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EL-Jimenez74
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Another thing unrelated to felt is ribbon. Ask any hat maker if modern ribbon is as good as vintage. Synthetic fibers just react...
Sep 18, 2026
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I would imagine you can be pretty rough on your hats. Depends. I have a few prized posessions that, while I wear them, don't get...
Sep 18, 2026
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And as if on cue, @alanfgag uncorks a beauty of a 75 y.o. western Borsalino with a curled brim. Hopefully he posts here on the Lounge...
Sep 18, 2026
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it's not jacket weather quite yet, but it's getting time for me to swap my m81 boonie out for my overhauled Eddy Bros outback . I've...
Sep 18, 2026
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They do have some shorter pieces like the Storm 673 which is a heavyweight hide with a wool lining, made for rather colder days/winter...
Sep 18, 2026
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thanks. I actually get a lot of compliments on this hat, just today while I was running errands too. It's a beater for me though, I wear...
Sep 18, 2026
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Wow, just F’n wow!! Beautiful hat!!
Sep 18, 2026
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Here is a Borsalino cowboy style of city dimensions... the model name seems a variation of the popular bound brim western L'udoela that...
Sep 18, 2026
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Thank you guys. I've met up with a few members of the Lounge in my hat room over the years... you are always welcome if you find...
Sep 18, 2026
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I thought about reporting him to eBay, but haven't done so.
Sep 18, 2026
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I've seen this guy's listings and they always were way above the price I'm willing to pay for a hat so I never looked too closely. What...
Sep 18, 2026
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I saw one old Stetson? cowboy hat that looked like he'd taken the sweatband from a Stetson bowler and stitched it upside down into the...
Sep 18, 2026
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I’ve picked up on that too, Mike! I understand repurposing hat bodies into “art pieces” but what’s going on here is just fraud.
Sep 18, 2026
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Many of these on eBay (and eBay DOES NOT GIVE A $#@%) AND according to the sellers (and A I) ALL hats are Open Roads AND were in the...
Sep 18, 2026
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Unfortunately, it won't be the only one on eBay. Many a "grandfather" has lived and died presenting "remade" classics.
Sep 18, 2026
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