What's the difference between a porkpie and a boater hat?

[HatSoup]

Well, I guess my question was summed up in the title.

What's the difference between a porkpie and a boater hat?

Also, I seem to recall that people sometimes wear hats similar to pork pies on election day, but those are called election skimmer hats.

 

[Anders]

I'm not sure if I'm correct, but this is how I've always thought of it:

A boater has a flat top with no creases, usually found in straw hats, like the 'election hats'.

A porkpie is a way of creasing a felt hat so that if forms a circular crease all the way around the crown.

Is this the general consensus or am I missing something?

Anders

 

[HatSoup]

That avatar is awesome, Anders.

 

[Tomasso]

am I missing something?

Nope, you nailed it.



'Twas an odd query though.

 

[Orsini]

I'm not sure if I'm correct, but this is how I've always thought of it:

A boater has a flat top with no creases, usually found in straw hats, like the 'election hats'.

A porkpie is a way of creasing a felt hat so that if forms a circular crease all the way around the crown.

Is this the general consensus or am I missing something?

Anders

That's it!

Will at ASW has a real nice porkpie he has been sporting laterly. Almost like a fedore with a flat top...

A straw boater can be very nice with an ivory DJ...

 

[dostacos]

Well, I guess my question was summed up in the title.

What's the difference between a porkpie and a boater hat?

Also, I seem to recall that people sometimes wear hats similar to pork pies on election day, but those are called election skimmer hats.

the skimmer is a straw boater, except the skimmer many times now is actually made of Styrofoam [read REALLY CHEAP] or the cheapest straw style available as they are usually give away hats

 

[Lefty]

According to sellers on ebay, all boaters were made sometime between the 1880s and 1920s, while porkpies, which are all punk/emo/indy/jazz/Sinatra, are from the 50s and 60s.