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How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?
ROFL! My first fedora came from Cabela's and I bought it to go hunting in. My second one was a Disney wool sheriff's hat one of my students gave me that I reshaped to take on safari. I have yet (I think!) to buy a fur felt fedora (though I do have a beaver Western in Montana Peak for fly... -
When Will You Be Done Buying Hats?
I'm retired and don't need suits for work. Most of my hobbies would destroy good clothing so most of the time I'm slopping around in Levi's and a polo or T-shirt. However, when I do get dressed up I like to do a good job and I'm getting cranky about quality. So while I am not a "collector" by... -
Question about custom hatmaker finefurhats.com
That figures! Gary White is 'way out of my price range. Why was I born with such champagne taste and such a beer budget? -
Question about custom hatmaker finefurhats.com
Blast! It's too small, else I would be on it like a duck on a june bug. Oh well, I'll just wait and tell Dennis I want one like the Gary White, in silver mist. -
Question about custom hatmaker finefurhats.com
The one that particularly caught my eye was on his "Techniques" section. -
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Question about custom hatmaker finefurhats.com
Just got back from his website. Damn, he makes some fine looking hats. When I get in the market for a custom around the first of the year I'm definitely going to give him a call. They look to be worth waiting for. -
Trilby/Fedora?
Thank you all so much. I, too, have been wondering what the difference between the two styles is and given my size I now know to avoid Trilby's. Any brim less than 2 1/4" would look like a pencil eraser on me. -
Curse of the Awesome Hat Shop
I don't know whether or not I live within reasonable commute of a good hat shop, but I'm willing to explore! -
To Feather or Not to Feather?
Those feathers, Alan, I would wear . . . in the field . . . with a good English double gun . . . and a fine dog. Otherwise, if you are going to wear feathers in your hat band then perhaps the same question applies as to the zebra skin band. Did you shoot it? Fine then. Again, if you are... -
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Crown height ?
To me a 2 3/4+ brim is great when casually dressed but with a suit I am coming around to the 2 1/4, myself. They're not easy to find, yanno? -
Crown height ?
Half the height of your head? That seems a good place to start for a first serious hat. Thanx, guys, that puts me at 4 3/4". Now, just what is a "moderate" width brim? -
Hawaiian shirts and fedoras
I have a collection of top drawer Hawaiian shirts and I can't imagine wearing them until the daytime high reaches 80. To each his own, of course, but that's Panama weather as far as I'm concerned. Until that kind of heat hits, I'm still in jackets and shirts with or without tie. -
Steamer or kettle?
Well, I tried the kettle on my wool felt Indy and tried re-bashing it into a safari. Worked pretty well, though I'm sure the experts on this forum would roll their eyes. Still for a beginner who has only rebashed two hats in his life, I'm pretty content. Hat block, hmm? Maybe I'll look into... -
Hawaiian shirts and fedoras
Yeah, a panama goes better with a Hawaiian than a felt fedora. Felt is for coats and ties or bein' out inna woods. -
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Steamer or kettle?
That's what I want to know. I once reshaped a hat by soaking the crown in boiling water and then wearing it until it was dry, reshaping it as I went along. I don't think that's recommended with a really decent hat. So I hope someone answers your query. I'll be kibitzing. -
Steamer or kettle?
This has been a very educational thread! My Delonghi espresso machine has a variable steam spout and I have a hat that I bought but have never worn because I don't like the crown. It's also a bit too large but that's fixable. I'm going to have to give this a try. -
The real mint julep
I vote for Woodford Reserve and I fully agree, can't stand a sticky sweet julep.- Oldsarge
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Richard Chamberlain's "Allan Quatermain" hat
On my first safari, we drove through the ranch workers' village and there was a stripped out giraffe skeleton on the ground. Do you know that the skull on a big bull giraffe is three feet long? What an enormous animal. The workers on this ranch each received meat as part of their wages and... -
Richard Chamberlain's "Allan Quatermain" hat
And the day the DFG starts issuing tags on Crips and Bloods, not to mention assorted Hispanic street gangs . . .
