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    New Stetson model at Cabellas...

    Seeing your post, I fished out my Cabela's Christmas 2009 catalogue to check again. The only felt hats I could find in it were it's "Lite Felt" Outback Hats on pages 91 and 148. They're all wool, have the Cabela's script on the side, come in many colors including hunter orange and camo, and...
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    How Have You Personalized Your Lid?

    Speaking of snakes... When I was a kid, I was walking through the woods with my dad and Granddad. Grand had warned us to look out for snakes, and, sure enough, a big rattler crossed and blocked our path, assuming a striking stance and rattling like crazy. I have no idea why the snake was...
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    Straw Homburg??

    I, too would love to have a straw Homberg just like the one David Suchet wears as Poirot in the current PBS series. There's an Optimo that appears to be right on the money, but it's money that's the problem: I just dont' think I'd wear it enough to justify the cost. I was at my aunt's...
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    New Stetson model at Cabellas...

    I get the Cabelas' catalogue before the holidays and faithfully peruse it page by page, but I've never noticed a brimmed felt hat in there before. That's a very good-looking outdoors hat in a nice, versatile color. Any Stetson "blend" at $119.99 would have to be a combination of rabbit fur...
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    Zorro Hat

    Still :offtopic: , but your home town in Canton, OH is actually not far from Marion, IN. Drive due west on U.S 30, angle down I-75 through Lima, then take OH State 703/29 west across the state line, where it turns into IN State 67/18. Stay on that road, and 5 miles after you cross I-69, you'll...
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    How Have You Personalized Your Lid?

    Neo, I Got that Panama from Eddie Bauer back in 1996, shortly after I moved to a small town in Deep East Texas, where a straw hat is almost essential in summer. Originally $45, it was marked down to a mere $15, so, since I was getting a bunch of clothes from EB's catalogue anyway, I went...
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    Zorro Hat

    Shopgirl61, I do not have a particular "type" of woman I find "to-die-for," such as busty beach babe blondes, but the college gaucho girl had a radiant countenance with striking blue eyes and a wide, bright smile; straight, shoulder-length natural blonde hair; and a slender though shapely...
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    How Have You Personalized Your Lid?

    Hey Neo, I admire your modesty, but you've come a long way in the hat world in a short period of time, so don't sell yourself short. Frankly, I much prefer the brim-trimmed Squatter on you. Cutting a perfectly fine, brand new hat took a lot of nerve, but the result is exponentially more...
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    Zorro Hat

    Shopgirl61, Thanks for the photos, which provide much better insight into what this hat is all about, though the quality of the pics is not so sharp on my monitor. Even so, this much we can say for sure: It's a Beaver brand, which in the universe of hats, lies in the upper-middle to...
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    New Generation Brims With Anxiety Over Hat Etiquette

    Thank you for bringing up Houston's policy, BlackBrim, yet that restaurant in my city provides no place to put your hat, or coat or umbrella, for that matter. I posted this story on another thread almost three years ago, but it's right on point, so here it is again: Case study: My...
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    New Generation Brims With Anxiety Over Hat Etiquette

    The Hoboken story reminded me of something that happened years ago in Florida. I was in labor relations and in the two out of three years we weren't negotiting a new contract with the union, we'd have a weeklong labor-management meeting somewhere nice where there was plenty to do day and...
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    Summer Hat Suggestions?

    I've spent a good deal of time in the Crescent City for both business and pleasure--actually every visit involved a lot of pleasure--so I'm very familiar with the weather there. It's both hot and very humid with frequent rain that seems to come out of nowhere with no warning. The problem is...
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    Jaxon Hats

    Bummer, Peter. From what vendor did you buy the hat? I'd try to not only get reimbursement for the hat, but also get them pay for return shipping and handling fees. Don't feel the least bit obligated to get a replacement hat from the same vendor. Those that ship out such an obviously...
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    Cadet/Castro Caps.

    One of the things I like about you, Bill, is your high regard of quality headgear of all sorts and an impressive ability to discern relationships among them, and the world at large, that few others perceive. I first became acquainted with you via my "Berets Anyone?" thread under my previous...
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    MAKINS HATS

    OK, gang, I finally got my mitts on a Makins hat. No, I didn't buy it--more on that later--but I spent plenty of quality time with it and so feel I can provide a fair assessment of quality. I found it at my one-and-only local hattery when, on a lark, I mentioned Makins when I was in there...
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    Motorcycle Jackets and a Fedora?

    While I pretty much agree with RP McMurphy, on the other hand, it's hard to find clothing that outright clashes with a fedora. As for the House motorcycle jacket, while just about any fedora would look fine with it, I'd be more concerned about the versatility of that jacket in general...
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    Zorro Hat

    Shopgirl61, Your dad's hat--both Bolero and Gaucho are accurate terms--sounds interesting, but I'd need some pics to be more definitive: Front, side, top, and inside views, plus close-ups of writing on the sweatband and lining would be great. Is it basically like the ones in the links...
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    MAKINS HATS

    Though its generally fashion-forward look does not appeal to me personally, since lots of folk I know depend on me for hat guidance, I would like to know more about them, too. I've never held one "in the flesh," but Makins are featured in the Hartford York catalogue, which says they are "made...
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    Cadet/Castro Caps.

    Exactly--I hated it when people referred to my GI Joes as "dolls!" Remember the ad campaign jingle, "GI Joe, GI Joe, fighting man from head to toe"? I, too had the Jeep, trailer, and recoilless rifle. Santa brought it. The set came with a spotlight on a stand, also. But for the steering...
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    What do you think of modern "Street/Punk" Fedoras?

    We'll probably never put the trilby vs. fedora controversy to bed. The short answer is that they are one and the same hat style. The long answer is that they are different, but the full answer is too long to get into here. I'd give my right arm to see a sticky on this topic so that we could...

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