Randall Renshaw
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Randy:
Sorry for the late response but in all honesty i had no idea how best to respond to your extremely flattering compliment.
Just to be mentioned in the same sentence as Alan and Eric’s hat collection is an honor reserved for few hat guys. When i think of other members, over the years and their collection i blush at any comparisons. Thank you kindly but you have a much higher opinion of my hats then i do. No mistake, i do have some good hats, many many here do, but at the end of the day i’m just a guy with some hats. The others mentioned and those of years past are/were experts in all things hats far beyond the understanding and comprehension of most of us. And thank God they are. Me/we are just privileged to be able to see and learn from their knowledge and generosity.
As far as “that day” when others have to deal with the overwhelming task of what to do with Pop’s stuff...i shudder to think. I’m afraid mine will have no choice but to put my endeavors in black plastic bags and hopefully go to Goodwill and not put them on the curb! I do need a plan to address this, thank you.
So...what’s your size?? Lol kinda
Be well. Bowen
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Bowen. Wouldn’t it be be a travesty if these hats simply went to Salvation Army, etc? My hats, I dearly love, but none of mine would be considered in mint condition, or having posterity significance, or provenance backed historically coveted artifacts.
As you’ve stated there are many here at the Lounge, past/present, whose hats should be left to a special someone or some chosen entity who will care for them, or maybe thoughtfully preserved for the future? idk. But something...worthy.
Bowen if you disclaim your collection as worthy, then my hats just took another nose dive in value, for sure!
If I were you, Eric or Alan and others (you know who you are) I would no doubt have a pre and post death hat plan set in place.
If they were simply given to someone who thinks like me they’d be worn with care, but wear them pretty much everywhere I would! And that would not be the best thing to do with rare, mint condition 20s/30s/40s/ 50s hats that can never be replaced with cursory eBay searches.
However, Bowen, if you insist and wanna write me into your will my hat size is....