What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[hatophile]

Randooch,
Congrats, you'all look great together!
Beautiful flowers, Alan, nice hat to go with them.
Another great stitch job, Mario.
Nice stingy, Mike.
Looking good in your customs, DJ.
Like that thin-ribbon Dinerman.

Imperial Stetson today. More cold weather after an almost 70 degree day yesterday. Bummer.

 

[hatophile]

Looking at your photos Alan, it appears Spring has Sprung. Very nice.

 

[VetPsychWars]

GI-type boonie hat for getting rained on. I might get a Tilley some day for that purpose. Boonie hat is much less expensive.

 

[Neophyte]

Check out the FedoraFest3 photos in the Steamer Trunk section for a ton of related photos.

 

[randooch]

Thanks for the congratulations, all. Neither of us took much convincing.

Great bunch of vernal equinox photos, people!

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks guys... alas these tulips came from the florist... the backyard flowers will keep their heads safely underground for a few weeks yet.

 

[alanfgag]

Very cool photos, like the jacket as much as the hat!

Thanks Tom. That jacket is an old Missoni coat I've had for a long time... a spring favorite.

 

[fmw]

I'm not going out today because it is pouring rain. Since I work where I live, I have that luxury. For the first day of Spring I wore my Stetson Open Road. No need for an image. Everyone knows what they look like. Nice photography, Alan.

 

[gtdean48]

:arated:

Congratulations!

 

[jlee562]

Kind of a weird expression on my face, but here's my Ox Blood from Black Sheep Hat Works in natural light, during our brief respite from the rain here in the SF Bay Area.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

I'm in my "new" Resistol Pace-setter that I got from buler at Fedorafest III. Detail shots in "New Hats" thread.

 

[hatophile]

Looks great on ya, Mr P, disregard my post in "new hats".

 

[Joshbru3]

As I said in the "New Hats" thread, that hat is just Beautiful. It really came out great and looks great on you, Wade. EXCELLENT!!!:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[bowlerman]

Kind of a weird expression on my face, but here's my Ox Blood from Black Sheep Hat Works in natural light, during our brief respite from the rain here in the SF Bay Area.

I saw that Bob posted pics of that hat on his website recently, or at least one in the same color with similar bow work. Too bad he doesn't have it in rabbit!

Today, I'm trying to wear in my Adam stingy center crease, deliberately in the rain. I've discovered it only fits my head with the forward dents added, and I've also discovered that the black dye seems to easily rub off on my hands with a little wetness! So far the jet black color hasn't been compromised at all though.

 

[Joshbru3]

Today Im wearing my 1950's Royalist. I had put a center dent in it originally, but it just didnt go. So I re-steamed the hat, and re-did the crown into a diamond. This type of diamond though is very Mario-Esque and I love how sharp it looks. A word of WARNING though, once this crease is done, you kind of have to like it because the crease lines are so sharp that they are very difficult to steam out unless the hat is totally re-blocked. Here's some pictures:

 

[p24t]

Greetings everyone, this is my first pic/post. It's spring in Texas, so the straw hats start coming out. This hat is nothing special, a Stacy Adams hemp braid, but it's one of my favorites because I love the way it fits. (oh, and I'm still a little green around the snout from St. Patty's day)

 

[Neophyte]

Damn, Josh, that hat looks amazing! Nice job with the crease :eusa_clap.

 

[hatophile]

Excellent job on that Royalist, Josh.

Welcome p24t.

 

[fmw]

Nice, Josh. I read about people complaining about crown taper. Your crease created negative taper. I'm just joshin'. You did a good job and got a good result.

 

[alanfgag]

That looks great Josh... sharp!