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  1. Chinaski

    STETSON 7x CLEAR BEAVER QUALITY

    Lefty, that's a beaut, and in great shape. Quite a vault it comes in as well! How's the felt feel?
  2. Chinaski

    Jakob Dylan/Elvis Costello Clash cover + Nice Hats!

    Jakob Dylan and the pedal steel player appear to have a variety of thin ribbon hat with ribbon so thin, it's non-existent.
  3. Chinaski

    Hats As Sun Protection, NOT Just for Bald Men

    I spent many summers as a youth getting fried by the sun. This past year for the first time I went to the Dr. due to a rough patch of skin on my nose, and got a shot of liquid nitrogen in a couple places on my face. I've always been into hats, but will definitely wear them outdoors more often...
  4. Chinaski

    Akubra Overload

    Innisart, from another fairly new poster, I would say you will begin to appreciate a higher crown the more time you spend at The Lounge. Looking through pictures on the "What Hat Are You Wearing Today" and the "New Lid" threads, a lower crown will show up and look a bit odd! Mark my words...
  5. Chinaski

    Panama Hats

    I'm pleased to hear the bartenders replies to the topic of starting threads where one already exists. It seems they are encouraging of new posters, like myself, and are not in the business of pedantically keeping threads segregated. FL seems to be as much a conversational forum as a resource...
  6. Chinaski

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    I'm a little behind, but did someone say bratwurst?!? I'm in! Oh, yes, we're talking about hats...nice hats, gents (and brats, and motorcycles!)
  7. Chinaski

    Favorite hat stores?

    I would put in a word for Bernie Utz - I've only been in once, about 5 years ago and don't live in Washington, but it seems like a venerable hatter of old. I visited before becoming enamored of felt dress hats, and I purchased a nice ivy cap that I still wear here and there.
  8. Chinaski

    Premier Stratoliner for Sale Price Reduced!

    I think Shakespeare said this, but I'm not sure: Oh, wherefore doth my melon be so large and my wallet so pitifully small?
  9. Chinaski

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Outstanding lids, Gents! Michaelshane, hauls in the deal of the decade; Goose, sporting the black Fed IV in style; JtL - sharp as a tack; and so on... Dinerman, is there a story behind the old Stetson?
  10. Chinaski

    Pigeon droppings on felt hats - what to do?

    Tongue was firmly planted in cheek when I recommended leaving the hat uncleaned - maybe I needed to put a smiley behind it! :)
  11. Chinaski

    Pigeon droppings on felt hats - what to do?

    Removal could portend an ill omen - I recommend leaving the offending matter alone. Remember the old proverb about the foo bird: If the foo sh*ts, wear it.
  12. Chinaski

    The Open Road Guild

    There's no tags inside the sweat. There is a blurry purple stamp that looks like it may be the John B. Stetson logo (really too blurry to tell) and also stamped in black is the number 405656. Any other thoughts on dating and identifying this lid?
  13. Chinaski

    Post New Hats Here!

    CRH - Not to feed the addiction or anything, but I definitely see a Lawson in your future... Z - you pull off the Alpine/Cattleman's bash with aplomb! It suits you extraordinarily well. Nice Open Road...
  14. Chinaski

    Caps

    From the look of the hat I'm guessing your students are getting them in Burma, not in Indiana! Do you know any other information about the hats? Nice design on the one in the picture.
  15. Chinaski

    Post New Hats Here!

    Akubra Lawson I've had this hat a couple months and I've promised CRH in another thread I would post pics. I ordered this directly from Australia and did the three month wait. I believe the color is Loden. Without further ado, here is a Heritage Collection Akubra Lawson. By the way, it's...
  16. Chinaski

    The Open Road Guild

    Submitted for your approval... Okay, nowhere on this hat does it say Open Road, so you'll have to decide whether or not I am eligible for membership in the Guild. This is a Royal Stetson, and I'd appreciate any input on dating this hat. There seems to be a couple anomalies - it looks like it...
  17. Chinaski

    Post New Hats Here!

    Michaelshane, that's a beauty - what a find for you!
  18. Chinaski

    What are the choices for thin ribbon lovers?

    CRH - a kind offer and kind remarks! I have no doubt about the knowledge base here with regard to hats. I think I'm getting old enough I don't lie to myself anymore. The look of the stovepipe straight sides of a Campdraft/OR with a teardrop/tugboat crease don't fit me. For now you'll have to...
  19. Chinaski

    What are the choices for thin ribbon lovers?

    Then perhaps a summary of your knowledge on the topic...as I said, I like the thin ribbon of the OR, but not in a teardrop bash on my noggin. It appears to be much too straight up and down without any taper. Are there thin ribbon hats with a bit more taper than the Open Road or other hats I...
  20. Chinaski

    Hat comeback

    I think the answer to this question really depends on your definition of "comeback." We all know that fedoras, and anything other than ball caps are, in general, fairly uncommon. You've got a high-profile Timberlake in stingy brims, Depp in beat up fedoras, and Pitt in ivy caps, which could...

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