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No need... just wondering about this line:

Forum: Hats
Everything from fedoras to five panel caps. If a guy doesn't have a lid, he is not worth talking about.

Perhaps it refers to baseball caps.
 

Ralphin Ormond

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In the 19th century did real cowboys, or western horsemen, sometimes use neck bands (straps, whatever)? If so, how did they cinch them? I mean, did they tie two straps in a knot? Or did they just have one strap? Thanks for the answer to whoever knows. Ralph
 

tealseal

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The Lords Hat

Gentlemen,
Please excuse my ignorance, but is a Lords hat merely a Homburg with a pinch, or is there more to it than that?
Also, is it Lords hat, Lord's hat, or Lords' hat?
Hope everyone is enjoying Cinco de Mayo responsibly.
 

jlee562

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Gentlemen,
Please excuse my ignorance, but is a Lords hat merely a Homburg with a pinch, or is there more to it than that?
Also, is it Lords hat, Lord's hat, or Lords' hat?
Hope everyone is enjoying Cinco de Mayo responsibly.

As I understand it, it's the lack of binding which distinguishes the Lord's Hat. Perhaps Bowlerman can chime in.
 

zetwal

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No need... just wondering about this line:

Forum: Hats
Everything from fedoras to five panel caps. If a guy doesn't have a lid, he is not worth talking about.

Perhaps it refers to baseball caps.

Exactly ... ;)

Either that or it's a typo, and should read, Everything from rubber fedoras to five panel caps.
 

Alive'n'Amplified

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Still new here. What are those single "buttons" I see around the crowns of some of the older style Stetson's? It looks like a dressy satin button around a very thin elastic band.
 

jlee562

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Still new here. What are those single "buttons" I see around the crowns of some of the older style Stetson's? It looks like a dressy satin button around a very thin elastic band.

That would be the wind cord/wind trolley. It can unloop from the hat and be secured to a lapel so that one's hat does not fly away.
 

Alive'n'Amplified

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Still new here. What are those single "buttons" I see around the crowns of some of the older style Stetson's? It looks like a dressy satin button around a very thin elastic band.
 

jlee562

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So, I've always heard of Oddjob's hat (the Bond villain) described as a Bowler, but then I went back and looked, and isn't that more of a top hat?
BondGoldFinger4OddJob.jpg


Is there a specific name for this style of hat?
 
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No need... just wondering about this line:

Forum: Hats
Everything from fedoras to five panel caps. If a guy doesn't have a lid, he is not worth talking about.

Perhaps it refers to baseball caps.

I even checked all the yarmulkas I could find. All were either four or six panel.
So who really does have a five panel?
 

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