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  1. Midwest Boater

    Just Visited Optimo

    Tiffany And shes easy on the eyes.
  2. Midwest Boater

    Ear Flicking, Hat Manhandling, Hat Tips, Boy George, and Hat Crushing

    pork pie ? well ive done my research. it seems Boy George prefers hats with incredibly high crowns. pork pie? I think not. oh bye the way boaters are well known to cause adventures of all kinds i quote from a barons hat advertisement "Many people believe the Boater carries almost...
  3. Midwest Boater

    Sellers Guide for Dress Hats on Ebay

    i wont post the sellers name here but he always tries to make smaller hats seem like they mite fit you by posting things like "its tag reads a size seven but it could fit up to size 7 1/4" yeah right if you jam it on your head and then walk around with a hat that dose not fit you jammed on your...
  4. Midwest Boater

    What is this hat?

    one thing i have found is if the crown is 4 inches or less your head will hit the top of the hat before it sits as low on your head as most hats, so its better to get boaters 1 or even 2 sizes smaller than you would take otherwise. please post a pic when you get the hat and welcome to the...
  5. Midwest Boater

    Ear Flicking, Hat Manhandling, Hat Tips, Boy George, and Hat Crushing

    thanks for the pic, it is an eye catching hat and obviously well made. as for the gals behavior perhaps she was over-served and we can blame the bar keep while cutting her a little slack. well Im off to look for photos of Boy George in a pork pie. oh bye the way is the hat still drawing you...
  7. Midwest Boater

    Hi. I'm New. Like my Fed IV?

    welcome the hat looks great on you . As dose the rest of your ensemble. I wouldn't change the hat in any way. Ive been hovering on the brink of pulling the trigger on a Fed IV your post has pushed me hover the edge. Damn that lid looks good.
  8. Midwest Boater

    Breaking Bad, Porkpie

    Bryan Cranston makes wearing the porky bad ass again as Walter White in AMC's Breaking Bad. Its not just for jazz musicians as Gene Hackman proved in The French Connection.
  9. Midwest Boater

    Ear Flicking, Hat Manhandling, Hat Tips, Boy George, and Hat Crushing

    man i would really love to see a pic of this hat , before and after would even be better but any snap of it at all (resisting posting the infamous "this thread is worthless etc" icon because it is still a good story with out one)
  10. Midwest Boater

    Buscemi needs a smaller Homburg

    a matter of personal style i agree with Rat Pack . of course Mr. Buscemi might say i wear my hats a bit to high on my head.
  11. Midwest Boater

    Show off your Porkpies

    looks great on you. with that wide flat brim and the flat top it almost looks like a boater. I love boaters , (perhaps my moniker gives that away):eusa_doh:
  13. Midwest Boater

    Show off your Porkpies

    finally i got my porkpie i had optimo refurbish this old mallory i was gonna pinch it in the front ala popeye but it seems ive lost my nerve, i just love the crease they put in it and i cant bring myself to change it any (yet)
  14. Midwest Boater

    What do you think of modern "Street/Punk" Fedoras?

    my feeling exactly your post sums up what i was trying to say better than i said it myself.
  15. Midwest Boater

    What do you think of modern "Street/Punk" Fedoras?

    okay i voted okay, they dont bother me much and sometimes even cheer me up. i was surprised the votes didnt go even more strongly against them . until i remembered what an open minded and polite society that i am now a part of.
  16. Midwest Boater

    Optimo south side mobsters

    Thanks Thanks so much for the thumbs up , all of you . And yeah Lefty I started wearing it straight up but it didn't make me smile as wide.
  17. Midwest Boater

    It's about time we define "fedora"

    yes but opinions are SO much more interesting than science. Oh and no i cant prove that either.
  19. Midwest Boater

    Optimo south side mobsters

    optimo refurb I got a nice Mallory pork-pie but it was just a tad to small to wear so i took a trip to the local hat Mecca just a short 4 hour drive from my home. I did get there an hour early because i forgot about the time change. Tiffany was sweet and let me in over a half an hour early...
  20. Midwest Boater

    fun safety hat conversion

    the best part was it gave me practice replacing a pug without much worry of messing it up. well really the best part is taking the ribbing for standing out from the crowd and being called Indy.
  21. Midwest Boater

    Optimo Cowboy Conversion

    thanks thanks for the positive feedback on my hat. my only problem is with it being white i'm not getting as much use of it as i was hoping. plus i wonder if the stetson 5X was a worthy start for the optimo treatment. Dont get me wrong i love the hat . perhaps im over thinking the whole thing.
  22. Midwest Boater

    fun safety hat conversion

    i got this cheap straw to wear in the sun at work. its nice and light weight and airy but the pug was stained and ugly and i work in the streets ... so i cut some reflective stripe from a safety vest from work and tacked it on to make the first custom made safety fedora i know of. i...
  23. Midwest Boater

    Optimo Cowboy Conversion

    my touches all i did was turn the brim down in the front and tighten up the pinch in the crease. sorry the head shots failed but i hope that folks can tell if the hat suits me and if they like the job Optimo did on the lid itself. thanks for any input.

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