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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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Scored TP today at Costco. We are not hoarding, we just were getting low. Double breasted jacket and a 1950s Hückel Special fedora. Forgive me for not wearing a tie, its not like I had to dress up to go to Walmart ya know. Wearing a new pair of Italian Massimo Emporio cap toe oxfords that I rescued from Ebay.

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Good to see your dress sense hasn't suffered while you were a low frequency poster, Mike. We don't mind you not wearing a tie, but it might get a tsk tsk from the church ladies;)
 
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This week I will feature J. Hückel´s Söhne Soft Felt Hats. J. Hückel´s Söhne was nationalized as Tonak after 1945.

J. Hückel´s Söhne "Alpha" "Seal Velour", French Point Size 5, Brim 2 1/4 inches, Crown Open 6 inches possibly mid 1930s. The gray "Alpha" "Seal Velour" is fantastic and easily dry creases. Really like the contrasting blue Zig-Zag stitching on the silk liner.

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J. Hückel´s Söhne, Display Cards, 10 cm x 4 cm, possibly mid to later 1920s.

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That's a jawdropper, Steve. Hope to find one in my size one day.
 
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30 Days to 30 Hats - Day 29
Adam Hats - Executive Quality

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Adam Hats Executive Quality
Light grey felt
4 3/4 Crown as bashed
1 1/2 Matching grosgrain ribbon with very unique treatment
2 3/4 Brim with 1/2 bound edge top (3/16 bottom)
1 7/8 brown leather sweatband

For the penultimate entry into the 30 Days to 30 Hats... I present the Adam Executive Quality. This wide brimmed beauty was the second of two hats that came off that hot tip from fellow lounge member @DaveProc

This hat is a real head turner with is very cool and unique ribbon treatment. It the ribbon needs a name... how about the Corona?

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Saving the best for last, eh? Lovely hat, Joe.

I concur on the shape and proportions.
 
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Early evening walk in a vintage Stetson Flagship. Crazy, hazy light has the hat coming out bluer than it is. It is blue, but not as brilliant as it shows.

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Sitting down and watching ths sun dissapear from the sky wearing an Adam Mainliner. Cheers!

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Eric -
I have no objections to the flagship shining, Eric. And that Adam is a stunner as well.

I'm staying hunkered down in Casa Lockdown today doing some more yard chores. Dressing up for a trip out into the 'Rona Wasteland too a lot out of me yesterday. Didn't make it to Walmart yesterday, I was too under dressed not wearing a tie and a more formal Homburg, I would have felt out of place :). For working around the yard I will wear my Dobbs Milan early 1960s straw. The Hat Police be damned! I'm breaking all the rules. :p

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The hat police have nothing on you or mr. Bond, Mike!
 

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Ran out in the rain in the akubra campdraft. Quick run to the post office for envelopes for masks I actually made for family and friends. I haven’t used my sewing machine in well over ten years and it needed a complete overhaul. A few shots from today, thanks to the wife, who says I look the best when almost my entire face is covered. Then one shot from our family walk the other day, in my VS Artlite.
 
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Another spectacular Hommie Stefan!
Stefan, that is absolutely fantastic.
Thanks, gentlemen! It is quite the unusual colour for a homburg.

There's no logical reason why that colour combination should work, Brent, but it does anyway.

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Cool pics, Alan, and cool face masks as well. I thought you had your daughter assigned to that job.
 

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Thanks, gentlemen! It is quite the unusual colour for a homburg.


There's no logical reason why that colour combination should work, Brent, but it does anyway.


Cool pics, Alan, and cool face masks as well. I thought you had your daughter assigned to that job.
I did, I had to show her how to step it up a notch. :D
 

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That is an elegant crown crease. It really adds to the hat.

This morning it reminds of the terrific thread "Teardrop Workshop." https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/teardrop-workshop.38228/

I remember many years ago reading with interest and learning how to make the perfect crease. "Teardrop", "Arkansas crease," or whatever name they are very cool. I never really mastered the details. Perhaps that would make a good project.

FYI: The thread Diamond Authority is another excellent blast from the past. https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-diamond-authority.22275/ . Good to know my little gray cells have not deteriorated quickly over the pandemic.

Cheers, Eric -

Helluva bash Tim. Great hat.

Thanks for noticing the crease guys, I did work hard on that one to get it as perfect as possible. My OCD helps, (and a Popsicle stick).

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I did one like that in my 7XCB also:
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And that was after receiving it like this:
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