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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Another vote for pass on that Stetson. It is surely not a 60's hat, much more contemporary, as facade and Walt have pointed out. -
Show us your chocolate, your camel, your browns
Ahh, seeing that peluche Borso reminded me that I actually have a brown hat on my head right now. Long hair, heathered brown 1959 Knox Fox Hound. -
Show us your chocolate, your camel, your browns
I don't have many brown hats either. However, my Dobbs Gay Prince, with suede finish, is one of my favorites: And while I'm still in the queue for my Adventurebilt, my Christy's Adventurer in sable plays the part of my Indy lid: -
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Generally if it's blowing off your head, you'd want a smaller size. I would pad the sweatband until it shrinks and conforms to your head. Akubras generally shrink a tad. -
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Bailey Tino
A modern wool felt is about as good as any other modern wool felt. If you like it, go for it. But be aware that there are significant drawbacks to wool hats, and that if you're serious about hat wearing, your money would be better spent o a fur felt, or used vintage hat. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Checking in real quick on vacation. Here's my Ecuadorian Panama Hat Co of New York milan at Hanauma bay on Oahu. -
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Zaz, it would he helpful to see the hat and where it's riding on your head. Although people's skull shapes differ, as a general rule, a hat should ride about 1-2 fingers width above your ear. A properly fitted hat should not blow off, nor should it rest on your ears. -
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IIRC, it's the other way around. I recall Steve Delk of Adventurebilt speaking of vintage side seamed liners that were used in the production hats for Indy IV. Perhaps someone can confirm or refute. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Two for the price of one....on the way to a weekend in Hawaii....aloha! -
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Re: between dressy and casual.... We have an expression here on the lounge: wear the hat, don't let the hat wear you. I wear pretty casual clothing: jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, and various pieces of outerwear, and I wear fedoras with it all. I also do the casual look with a Homburg - which is a... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
VS Playboy for the third day in a row...I've basically only taken it off to sleep and shower! ;) -
Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
Rusty, David, Perry, Jeff, Eric: thanks again for the second round of kind words! Art deserves all the credit for this one. It's a great hat and I'm loving it. Wearing it today again actually! Speedracer: Love the new Dualist! Definitely going to have to get one next summer. -
The Perfect proportioned fedora?
Dinerman has an excellent primer: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?61698-Vintage-Fedoras-by-Decade -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
VS Playboy in lightweight black cherry -
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Akubra "Imperial Quality"
Hi Brian. If you search the Akubra overload thread you will find a wealth of information. Akubra uses two grades of felt. Imperial is the lower of the two. That having been said, their Imperial quality is among the best quality you can buy in a modern production hat. Their Heritage felt... -
Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
Bert, Che, John, thanks for the kind words! Art did a fantastic job. 2 1/8" is actually on the shorter end of the brimmed hats that I wear, I'm usually right there around 2.5"; but, I find that 2 1/8" works really well in casual and dressy situations. I wanted a hat that I could do with my... -
Thin and flimsy
I just got one of Art's lightweight felts; and man, Tom is right. Definitely the closest in weight and feel to a vintage hat -
Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
Ok, it's here! Lightweight black cherry felt, suede finish, 2 1/8" brim. Two notes: first, apologies for the lint, these dark felts show every little bit, and I didn't have my hat brush at work with me. The second is that this hat is VERY hard to photograph true to life. I took some shots... -
Post New Hats Here!
Teaser pic of my new VS: More pics to come in the Fawcett thread as soon as I resize them (pardon the lint, did not have my hatbrush with me at work!)
