“WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

[Blare]

It's you, Joe! Every time I think of you, I remember you like this.

Glad to be remembered

 

[GHT]

Kind of like this......
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Amazing, it reminded me of my student days. Do you know what a punt is? Or to be more precise, punting? It's a means of propelling a long rectangular shaped, canoe type vessel. The practice is very popular on British rivers during the warmer months of the year.

Beware though, the practice takes some mastering, there's has been many a student taken an impromptu bath when the punt pole has become stuck in the river bed.

 

[Frunobulax]

Glad to be remembered

I remember your stint with G 'n R.

 

[moehawk]

...but never a fashion victim...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2349258492...h1Rp5zMhZZp6PxGCVVIQ3kFQ==|tkp:Bk9SR-6N5tXYYQ

 

[Blare]

...but never a fashion victim...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234925849233?hash=item36b2abfa91:g:UX0AAOSweopdJkZw&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAwLgBCBm57m0JvtVT8hmhSKKWnclg6e/IF2q5mOXho7FVXuDQuSuFpN4Pd7CWtTuS0GNyDkr+dG/mqzOqVTaJTICKA7SIXKnNmlpsZTXqlK82qMCPAWr1+Sx3w4CkywQgjsgkr5/w9hGJAsmGYQtgnG27A6x9CIsvm0YCIoMAI+tUnlzwf604Yr4uWvTNb/OAw1bXhDvJvXxIc13+rnq25f1DclrZDFX+gMmDFeqfKth1Rp5zMhZZp6PxGCVVIQ3kFQ==|tkp:Bk9SR-6N5tXYYQ

I’ve had some arrive in almost this condition

 

[M Hatman]

...but never a fashion victim...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234925849233?hash=item36b2abfa91:g:UX0AAOSweopdJkZw&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAwLgBCBm57m0JvtVT8hmhSKKWnclg6e/IF2q5mOXho7FVXuDQuSuFpN4Pd7CWtTuS0GNyDkr+dG/mqzOqVTaJTICKA7SIXKnNmlpsZTXqlK82qMCPAWr1+Sx3w4CkywQgjsgkr5/w9hGJAsmGYQtgnG27A6x9CIsvm0YCIoMAI+tUnlzwf604Yr4uWvTNb/OAw1bXhDvJvXxIc13+rnq25f1DclrZDFX+gMmDFeqfKth1Rp5zMhZZp6PxGCVVIQ3kFQ==|tkp:Bk9SR-6N5tXYYQ

Ummmmmm.......NOT sure I would want to collect that one even if it was Five Bucks.

 

[belfastboy]

I have no picture but I did hold a Nick Fouquette hat in my hands the other day. Cost the owner $2000 Canadian and I discovered Nick glues in his liners and the sweat band was not great leather. BUT it did have the matchstick!!!

 

[Edward]

Amazing, it reminded me of my student days. Do you know what a punt is? Or to be more precise, punting? It's a means of propelling a long rectangular shaped, canoe type vessel. The practice is very popular on British rivers during the warmer months of the year.

Beware though, the practice takes some mastering, there's has been many a student taken an impromptu bath when the punt pole has become stuck in the river bed.

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If I could remember which end was which, I could tell you whether that's Oxford or Cambridge....

 

[moehawk]

Ummmmmm.......NOT sure I would want to collect that one even if it was Five Bucks.

I agree. The real money is in chainsaw massacre victim hats.

 

[Zombie_61]

I agree. The real money is in chainsaw massacre victim hats.

Maybe, but I'm guessing photos of Ed Gein souvenirs wouldn't be particularly welcome here.

 

[Frunobulax]

Maybe, but I'm guessing photos of Ed Gein souvenirs wouldn't be particularly welcome here.

Could I interest you in a small container of clipped fingernails?

 

[M Hatman]

Could I interest you in a small container of clipped fingernails?

How about a jar of teeth?!?!?

Sort of hat related....they can wear CROWNS........

 

[Frunobulax]

How about a jar of teeth?!?!?
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Sort of hat related....they can wear CROWNS........

Well, of course. I'm certainly not an anti-dentite!

 

[moehawk]

Maybe, but I'm guessing photos of Ed Gein souvenirs wouldn't be particularly welcome here.

You"re right.
His stuff would go better in the leather jacket forum.

 

[BobHufford]

Either the hat was made this way (which would qualify it for this thread alone) or Borsalino really wants you to know this is a factory second (you would think a hole punched in the sweat band would suffice).

 

[moehawk]

Either the hat was made this way (which would qualify it for this thread alone) or Borsalino really wants you to know this is a factory second (you would think a hole punched in the sweat band would suffice).

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Looks like someone started a whoopie cap and then got distracted.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

The best $2,700 you’ll ever spend:

 

[moehawk]

The best $2,700 you’ll ever spend:


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I've heard of a Leghorn hat, but this looks more like a Foghorn Leghorn.

 

[moehawk]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1220207545/vintage-borsalino-italian-bowler-style?click_key=7ef3ab37db561c46565511f0b30c01b0a33457ec:1220207545&click_sum=57b71ae0&ref=user_profile

The following day, Borsalino implemented a company wide zero tolerane drug testing policy. Quoth one employee who wished to remain anonymous, "That was one hiiiiigh Hoiche, maaaaan! "

 

[BobHufford]