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Fivestar Waldo Pepper Jacket
Looks fantastic. Nice jacket and great look.- tropicalbob
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Hats you like all out of proportion to their quality
This is a great thread, as I it gets right to the heart of our hat obsessions. Whenever somebody asks me why I wear a hat all the time I think of a line from a James Joyce short story, in which a young man at a party asks an old girl why she drinks so much: she replies, "I think I like it."- tropicalbob
- Post #15
- Forum: Hats
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Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition
I'm taking kind of a chance on it since it was marked a 38 but included no measurements. See what happens.- tropicalbob
- Post #4,604
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition
I just went for a Branded "Randy Rios" jacket I saw on ebay. The leather looked fine and the price was right. I'm wondering who Randy Rios is.- tropicalbob
- Post #4,602
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Guide for first fedora/hat
I'll strongly third the notion expressed above about visiting a hat shop. It's a truly uncanny experience to stand in front of a mirror and see how you look in different styles. My experience has been that styles that didn't suit me were immediately apparent the moment I saw myself, even though...- tropicalbob
- Post #136
- Forum: Hats
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
She was dead wrong - that hat looks great on you.- tropicalbob
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- Forum: Hats
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Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition
What a beautiful jacket and a great deal. This is the grail jacket I was looking for when I discovered Aero and then this whole little world, and wound up getting a long half-belt. Though I don't need it and probably wouldn't get much of a chance to wear it, I may just pick it up anyhow. I think...- tropicalbob
- Post #4,590
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Felt all seasons
Until they didn't. Perry and his crew also disappeared into the Amazon rain forest and were never heard from again. I don't know if I'd really want to use the Brits to illustrate this point, as they were famous amongst natives everywhere for their excessive baggage and inappropriate clothing...- tropicalbob
- Post #10
- Forum: Hats
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Guide for first fedora/hat
Hi, Regius, As I'm familiar with your tastes from the Outerwear forum, I'd suggest right off the bat you might want to skip the preliminaries and go straight for a custom job. A good custom hat will cost only a little bit more than a Stetson (if at all), but you can get something way nicer and...- tropicalbob
- Post #123
- Forum: Hats
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Felt all seasons
Wearing a felt hat in the Tropics from April until November can be done: you could also wear mittens. The question is: why would you? It's always a good idea to take your cues from the people who've lived in a place for generations: int the Tropics that would be straw hats, linen, and light cotton.- tropicalbob
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- Forum: Hats
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Fedoras afield
Nice for you, though, and I'm sure the critters are appreciating it. Enviable job you have.- tropicalbob
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- Forum: Hats
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Uber Owatonna Minnesota leather jackets?
I remember as I was reading about it wondering how the hunters would have gotten the hide to the maker: did they tan it themselves?; did they send a bloody, stinking, rotting mess through the postal system? Anyone who's ever hunted and had to disembowel and skin the animal knows what I'm talking...- tropicalbob
- Post #21
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Pumpkin heads!!! 7 3/4 +7 7/8 hats coming...
What size is the last one? The black San Angelo.- tropicalbob
- Post #74
- Forum: Classifieds
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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
Your description of that hide would also apply to the Connolly half-belt I got from you. It's such a beautiful jacket I'm still wondering how you could've parted with it. LOL- tropicalbob
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Pumpkin heads!!! 7 3/4 +7 7/8 hats coming...
Is there a listing of the hats and prices? How is this working?- tropicalbob
- Post #50
- Forum: Classifieds
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Uber Owatonna Minnesota leather jackets?
I seem to remember a thread some time ago that discussed the large number of companies back in the first half of the previous century that operated on exactly this basis: hunters would send in their pelts and the companies (often mom and pop operations) would make them a jacket. As I remember, a...- tropicalbob
- Post #12
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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A Good Time for a Custom Hat?
It's called the Golden Glades overpass and is probably one of the ugliest stretches on highway in the country. I always think it's a shame to welcome visitors to Miami with that stretch of hell. It's a shame, really, because there are some very nice areas: my little area, for instance, is...- tropicalbob
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- Forum: Hats
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PUMPKINHEAD ALERT!!preview now up!
Not your fault. It's been my experience that in most businesses, or really endeavors of any kind that I've seen up close, success always seems to depend on just one person who is dedicated, talented, and willing to do the necessary work. This is most obvious in public operations like...- tropicalbob
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