What hat are you waiting for today?

[Steve1857]

Another homburg. This one a Super Champ.

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You're getting to be quite the Homburg finder, Don. That's another nice one, and with the box, too. Great catch!

 

[DonR]

You're getting to be quite the Homburg finder, Don. That's another nice one, and with the box, too. Great catch!

Thank you, much appreciated.

 

[DonR]

I wasn't really in the market for another bowler, but I made an offer on this O.P.A. tagged Dobbs and it was accepted.

 

[Blare]

Another homburg. This one a Super Champ.

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Nice find, Don.

 

[AHP91]

I’ve bought this 40s or 50s (could be wrong) looking hat. Looks unused.

Probably a little too small but check it out

 

[RickP]

Im currently waiting for a new to me Akubra Metropolitan to to show up in the mail. ( 3 days from Sydney AU to Chicago and out of customs.... been bouncing around the Dallas area processing centers for 4 1/2 days now lol)Its a project hat that was cheap and I thought worth the risk. Does anyone have a pic showing what this one should have originally looked like before it was crunched up?

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Been searching for a long time:

Thanks to a fellow Lounger for this lead a gap in my collection will soon be filled once this crosses the pond. Very excited for this one.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Im currently waiting for a new to me Akubra Metropolitan to to show up in the mail. ( 3 days from Sydney AU to Chicago and out of customs.... been bouncing around the Dallas area processing centers for 4 1/2 days now lol)Its a project hat that was cheap and I thought worth the risk. Does anyone have a pic showing what this one should have originally looked like before it was crunched up?

I’ve never heard of a Metropolitan. A Google search didn’t turn up anything neither did an internal search of TFL. Do you have a photo of the hat as you are expecting it to arrive? It could very well be a vintage model and that will certainly be interesting!

 

[RickP]

I’ve never heard of a Metropolitan. A Google search didn’t turn up anything neither did an internal search of TFL. Do you have a photo of the hat as you are expecting it to arrive? It could very well be a vintage model and that will certainly be interesting!

Here are some pics from the auction. I had zero luck finding anything onlinbe myself...Im thinking it was probably an Australian only market item

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Here are some pics from the auction. I had zero luck finding anything onlinbe myself...Im thinking it was probably an Australian only market item

Very cool, thanks for showing. It’s interesting to see a small brim combined with the thin ribbon.

In my experience that quality of felt from Akubra gets the factory creases set in pretty solid (assuming it wasn’t sold open crown). You can change them but there are still crease ghosts so that the felt can easily nudge back into the original shape without much effort. Looks to me like it maybe just had a center crease with a slight dome and front pinches - but that’s just a guess from the photos.

Here is an Akubra Kiandra with the kind of center crease I mean: Akubra likes this crease and uses it in a number of models and it looks to me like what you have in the Metropolitan. I think you have this with front pinches.

Once you get it cleaned up, I hope you’ll post it on the “Akubra Overload” page and leave a record of that model.

 

[RickP]

Very cool, thanks for showing. It’s interesting to see a small brim combined with the thin ribbon.

In my experience that quality of felt from Akubra gets the factory creases set in pretty solid (assuming it wasn’t sold open crown). You can change them but there are still crease ghosts so that the felt can easily nudge back into the original shape without much effort. Looks to me like it maybe just had a center crease with a slight dome and front pinches - but that’s just a guess from the photos.

Here is an Akubra Kiandra with the kind of center crease I mean: Akubra likes this crease and uses it in a number of models and it looks to me like what you have in the Metropolitan. I think you have this with front pinches.


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Once you get it cleaned up, I hope you’ll post it on the “Akubra Overload” page and leave a record of that model.

Will do just that! My experience with Akubras agrees that they tend to want to stay as they were lol. Ive trimmed several brims down on mine, but Ive been fortunate that I actually like their factory creases. Ive always liked a more modest brim size, but being here in Texas, there ARE times a wider brim is needed. ( were almost into straw season down here) The little Metropolitan caught my eye because the last year or so Ive actually warmed up to 2" brims a bit... makes for a nice coffee shop hat, and theyre real easy to get into and out of cars with.

Where about in Bama are you? Ive got family around Huntsville, and Ragland/ Pell City areas

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Will do just that! My experience with Akubras agrees that they tend to want to stay as they were lol. Ive trimmed several brims down on mine, but Ive been fortunate that I actually like their factory creases. Ive always liked a more modest brim size, but being here in Texas, there ARE times a wider brim is needed. ( were almost into straw season down here) The little Metropolitan caught my eye because the last year or so Ive actually warmed up to 2" brims a bit... makes for a nice coffee shop hat, and theyre real easy to get into and out of cars with.

Where about in Bama are you? Ive got family around Huntsville, and Ragland/ Pell City areas

I am also experiencing an increased interest in stingier brims - though 2-1/4 is as small as I want to go at the moment.

I am in Huntsville, but I am not from this area, just here accidentally. I was born on a military base in Wichita Falls, Texas and have spent my life traveling.

I couldn’t do the long straw season you guys have. It’s at least half the year, no?

 

[RickP]

I am also experiencing an increased interest in stingier brims - though 2-1/4 is as small as I want to go at the moment.

I am in Huntsville, but I am not from this area, just here accidentally. I was born on a military base in Wichita Falls, Texas and have spent my life traveling.

I couldn’t do the long straw season you guys have. It’s at least half the year, no?

I cant really do straws all the time, so during our April thru September "straw" season, I do tend to pull out some lighter felts. I DID just pick up a nice soft Paja Toquilla for the summer... will have to see what sweat does to it lol

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

I cant really do straws all the time, so during our April thru September "straw" season, I do tend to pull out some lighter felts. I DID just pick up a nice soft Paja Toquilla for the summer... will have to see what sweat does to it lol

My best straw is an Akubra Hemp. I just haven’t gotten into straws much yet - but then I don’t live in Texas, where I reckon a vintage straw collection and some Tony Lama ostrich boots would find a lot of use.

 

[RickP]

My best straw is an Akubra Hemp. I just haven’t gotten into straws much yet - but then I don’t live in Texas, where I reckon a vintage straw collection and some Tony Lama ostrich boots would find a lot of use.

By the way Ill throw this out here... Theres a nice looking 59cm Campdraft in Bluegrass on ebay right now. Also a light Grey Bogart in 55cm (Id never seen a Bogart in a light color like that... only one Ive got is black)

 

[Rmccamey]

Looks a bit like one of my Gannon westerns.

Very cool, thanks for showing. It’s interesting to see a small brim combined with the thin ribbon.

In my experience that quality of felt from Akubra gets the factory creases set in pretty solid (assuming it wasn’t sold open crown). You can change them but there are still crease ghosts so that the felt can easily nudge back into the original shape without much effort. Looks to me like it maybe just had a center crease with a slight dome and front pinches - but that’s just a guess from the photos.

Here is an Akubra Kiandra with the kind of center crease I mean: Akubra likes this crease and uses it in a number of models and it looks to me like what you have in the Metropolitan. I think you have this with front pinches.


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Once you get it cleaned up, I hope you’ll post it on the “Akubra Overload” page and leave a record of that model.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Looks a bit like one of my Gannon westerns.





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Interesting comparison. I have to be honest that don’t see the resemblance (almost everything is different about those two hats!) but that is such a fine-looking Gannon. Are you wearing it much?

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Looks a bit like one of my Gannon westerns.





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No wait, I get it - you’re comparing the Gannon to the Kiandra, not to the Metropolitan. Yes, now I see the resemblance.

 

[Rmccamey]

Montana crease and high sides. Yes, I wear it regularly. I like the shorter brim.

Interesting comparison. I have to be honest that don’t see the resemblance (almost everything is different about those two hats!) but that is such a fine-looking Gannon. Are you wearing it much?

 

[Granville]

Can I throw a cap on the pile? From Ireland, Shandon Hats, a company that's been around for over 120 years. Shandon is also a town in Cork. I wanted something green and Irish. Hoping to get this on my head before the weather gets too warm. The straws are all barking at me: "It's time for MEEE!"