What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[VoodooSan]

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Gorgeous ribbon color!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Gorgeous ribbon color!

Thanks, Mark!
Would you believe if I told this ribbon was taken off from a 60s hat and was black?
Who knew bleach would turn it gold?

 

[Mighty44]

Echter Meyser on yet again another sunny day in Elsinore.

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Very cool hat!

 

[VoodooSan]

Thanks, Mark!
Would you believe if I told this ribbon was taken off from a 60s hat and was black?
Who knew bleach would turn it gold?

Whoa! That was some positive-result-producing experimentation!

 

[GabGarde]

Borsalino Grand Prix Qualita Superiore today. Very soft and pliable.
I have surface cleaned the liner before, but probably needs a soak so it doesn't look so filthy.
Sweatband is stuffed with an Italian newspaper, dating to the mid 1960s.

 

[VoodooSan]

Borsalino Grand Prix Qualita Superiore today. Very soft and pliable.
I have surface cleaned the liner before, but probably needs a soak so it doesn't look so filthy.
Sweatband is stuffed with an Italian newspaper, dating to the mid 1960s.


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Very nice. I think the Italian newspaper info is just the icing on the cake! Oh, and I absolutely LOVE the tie.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

In the 90s today… out came one Of the lightest of my light felts…. Lee Smartlee. If it weren’t for the late 50s to 1960s Lee logo I might think this a 30s felt. Incredibly thin and lightweight. Wearing it in honor of a similar looking actual 1930s Dobbs light felt I boneheadedly let slip through my fingers yesterday.

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Joe, if you’re like me; some time just before the end of the auction deadline the hat slips your mind, THEN the hat hat slips through your fingers, then some choice words slip through gritted teeth. Some of these old hats are quite slippery!

 

[Blare]

Joe, if you’re like me; some time just before the end of the auction deadline the hat slips your mind, THEN the hat hat slips through your fingers, then some choice words slip through gritted teeth. Some of these old hats are quite slippery!

imagine what slipped out this morning when I realized I forgot about a Vimenet that ended last night for $9.99!

 

[Steve1857]

Thank you kindly, Mark.

 

[Steve1857]

Very cool hat!

Thank you, David. It's among the first vintage hats I found. It was part of a little collection then. The rest is history

 

[Mighty44]

Thank you, David. It's among the first vintage hats I found. It was part of a little collection then. The rest is history

Funny how that happens. “I’ll stop at 10. Definitely!”

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Wolfbrae:

 

[moehawk]

Hey all!
Fabrique en Italie pour Motsch Fils today.



Have a great day!

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Today's outfit for a concert at the theatre... 1950s Ramenzoni homburg paired with a 1970s tux.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

@Steve1857
Banjo band. Too cool.
With banjo bass?
And banjo drum?
Who knew?!
Just wish at least one of em was wearin a fedora, then it’d be perfect!

 

[belfastboy]

This is my new 'shop hat'. It was a Resistol that was in tough shape but the felt was very nice. I washed it, and in the reblock the brim separated from the crown for about 300 of the 360 degrees. The sweat band stitching was so close together it tore like a piece of perforated paper.

I joined the two pieces back together, blocked it, added some 6 cord ribbon I dyed and added a braided leather band. STill not a great hat but I get a weird thrill out of rescuing a good felt from the garbage bin.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

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This is my new 'shop hat'. It was a Resistol that was in tough shape but the felt was very nice. I washed it, and in the reblock the brim separated from the crown for about 300 of the 360 degrees. The sweat band stitching was so close together it tore like a piece of perforated paper.

I joined the two pieces back together, blocked it, added some 6 cord ribbon I dyed and added a braided leather band. STill not a great hat but I get a weird thrill out of rescuing a good felt from the garbage bin.

SHOOT YEAH!
Good job!
Love the end result, hat band and the crown shape!
I’ve had to do that several times; because of the same reason.

 

[Currrntz]

My second Akubra campdraft. The only hats I wanna wear these days are my akubras. Before ordering the first I was trying to decide between a CD and an OR I saw somebody on the forum say something to the effect of “get the CD, a year from now, it’s the only hat you’ll wanted to wear.” -that person absolutely nailed it with that one.

Question: are there any other akubra hats I should check out?

 

[StoryPNW]

My second Akubra campdraft. The only hats I wanna wear these days are my akubras. Before ordering the first I was trying to decide between a CD and an OR I saw somebody on the forum say something to the effect of “get the CD, a year from now, it’s the only hat you’ll wanted to wear.” -that person absolutely nailed it with that one.

Question: are there any other akubra hats I should check out?

Hard to go wrong with the Fed IV if you like that style.

 

[LazarusNine]

My second Akubra campdraft. The only hats I wanna wear these days are my akubras. Before ordering the first I was trying to decide between a CD and an OR I saw somebody on the forum say something to the effect of “get the CD, a year from now, it’s the only hat you’ll wanted to wear.” -that person absolutely nailed it with that one.

Question: are there any other akubra hats I should check out?

Yeah, Akubra make solid hats. I’ve currently got my eye on the ‘Snowy River’ for my next purchase.