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  1. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Hello Lounge friends from Meyer The Hatter in New Orleans. The last size 7 genuine Panama OR is coming home with me.
  2. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    At Berkeley Hat Co trying (unsuccessfully) to find a replacement for the hat that didn't arrive from Bencraft. Almost bought a Biltmore shangtung straw, but the only one left was a floor model, and they wouldn't cut me a deal on it. The brim was a bit handled, but mostly the cloth sweat (again...
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    Thanks for the feedback, gents. The tracking information doesn't give me any helpful info regarding weather, they still haven't updated the delivery date. It is showing as a Priority Mail Express package which supposedly offers a money back guarantee if the ship time is over two days. It...
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    Ok Loungers, not sure how to proceed here. I ordered a black Tesi straw from Bencraft on Easter Sunday. Paid extra for "1-2 day shipping" because the whole reason I bought it was to take it to NOLA on Saturday. It's Thursday, and according to tracking, my hat arrived in Chicago this morning...
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    Re: distressing, from Deborah Nadoolman(-Landis) who did the work on the fabled Raiders of the Lost Ark hat: "The art of costume design is, by necessity, invisible. It just takes a tremendous amount of time to get it right. With the hat, it's not just bashing it in, it's sitting on it, rolling...
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Fantastic combo!
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    Basically..... I don't know anything about faking sweat stains, which you'll want for a real distressed looked and not a contrived Nick Fouquet piece of nonsense. But Fullers earth is commonly used as "dirt" by prop houses and Indy hat aficionados. But I beat up my beater by wearing it...
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    Counterpoint: there's an inherent amount of variability when dealing with felts derived from a natural product such as fur. E.G., as we have said, not all vintage hats have the "clay like" felt. On the left in this picture is a ca. 1950's Stetson Open Road 3x Beaver. The 3x felt was neither...
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    Wide brims seem to be picking up in popularity (see Beyonce for an extreme example), but, you know, here's a current Stetson instagram post/ad, for example. And here's some email spam I got from Urban Outfitters the other day:
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    Modern hats are an even bigger crapshoot than vintage. We didn't advise you to seek a vintage hat for no good reason. Borsalino makes different grades of felt. Open crown hats are meant to be hand shaped, so there's a certain amount of malleability expected. However, not all hats are going to...
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    Yah, the older you get, the better the chances the felt will react that way. But that looks like an exceptionally nice Borso. Neither of mine crease quite that easily.
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    Tips for best "all weather" hat

    There's a whole Northwest Hats thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/northwest-hats-eugene-ore.66155/page-77#post-2392726
  15. jlee562

    Stetson Stratoliner Premier Open Crown

    Stetson should both have a softer feel to the felt and have slightly less shellac.
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    Tips for best "all weather" hat

    Wellema and Black Sheep Hatworks will both do a 100% Beaver western for under $600 (actually $500 and $450 respectively). Northwest Hats is probably a bit under that. I have a Resistol 10x beaver Cogburn hat which I wear a lot in the rain. Seems to be holding up quite well. I've also given it a...
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Looks good dressed up and dressed down!
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Always good to see this one! Such a beautiful example of an early Stetson. Bob at Black Sheep knows this hat already! ;)
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    Alley Kat Hat Co

    +2 Just keep any match sticks off Instagram :D:rolleyes:
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    Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns

    That is WILD. I know that building well, my high school is a block away. Great hat too, love that style.
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    IIRC, Bob at Black Sheep has done some ventilated felt crown hats. If you order now, it might be ready by next spring ! :D Edit: yup, of course he does:
  23. jlee562

    Looking for hat information?

    So this video popped into my YouTube recommendations, ostensibly a tour of the Christy's factory, at the 3:00 mark, they show a brass embossing die with the Bates logo.

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