What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Frunobulax]

That one gets a pass, Jim.
Crease reminds me of a @40Cal.
Nice!!

That's a helluva compliment. Thank you, B.

 

[steur]

Another great set of weekly hats, Stefan. I, too, am a fan of the Lock hats.



A smashing first outing, Bill. Keep cool, my friend.



A simple Stetson Panama this Sunday morning.

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Thanks, Randy!

 

[Steve1857]

Been very busy today, so forgot what day it was even though Facebook reminded me what I was wearing a year ago.

Happy Straw Hat season folks

 

[mayserwegener]

Great to see all these superb bowlers out and about, Steve.

Stefan, Thank you! I have a bunch of them! Again an amazing series of hats from you! Great seeing the JHS "Standard Crystal Velour"!

 

[mayserwegener]

Heinrich Balke Bremen "Prima Weser Hut" possibly 1920s. Believe it or not this Wool Stiff Felt has a mirror inset into the liner logo! The liner logo has the initials H.B. and the paper label has the initials H.B.B. which is Heinrich Balke Bremen who was a hat whole seller and manufacturer. Weser is a river that flows into Bremen and "Weser Hut" is trademarked. I would say this one was definitely unique even its day . I found this Stiff Felt back in 2016.

Heinrich Balke, Bremen, Deutsche Hutmacher-Zeitung (German Hat Maker News), January 11, 1930.

 

[Steve1857]

Another wonderful Bowler, Steve. Looks pristine.

Especially love the sweatband and that wonderful liner. I bet the mirror would be a hit if your date forgot her compact.

 

[mayserwegener]

Another wonderful Bowler, Steve. Looks pristine.

Especially love the sweatband and that wonderful liner. I bet the mirror would be a hit if your date forgot her compact.

Steve, Thank you! Yes, good point regarding the mirror! I am surprised it's still functional. Your archived Straw woke me up!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Straw Hat Day, yadda yadda.

However, it's in the 50s and a bit rainy, so felt stays.

3X OR

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What a minty 3X OR.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

PHD semi-calado

 

[M Hatman]

Wow, love the weave and the venting!

Plus 1

 

[Blare]

Happy Straw Hat Day

Lamson and Hubbard- The Colonel

 

[Frunobulax]

Stetson Playboy for an evening meeting.

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Tress & Co.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

A tan hued Royal DeLuxe Stetson OR was my hat for a morning walkabout.

I worked the woods edge picking up detrius getting prepared to cut the grass. I changed to a Royal DeLuxe Stetson OR (gray hued felt).

Completed my preparations and went and sipped coffee on the deck. A tan Stetson Open Road paired well with my Costa Rican medium roasted coffee.

I have to cool my jets until around 9:00am. That is the unofficial earliest time to cut the lawn. I checked and found that there is no "lawn cutting time" city law in my neighborhood. My wife instituted her law, no lawn cutting/chainsaw or loud outside noise until after 9:00am. I am obeying the law.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[hambone71]

A tan hued Royal DeLuxe Stetson OR was my hat for a morning walkabout.

I worked the woods edge picking up detrius getting prepared to cut the grass. I changed to a Royal DeLuxe Stetson OR (gray hued felt).

Completed my preparations and went and sipped coffee on the deck. A tan Stetson Open Road paired well with my Costa Rican medium roasted coffee.

I have to cool my jets until around 9:00am. That is the unofficial earliest time to cut the lawn. I checked and found that there is no "lawn cutting time" city law in my neighborhood. My wife instituted her law, no lawn cutting/chainsaw or loud outside noise until after 9:00am. I am obeying the law.

Cheers, Eric -

Wonderful hats, Eric! Your brims appear to have minimal flange, which I like a lot! Do you use the iron method to achieve that look or were they like that already? I’d be very curious to know.

 

[bowlerman]

Baku
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Niiice!

 

[bowlerman]

A tan hued Royal DeLuxe Stetson OR was my hat for a morning walkabout.

I worked the woods edge picking up detrius getting prepared to cut the grass. I changed to a Royal DeLuxe Stetson OR (gray hued felt).

Completed my preparations and went and sipped coffee on the deck. A tan Stetson Open Road paired well with my Costa Rican medium roasted coffee.

I have to cool my jets until around 9:00am. That is the unofficial earliest time to cut the lawn. I checked and found that there is no "lawn cutting time" city law in my neighborhood. My wife instituted her law, no lawn cutting/chainsaw or loud outside noise until after 9:00am. I am obeying the law.

Cheers, Eric -

First rate, Eric, every hat in your collection! And that law must be obeyed, if you don’t want dire consequences.

 

[bowlerman]

My favorite OR currently is not an OR at all, rather a Resistol.

@Hurricane Jack — that Worth & Walding is just fantastic.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Wonderful hats, Eric! Your brims appear to have minimal flange, which I like a lot! Do you use the iron method to achieve that look or were they like that already? I’d be very curious to know.

Thanks sir. On many hats I do re-flange the brim. It is an advantage to have many hats. I can choose swoopy, classic, upbrim and curled brims on my hat rack. Mostly if I am choosing an "everyday" outside hat it has less snap.

First rate, Eric, every hat in your collection! And that law must be obeyed, if you don’t want dire consequences.

Thanks sir. The benefits of obeying laws are terrific.

My favorite OR currently is not an OR at all, rather a Resistol.

@Hurricane Jack — that Worth & Walding is just fantastic.

Glorious Resistol version. I do like the pin.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

A granite beaver felt Gannon Wanderer was my hat for some tasks while waiting to do yard work.

The Gannon worked to shelter and protect my bald pate.

Post yard work I am enjoying a glass of watermelon juice under the brim of a straw hat. A PHD straw hat is my belated nod to National Straw Hat Day.

Cheers to hat folks, Eric -