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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Riley Dee

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Dobbs Fifth Avenue "Chino" Straw

Douglas:Stellar as always!

RBH:Thank you Sir.
 

indycop

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DOUGLAS said:
Just to make the point of how easy it is to change the creases and bashes on the Borsalino. playing with it didn't affect it one bit. I don't think this is a very high end hat either.
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Great hat Douglas, but I love that sportcoat!:eusa_clap
 

kiltie

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out of sync...

Actually, the day before yesterday - Resistol San Antonio. I took it with me on a trip to Chicago over the weekend ( piped in the Southside Irish Parade ). It was ridiculously cold, especially for a Texan.

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Jerekson

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Kiltie, I really like that hat! You've got the shape perfect! Looks like there's some kicka$$ reverse taper going on there.
 

J.T.Marcus

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Dinerman, Love the Knox Fifteen. Is the top pic in Washington ,D.C. or somewhere else? Also, I couldn't help notice the suitcase above your head on the train (?). I have several pieces that look like that. It's Samsonite; my parents bought a set circa 1956. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
 

Dinerman

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It's the state capitol building in Lincoln Nebraska. The bus is an old basketball tourbus which is in the museum of Boystown in Omaha, Nebraska.
 

kiltie

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Thanks...

Thanks all, for the compliments.

GI Joe - I couldn't tell you exactly HOW "vintage" my S.A. is ( such an absurdly subjective word ), but the closest I've seen, in terms of felt texture, sweatband, wind trolley, etc... was a mid sixties Stetson Open Road, so I'd place it around that time ( but that's a real amateur estimate ). I do know that, try as I may, I haven't found an OR or knock-off ( Bailey, et al...) that has been comparable. They're all stiff as an anchorman's hair, with even less character. There's another thread under "HATS" that has a lot of people singing the praises of the Akubra Campdraft ( which, if I remember the advert correctly, even has a wind string ). It's, for all intents and purposes, an Open Road: Akubra even had licence to produce the OR, once upon a time. It seems to be the only "modern" option when it comes to this style, unless you go cu$tom.
 

J.T.Marcus

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Dinerman, Once again, WOW!!!
I think I've figured it out. You have evidently discovered the door to a parallel universe where there are more hats than people. Everything is also neatly catalogued, so that you can retrieve any specimen, at will. :D :eusa_clap
 

J.T.Marcus

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Adam, Majestic Quality. An "Open Road clone. It came with a factory "C" crease. I took it apart, stretched it from 6 7/8 to 7 1/8, put it back together, and went with a diamond crease.


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