent 6 months in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Great photo of a kid up a palm.

 

[Tukwila]

Its a small world. I sailed relatively close to Niue in 1983. One passage brought me from the Northern Cooks to Vava'u Tonga. When I was done with the South Pacific, I spent 6 months in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Great photo of a kid up a palm.

I was only in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, for a week... but what a week! Those Tongans know how to put out a spread. It was surreal, like something tight out of Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener novel.

I'd never been further away from our home south of Seattle, WA, than Vancouver, BC, prior to that. Even though I studied up on the people, food, culture, etc, there was still a certain amount of culture shock. Like sucking the goo from the "stomach" of a coconut crab. "SERIOUSLY???," I asked... LOL.

That really is me in that picture. Somewhere out in the thick bush, not far from Liku, Niue Island, my name is whacked into the base of a very tall coconut tree. An old man who has since passed, Fakalanu, carved it there with is machete after I climbed up to get us something to drink. He went on and on how tall the tree was and how he'd never seen a palagi (white boy) climb a tree like that before. At first, he refused to let me do it... until I told him I had climbed the trees next to his property in town (and stolen some of his coconuts) on one especially HOT and HUMID night... LOL).

 

[drmaxtejeda]

I was only in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, for a week... but what a week! Those Tongans know how to put out a spread. It was surreal, like something tight out of Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener novel.

I'd never been further away from our home south of Seattle, WA, than Vancouver, BC, prior to that. Even though I studied up on the people, food, culture, etc, there was still a certain amount of culture shock. Like sucking the goo from the "stomach" of a coconut crab. "SERIOUSLY???," I asked... LOL.

That really is me in that picture. Somewhere out in the thick bush, not far from Liku, Niue Island, my name is whacked into the base of a very tall coconut tree. An old man who has since passed, Fakalanu, carved it there with is machete after I climbed up to get us something to drink. He went on and on how tall the tree was and how he'd never seen a palagi (white boy) climb a tree like that before. At first, he refused to let me do it... until I told him I had climbed the trees next to his property in town (and stolen some of his coconuts) on one especially HOT and HUMID night... LOL).

I had never met someone with anything like your past, Doug.
Qué envidia!

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[jonesy86]

I was only in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, for a week... but what a week! Those Tongans know how to put out a spread. It was surreal, like something tight out of Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener novel.

I'd never been further away from our home south of Seattle, WA, than Vancouver, BC, prior to that. Even though I studied up on the people, food, culture, etc, there was still a certain amount of culture shock. Like sucking the goo from the "stomach" of a coconut crab. "SERIOUSLY???," I asked... LOL.

That really is me in that picture. Somewhere out in the thick bush, not far from Liku, Niue Island, my name is whacked into the base of a very tall coconut tree. An old man who has since passed, Fakalanu, carved it there with is machete after I climbed up to get us something to drink. He went on and on how tall the tree was and how he'd never seen a palagi (white boy) climb a tree like that before. At first, he refused to let me do it... until I told him I had climbed the trees next to his property in town (and stolen some of his coconuts) on one especially HOT and HUMID night... LOL).

I can see it, that skinny coconut kid looks like you.
The King of Tonga visited Vava'u when I was there and they put on a huge feast. Only time I ever ate fruit bat.

 

[Tukwila]

I can see it, that skinny coconut kid looks like you.
The King of Tonga visited Vava'u when I was there and they put on a huge feast. Only time I ever ate fruit bat.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, fruit bat. A local delicacy on Niue, too. Best grilled right on the coconut shell coals.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, fruit bat. A local delicacy on Niue, too. Best grilled right on the coconut shell coals.

Yech! Guácala!

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[VintageWriting]

View attachment 155974 View attachment 155975 View attachment 155976 View attachment 155977 View attachment 155978 Greetings All:
Done waiting. I was taking some pics so thought i’d throw them out here. No prep on this, just a crease and pose.
This one’s along the lines of the Angora and Disney Camel Hair.
Might have to do a comparison on the three.
Borsalino “SILCHI”. I’ve never seen another. Kinda nice.
Be well. Bowen

I was the underbidder on that hat and I'm very jealous. I went a little higher on a Stetson that looked like it had a taller crown, thinking it would be better, but it has arrived, and while I like it okay, its crown is not that high. You definitely got the better one.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I was the underbidder on that hat and I'm very jealous. I went a little higher on a Stetson that looked like it had a taller View attachment 156154 crown, thinking it would be better, but it has arrived, and while I like it okay, its crown is not that high. You definitely got the better one.

Sorry for your loss VW but i am very happy with the hat. Keep looking...hope you find another.
Bowen

 

[jonesy86]

This Arizona will soon be arriving on the trade winds.

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[Just A Hat Rack]

This Arizona will soon be arriving on the trade winds.

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The more I see the Arizona from the Phoenix Hat Company, the more I love it. Rick did a nice job on the color selection. I'm sure you're going to be more than pleased with it.

 

[jonesy86]

Yes, this Pheonix Hat Company Arizona looks sweet. Rick @humanshoes recommended a colorful string of small puka shells to go on top of the ribbon and give it the Island look I am hoping for. The hunt is on.