What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Mario]

This Playboy here has got just the kind of crease I'm talking about (ain't mine - I lost on it just a few month ago...and it went for peanuts...that hurt! ). Tall, booming crown with a shallow center dent and straight sides. Yummy!

 

[Tone]

Doesn't even matter, Neo. The point is that it's still in good balance. And it looks "right".

*Remember that fine sandpaper will remove any brim nerbs if you have any that are bugging you.

Straight on view looks great, though. (It's like having a choice of several hats from one, huh. )

BEWARE the urge to continue to whittle at this point. Looks fine.

 

[Mario]

I dig Mario's portraits. They are painterly and seem to be dream like... very cool

:arated:

Mario has his own distinctive look -- and that is a high compliment. :eusa_clap

Love the look of the Stetson and the Mallory over the last couple of days, Mario.

Cheers,
JtL

Jimmy, Douglas - thanks! Coming from you, this means a lot!

 

[Neophyte]

If I ever get an actual camera to take pics, instead of my phone, I'm definitely gonna develop my own signature "angle."

Then I just need to acquire an UNGODLY amount of hats so I can post one every day.

 

[Mario]

Then I just need to acquire an UNGODLY amount of hats so I can post one every day.

Ha! I thought the same and started accumulating hats galore - until I suddenly decided to lay off about half of my collection. I've kept 18 - and wear three or four on a (more or less) regular basis. To be perfectly honest, my Mallory Ten Pliafelt is my favorite - and the hat I wear most of the time. What can I do? I just love it and it suits me. If I'm going buy any new hats in the future then only if I'm really sure that I want (and need) them. Right now I'm on the hunt for pre-40's hats...

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Dobbs 100...

Wasn't that your High Point hat this year, Jimmy? Its sharp!

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Stetson one hundred.....

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Very nice, sir. :eusa_clap

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Negretti Adonis last evening.

Looks to be in excellent shape, mayserwegener. Very nice.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Today it was my Resistol Whippet clone.

 

[indycop]

WOW!:eusa_clap

 

[RBH]

WOW!:eusa_clap

Damn right!!!!

 

[RBH]

This Playboy here has got just the kind of crease I'm talking about (ain't mine - I lost on it just a few month ago...and it went for peanuts...that hurt! ). Tall, booming crown with a shallow center dent and straight sides. Yummy!

Now that looks to be one sweet hat!!!

 

[indycop]

VS Silver Mist...

SUHWEET!:eusa_clap
I think we need a shot of Bodie with a current date newspaper. Then we will know that he has not gone "Lone Wolf" (pun intended)lol lol

 

[indycop]

Lookin sharp Mr. P, Mario, Mayser, MichealShane. Neo beware that once you cut to much you can't get it back. And I think you are being too critical on the lighter colors. A tawny campdraft would work just fine, and you can ask them to send you a wide ribbon to play with.

 

[indycop]

Damn right!!!!

Of course I am! Ugh what am doing, 0430 comes mighty quick...

 

[Michaelshane]

This Playboy here has got just the kind of crease I'm talking about (ain't mine - I lost on it just a few month ago...and it went for peanuts...that hurt! ). Tall, booming crown with a shallow center dent and straight sides. Yummy!

I use this crease in a lot of my hats. Mostly because it's so easy to do.

 

[Neophyte]

Lookin sharp Mr. P, Mario, Mayser, MichealShane. Neo beware that once you cut to much you can't get it back. And I think you are being too critical on the lighter colors. A tawny campdraft would work just fine, and you can ask them to send you a wide ribbon to play with.

You may be right. It's not that I don't like the colors. They are in fact quite beautiful. It's just that I'm not sure that ligher colors are gonna work with my wardrobe, hair color and complexion, and seeing as I honestly don't have a reliable source of disposable income (read: eBay), I have to be very careful in my selection. This is why my first hats were the Akubra FedIV (to model myself in a dark brown and straightsided hat) the Squatter (for roundish, slightly tapered crown and green with wide brim) and the Fedora (carbon grey, very tapered crown and shorter brim). I chose these three because they are nice hats and cheap ways to find out what I want in a hat (keep in mind there were probably easier ways, but I'm new and inexperienced when it comes to hats, hence "Neophyte"), and the features of these three covered pretty much every variation of fedora except for the thin ribbon.

After the modification of my Squatter became a success (and believe me, I ain't going anywhere near that hat with a sharp object EVER, it's perfect right now), I'm thinking about doing something similar with the Campdraft...Do not worry, I haven't eliminated it yet. I'm actually talking with HatsDirect right now about the Glen Grey.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Wow, a LOT of great action on this thread lately.

:eusa_clap to all of you!!

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Borsalino for me today:

 

[Neophyte]

Wow, a LOT of great action on this thread lately.

:eusa_clap to all of you!!

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Borsalino for me today:

VERY nice hat!

 

[RBH]

Looking good in that Borso Gene!:eusa_clap