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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Short Balding Guy

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Yesterday afternoon, before the rains came, I was outside in a Dobbs Fifty Westward.

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This mornings walkabout found me under the brim of a Stetson Scoop. This 30's hat has a "Scoop-ed" flange. The Stetson advertising copy writers would assure me that is not the intended word association.

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If the rain from the last couple days fell as snow, my neighborhood would have 1.5-2ft (40-60 cm) of snow. Happy Holidays from Minnesota, USA.

Cheers, Eric. -
 

Daniele Tanto

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Verona - Italia
Today Saint Stephen, the appendage of Christmas, rests after the great lunches and dinners of the previous days
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Today's hat, for the stingy series at Christmas and surroundings, is a Flechet Pilote Impermeable made in France
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Fabriqué Specialément pour Chapellerie Meer - Strasbourg.
The size is 60 cm (6 1/2 in France) or 7 1/2 in the US.
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The paper label tells us that the Quality is: Pilote I3 and the color of the felt is "Caniche" which in English could be translated as "Poodle".
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Felt is fantastic in feel and finish, again to dispute that only in a given period in the history of hatmaking was felt of great quality.
This is a thick, soft felt with a short fur finish, also called "flamand".
The finishes are high class and the hat is from the 1960s and an excellent example of French workmanship.
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Thank you for your likes on our family photo taken in the backyard in the fading light of a short December day.
 

The Lost Cowboy

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Southeast Asia
While digging out stingies last week I ran across this Dobbs Twenty, which came to me very early in my hat collecting days.

I never could get under this hat until finally it got lost deep in the collection. But now that I know a bit more about shaping crowns and brims and have it more to my liking, I find myself reaching for it often.

A later model, this 1961 example even has a feather and the sweatband is very much on the narrow side. However, the felt is still impressive and my favorite feature is the 2-3/8 inch brim (giving my collection two with this sweet brim size).

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hambone71

Practically Family
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Roll Tide
While digging out stingies last week I ran across this Dobbs Twenty, which came to me very early in my hat collecting days.

I never could get under this hat until finally it got lost deep in the collection. But now that I know a bit more about shaping crowns and brims and have it more to my liking, I find myself reaching for it often.

A later model, this 1961 example even has a feather and the sweatband is very much on the narrow side. However, the felt is still impressive and my favorite feature is the 2-3/8 inch brim (giving my collection two with this sweet brim size).

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That's a fine looking hat!
 

Steve1857

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Denmark
While digging out stingies last week I ran across this Dobbs Twenty, which came to me very early in my hat collecting days.

I never could get under this hat until finally it got lost deep in the collection. But now that I know a bit more about shaping crowns and brims and have it more to my liking, I find myself reaching for it often.

A later model, this 1961 example even has a feather and the sweatband is very much on the narrow side. However, the felt is still impressive and my favorite feature is the 2-3/8 inch brim (giving my collection two with this sweet brim size).

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That wide ribbon is the icing on the cake, Nathan. Love it.

Fun bill of sale, too. Radnor is also a town in Wales. I have friends there.
 

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