What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[steur]

Can't get enough of that Dalton, Stefan. Great color combo and wide brim binding. I take solace that it's not in my hands because it's too small for me!

World's Finest for me as well, today.

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Happy Felt Hat Day!

Thanks, Jim. Glad I got the Dalton memo. Yours is a fine example too.

View attachment 261678 Here’s the magical 50s Champ that was a size 7 having ample proportions at the start and somehow kept its proportions in the reblock.
Except for the binding It’s been completely stripped, blocked up to 7 3/8, flanged, and put back together using the same hatband AND successfully stretched sweatband!!!
This never happens, and isn’t supposed to.
Yes, this hat a miracle. View attachment 261679 View attachment 261680 View attachment 261681 View attachment 261683

That is a miracle. Fantastic job, Randall.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Nice one, Randall. Quite a commanding hat.

Thanks, Stefan.
Even back in the eighties I loved working with hats so much that I would walk into a few western stores around the city of J-ville and ask if they’d let me use their steamer to reshape hats on their shelves that had been abused by customers and the shelf itself.
For free!
Later, they started paying me...but not very much.

 

[BobHufford]

Yes, this hat a miracle.

Expect to see Pilgrims outside your door soon ...

 

[Blare]

Worked on my end dudes. Wonder what that’s all about.... View attachment 261657

Might depend on Device.

 

[Blare]

View attachment 261678 Here’s the magical 50s Champ that was a size 7 having ample proportions at the start and somehow kept its proportions in the reblock.
Except for the binding It’s been completely stripped, blocked up to 7 3/8, flanged, and put back together using the same hatband AND successfully stretched sweatband!!!
This never happens, and isn’t supposed to.
Yes, this hat a miracle. View attachment 261679 View attachment 261680 View attachment 261681 View attachment 261683

Wows all around Randall

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Expect to see Pilgrims outside your door soon ...

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LOL! Your a size 7 1/2, right? God couldn’t even pull that off!

On related news: I just purchased my first felt Pilgram today! A very nice gray Strat clone. 7 1/4 , so it doesn’t need a miracle, thank the Lord!
Also got a Portis “Lite Wate” on the way that promises to be be quite a hat!

 

[Rumad]

View attachment 261678 Here’s the magical 50s Champ that was a size 7 having ample proportions at the start and somehow kept its proportions in the reblock.
Except for the binding It’s been completely stripped, blocked up to 7 3/8, flanged, and put back together using the same hatband AND successfully stretched sweatband!!!
This never happens, and isn’t supposed to.
Yes, this hat a miracle. View attachment 261679 View attachment 261680 View attachment 261681 View attachment 261683

That’s a keeper Randall. Both because it worked out so well and because it’s a gorgeous fedora. Excellent work dude.

 

[Blare]

This new stack might keep me capped for a while.

Some shouldn’t fit at 3/8 but for some reason they do.

Today’s selection. Churchill in Flax

And I decided to join some of you with the light felts today.

This Playboy worked nicely

 

[Randall Renshaw]

That’s a keeper Randall. Both because it worked out so well and because it’s a gorgeous fedora. Excellent work dude.

Thanks, so much, Rumad!
It sure tics ALL the boxes for me.
I’ll keep ‘er till I leave this existence.

 

[Rumad]

This new stack might keep me capped for a while.

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Some shouldn’t fit at 3/8 but for some reason they do.

Today’s selection. Churchill in Flax

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And I decided to join some of you with the light felts today.

This Playboy worked nicely

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That playboy is beautiful Joe. I like the cap you’re wearing too, and that searsucker looks neat!! Did you buy them all in a lot?

 

[Blare]

That playboy is beautiful Joe. I like the cap you’re wearing too, and that searsucker looks neat!! Did you buy them all in a lot?

Thanks Alan. Yes... a lucky grab.. there was 14 all together.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

View attachment 261678 Here’s the magical 50s Champ that was a size 7 having ample proportions at the start and somehow kept its proportions in the reblock.
Except for the binding It’s been completely stripped, blocked up to 7 3/8, flanged, and put back together using the same hatband AND successfully stretched sweatband!!!
This never happens, and isn’t supposed to.
Yes, this hat a miracle. View attachment 261679 View attachment 261680 View attachment 261681 View attachment 261683

That wide brim binding and the proportions are outstanding. I love the contrasting ribbon too. Can’t believe you sized it all up that much...the sweatband too! Crazy.

 

[Rmccamey]

A great color combo. I like the departure from SB or black on that style. Proportions are right for you, too.

Gibson era VS nutria in almond:

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[Randall Renshaw]

That wide brim binding and the proportions are outstanding. I love the contrasting ribbon too. Can’t believe you sized it all up that much...the sweatband too! Crazy.

Nuts ain’t it? Very unexpected. After removal I started out stretching the hat band just so when later fitting in a piece of leather cut from a section of vintage sweatband, I wouldn’t have such a big patch in this wonderful hat.
It kept stretching showing no signs of stress at the seam or in the leather, so I kept tightening the turnbuckle, but only in small increments for three days.
As everyone here knows, this is a rare occurrence. I don’t recommend anyone trying a two size stretch on their favorite vintage hats, as this usually ends up ruining an irreplaceable, highly important hat component.
I’m thinking that this particular vintage hat has been, long ago, worn by Jesus; the night of the water to wine, or maybe the five loaves and two fish, incident.

 

[KSCOM4]

A bit of a late post. But last night/this morning I’m wearing a Northwest granite. This is the first time wearing this gem a acquired from Mike aka @Redfokker.

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That, my good sir, is a stunningly beautiful lid!

 

[quikrick]

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Yes, this hat a miracle.

I can hear the angel choir from here!

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Ramenzoni Solis

 

[Randall Renshaw]

I can hear the angel choir from here!

Thanks, Rick. “Fedora flying too close to the ground”

 

[hatophile]

Stetson

 

[hatophile]

View attachment 261678 Here’s the magical 50s Champ that was a size 7 having ample proportions at the start and somehow kept its proportions in the reblock.
Except for the binding It’s been completely stripped, blocked up to 7 3/8, flanged, and put back together using the same hatband AND successfully stretched sweatband!!!
This never happens, and isn’t supposed to.
Yes, this hat a miracle. View attachment 261679 View attachment 261680 View attachment 261681 View attachment 261683

Fantastic Randall!