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    Hats in the rain, do they bleed so to speak?

    Well, Mr. Alan, I bought the Saxon before coming here as a member. The local hatter did exchange the black one I had for the Caribou I have now, and spent an hour fitting me in various hats he had. He had crushable wool, porkpies, a few homburgs, westerns, a few Borsalino, a couple of Dobbs...
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    What are you wearing today??

    Torp, that hat looks great on you. Christy, very nice look, and I wish my mom had made me things, though she knitted and made great things for the girls in the family.
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    Hats in the rain, do they bleed so to speak?

    22 degrees Celcius is 72 Fahrenheit or so. Yeah, I think the Saxon is a bit on the heavier side for a felt hat (but what do I have to compare that to, lol). It would have looked better today since it is a dressier hat. The Panama looks great with a suit, or totally casual but the coloring is...
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    Hats in the rain, do they bleed so to speak?

    Ah, good news then. Well I wore my Panama today with navy blue pants and a light blue shirt with some faint yellow stripes. No tie or coat. Somehow, the panama did not look right. I bet with my Saxon it would have.
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    Senator Jack's brush with greatness

    It would be tempting to say, hey Paul, Sam here, remember the day at your mother's ...... But really, I would react in one of two ways, either to say nothing and just watch, or ask him if I could politely interpose and have my picture taken with him. Sam
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    Hats in the rain, do they bleed so to speak?

    Well, I feel better about the Saxon. I guess I will never know until it rains, but it I know it is raining, Ill at least have an umbrella. Or I will wear the Akubra. But you never know when you might get trapped, and so, there is at least I guess a 50-50 shot that it won't run.
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    Hats in the rain, do they bleed so to speak?

    I was reading up in a thread and someone mentioned that newer hats, like my Stetson Saxon, do not hold up to rain as well and that the dyes in them run or bleed. Really? I do not anticipate having my Stetson in a downpour and if so, well, Id be under an umbrella, but then again, I can see me...
  9. M

    if you don't like the Fed IV....

    Saxon model
  10. M

    if you don't like the Fed IV....

    So, will I notice a difference between the felt on a new Stetson and an Akubra Stylemaster? Since the Akubra will be rarely seen with a suit, will it be okay for semi dress?
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    Re-bash the Stylemaster?

    As soon as Sam at EA contacts me, Im ordering a Stylemaster. Take pics if you rebash, as I may want to. A guy in Nashville here has one, so three Tennesseans with Stylemasters. Styling and profiling in the Volunteer State
  13. M

    Lawn Mowers

    A foos? I was thinking Chip Foos, the automobile expert. LOL
  14. M

    I love the Fed IV!!

    David, you aint helping me decide between the Fed IV and the Stylemaster. I am liking a lower crown so I need to go read up on the dimensions of what the Stetson Saxon is and compare it to these two hats and then decide. I know I want a taupe hat for my casual to sportscoats wear, as the Saxon...
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    I love the Fed IV!!

    Doc, thank you for that picture. I am this close to ordering the Stylemaster. My wife loves the dimensions of the Stetson and seeing on my head helps in that regard. So I am trying for a 2" or so brim and a wider ribbon, in a taupe color or so. I like the finished edge of that Stylemaster...
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    I love the Fed IV!!

    Goose, I love the pic of you in that Hampton. I am wanting my first Akubra in a good taupe sort of color, to go with casual and up to this side of a sportscoat. I am afraid that there would be too much crown for the Fed IV compared to my Stetson Saxon, and the Hampton and the Stylemaster are...
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    a few of my outfits........

    Looks sharp to me. While I am not a fan of colored shirts (blacks, greens, reds), you are a bit younger than me (I am 49) and think white and light blue are the bulk of what I have, and two or three pink shirts. I might add a lilac to make a purple tie pop in the future but that is still under...
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    what's wrong with this tie?

    Try a four-in-hand knot and see if that does not dimple better for you. A chalk stripe would look better with that tie. To my eye, there are too many stripes in your suit and therefore, the striping on your tie does not pop. Try a paisley or foulard with that suit. But a chalkstripe would...
  20. M

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Ephraim: That hat looks taupe to me, but you are there with it, so I take your word. It looks great and having seen that, I started a thread about, well, I just think I look better in a felt hat than a panama hat. I want a taupe hat to wear around on weekend, when I come home from work and...
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    Can't help it, I like how I look in a felt hat

    Well, I did don navy blue socks so sitting at my desk, I am obsessing over how I could be a dufus. To my credit, I do not turn on the light while letting my wife sleep a bit longer, as I leave the house by 7:00 each morning.
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    Ok, do hat-wearers have other common characteristics?

    I know we all take different routes to getting a first hat. For me, it was reading up on the shave forums (shavemyface.com), or askandyaboutclothes, or even fountainpennetwork. I know there are men there that share things that I like so I was wondering if the reverse is true. So, who uses a...
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    Can't help it, I like how I look in a felt hat

    We have 80 degree weather now, well, until tomorrow, and getting dressed, I just had to slip on my Stetson Saxon in caribou to see how it would look with my black suit with blue stripes (not jet black, but darker than a navy suit definitely). Wow, I looked sharp IMO. It is after all, my first...

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