What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[billyspew]

Yesterday, Adam Marston (in Cloud)

Today Bluegrass Green Campdraft

 

[Rodkins]

Nice hats, Billy. You weren't kidding about the Adam Marston - that's the exact same hat!

 

[Torpedo]

With the coming of colder weather, I sported this heavyweight 40's cap. I paired it with a vintage-style leather jacket (Wested Raiders) and one of my Native-American woven ties, which happen to go very well with this kind of outfits.

 

[DRB]

Billyspew: I really like that cloud.

Torpedo: nice jacket.

 

[MarkD]

With the coming of colder weather, I sported this heavyweight 40's cap. I paired it with a vintage-style leather jacket (Wested Raiders) and one of my Native-American woven ties, which happen to go very well with this kind of outfits.

Nice!

 

[bolthead]

*******

 

[billyspew]

*******

Very nice bolty!

 

[Lefty]

+1. The wider brims are looking good.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Whippet the other day:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Dobbs today (I've really been going to this hat a lot lately...):

The tie is a blur but it's vintage and has red reindeer on it.

 

[zetwal]

Looking good, Gene. I particularly like the hat (dobbs) and ensemble in the second picture. Super!

 

[Greyfox]

Mallory 10 on a cold, blustery day in Chattanooga

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[alanfgag]

Snow day today... wore my Lee blue label with an optimistic upturned brim. I've had this hat for maybe 20 years, but just got around to stretching from a painful 6 7/8 to a 7-7 1/8 snug fit. It's a nice match for the interior of my mini cooper.

 

[alanfgag]

Dobbs today (I've really been going to this hat a lot lately...):

a beauty!

 

[Gromulus]

Dobbs today (I've really been going to this hat a lot lately...):

The tie is a blur but it's vintage and has red reindeer on it.

It may just be the picture (although I doubt it), but this one looks really great on you!

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Thanks, folks!

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

...stretching from a painful 6 7/8 to a 7-7 1/8 snug fit.

That hat looks TREMENDOUS! The upturned brim works perfectly on you.

I find that to really stretch a hat to a size or two larger requires water and Lexol. I carefully moisten the leather sweatband with the Lexol on the smooth surface and use some H20 on the absorbent back. I place some plastic strips I have inside, behind the leather to keep it separate from the felt until later when all is dry. Then I wet where the crown and brim meet, completely dampening the grosgrain ribbon and bow. You see, the ribbon fights your stretching efforts, but when wet it gives and then dries in its new position. So, I carefully crank in a hat jack and let the whole thing dry overnight. Repeat if necessary. WARNING: Sweatbands (especially old ones) will only take so much, so it's entirely possible that this treatment could rip it. But when it works out properly, the hat loses it's 'memory' and doesn't tend to shrink down as much between wearings. Takes that "snug" part out of it.

 

[DRB]

Gene, Alan, and Greyfox. Thank you for taking the time to share your pictures. Very nice.

 

[RBH]

Gene, Alan, and Greyfox. Thank you for taking the time to share your pictures. Very nice.

I agree!!!
Thanks guys!

 

[Mr. Paladin]

+1. The wider brims are looking good.

Here-Here Bolt! You are a wide brim classic!