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Helmets didn't end hats, right?
My father was born in 1916 and apparently started wearing hats as a very young man and always wore one until his death in 1999. I wore a cap/hat constantly for a little over ten years as a USAF officer and occasionally a straw western when off duty, and finally got back to wearing one of the... -
Show us their hats!
Alto, I am just up the road in Jacksonville, occasionally work in Alto. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
I had to do a bit of yard work today, the temperature was mid 70's 80% humidity, so it was an old beater Tilley Airflo, one that I can wash toget the sweat out. -
Hats in restaurants
If just my wife and I, there is usually room on a booth seat or at a table an extra chair, so I may place it there. If the booth or table is full, it stays on. Here with my nearly bald head, I want sun protection in the summer and warmth in the winter so it will NOT stay in the car. If no... -
Stetson Straw Ovals
I was looking at some of the higher grade western Stetson straw hats and it seems as though all are only offered in round oval. Any idea why. I need a regular or better a long oval, and long's are hard to find. I was looking at an El Jefe, and one dealer said it was regular, but did not... -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
No hats for me today. It's just too hot to go outside. It was 90 when I got up this morning, 103 now, and projected to still be 100 at 7pm. If I were to go out it would be one of my large 4"brim vented straw westerns, take as much shade with me as possible. -
Help with Panama hat for the summer heat
Living in E. Texas I have a hatrack full of straws. Stetsons, one Meyser (from Meyer the hatter in New Orleans) and a bunch of generic from Panamahatsdirect, which are quite good, many grades available, and generally the material is the same, but a finer strand of straw is woven for more weaves... -
What hat are you waiting for today?
Stetson Stratoliner in "pure" out for delivery today. -
Akubra Overload
That one looks like my Banjo Patterson, my first felt hat. -
The Open Road Guild
I like my brims snapped down. Having an eye problem with thousands of floaters makes me want to shade my eyes from overhead light and glare as much as possible. I have one of the higher grade Open Roads, a 20x I think that came from Paris Hatters several years back and it snaps down easily. A... -
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Considering a Stetson Open Road, what pairs well with it?
I live in E Texas and would be more of the type someone might call all hat and no cattle. I wear a lot of fedora types, open roads, and large western hats. I grew up in N Louisiana and a lot of the older gentlemen at the time, late 50's to mid 60's I would see would wear normal suits, dress... -
Akubra Overload
That was the first "good" hat when I got into wearing hats. At the time I got both the fawn and black, the fawn being the most worn hat I have. It's probably 10+ years old and still looks like new. Not much snow and Ice down here in E Texas, if we forget about last Feb, and have never dropped... -
Oldest Hat Shops in the US
Several years ago I purchased one from Delmonico, and several from Meyer. Meyer really gave fantastic service, I was wanting one of the better grade Stetson Open Road hats in real Panama straw, not Shantung and was worried about sizing. I normaly take a 7 1/4 but none in stock so the young man... -
Open road review
Nice writeup, I have numerous Open Road's, both in felt and straw, one felt is their 20X grade and it is super nice, straws in the cheaper, extremely stiff shantung and I think three in the much nicer Panama straw, one with woven in vent panel all the around the crown. Having a eye problem... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
I wore an old Tilley model, airflo I think, for my morning walk. A couple of months ago I boxed up my straw hats and got the nice felts out, but it has been too warm here in central E Texas to wear most of the time. I need to get the straws backout, and not even New Years yet, the way the... -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Honestly today I am not wearing one. I'm 76 and worked a ten hour day yesterday as a relief pharmacist, so am relaxing in my old rocking chair at home today and probably will not get out enough to bother with a hat. The weather here is more condusive to a straw, but I put them away in Oct... -
What hat do you wear most (and why)?
No one or exact one style at any time. Cool weather it is felt hats, fedoras and a few westerns, warmer to hot weather it's straw all the way, and really like the vented ones, and always in a light color, white to natural straw. I tend to like wider brims also, probably 2 5/8 to 3 1/4" due to... -
Show us your Guns!
My soon to be ten year old grandson took a big interest in firearms over the last year. Unfortunately my son and family live about 320 miles away so do not get to be with them that often. The last three or four times they were here we had to take the grandson to the rifle range, usually a...- jkingrph
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Guns!
My soon to be ten year old grandson took a big interest in firearms over the last year. Unfortunately my son and family live about 320 miles away so do not get to be with them that often. The last three or four times they were here we had to take the grandson to the rifle range, usually a...- jkingrph
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Guns!
The dragon carving is not to my taste, but I can certainlly appreciate the work and talent that went into making it. I think I have seen some grips with an American Eagle , much like the Army and Air Force officers hat brass, that I like much more. That is still a quite attractive revolver.- jkingrph
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- Forum: The Display Case
