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  1. carter

    Akubra Overload

    Kyda, My daughter likes my Akubra Campdraft in Tawny Fawn. Here we are at the state capitol in Austin, TX just before Christmas.
  2. carter

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Stetson Open Road Twenty-Five Today it was the OR Twenty-Five My best Douglas :eek:
  3. carter

    Akubra Overload

    Akubra is to Australia what Stetson is to the USA. They're both ingrained in the fabric of their respective nations. Each a company founded and homegrown on native soil and long a part of the national image and imagination. What image is more uniquely Australian than the drover or more uniquely...
  4. carter

    WW II USAAF Headgear

    Look here http://www.flightjacket.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=32 THey sell the B-2 cap in larger sizes.
  5. carter

    Stetson Stuff

    Great 'stuff' Lefty! JTL, The gift box and the matching full-sized box! Very nice. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
  6. carter

    Show Us Your Purchases....GUYS !

    Congratulations Shooman. The old Florsheim Imperial v-cleats are a great pair of shoes.
  7. carter

    The perfect hat

    I like their T-shirt.
  8. carter

    Vintage sweater catalog pics.

    Good point. For those men with a long torso the length would be fine. Perhaps those with a shorter torso would flip the waistband. This may have been done when wearing the sweater beneath a short jacket as well. Here is a picture of the type sweater my dad wore. Note the elongated neckline...
  9. carter

    Great source for vintage pics!

    Terrific! THanks for posting this.
  10. carter

    Stetson Stuff

    Great Hatbox, JTL. Is it the original height? I need to take hatbox pictures without the hats for this thread.
  11. carter

    Stetson Stuff

    Here are a few vintage Stetson Matchbook Covers.
  12. carter

    Stetson Stuff

    Cool stuff JTL & RBH! I posted this in the Hat Books thread earlier today.
  13. carter

    Borsalino size question

    Ahhhhhh.....Thanks XPSLV For those who don't know what the PUNTI sizing system is (I did not), here is some info from The Village Hat Shop website. "Up until approximately the middle of the 20th Century some hat companies in Italy and England used a hat size scale known as PUNTI. Here is...
  14. carter

    100% Beaver Gary White Fedora

    Terrific lid, Metropod. Nice outfit as well! JTL, Thanks for posting the link to the Gary White article.
  15. carter

    GreatEscape POW's hobby

    Thanks for posting this. A real tribute to the resilience of WWII POWs. It will be interesting to see what the plane and diary bring at auction. I wonder if the diary might be published eventually.
  16. carter

    Vintage Books

    Perhaps one of the bartenders would be kind enough to merge the two threads. :)
  17. carter

    Christmas Window Displays.

    Wonderful Marty, It's nice to see you back and posting. Your displays are as lovely as ever. What are the two fedoras shown in this photo? Nice ensembles. Glad to see you're still making good use of flys. ;) :)
  18. carter

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Agreed That's exactly why I didn't buy them. Someone who wears a size 7 and lives locally may be interested. [huh]
  19. carter

    LIST YOUR HAT BOOKS

    John B Stetson by Elbert Hubbard I picked this up on ebay recently. It was published by Hubbard's Roycroft Press http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roycroft_Press and is completely intact though fragile.
  20. carter

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    3 size 7's I was in Antiqueland in Plano, TX this morning as a result of a tip from another member. There are three Borsalinos in size 7 for sale by a vendor there. They are $98.00 each but there is a 25% discount so they are actually $73.50 each plus .0825 tax. I do not remember the styles but...

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