What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Short Balding Guy]

Love that Whippet, Eric! That's the real deal right there, buddy! Not fake like mine!

Thanks for the hat compliment sir. I am fortunate to have some "dogs" on my hat rack. I do enjoy seeing your creations. You have skills. Cheers.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

From last year right before my knee replacement surgery. Too lazy this a.m. to get a picture. If you can't afford to buy an actual Whippet off of eBay, make something similar. This was a way too small, 6 5/8 Resistol Stagecoach that Bob Hufford saved from a yard sale and gave to me. I reblocked it to my 7 1/4 size and salvaged the ribbon and bow off of a modern Stetson. I also bound the brim with ribbon that was salvaged, again, from another hat.

Lookin great as always, Terry! Can’t tell me it’s not a real Whippet, that thang will Whip with the best of ‘em!
Doing them tight basting stitches with the brim already flanged.
An important factor in the process insuring tight, unpuckered binding and helps keep waves outta the brim.
Lotta work in just the binding, right Terry?!
It’s great that you and I can talk hat building and share and bounce ideas off each other, and have for some time.

Gotta find me a Whippet for Wednesday!

 

[Mighty44]

Thanks sir. Back at you on the terrific Playboy. I have been admiring your hats and jacket combos of late. Cheers.

Thank you, sir!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Play-Vita Wednesday. Wait. That don’t have a bit of a ring to it. Oh well.
Changed the bow keep. The one I had on it was a bit too flashy for this hat. When I got it she was missing the original bow keep, but other than that all I had to do was give it a quick brushing.

 

[Mm25]

Akubra bushman.

 

[BobHufford]

officially 11 days.

I count 10 fur-felt hats and some of those might not be considered "stingy" -- but they'll join in in spirit if nothing else.

 

[Blare]

It is finally here.. StingyMas is upon us!

Stingymas is a celebration of shorter brim hats, started by our friend Mike @Redfokker and myself, to show a hat may have a stingy brim but still have plenty of style and quality. Over the years several of you have joined in the stingy fun. For those who care to come along…. The rules are very simple and loose… for the next 11 days share the hats whose brims are in the shorter end of our collections. Have fun! The final day of StingyMas coincides with Festivus!

On the first day of StingyMas…. Dobbs Four Seasons in Caramel with Guild Edge

 

[T Jones]

Lookin great as always, Terry! Can’t tell me it’s not a real Whippet, that thang will Whip with the best of ‘em!
Doing them tight basting stitches with the brim already flanged.
An important factor in the process insuring tight, unpuckered binding and helps keep waves outta the brim.
Lotta work in just the binding, right Terry?!
It’s great that you and I can talk hat building and share and bounce ideas off each other, and have for some time.

Gotta find me a Whippet for Wednesday!

Thank you buddy! Much appreciated. Yessir! You're absolutely right. Flange up when you're binding the brim. That's the way to get your brim binding nice and tight with a good clean snap.

We still have to bounce more ideas off each other to get our hidden stitch method figured out too!

 

[T Jones]

Play-Vita Wednesday. Wait. That don’t have a bit of a ring to it. Oh well.
Changed the bow keep. The one I had on it was a bit too flashy for this hat. When I got it she was missing the original bow keep, but other than that all I had to do was give it a quick brushing. View attachment 570116 View attachment 570115

There's another nice one that's just my size, and I even like the bow keep!

 

[T Jones]

Thanks for the hat compliment sir. I am fortunate to have some "dogs" on my hat rack. I do enjoy seeing your creations. You have skills. Cheers.

Thank you Eric! I envy your collection!

 

[Rmccamey]

Thanks Terry.

I didn't watch the National Finals Rodeo but I did watch an episode of Rawhide this morning.

You're rocking that cowboy hat Randy. You definitely need more Westerns!

 

[Rmccamey]

Just a reminder...

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Borsalino Ecospo in Pineta:

 

[BobHufford]

I think this is my first time observing StingyMas. This is probably my stingiest hat — a Dobbs Rainbow.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

1960s Playboy
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Are you sure that’s a 1960s hat? It looks better than what I’d expect from a ‘60s Playboy. In fact, it looks about perfect.

 

[Mighty44]

Are you sure that’s a 1960s hat? It looks better than what I’d expect from a ‘60s Playboy. In fact, it looks about perfect.

Thanks, Brent. I say that based on it having a black leather sweatband and the round logo on the liner. Anyone know when they started with these? It is a little more tapered than my older playboy but you’re right—it’s a great hat either way.

 

[T Jones]

Thanks, Brent. I say that based on it having a black leather sweatband and the round logo on the liner. Anyone know when they started with these? It is a little more tapered than my older playboy but you’re right—it’s a great hat either way.
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Looks to be either very late 1950s or very early 1960s, ('59-'60?). I've seen that black sweat band with the round size tag before on another hat. Somebody else with better knowledge could chime in and let us know for sure.

 

[carouselvic]

Spot on

Stetson #1 Qual.

 

[T Jones]

Spot on

Stetson #1 Qual.

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What a hat!

 

[quikrick]

I woke up a little grumpy this morning.