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The Conversion Corral
After some hesitation, I've recently taken to sporting Burgundy/Bordeaux dress hats & I've been acquiring them in that color whenever I find a source. They do draw compliments esp. from the ladies. Dogman your true red hat is awesome, wish I could locate a source! -
Western, anyone?
I happened to explore the famous Lock Hat site earlier today. A couple of the site's FAQ's deal with the proper handling of wet fur felt hats: http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/FAQ-content.aspx Like advice is found on most hatters' sites. While the Lock point about stretching the sweat band area... -
Western, anyone?
If a quality fur felt hat is left to dry of its own accord at room temperature, you should be alright. However many manufacturers warn against subjecting a wet hat to heat in order to speed up the drying process in as much as same can lead to shrinkage. -
No Love For Black Hats
eBay seller wintrapper42jr has some purple pork pies currently listed, having been produced by the former Beaver Brand outfit. They're wool rather than fur but for $35 they include a matching hat band, feather, pin & liner. I bought one in size 7-5/8 last month, he's still got some left in... -
Cool hat holder for restaurants etc.
Intriguing device GregNYC. Any idea as to the maximum brim size that one of these could accommodate? -
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Stetson Stuff
Thanks for your follow-up, in the interim after having poked around on the Web I arrived at the following conclusion taking into account various factors: a) the particular Stetson Gun Club model of the hat is the "Catera", albeit an earlier version than the current one based upon its lower fur... -
Searching for my next hat
Holy mackerel! Have you any storage solutions that you could pass on? -
Akubra Overload
Good choice. I bought mine from David Morgan a while back expressly for use behind my snowblower; by lowering my head a bit the 4" brim protects my face from the torture ensuing from the wind blowing the minced snow smack dab back into my face. A few weeks ago I also used it while cleaning the... -
Hat care tools??
I wish I could buy vintage hats too, but size 7-5/8 are hard to come by -
Hat care tools??
I still fondly recollect gaining colored fingers from handling a green Stetson Monza which I purchased new a couple years back. It's a nice hat but I wouldn't want to use the same brush on a light hat, esp. on my winter white Biltmore "Capone". -
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Hat care tools??
I've always assumed that there's some concern with spreading sanding dust amongst differently colored hats. If a dark brush is used only on hats having darker shades then the darker sanding dust will only migrate to other dark hats & won't be so noticeable & vice-versa for light-colored brushes... -
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Stetson Stuff
My offer for $166 was accepted. Then there was shipping of $28 from the US seller to Pitney Bowes in Canada instead of being sent directly to me. So it cost another $51 for Pitney Bowes to send the hat to my house, for total shipping of $79. -
Stetson Stuff
Hi Joao. I'm hoping that the older "Flying Ducks" liner logo in tandem with the vent hole configuration, might enable one of our Stetson experts to identify my Gun Club. Speaking of big brims, I just took delivery of the following 5-incher... -
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Stetson Stuff
Stetson Gun Club Sheep Farmers' Hat I picked up a Stetson Gun Club today at a local vintage shop for CAD $35, in apparently unworn condition. I'd like to know what model this hat is &, more importantly, whether it really came with the hat band currently adorning it: The hat is without... -
Buffalo bill's hat
Good to know. As to the wearing of the hats higher up the forehead in old photos, I wonder whether that might be mainly the case in staged photos i.e. so as not to hide the face ~ "say cheese & raise your lids!". Film stars certainly wore their hats high so the audience could see their faces... -
Buffalo bill's hat
It's interesting that the largest size offered was 7-1/2, suggesting that that was considered to be at the far end of the range back then. This is further corroborative of the body of evidence indicating that men's heads have increased in size making it difficult for many to locate vintage hats... -
Ask a question, get an answer
I'd say it's a fedora. The primary distinguishing feature of the homburg is the "smiling" brim when viewed from the front, which brim has a pronounced circumferential upturn curving in on itself, & which brim's edge is also bound with grosgrain (usually the same colored material as the band... -
How do folks react to your hat wearing?
For what it's worth, here's my story. After I began wearing proper hats I asked my mother (born 1932) whether she still had any of my father's good hats (1924-1995). During the course of the conversation she offered up her unsolicited opinion (as mothers are wont to do) that men largely...
