What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[steur]

View attachment 301229 Kinda odd to me, but this hard bowler is the most comfortable hat I own.
And the oldest too. A great hat for NHD, I think.
Another funny thing about this bowler is that most bowlers have pretty much the same look, yet of the many I’ve put on it’s the only one that I like, and like a lot.
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Bowlers all seem alike at first, but I've had the same experience as you did, Randall. The differences are subtle, but they are there and can make or break a hat.

A Minneapolan Mallory

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Another excellent petting hat, Alan.

 

[steur]

Another one from the pre Christmas Panos haul. Ruby's of Brooklyn. The wide ribbon, back bow, wind cord, classic shape, and colour just blew all the whistles for me View attachment 301316 View attachment 301319 View attachment 301320

Hope you saved something for Christmas as well. Panos sure made a heck of haul.

Thanks again Stefan. It's a 3 in 1, part of my Stetson, Manchester, and Petitgas collections

Funny, I have the same collections (well, the petitgas collection only counts 1)

 

[T Jones]

Looks like I'm a day late to the National Hat Day celebration. This is an older pic of my 3X Stetson thin ribbon conversion, but I'm wearing it today. It started out as a '50s era Last Drop Stetson Western that was two sizes too small...

Before...

 

[Steve1857]

Hope you saved something for Christmas as well. Panos sure made a heck of haul.


Funny, I have the same collections (well, the petitgas collection only counts 1)

 

[steur]

I have some catching up to do. We're still in Italian week.

Borsalino Ergosan Palladio (current champion lightweight hats at 61 grams)

Borsalino Natalsti (not the orginal liner or sweatband)

Barbisio Sportex Tanaro

Borsalino Giorgetto bombetta

Borsalino MGL Lupo velour

 

[Rmccamey]

Nice color on that hat, Steve.

Another one from the pre Christmas Panos haul. Ruby's of Brooklyn. The wide ribbon, back bow, wind cord, classic shape, and colour just blew all the whistles for me View attachment 301316 View attachment 301319 View attachment 301320

 

[Steve1857]

What a splendid array, Stefan. I love it when you catch up at the weekend.

I have some catching up to do. We're still in Italian week.

Borsalino Ergosan Palladio (current champion lightweight hats at 61 grams)
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Borsalino Natalsti (not the orginal liner or sweatband)
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Barbisio Sportex Tanaro
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Borsalino Giorgetto bombetta
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Borsalino MGL Lupo velour View attachment 301329 View attachment 301331

 

[Steve1857]

Thanks, Randy. It's actually more of a brown, but the winter sun certainly brought out the purple hues.

Nice color on that hat, Steve.

 

[steur]

Intermission. The French were to be found regularly throughout history in the Piemonte region and it belonged to the French until 1861. Don't know where I'm going with this, but there is a short French intermission in Italian week. Here it is.
Willoughby real nutria

Laubin Hudson made for Sools

 

[Pellie]

Smoking my pipe with a Borsalino brown.

 

[BobHufford]

I like everything about that one except its size, Bob.

Thanks Stefan! I'm thrilled to have it.

Bowlers all seem alike at first, but I've had the same experience as you did, Randall. The differences are subtle, but they are there and can make or break a hat.

And can be an excuse to buy yet another black bowler (although I really *need* a brown one now).

Another one from the pre Christmas Panos haul. Ruby's of Brooklyn. The wide ribbon, back bow, wind cord, classic shape, and colour just blew all the whistles for me

Love it! Congrats Steve!

 

[Steve1857]

Thanks Bob.

Love it! Congrats Steve![/QUOTE]

 

[steur]

What a splendid array, Stefan. I love it when you catch up at the weekend.

Thanks, Steve. I still have a few Italians on the bench to complete the week.

 

[Michael A]

It’s raining on the new-to-me “New Slant” (Portis).

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So did things look better under the New Slant? Great hat, Bob.

Beautiful, Michael. I like the crease and the flange on it. Works a treat brim up.


Very nice, Steve. Love these heather felts.


Wow, Brent. Killer hat!


Still number one. Outstanding.

Thanks Stefan.

I have some catching up to do. We're still in Italian week.

Borsalino Ergosan Palladio (current champion lightweight hats at 61 grams)
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Borsalino Natalsti (not the orginal liner or sweatband)
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Barbisio Sportex Tanaro
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Borsalino Giorgetto bombetta
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Borsalino MGL Lupo velour View attachment 301329 View attachment 301331

Did they make a liner out of helium on the Ergosan? Great bunch of Italian manufactury and a nice French interlude as well.

Michael

 

[Michael A]

Wormser this morning
IMG_0316 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
No sun to make the ribbon shine today.
IMG_0315 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_0314 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
1-16-2021 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good Saturday,
Michael

 

[BobHufford]

So did things look better under the New Slant? Great hat, Bob.

Things looked pretty grey and drizzly, but maybe that was better than it would have been if I wasn't wearing it. Thanks Michael!

 

[jlee562]

Nice Jared

I really like how you have that shaped. Nice work Jared.

thank you very much, gents!

 

[steur]

So did things look better under the New Slant? Great hat, Bob.

Thanks Stefan.

Did they make a liner out of helium on the Ergosan? Great bunch of Italian manufactury and a nice French interlude as well.

Michael

The felt is incredibly thin. It even has a leather sweatband. It would have taken some next level felting skills to pull this off.
Thanks, Michael.

 

[steur]

Wormser this morning
IMG_0316 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
No sun to make the ribbon shine today.
IMG_0315 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_0314 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
1-16-2021 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good Saturday,
Michael

Wormser knew how to make some sharp looking hats!

 

[BobHufford]

My wife in an O’Farrell and me in a fuzzy Stetson 3X ELD.