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  1. Midwest Boater

    Strange comments

    He's the harry handed gent that ran amuck in Kent.
  2. Midwest Boater

    The Dobbs Diner...

    That Pre-Snapped Brim Boater is my dream hat I've never known what to call it. thanks Joshbru3.
  3. Midwest Boater

    The International Wool Felt Consortium

    I love this hat i wore nothing but this hat for years I wore it to death as can be seen in the pic and my first hat i bought was a newsboy blue with a block M i was 10 at the time. but i dont think these are wool felt now that i think about it. still let me say wool dose have its place...
  4. Midwest Boater

    Recommendations for warm winter hats/caps.

    The Mad Bomber is my favorite for subzero but they are hot in anything warmer than freezing. when its not that cold any nice fedora will do, if it gets windy or damp ill add a outer coat and turn the collar up.
  5. Midwest Boater

    Facial Hair.....And Hats

    I go with the 'stash in the warm months and the goat for the winter months its cold here longer than it is warm so I checked goat.
  7. Midwest Boater

    movie hats that inspired you...

    sure ill let you know as soon as i find out.... or perhaps a bit after that ummm what size do you wear? :)
  8. Midwest Boater

    Art Carney a man of many hats

    he sure has a full head of hair in this shot, im glad you asked i need an excuse to post this pic . Now thats one hella stove pipe! No wonder they called Gleason "The Abominable Showman".
  9. Midwest Boater

    Working Men's Hats

    Hey CRH now i know what my granddaddy meant by the expression "ugly as a mud fence post"
  10. Midwest Boater

    Nov 1, 1954 Sports Illustrated Cover Widebrim Hats in Color

    thanks for the pic rlk is great to see all the different bashes and or creases in that crowd. Hats as they were worn and for the purpose they were invented, the folks with out lids must have been miserable. Hey is the guy in the bottom of the frame right over the 7381 wearing a ball cap?
  11. Midwest Boater

    Art Carney a man of many hats

    You were Mr. Lucky indeed He must of been a nice guy i haven't ever heard a bad thing about him and in Hollywood that ain't easy.
  13. Midwest Boater

    Art Carney a man of many hats

    i found a few more this is from a sonny and cher show. this is one from his first appearance on the honeymooners as a cop im not sure what was going on. he seems to be struggling to keep a straight face. and one in a bowler and one from his appearance as The Archer in the Batman TV series...
  14. Midwest Boater

    Basics of cleaning....

    thanks buler i guess you saw what i did to the beautiful hat you sold me. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?51562-Hat-Cleaning-(not-for-the-faint-of-hart)&highlight= my heart was in my throat while i was trying this stuff out but i figured if i messed it up too bad optimo could fix...
  15. Midwest Boater

    movie hats that inspired you...

    Elmer Gantry a movie made in 1960 about a time before that im not sure when with TONS of cool hats fedoras and boaters and my very favorite that i dont know what its official name was but was like a cross between each of them. they seem to be rare in my size 7 1/4 or 7 3/8 but i wont give up.
  16. Midwest Boater

    Art Carney a man of many hats

    Happy Art Carneys birthday just one day late. I think i can say without a doubt he was a superlative hat wearer without an equal. I will give start with a few pics i found of him please feel free to add what you can find.
  17. Midwest Boater

    Working Men's Hats

    Thanks Sam Im the only one up here sporting a look anything like it, now i know im not alone. Ed Norton rules he could wear any hat like he was born in it, and yesterday was his birthday happy Art Carneys birthday!!
  19. Midwest Boater

    Show off your Porkpies

    hey Jauntyone that's one sweet looking lid and very jaunty with the brim snapped down like that . mostly i like porkies with the brim snapped up but then folks couldn't see that supper sweet welted trim ive never seen one like that, if you cant get used to it give me a pm :-) just kidding sort of.
  20. Midwest Boater

    Show off your Porkpies

    scottyrocks well i like the hat on you and it doesn't matter much what it looks like when your not wearing it dose it?
  21. Midwest Boater

    WTB child's fedora / cap

    i guess its safe to assume you don't need the Dobbs so i'll just list it on ebay
  22. Midwest Boater

    The Great Beer Thread

    P.S. it may cause you to post rambling incoherent stuff on the interweb.
  23. Midwest Boater

    Working Men's Hats

    thank you Chinaski its my favorite hat a long haired Borso.

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