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  1. PabloElFlamenco

    Worst Hat Bashes

    I think that's the point the ad is trying to convey. Quite difficult in this stiff world of ours! ;)
  2. PabloElFlamenco

    Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns

    5-inch brims? Pastel rose? Tom Mix? (try a Cord but keep your luggage forward). Ok guys. Gotta come to grips, for fear of this becoming an outright orgy, which -whilst it may have been, at some point in time, Roman practice- is not in tune with what many would have you believe to be proper...
  3. PabloElFlamenco

    Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns

    What a fantastic hat, Scott! :eusa_clap ...and you're lookin' swell! That telescope bash (in the other pictures) is absolutely great, congratulations. I'm very pleased you got that one, indeed identical to mine. I have the liner, and when I bought it, it had the original sweatband which...
  4. PabloElFlamenco

    HATCO Sold...

    Well, most of the hats you see over here are Stetsons (Borsalino hats generally cost the double). Not that this is anything scientific, researched or anything: just observation, (and NOT including the cloth stingy brims young people wear). So...go go go Stetson. Paul
  5. PabloElFlamenco

    Ebay western 4x find and fun with steam

    Waviness? Use more steam followed by the ole' iron. If you're worried, you can use a clean damp cloth (like a dishwashing towel) between iron and brim. Iron it flat. It should remain that way, after cooling. Old crease? If the hat is dirty, you'd do better to clean it. If the WHOLE...
  7. PabloElFlamenco

    Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

    My turn! Being in Belgium inevitably leads to being subjected to periods of rain. Being one who walks a lot on foot, the twain...meet. Today, 5 november 2009, I walked about one hour in windy drizzle. Not a rainstorm, just very fine, consistant, precipitation. Here's how it affected my...
  8. PabloElFlamenco

    MY NEW HATSTAND

    Very "hatty" indeed, Dreispitz. And, seeing your collection of boxes on the left...reminds me of my bedroom. I've just bought ("won", as they say) four Samsonite and American Tourister "train luggage hat boxes" on US eBay in an all-out effort to get rid of the ugliest cardboard boxes, and...
  9. PabloElFlamenco

    Casa Cuencana

    Uuuuhhhh....hombre...¡fiebra toquilla! Toquilla fever! The so-called "Panama" hat is a complex subject, with many variables, not the least of them being the "Monte Cristo" as against the "Cuenca" distinction. I would herewith like to open a Cuenca showcase, for all to join and display...
  10. PabloElFlamenco

    Hawaiian shirts and fedoras

    Well, given I stumbled upon the thread...here I'm sporting a German-made Hawaiian shirt bought for 10 Euros in a second hand shop with self-rebashed Panama Bob toquilla hat, awaiting a bus in a nice place called Paleochora, on the island of Crete, Greece. The iced coffee was excellent...
  11. PabloElFlamenco

    Panama Hat Thread

    Thanks, Tom, much appreciated, ...we might yet meet over a good glass of Keknyelu or Szürkebarát from Badacsonyi...on me in such case! Respectfully, Paul
  13. PabloElFlamenco

    Panama Hat Thread

    Dear Panama Bob. Thank you very much for your most kind informative reply, due to which I know more now than I did before (which isn't, in way of Panama hats, difficult). My only other Panama hat is one I purchased from you for about $125 if I recall correctly. I like it very much, (even...
  14. PabloElFlamenco

    Ebay western 4x find and fun with steam

    Congratulations, KKesler. Nothing better than a flat hat to inflate your ego! Moreover, it leaves you no option but than to steam it up. Result looks mighty good. You a hatmaker (...just letting some steam off...never mind :eusa_clap
  15. PabloElFlamenco

    Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns

    ¿No Belgian "beaver" (read: rabbit, hare...) in 1941, 1943? Also noticeable is the narrowing of the brim, as compared to lots of models back in 1936 (of course that could be due to the fact that the latter catalogs might not be completely reproduced here. In Europe, skirts became shorter as a...
  16. PabloElFlamenco

    Modern rabbit, vintage rabbit, modern beaver

    Veering slightly into near :offtopic: territory, in the 1936 hat catalog Feltfan posted http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=44749&page=3 there is one entire page of "Belgian beaver" hats. I can assure you that, in 1936 -and even in 1836, I would think-, there were NO beavers at all...
  17. PabloElFlamenco

    Western, anyone?

    No Feltfan, I didn't braid that headband and I couldn't imagine sneaking up to some horse in a field and cutting off its tail... In fact, I purchased it from a -in my view- very good internet shop http://appaloosadurango.com/hat_bands.html together with a western style belt and another hatband...
  19. PabloElFlamenco

    Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns

    Ahuh. Right. "Thesis, synthesis, antithesis"... (1) Not only Karl Marx would agree to that. Form. Function. You know... (2) And on the level where (and when) money ceases to be a completely primordial cutoff line (i.e. when everybody has a refrigerator, a TV, a car, etc..), the...
  20. PabloElFlamenco

    Pals of WOOL

    Hi Manny. Courageous, you. How many hats did I own (and try to wear, before it was stolen, before I lost it, before some Englishman pulled it over my ears, before...yes...before we got ...older-I didn't say wiser)? It goes to show that, from the very beginning, I liked hats. Not that they...
  21. PabloElFlamenco

    Western, anyone?

    Aha! Kim Cheek! :o
  22. PabloElFlamenco

    Western, anyone?

    Ok - my turn (again) in testimony to the old western hat... My old Beaver Brand (or is it Beaver Hats? I think it's the same) "custom" cowboy hat, which I bought off the bay more than a year ago, shown here in its original form - didn't like it too much, really: too 1980's disco...
  23. PabloElFlamenco

    Pulling Off the Casual Look

    I dress funny, too. This awaiting a bus at Paleochora, Kriti, Ellas, frappé within hand's reach... And if it's not that, it's something else: a trend is ...moderately western clothes (jeans, corduroy, jeans jacket, suede jacket, western shirt, desert boots...) with thin ribbon hat (open...

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