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  1. Alexander Sommerset

    Another hat ? Really???

    LOL. Yes, if I had $1 for every time my wife said "another hat?" I'd have enough to by a dozen more hats!! I get obsessive about things, all too often. I have several different collections including a large Star Trek collect that I only recently sold.
  2. Alexander Sommerset

    Indy's Hat

    Yes. And I'm still rolling them.
  3. Alexander Sommerset

    Indy's Hat

    LOL. Show me where I said no one was allowed to enjoy what ever hats they wanted to enjoy.
  4. Alexander Sommerset

    Indy's Hat

    I have to say, I have a love/hate relationship with Indy Jones. On one hand I am glad that the movies sparked interest in fedoras, but on the other annoyed because so many Indy fans don't really care about fedoras, they only about "the Indy hat." There is so much rich history, great fashion, and...
  5. Alexander Sommerset

    "Dressing Down" a Homburg

    Firstly, I'd get that "today's standards" out of your head because for hats there no longer are any standards. Hats have been out of fashion for enough decades (like 5 or 6, even) that "standards" on how and with what they should be worn are out the window. Wear it however and with whatever you...
  7. Alexander Sommerset

    Repairing A Hole In A Felt Fur Hat

    I have been able to cosmetically help a small, round hole by using sandpaper on the hat, then balling up the fur that was shaved off and gluing it into the hole with Elmers. This won't work if the hole is too big.
  8. Alexander Sommerset

    Don't want a religious look

    Man. I can't escape the feeling that this whole thread is insulting in a million different ways.
  9. Alexander Sommerset

    What th' heck is a "beaver silk" top hat?

    No ChicagoWayVito. It says: " the topper was made from a blocked piece of wool felt which was covered in the beaver/fur plush before being trimmed." But the beaver part of that went away around the civil war and didn't re-emerge until the 1960s after the last silk plush makers finally closed...
  10. Alexander Sommerset

    How To Pull Off A Fedora/Trilby Dress Hat

    Here is one thing to keep in mind about "pulling it off".... only 50 years ago there was no such thing as "pulling it off" because nearly every male wore a hat in some way or at some point or another. What I am saying is that "pulling it off" is a personal, mental block, not a "thing" because in...
  11. Alexander Sommerset

    What th' heck is a "beaver silk" top hat?

    So, I have noticed a really strange thing going on with top hat sellers on ebay. Some may recall a few weeks ago I asked here on the Lounge about when beaver stopped being used for toppers. It seems that the consensus opinion was that it was around the civil war and that by 1870 or so top hats...
  13. Alexander Sommerset

    Stetson Stratoliner on "Marvel's Agent Carter"

    Sorry, I should have reported that it was the straw Strat. Yes, it was straw.
  14. Alexander Sommerset

    Stetson Stratoliner on "Marvel's Agent Carter"

    Hey, they had a brand spanking new Stetson Stratoliner on one of the characters on ABC's "Agent Carter" show. It has a great brown ribbon bound edge. Agent_carter_strat by Alexander Sommerset posted Jan 20, 2016 at 3:47 PM
  15. Agent_carter_strat

    Agent_carter_strat

    Jarvis with his Strat.
  16. Alexander Sommerset

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I thought the mode edge was Stetson's version of the Cavanagh edge?
  17. Alexander Sommerset

    If a US President wore hats again, what would he wear and how would it effect hat sales?

    Back when Teddy Roosevelt was President he objected to Knox hats using a photo of him holding his top hat so that you could clearly see the Knox logo. The company used the photo a bit but after Roosevelt said Presidents don't act as pitch men, they re-did the advertisement featuring a drawing of...
  19. Alexander Sommerset

    HOLY GRAIL? /What fedoras are you pining for?

    I've always wanted a Knox 100. But I have never seen one for sale.
  20. Alexander Sommerset

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Has anyone ever seen "Biltmore-Stetson" stamped on a sweatband before? http://www.ebay.com/itm/stetson-/201495503876?hash=item2eea116404:g:LCQAAOSwHaBWiBDf
  21. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    This one is calling a hat that is clearly a woman's hat a man's hat. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fenwick-Original-London-New-York-Mens-Fedora-Hat-with-Feather-/181978586863?
  22. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Well. I never heard of size 6-12/16 before.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Knox-NY-Vintage-straw-woven-hat-custom-made-amazing-quality-Stunning-/191768320439?hash=item2ca64859b7:g:uXgAAOSwYaFWfzP0
  23. Alexander Sommerset

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Thanks all. It helps me with a question I had about a liar on ebay. He says he has a hat from Princeton University for 1932. But the hat is plainly (at least to my eye) a modern Churchhill straw. I needed the date of the company to inform the guy that his hat is not from 1932. By the way, he...

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