Many thanks Jimmy. The Stetson was my first vintage lid and is still a favourite. I look a bit jazz n' blues today.
And it's just gone midnight here in Brisbane - so it's 2010.
Happy New Year hat lovers everywhere!
You have outdone me Brother Torts! We must make a point of sharing a table sometime in the forseeable future with our respective Mrs'.
And speaking of Mrs Tutt and of law - she who must be obeyed did buy me the first three seasons of Rumpole for Christmas...
...bliss!
Happy New Year Colleagues!
All the very best for a wonderful 2010 colleagues!
It's New Year's Eve here in Brisbane and Mrs Tutt chose the vino for this last evening of 2009 - a Peter Lehmann Barossa Cabernet Merlot 2006 (tho the photo is one from 2004).
Just wonderful -
I am...
Yes indeed.
And there's no better example than the Deputy's great modified crease job above.
Here's my more modest effort with a factory crease. My Akubra Bogart came with this crease. The small piches and gentle swoop were just too dainty for me:
So I deepened the pinches and gave it...
Kudos to the gems who arranged this.
And heartfelt (good word that) warm wishes to you Colby. That hat will be something very special. Looking forward to seeing it on your melon.
4 1/2 out of 5
I've just come from seeing Sherlock Holmes and found it to be one of the best films I've seen in a long time. Lavish production, wonderful costumes (and yes, for the purists, Holmes' hat is a crumpled homburg - not a fedora - that he dons for a only a few minutes), excellent...
As an alternative to the traditional Christmas cake I've baked a 4 Spice Ginger Cake (Taken from last weekend's "Weekend Australian"):
Four-spice ginger cake, by Arnaud Valade of Chouquette, Brisbane
5 free-range eggs
100g caster sugar
250g butter, softened
5 drops vanilla extract
2...
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