What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[KarlCrow]

Borsalino "Ipersca" in misto Ionio light gray felt. For you students of hat dating, note the combination of an earlier (perhaps 1940s) manufacturing tag with the milky vinyl crown protector.

Amazing

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[deadlyhandsome]

Nice! Hey, Brent, I have a question:
I think I remember you saying you had "plastic" milans. How real do those feel/look? Is there a way of telling the difference in a picture? Can the "plastic" ones be molded or stretched?

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I have a Dobbs that is made from the “Florentine Milan” and they are airtight plastic. I perspire a bit and the Dobbs was hot miserable.

The Stratton might be plastic too (some are natural fibers), but at least the weave on my Stratton allows air to flow through. As far as breathability goes, the Stratton is similar to my VS Milan made from natural fiber (wheat straw).

My Stratton can double as a hard hat. With steam you can reshape it, but it feels like plastic and it’s beyond stiff. I don’t know if it’s a natural fiber covered with some synthetic or if it’s a 100% synthetic material.

The have a tan Milan Stratton that is a natural fiber, so I do know they are out there.


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[KarlCrow]

No Whippets here, so I'll follow Eric's lead from yesterday with my featherweight Champ.

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U look great man

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[KarlCrow]

Sorry awful photo above.

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[T Jones]

Sorry to hear. Great pics and history.

Thank you, buddy.

 

[T Jones]

Sorry for your loss T. You have a lifetime of memories that keeps her with you.

Thank you, buddy. I'm glad that I was able to get a lot of pictures and videos of her.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

I have a Dobbs that is made from the “Florentine Milan” and they are airtight plastic. I perspire a bit and the Dobbs was hot miserable.

The Stratton might be plastic too (some are natural fibers), but at least the weave on my Stratton allows air to flow through. As far as breathability goes, the Stratton is similar to my VS Milan made from natural fiber (wheat straw).

My Stratton can double as a hard hat. With steam you can reshape it, but it feels like plastic and it’s beyond stiff. I don’t know if it’s a natural fiber covered with some synthetic or if it’s a 100% synthetic material.

The have a tan Milan Stratton that is a natural fiber, so I do know they are out there.


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Gracias, Brent.

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[drmaxtejeda]

I have a Dobbs that is made from the “Florentine Milan” and they are airtight plastic. I perspire a bit and the Dobbs was hot miserable.

The Stratton might be plastic too (some are natural fibers), but at least the weave on my Stratton allows air to flow through. As far as breathability goes, the Stratton is similar to my VS Milan made from natural fiber (wheat straw).

My Stratton can double as a hard hat. With steam you can reshape it, but it feels like plastic and it’s beyond stiff. I don’t know if it’s a natural fiber covered with some synthetic or if it’s a 100% synthetic material.

The have a tan Milan Stratton that is a natural fiber, so I do know they are out there.


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Hey, Brent, this one I bought is probably the real thing, don't you think?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/233208897825

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[bowlerman]

Hornskov on a rainy day


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[GHT]

Well, for one thing, they're shiny because of the lacquer, so you can likely see it. You can definitely tell when you see one and handle it in person. Stetson calls them "Florentine Milans." I've owned two, a Stratoliner and an "Andover." I wore the Strat to the Dayton Air Show one hot June day and after that day, I took it off, listed it on eBay, and never looked back. The Andover was a nice looking hat, but I unloaded it for the same reason.

Of course, for some folks, the salad bowl look (or in this case, soup tureen) is flattering.

Salad bowl? Soup Tureen? In the days before houses had bathrooms, the latrine was a small shed at the end of the garden. When you needed a comfort call in the middle of the night, you got up and went outside, yeah right! You kept a chamber pot under the bed, and as it goes under, it was nicknamed a gazunder.

 

[hatsRme]

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Can a beret ever be too large or too bold? Donna and I might have to agree to disagree on that one...

Alan, you've got to loosen up a bit. You seem way too uptight lately...

Who's to say what TOO big is? I say there's a time and a place!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Hey, Brent, this one I bought is probably the real thing, don't you think?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/233208897825

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Yeah, man! That’s a real Milan and a nice hat. It’s in a whole different league from the Stratton that is more of a hard use knock about hat.


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[hatsRme]

Thoughts and prayers, @T Jones. May her memory be for a blessing, my friend.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Yeah, man! That’s a real Milan and a nice hat. It’s in a whole different league from the Stratton that is more of a hard use knock about hat.


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Thanks, Brent.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Wearing the Stetson made for the US Forestry Service today.

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[Frunobulax]

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Salad bowl? Soup Tureen? In the days before houses had bathrooms, the latrine was a small shed at the end of the garden. When you needed a comfort call in the middle of the night, you got up and went outside, yeah right! You kept a chamber pot under the bed, and as it goes under, it was nicknamed a gazunder.

Yeah, but I don't think that's a chamber pot.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Yeah, but I don't think that's a chamber pot.

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Any port in a storm?

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[Tukwila]

U look great man

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You, too, Karl!

 

[Héctor Fernández]

Played some golf today and decided to go Sean Connery sporting a Herringbone wool Kangol ivy cap. Still kind of cool up here in northern NY and the hat felt fabulous.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Played some golf today and decided to go Sean Connery sporting a Herringbone wool Kangol ivy cap. Still kind of cool up here in northern NY and the hat felt fabulous.

I’d like to see it if you could attach photos.


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