What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Lefty]

VS ArtLite in Silvermist

Very nice.

 

[Aureliano]

My new Optimo "The 33" (more here http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?30265-Optimo-south-side-mobsters/page138)

 

[hatophile]

Very nice Ale. I really like the shark gill ribbon!

 

[Lefty]

Very nice Ale. I really like the shark gill ribbon!

+1. best gills I've ever seen

 

[alanfgag]

+1. best gills I've ever seen

+2... those gills take in air coming or going? Lovely design.

 

[Chepstow]

David, superb VS, nice contrast with the ribbon.
Mike, beautiful Crofut today, the felt ribbon looks great on that Hat
John, this Western, looks really good on you.
Brando, very nice CD. A good choice!
Ale, my Congrats again. That´s an absolutely beautiful Optimo. I see it and love it.

 

[Aureliano]

Very nice Ale. I really like the shark gill ribbon!

Thanks, Perry!

+1. best gills I've ever seen

Agree, Lefty. The whole ribbon is one piece, no shortcuts. And, as I said in the optimo thread, it's unreal the way it's sewn into the hat. You just can't see a single stitch! All these details reassure me that my money was well invested.

 

[bowlerman]

My new Optimo "The 33" (more here http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?30265-Optimo-south-side-mobsters/page138)

Ack! I missed the opening ceremonies yesterday! Ale, that looks truly amazing-- congrats!!! Love those gills. They're both inhaling and exhaling, correct? I think I can even see the corner of your mouth turning up slightly.

 

[Aureliano]

+2... those gills take in air coming or going? Lovely design.

Take in from the front. Then there's a "neutral" gill in the middle and then the back ones take air going!

 

[Aureliano]

Love those gills. They're both inhaling and exhaling, correct?

Correct! I attached a photo.

I think I can even see the corner of your mouth turning up slightly.

On the right side picture... maybe

 

[jbucklin]

Ale, all I can say is "WOW!"

 

[alanfgag]

Take in from the front. Then there's a "neutral" gill in the middle and then the back ones take air going!

Breathtaking!

 

[alanfgag]

Job, Manfred, Scott, Mike... thank you for commenting on yesterday's Stratoliner.

Alan if I had one hat in one color it would be that strat!
Very nice .

It's a frequent daydream for me (perhaps a good thread idea too)... if I had to pare my collection down to a single hat which one it would be. I've yet to narrow it to one, but this hat is always on the short list.

 

[Rodkins]

Job, Manfred, Scott, Mike... thank you for commenting on yesterday's Stratoliner.



It's a frequent daydream for me (perhaps a good thread idea too)... if I had to pare my collection down to a single hat which one it would be. I've yet to narrow it to one, but this hat is always on the short list.

That sounds like more of a nightmare to me.

 

[gqmagic]

Take in from the front. Then there's a "neutral" gill in the middle and then the back ones take air going!

This is great, raw edge right?

 

[Aureliano]

This is great, raw edge right?

Yes, raw. All my other Optimos have welted edges so I switched it up a bit this time.

 

[alanfgag]

That sounds like more of a nightmare to me.

Think of it as hat Zen.

 

[Rodkins]

Think of it as hat Zen.

Still sounds scary. I might be able to get down to 20 hats if we didn't count straw hats.

 

[zetwal]

That sounds like more of a nightmare to me.

I'm not so sure. Many of have too many hats, and many of us have way too many.

All things being equal, most of us would minimize our "collections" only in response to some grave disaster. That in itself could certainly be a living nightmare. But the idea of happily doing with less may in some cases be a mature view. At any rate, I for one am willing to entertain the possibility.

Consider this, even if we enjoy owning many hats, might it sometimes be healthy to restrain oneself from buying-buying-buying just because it feels good to scratch-scratch-scratch that itch?

I understand and accept that I will be in the minority here, but I still think it's a fair point. The photo that alanfgag just posted does sum it up nicely.

 

[delectans]

"33" looks even better on your noggin, Ale. I would give it a "100"!