Beater Brotherhood

[Wild Root]

That's a thrasher hat man, makes a great wastebasket stuffer!lol

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[Dinerman]

That's a thrasher hat man, makes a great wastebasket stuffer!lol

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you have pics?

 

[jamespowers]

That's a thrasher hat man, makes a great wastebasket stuffer!lol

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Makes a great wastebasket or waste basket stuffer? I only ran it over with my car once. [huh]
We really do need to see pictures of your "birthday hat." lol

Regards,

J

 

[DanielJones]

Not quite a beater...

But this is my favorite everyday hat. It's an Adam Premier with a 2 1/2" brim. It just feels good when wearing it and is very versatile. This was taken at last years Christmas party.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[jamespowers]

With all due respect, that is not a beater.
This is a beater:

So is this:

What you have is not a beater.

Regards,

J

 

[Wild Root]

JP, what you show are hats I'd like to beat... eeeww man, good thing I haven't had luch yet...

Matt Deckard took a few photos of me wearing my "Beater" last night at Denny's... so, maybe he can post a few of them here.

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[jamespowers]

JP, what you show are hats I'd like to beat... eeeww man, good thing I haven't had luch yet...

Matt deckard took a few photos of me wearing my "Beater" last night at Denny's... so, maybe he can post a few of them here.

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Your birthday hat? The green one? Really? Where are the pictures?

Regards,

J

 

[Wild Root]

It's under an inch of dust under my end table by my couch... it's out of sight and out of mind! Did you really give it a go over with the car?lol That poor stingy brim... if it wasn't so moth bitten I'd be happy to give it to a stingy fan here for nothing... oh well.

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[jamespowers]

It's under an inch of dust under my end table by my couch... it's out of sight and out of mind! Did you really give it a go over with the car?lol That poor stingy brim... if it wasn't so moth bitten I'd be happy to give it to a stingy fan here for nothing... oh well.

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That thing is famous I paid good money for it.
Car? I'll never tell.

Regards,

J

 

[DanielJones]

What you have is not a beater.

Regards,

J

Why, thank you sir. I guess I really don't have what you would call a beater. The closest thing I have to a beater would be this 1984 Indiana Jones wool Fedora. I gave it to my stepson because he wanted to wear it to Disneyland when we go.

I never knew why I kept it around all these years, but I guess this is why.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I don't really have a beater. The closest i have in this Stetson 15. It was pretty beat up when i got it ... still is as a matter of fact, but it wears well:

I got a verrrrry verrrry beat up, moth eaten, filthy Open Road from the same chap (a local, 85 year-old very rich farmer who used to buy Stetsons, now has nothing good to say about the company, and gets his hats custom made).

bk

 

[DanielJones]

Nice looking beater. Wow! I bet it provides plenty of shade.:eusa_clap
Is that a 3" brim or just an optical illusion. Either way, it looks great. Can we see the verrrrry verrrry beat up, moth eaten, filthy Open Road as well?

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Sure. I'll take some pics this evening. The brim on that '15' is indeed 3". And the crown is only a little over 4". Looks a little strange on this shortchap, but i like it. It really is a beautiful rich shade of brown too.

bk

 

[jamespowers]

Hmmmm....Is it a Stetson 15 Open Road or just a Stetson 15? I ask because I have a Stetson Twenty-Five that is also an Open Road. [huh]

Regards,

J

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Just a stetson 15 (at least there are no markings to identify it as an open road. On its way to britain, i can't recheck). The other one is an open road ...

bk

 

[havershaw]

Here's one of my beaters. I used it the whole time I was working on my house.

It's a 40s era Mallory Premier Quality. I got it at an antique store here in town for $5. You can't see it here, but it's full of moth holes.

I also have a great old Resistol that I love as a beater (it's a little too soiled and mothy to be used as anything else), and of course I use my Akubra Federation Deluxes as beaters as well.

side note: yes, those are my work clothes - late 40s gabardine jacket and naval work shirt. the jacket was $10 at a vintage store and is way too shabby to use for anything else.

 

[Wild Root]

By the way you look in that photo... looks like you came to a block wall in the progress of restoration! Oooh, I'm happy I wasn't there! lol

Say, isn't funny how the camera hides all the flaws in an item? I know my car looks like new when I take a photo of her! My car loves the camera!!! lol

Cameras are lying sacks of bricks man!lol

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[WEEGEE]

RAIN OF THE ALBANY TULIP QUEEN

This is my primary rain hat a 1940's Knox .... Startoliner style...its light

weight felt and it drys fast.

 

[WEEGEE]

ROOT SO RIGHT...

Nobody ever mentions the moth bites in my Knox...just nice hat(.period)

havershaw,


is the hat beyond divit fixing? or is it as i had decided this would be a hat to wear when ever.

 

[havershaw]

I have lots of suits with flaws in them, and no one ever notices anything. I have a few hats with moth bites, but if they're not on the crown (sometimes it's OK if they're not in the front of the crown), I don't care too much. I have lots of suits with moth holes, and they generally go unnoticed.
that knox is great!