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What hat are you waiting for today?

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"Cicard". You'll see what it really is when I get it.

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Capello Vaso

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Peaked my interest as well. I think I remember Alan has one similar. Definitely a bit of a historical piece. A time when they started making a felt for hats from plastic out of necessity during the war.. as opposed to the reasons of today.

Plastic was a new wonder material and wasn’t synonymous with cheapness at the time. For the price, I wanted it just to feel it, and maybe display it at some point.
 
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Plastic was a new wonder material and wasn’t synonymous with cheapness at the time. For the price, I wanted it just to feel it, and maybe display it at some point.
I think you definitely got it right. It’s a nice little piece of history. I’m interested to know your thoughts when you have it in hand.
 
O’Farrell of Santa Fe pure beaver.

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Scott (Kevin O’Farrell’s son and the owner of O’Farrell Hat Co.) at some point dropped the “O’” — or never had it. I had never noticed before. Maybe it was a stage name (?). I see it referenced both ways in web and magazine articles.

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This video also lists Kevin as just Farrell.


Maybe Farrell Hats was too close to Feral Cats ...
 
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The Lost Cowboy

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I’m looking for a fun summer beater and have been eyeing the Stetson Premier Stratoliner for maybe a year now. Even though it’s not as exciting as the vintage hats, I won’t feel like I have to baby it.

It’s been on offer at Walmart for $160 with free shipping and I don’t know if that’s some kind of scam (a Walmart hat??) but they only had three left when I landed on the page yesterday so I went for it.

I am now officially three months in the red of my hat budget. If this keeps up, I’m gonna have to start selling organs.

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