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[Pantera]

Where can I find the Fedora Lounge forum for selling and buying hats?

 

[Bob Roberts]

Where can I find the Fedora Lounge forum for selling and buying hats?

Classifieds section

 

[Bigger Don]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bla...117357?hash=item4b0b7a632d:g:mJAAAOSw4GVYGhIA

they have it dated incorrectly but still a very nice hat

Yes, it is, and thanks for pointing it out to me. Unfortunately, my tastes don't run to black, and my collection is so small I'll keep looking.

Thanks again. Much appreciated.

 

[BobHufford]

Could someone in Appleton, Wisconsin possibly facilitate a hat purchase for me? (Very low price, would need shipped). Thanks in advance!

 

[GHT]

Some are attracted to hemp...

That's not a moth it's a Vulcan Bomber:

Is it safe to wear a previously owned hat if, in it's former life, it covered the embarrassment of psoriasis?

 

[Zombie_61]

...Is it safe to wear a previously owned hat if, in it's former life, it covered the embarrassment of psoriasis?

According to a quick Google search, psoriasis is not contagious. Medical scientists don't know exactly what causes it, but they do know our immune systems and genetics play a role in it's development.

 

[Jeremiah]

So when not wearing. Snap brims up or snapped down? One way better than the other?

 

[Bob Roberts]

Depending on the hat I keep them snapped up when not wearing.

 

[Jeremiah]

Ok. Thanks. For my vintage ones I just wanted to preserve that snap but is it necessary. I guess it won't hurt to keep them up and it's not like it takes long to snap them down when wearing.

 

[Bigger Don]

New topic...Dimensional Brims.

@hatsRme introduced me to dimensional brims, i.e. where the measurement out is different than the fore-aft measurement. What is the purpose of a dimensional brim? Is it related to the shape of the head, i.e. XLO hats versus normal oval, where one would look better with a dimensional brim?

 

[moontheloon]

New topic...Dimensional Brims.

@hatsRme introduced me to dimensional brims, i.e. where the measurement out is different than the fore-aft measurement. What is the purpose of a dimensional brim? Is it related to the shape of the head, i.e. XLO hats versus normal oval, where one would look better with a dimensional brim?

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/dimensional-brims.41273/

 

[Bigger Don]

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/dimensional-brims.41273/

Thanks. I should have searched.

I saw nothing there about why one would choose a dimensioned brim based on head shape. The three reasons I found for a dimensioned brim are

1. Indiana Jones styling (has no impact on me since I have an aversion to basing purchases on emulating fictional character, e.g. I would by a Homburg but I would shy away from the variation marketed as "The Godfather".
2. For a fedora it seems to accentuate the "swoopy" look from the side.

   The effect is to accentuate the swoopy look from a side view. [huh]

3. A western hat with no side curl, e.g. a "gun club"

 

[moontheloon]

Thanks. I should have searched.

I saw nothing there about why one would choose a dimensioned brim based on head shape. The three reasons I found for a dimensioned brim are

1. Indiana Jones styling (has no impact on me since I have an aversion to basing purchases on emulating fictional character, e.g. I would by a Homburg but I would shy away from the variation marketed as "The Godfather".
2. For a fedora it seems to accentuate the "swoopy" look from the side.
3. A western hat with no side curl, e.g. a "gun club"

it's just another look my man ... you are way over thinking it

why a wider brim or shorter brim ?
why a lower crown or higher crown?
why a tapered crown or straight sided crown?

all just options for different looks and functions

 

[Xylophile]

Hat Sponges- what do they actually do? Is there some abrasive property? Do they have some sort of cleaning additive?
Thanks!

 

[moontheloon]

Hat Sponges- what do they actually do? Is there some abrasive property? Do they have some sort of cleaning additive?
Thanks!

they will shave off loose nap and minor surface soils and act almost as a mild sandpaper

 

[Bigger Don]

it's just another look my man ... you are way over thinking it

why a wider brim or shorter brim ?
why a lower crown or higher crown?
why a tapered crown or straight sided crown?

all just options for different looks and functions

A different look in the same style, to me, doesn't have it's own purpose. The design of a hat, it seems, should compliment the person wearing it. Height, taper and width all should play into that.

Besides that, the different dimensions play together. I can easily see that he relationship of brim width to crown height play against each other. A shorter brimmed hat will appear even shorter if the crown is higher.

 

[Bob Roberts]

...and if you cant have a big brim, at least you can have a high crown.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

...and if you cant have a big brim, at least you can have a high crown.

It's both big or nothing.

 

[Bob Roberts]

I knew that was coming.

 

[Bigger Don]

...and if you cant have a big brim, at least you can have a high crown.

Like dis?