What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[hatophile]

Churchill One Hundred today View attachment 311371 View attachment 311372 View attachment 311373 View attachment 311374 View attachment 311375

A beauty Max.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

I have had and have a lot of black hats made in the thirties and before, many in fantastic wool blends, always in small to medium sizes.

My friend Stefan took care of filling the gap.

Barbisio Rat-Gondin size 59 sold in Genoa a few years ago.

It had some signs of aging, but Fleur of Penumbra took steps to put it back in order and, today a quite warm day, I took it for a walk, strictly with the brims up, as was the custom in those years.

Rat-Gondin is the French translation of "Nutria" the felt is very thin and consistent with excellent maneuverability and then it is black or elegance.

Thanks for the likes and kind words
Have a nice Friday!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Churchill One Hundred today View attachment 311371 View attachment 311372 View attachment 311373 View attachment 311374 View attachment 311375

Max, that’s one of those hats that always gets my attention. Stunning! It’s simple, but everything is perfect.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Agnoulita in antelope/suede finish
caramel:

 

[Randall Renshaw]

A Dobbs made from several Dobbs.
This hat was sewn back together last night using a liner, sweatband and
felt /hatband from 3 hats that were, individually, incomplete.
Nevertheless, they came together in this one hat to make one awesome fedora. The other 2 Dobbs had suffered too much moth damage to fix.

The grosgrain bow was one of those rear bow creations except it was on the side. I wasn’t a fan of that look, so I flipped the ribbon to the “new” side and made a shark gill bow with 7 pleats.
The sweatband was a size 7 that made the stretch to 7 1/4, however, I wouldn’t recommend this procedure when not knowing exactly how and what to do. I’ve shared a successful way to do this using “as new” sweats in another thread.

Hope everyone stays warm and safe in the hard hit areas.
Weird and dangerous weather out there.
We merely got more very unneeded rain last night. It’s been so wet for so long that the ground has soured. Even with the heat on (when I can stand to run it) and a dehumidifier I am fighting moisture and mold.
Not good for hat collections.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Max, that’s one of those hats that always gets my attention. Stunning! It’s simple, but everything is perfect.

Very well put, Brent!

 

[drmaxtejeda]

A beauty Max.

Thank you, Doc!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Yesterday this Resistol Panda

Today was a black Stetson Tom Mix but I forgot to take a picture.

 

[Steve1857]

Thanks for the heads up, Max.

There is a bunch of 7 1/8 and 7 Willoughbies on eBay right now.

 

[Steve1857]

Ja, I don't think C&F would accept anything less than top quality.
Did you take a photo of the label, Randall? Sometimes, it's good to see them just to say, "it looks like a ... "

Thanks, for the link and info, Steve.
Very helpful.
I carefully looked behind the sweat and saw a reorder tag that gave up nothing useful and another tag that stated its color as Cubatan and under style said, C&F and then size.
Nothing else.
It’s a well made hat with superlative felt, so had to be made by a top flight company.

 

[Rmccamey]

You are getting better results with every refurb/recovery, Randall.

View attachment 311408 A Dobbs made from several Dobbs.
This hat was sewn back together last night using a liner, sweatband and
felt /hatband from 3 hats that were, individually, incomplete.
Nevertheless, they came together in this one hat to make one awesome fedora. The other 2 Dobbs had suffered too much moth damage to fix. View attachment 311409
The grosgrain bow was one of those rear bow creations except it was on the side. I wasn’t a fan of that look, so I flipped the ribbon to the “new” side and made a shark gill bow with 7 pleats.
The sweatband was a size 7 that made the stretch to 7 1/4, however, I wouldn’t recommend this procedure when not knowing exactly how and what to do. I’ve shared a successful way to do this using “as new” sweats in another thread.

Hope everyone stays warm and safe in the hard hit areas.
Weird and dangerous weather out there.
We merely got more very unneeded rain last night. It’s been so wet for so long that the ground has soured. Even with the heat on (when I can stand to run it) and a dehumidifier I am fighting moisture and mold.
Not good for hat collections. View attachment 311405 View attachment 311407

 

[Blare]

Borsalino Lobbia, Qualitá Superiore.

It was actually above freezing point today.

Have a warm weekend folks. View attachment 311348

Nice trim. Looks great Steve. Stay warm. Oddly here in Florida it’s been downright hot. Amazing considering almost every other state is below freezing.

 

[Blare]

Haven't had LEO out for a while.
IMG_0909 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_0907 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_0908 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_0912 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
I often wonder if a gas bath would bring out more blue in this Mirtillo. Haven't been inclined to experiment so far. Maybe I'll just rename it blackberry.
2-19-2021 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good Friday,
Michael

wonderful homburg Michael

 

[Blare]

Churchill One Hundred today View attachment 311371 View attachment 311372 View attachment 311373 View attachment 311374 View attachment 311375

Beautiful hat Max

 

[Randall Renshaw]

You are getting better results with every refurb/recovery, Randall.

Thanks, Randy!

 

[Tukwila]

View attachment 311408 A Dobbs made from several Dobbs.
This hat was sewn back together last night using a liner, sweatband and
felt /hatband from 3 hats that were, individually, incomplete.
Nevertheless, they came together in this one hat to make one awesome fedora. The other 2 Dobbs had suffered too much moth damage to fix. View attachment 311409
The grosgrain bow was one of those rear bow creations except it was on the side. I wasn’t a fan of that look, so I flipped the ribbon to the “new” side and made a shark gill bow with 7 pleats.
The sweatband was a size 7 that made the stretch to 7 1/4, however, I wouldn’t recommend this procedure when not knowing exactly how and what to do. I’ve shared a successful way to do this using “as new” sweats in another thread.

Hope everyone stays warm and safe in the hard hit areas.
Weird and dangerous weather out there.
We merely got more very unneeded rain last night. It’s been so wet for so long that the ground has soured. Even with the heat on (when I can stand to run it) and a dehumidifier I am fighting moisture and mold.
Not good for hat collections. View attachment 311405 View attachment 311407

Outstanding work putting that one together. Exquisite Dobbs.

 

[johnnycanuck]

The wife sent me to Costco.... Alone..... on a Friday afternoon.

and I survived... with a Sunday of course.

stay safe everyone
Johnny

 

[Frunobulax]

3X OR/LDEL

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Outstanding work putting that one together. Exquisite Dobbs.

Thanks, Doug!

 

[DaveProc]

Winter has returned to Rhode Island. Warm wool toque today.