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  1. NonEntity

    Hat Fashion / ettiquette question

    Style Maven At Your Service Burgundy, better--oxblood or cordovan--shoes are appropriate with any color of clothing. If one must make do with just one pair of dressy shoes, cordovan is the color you want. Whatever the color of shoe, make sure your belt is an approximate color match. It...
  2. NonEntity

    Akubra "Slouch"

    Nice yarn, the slouch hat is known colloquially here as a 'digger's' hat, and a thorough history is here http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...slouch_hat.htm I still have my old one from school cadets when I was 14 or so, and it's a bit motheaten, but worth having on the wall. Thanks for...
  3. NonEntity

    Need recommendation for straw fedora

    Plastic Cover As pointed out previously, when a straw hat gets a soaking, it's pretty much ruined. Weather forcasting not being an exact science, you never know when it's going to come a downpour, so that's a risk you take when going out with your straw hat on. To protect mine, I got one of...
  4. NonEntity

    Akubra "Slouch"

    I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but bear with me. First off, I didn't even know until a couple years ago that the famous hat with one brim turned up on the side was called the "slouch," and I own one! I've never heard them referred to by that name; in fact, I thought...
  5. NonEntity

    Ask Teri - Wearing a Fedora Hat

    Good One! Originally Posted by surely Quote: Originally Posted by NonEntity Not to put down old blue eyes, but was there ever anyone cooler than Humphrey Bogart? Do you mean as a person in real life or as a character in a film? But why do I ask, your a nobody anyway. .. Hey, I...
  7. NonEntity

    Need recommendation for straw fedora

    Shipping & Handling Yes, your prime constraint in procruring a straw fedora outside Indonesia is going to be the price of shipping, no doubt about it. To avoid shipping, if you, friends, or relatives travel outside your country, you could do your advance shopping by catalogue, Internet, and...
  8. NonEntity

    Ask Teri - Wearing a Fedora Hat

    I second that So why is looking like Sinatra okay, but looking like Bogart not? This is mostly a rhetorical question. I'm glad she's recommending fedoras, but why does a distinction have to be drawn? At the base level, Sinatra and Bogart are both men wearing suits, ties, and hats. Is it...
  9. NonEntity

    What do you think of the Indiana Jones hats?

    Impact of Raiders of the Lost Ark It's easy to forget how hugely popular Raiders was--and still is. Zagat Survey, a movie watcher poll as opposed to a film critic poll, consistently shows it in the all-time top ten--right up there with classics like Casablanca, Gone With The Wind, and Citizen...
  10. NonEntity

    Which hat material is best for rain?

    I have never had a problem wearing a pure fur felt hat like an Akubra in the rain. In fact, I intentionally wore my new Sydney in the rain, then let it slowly dry overnight, in order to set the bash/dents. I have a Tilley and a cheapo wool felt Dorfman Pacific that have been in many, many...
  11. NonEntity

    Akubra Sydney: A Review

    Sydney Color It's definitely black, but not what I call jet-black, the darkest, ultra-black shade. There's just a splash of very dark gray in it that makes the contours of the bash, dents, and brim show up quite nicely. And the color matches up well with a gray scarf, gray flannel...
  13. NonEntity

    Hats In The Car/A Newbie Question

    David, That's a gorgeous '50 Mopar. It's nearly identical to the green one my next door neighbor had when I was growing up in the '60s. Mrs. Farmer was a giant woman, 6 feet and probably close to 300 lbs, and appeared even larger with an overbearing personality and the tall beehive hairdo...
  14. NonEntity

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    Thank you so much for bringing up the pith helmet topic. I wanted to, but as a newbie, I don't want to start too many new threads. As a kid and teenager, I went through an Africa/safari phase and searched for years high and low for a genuine pith helmet. I never found a real cork one of any...
  15. NonEntity

    What do you think of the Indiana Jones hats?

    Kaleponi Craig, That Adventurebilt is, indeed, the most authentic-looking Indy I've ever seen. At $350 according to Donata, I hope it's quality is impeccable. Looks great on you in the avatar. The Indy style fedora, with the dimensional brim and tall, straight-sided crown, just looks dorky...
  16. NonEntity

    Hats In The Car/A Newbie Question

    Hats & cars--two of my favorite topics! Generally speaking. modern cars have less headroom, but there's been a recent trend towards more headroom, and, as a rule, pickups and SUVs have much more of it than sedans, coupes, and, of course, sports cars. Every thing else being equal, the...
  17. NonEntity

    What do you think of the Indiana Jones hats?

    Official Indy Hats OK, first to answer your question, Donato: There are actually two official Indiana Jones hats in the same basic style Harrison Ford wore in the films. One is wool felt, $65, and the other, the Dressed Up Indy, is fur felt, $125.00. I've seen these hats a lot of places...
  19. NonEntity

    Does anyone have an Akubra Bogart?

    Akubras I've never heard of I thought I knew Akubras pretty well until I got here and found out about the Federation, Stylemaster, and now the Bogart, all models that I've just learned are not regularly imported into the U.S. but are available through such places as hatsdirect.com...
  20. NonEntity

    Top Quality Biltmore

    Biltmore Vs. Akubra The only Biltmore I actually own is the Golden Pheasant Tyrolean with the huge badger bristle brush. Contray to popular lore, the brush is not there to accomodate the wearer's sudden need to lather up his face and shave, but rather to whisk away snow. In any case, it is...
  21. NonEntity

    Stampede Strings, Wind Trolleys and Super Glue: How do you keep your hat on?

    Ditto All decent methods here in the hat-versus-wind battle, but I tell you, no matter how well you think you've got the angle-your-head-at-the-perfect-angle thing down, eventually the wind will wind. When it happens, just pray you're not atop a tall building, near a large body of water, or...
  22. NonEntity

    Akubra Sydney: A Review

    Though I'm brand new here at the lounge, I have been wearing hats, caps, and all kinds of headgear since I was a little kid. So, in my 49 years in combination with, God rest their souls, my dad and grandad's hat knowledge, I 've learned a good bit about the subject at hand. But I'm here as...
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