Some fabulous homburgs and that Valensy is beautiful.Sunday again, so it's time for the hats of the week.
Borsalino
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Mayser
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Mossant
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Valensy
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Dobbs
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The hat goes good with the Brown's jersey too !!
Gorgeous selection, as always, Stefan. I can't stop voting for that Valensy as #1! This week, I'd place the Mossant as #2, and the Borsalino as #3. Thanks for sharing!Sunday again, so it's time for the hats of the week.
Borsalino
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Mayser
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Mossant
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Valensy
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Dobbs
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Can't go wrong with a Hanover Square. Didn't know you had that one.
Thank you, Joe. Much appreciated.Some fabulous homburgs and that Valensy is beautiful.
Very nice sir, and that overcoat is STUNNING.
Very nice, Timmy, and yes, ALWAYS listen to the hat!By now most of y'all know that I'm crazy about these long hair type hats, no matter if they are large brim, stingy brim or western style hats. Today's choice is this Stetson Twenty Five Gun Club that came to me battered and beaten up with a cattlemen crease. I brushed it good, steamed it then gave it this Gus style crease because that's what the hat was telling me. Sometimes ya just gotta listen.lol.
Hope y'all have a good 'un !
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Both of those are AWESOME, sir!Back up over 30°C today, so back into straw. Bailey Toyo for a Costco run.
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Etsuko was in a Toucan Collection hat. It doesn’t say what it’s made of, but I think this is also paper.
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That's very disappointing, to be sure. Hopefully the lunch helped ease the hurt; the MA certainly looks like a fun (and tasty) place to dine!We gave up on the car show, the persistent drizzle ruined the day, a shame given all the voluntary work that goes into organising such an event. Off to lunch at The Monmouth Ash now.
A Grand Slam of gloriously gorgeous goodies!!!! As always, thanks for sharing, Eric!Yesterday I wore a freshly steamed Stetson Playboy.
A Sunday soirée wearing a Gannon Wanderer (steel gray beaver).
Morning coffee while sport'n a Gannon Wanderer (granite beaver felt).
A visit to the hardware store under another Gannon Wanderer (silverbelly beaver felt).
Cheers, Eric -
Thanks again. It's a recent acquisition that came along with the Borsalino. It was a nice mail day.Can't go wrong with a Hanover Square. Didn't know you had that one.
Mayser
As every Sunday this is the order of appreciation!Mossant
Grazie, Daniele!As every Sunday this is the order of appreciation!
Complimenti Stefan
Thank you very much!Very nice sir, and that overcoat is STUNNING.
Thanks Tim! Staalmeester is a dutch brand made by Nehoefa, short for NEderlandsche HOEdenFAbriek. Which means dutch hatfactory. Imho great quality hats.Good looking lid Pellie. Once again another hatmaker that I am not familiar with. Keep 'em coming !!
Looking good there, Steve. Really like the brim curve on that Delion.
So I guess we’ll be seeing a bit more of you around here. I know you never exactly went away, but welcome back, anyway.
VERY nice, Steve!!!
Fantastic!!
Thank you, guys.Looking good there, Steve. Really like the brim curve on that Delion.
That is VERY nice, Rick, and a terrific match for the shirt!Beautiful bright sunny, breezy day here in East Texas. Have the air conditioner turned off and all the windows open to air the house out. Enough wind that there are no bugs flying. Think this is going to be a good day to just sit out on the patio with a pina colada or 4 and try out a few new pipe tobacco blends a buddy gave me this morning. I pulled pipe maintenance on several nice older Petersons yesterday... time to get them dirty again.
This morning I pulled another of the cowboy conversions off the wall. Nice little 4x beaver Stetson. Once a typical 3-1/2" brim western trimmed and reshaped into a 2-1/2" brim. Now has an Open Road-ish / fedora-ish vibe. Lots of cowboy hats often have a taller crown that lends itself well towards a taller 30's-40's style tribute hat. Moderate weight feIt that's going to be a nice cooler weather dress hat ( whenever cool weather gets here.... weather guy says low 50s in the morning next week!). Still on the fence as to whether this one needs a ribbon binding on the brim.... I'm leaning towards yes.
The conversion projects are a great way to end up with a nice hat on the cheap. (And learn how to do some things without worrying about messing up an expensive hat) My plans are for one of the future projects is to pounce the heck out of a hat to end up with more of a thinner dress weight flt.. thinking of stripping a hat down, and turning it inside out so I can thin the crown felt without doing as much disruption to the finished outer surface. Also going to to an alcohol bath to get rid of some stiffeners / Shellac. I usually do Ribbon brim binding on these so a softer brim will hold its shape just fine. I also like softer felt in the crowns. ( softer more natural shaping rather than the cookie cutter pressed modern hats). Ive also found that these baths often get rid of most of the coloring modern powders and leave a nice natural color thats not usually found in the western wear store. I have enough fall / winter weight hats... time to make some thinner/ lighter ones lol
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It certainly is a good place to dine, thank you. They are now taking bookings for Christmas Day, avoiding all the meal time preparations for the big day is very tempting, we might just go for it.That's very disappointing, to be sure. Hopefully the lunch helped ease the hurt; the MA certainly looks like a fun (and tasty) place to dine!