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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

broll22

Familiar Face
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Gray skies provide a fine contrast for my Stratoliner. Really enjoy wearing this one, love the color.

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Steve1857

I'll Lock Up
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Steve1857

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Glad things have taken an upward turn.
I couldn’t imagine how your hat collection could take an upward turn, but you always seem to find a way.
Thank you Gary
Distraction this morning provided for me by this Borsalino thin ribbon… View attachment 407792 View attachment 407793 View attachment 407794 View attachment 407795 View attachment 407796 View attachment 407797
Bottom photo channeling @steur, with one eye, as I was first taught in 1971.
Looks great Charlie.
 
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Randall Renshaw

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Gorgeous black hat, Randall.
Thanks, Perry.
You didn’t ask but here’s a pic of the inside anyway.
I feel led to since @carouselvic finally posted inside pics of one of the many of his outstanding lids. :)
Plus, it’d be nice if someone could tell me if mine is one of the earliest versions of Vita-Felt or one of the later versions.
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Randall Renshaw

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Distraction this morning provided for me by this Borsalino thin ribbon… View attachment 407792 View attachment 407793 View attachment 407794 View attachment 407795 View attachment 407796 View attachment 407797
Bottom photo channeling @steur, with one eye, as I was first taught in 1971.
Nice TAR, there Charlie. And a good one eye, as well!
I don’t try it any more since I cain’t do it right. I had posted that I was trying to channel my inner Robert Mitchum and one of you guys commented and said I had missed him widely, only to end up looking like Daffy Duck when he played a private eye.

Naw they didn’t. Just jokin.
But I felt daffy enough.
Just ain’t got “IT”.
 

AbbaDatDeHat

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Thanks, Perry.
You didn’t ask but here’s a pic of the inside anyway.
I feel led to since @carouselvic finally posted inside pics of one of the many of his outstanding lids. :)
Plus, it’d be nice if someone could tell me if mine is one of the earliest versions of Vita-Felt or one of the later versions. View attachment 407892
Vita-Felts 42-47 if i recall.
B
 

Randall Renshaw

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Vita-Felts 42-47 if i recall.
B
Thanks, B.
Sorry, I should’ve been more specific.
Was trying to get an estimate of where this hat fell between those years of 42 to 47.
Some Vitas of that period had “Vita-Felt Process” embossed into the sweatband and others had only “Vita-Felt” written on the liner tip. The old thread discussion on which came first wasn’t made clear to me when I read it.
I am not sure, but seems to me that the ones without the word, Process are the earlier versions.
This Vita Homburg that I got a few months ago displays clues of mid 40s hats, where my black one has clues of earlier 40s?
What do you think?
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