Thank you, Rusty.Love everything about this hat!!!!
Thank you, Rusty.Love everything about this hat!!!!
Good looking stingy, Joe. Nice colours.View attachment 538163
Cavanagh Toro Brown
4 3/4 Crown as shaped (approx 5 3/8 open)
2 inch Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon
1 7/8 brim with Cavanagh Edge
$30 Price Tag
I could not pass up this thirty dollar Cavanagh for just ten bucks. The felt and ribbon color combo plus the feather makes for a striking look. Excluding the brown leather sweat that might indicate otherwise, the somewhat stiffer felt, shorter brim and less substantial crown along with the thirty dollar price point had me thinking 1960s and the manufacturing tag seems to support that dating. I have another Cavanagh with almost identical specs in black with black sweat and a twenty-five dollar price tag. I might like to pull that one out and compare them side by side. One thing is for sure is it really shows the Hat-enomics of the time when you think how substantial of a hat you could buy for ten dollars less just a decade prior. All of that being said when you view it through the lens of 1960s production from HCA, this is a very nice hat. I love the color scheme and Cavanagh edge and it really makes an easy wearing hat.
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Aside from the hat I can only approve of the orange of course!It's a state of mind more than the actual garments, right?
Maybe we should have a Hats and Tee Shirts thread
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Looks like you had a lot of fun. Those food pics are just not fair...Etsuko & I are visiting Toyama Prefecture, one of my favourite places in Japan, for three nights. Two hats each for the trip.
Etsuko in her Tula palm straw and me in my Akubra Range (hemp) to meet up with a friend for dinner.
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The food was great. Toyama is famous for its seafood.
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Back at the hotel.
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The next day we visited Kurobe dam. This is a pretty amazing place. I’ll get more up in the Fedoras Afield thread eventually.
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I was in my Sunbody, as we were expecting rain, and Etsuko in one of her Toucan Collection hats.
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The rain didn’t arrive until we got back to the station where we had left our car.
Sushi for dinner, but only space for one more photo, so here’s a teaser…
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Pristine looking example of Borsalino quality!
Thanks Stefan…. Havn‘t added many stingies of late. After focusing mostly on 50s and later. But it’s nice to step into that old comfort zone from time to time.Good looking stingy, Joe. Nice colours.
Aside from the hat I can only approve of the orange of course!
May I ask what stiffener you use on straw? Would it work on hemp?7 3/8 Adam Milan came in just now. Had to add some stiffener and do some steaming, but looks good. View attachment 538337 View attachment 538341 View attachment 538340
I typically use a strong blend of shellac and denatured alcohol, however, when that doesn’t work on a loose straw weave or on a work hat made of straw that’s going to get a lot of abuse I’ve used a strong mixture of Elmer’s glue and water in a spray bottle.May I ask what stiffener you use on straw? Would it work on hemp?
I’m still researching stiffener threads but haven’t ran across any info on straws yet.
Always amazing lids, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the response. I actually had a voice in my head telling me hairspray would work.I typically use a strong blend of shellac and denatured alcohol, however, when that doesn’t work on a loose straw weave or on a work hat made of straw that’s going to get a lot of abuse I’ve used a strong mixture of Elmer’s glue and water in a spray bottle.
In a pinch, strong hair spray works, too.