Fedoras afield

[ManofKent]

+1 on all!

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[bowlerman]

Bravo buckaroo buddies! And Josh too!

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[Fed in a Fedora]

Fedora - 1776

A very early fedora - vintage 1776:



Was helping a local historical site with their tomahawk throw. Hey, it turns down in front and I was in the field...

Fed

 

[hatguy1]

A very early fedora - vintage 1776:

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Was helping a local historical site with their tomahawk throw. Hey, it turns down in front and I was in the field...

Fed

Portraying Indiana Jones' great-great-great-grandfather?



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[Fed in a Fedora]

Yes, because Indy is the root of all things fedora... ;-)

Fed

 

[ManofKent]

It looks good. I like some of the English Regency hats, and would be tempted by replicas...

 

[Fed in a Fedora]

Our group made them from wool blanks. Simply hand sew a drawstring liner and sew it in where sweat bands are sewn. The drawstring liner is adjustable and comfortable. The folded side tilt is simple placement of the button and strap which raises a side and also gives a fedora like rake. They were folded up on the left side to prevent the musket knocking the hat off when going to, "Shoulder arms" in early
forms of the manual of arms.

If fond of hats from that era, here's one you will really like:



Fed

 

[ManofKent]

Great photo Fed - I love the look of tricorns and bicorns, but I think with costume is the only way you'd get away with them today

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Today was the half and mini marathon in Lisbon, the only chance to cross the Tagus bridge on foot.
Last year I didn't finished it but this year I did it. Lots and lots of people, numbers were +40.000, mine was 37152!!
8.6 Kilometers in 1h30m. Decided to go in Texas style only things missing was the boots (would be uncomfortable to walk such distance) and my prop guns.
Hat is a 5X beaver Stetson that I think I never worn it more than some minutes vecause I didn't want to ruin it.
Got a lot of compliments on it

 

[ManofKent]

Looks like you had good weather for it. The 5x looks good too.

 

[ManofKent]

Okay it's not a Fedora, but creating a Bowlers abroad thread seemed a bit much

Had a conference in London on Tuesday, and thought, what better hat for time in the City than a bowler. Oddly I didn't see anyone else wearing one

Tower Bridge:



On Tower Bridge:



The shard:



The 'Gherkin' and Tower of London:



Outside The Tower of London:



Failsworth Bowler from the late 60's early 70's

 

[mikespens]

Good show ol' chap!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Had a conference in London on Tuesday, and thought, what better hat for time in the City than a bowler. Oddly I didn't see anyone else wearing one

If I was in London you would find me

 

[Rogera]

Beautiful pics Richard! Thanks for sharing, I love vicarious travel!

 

[Tedquinton]

Richard

Great show old chap, glad to see someone keeping up appearences, what...

Seriously great photos. You always serve up great back drops for your hats.

I'm off to Turkey later this year and hope to visit some historic sites that I'll be able to share in this thread.

 

[ManofKent]

Richard

Great show old chap, glad to see someone keeping up appearences, what...

Seriously great photos. You always serve up great back drops for your hats.

I'm off to Turkey later this year and hope to visit some historic sites that I'll be able to share in this thread.

I look forward to the Turkish photos. I'm not sure what the current law is on wearing a Fez in Turkey - might be worth finding out

Thanks all.

 

[gear-guy]

Love that bowler, on other post I have said that it is my favorite hat of all time and that statement hasn't changed. I asked Tim from Cane creek if he could make one, but he can't so my quest in the antique stores continues. Did I say that I love that hat??!!!

 

[g.durand]

Richard, thank you for sharing your travels with us. It's been over a decade since I was in London. It looks like the modern architecture boom continues. Has the Prince learned to like it yet? Nice bower and suit, you are certainly keeping up appearances.

 

[ManofKent]

Love that bowler, on other post I have said that it is my favorite hat of all time and that statement hasn't changed. I asked Tim from Cane creek if he could make one, but he can't so my quest in the antique stores continues. Did I say that I love that hat??!!!

Thanks - your best bet is looking on ebay.co.uk (just remember English sizes are one size different to US sizes e.g. a US 7 1/2 = UK 7 3/8) and note that whilst vintage Feds often come up small through shrinkage, the rigid bowler shell means bowlers rarely do. UK 7 3/8's aren't common, but UK 7 1/8 and smaller crop up all the time. If you decide to go modern the Christys ones aren't bad and aren't that costly.

Richard, thank you for sharing your travels with us. It's been over a decade since I was in London. It looks like the modern architecture boom continues. Has the Prince learned to like it yet? Nice bower and suit, you are certainly keeping up appearances.

I'm hoping to reverse the trend in bowler wearing

I don't think Prince Charles will ever learn to love the modern architecture, but he's fighting a losing battle. In some parts of London it really jars (the Shard works fine on the skyline but at ground level it clashes horribly with some of the Georgian town houses), in other areas it works quite well.

 

[TheDane]

Great pictures, Joao and Richard! Thanks for sharing

Well, it's almost been a week since I returned from my trip to Las Vegas and Nashville. A bit late to post travel pictures, but it's been quite a tumultuous week ... more on that later

I was attending the Microsoft Sharepoint 2014 conference in Vegas and arrived two days ahead



We were nine Danes affiliated with the same company, so we travelled, partied and stayed together during the stay. Our hotel was Treasure Island, and I had a gorgeous view from my room - the hotels/casinos Palazzo and Wynn & Encore



The first day after our arrival we went to see Hoover Dam. An astonishing construction of enormous dimensions! What an amazing fact, that this Titan was build during the 30s - and without the necessary technologies available. They were developed along the way - and the project was finished two years ahead of schedule and a million cheaper then budgeted! Incredible!

Here's Hoover Dam from the "new" bridge, spanning The Colorado. Here I'm in Nevada, but from the middle of the bridge, I was in Arizona - and an hour younger/older, depending on what side of the time zone line I was. Ran across twenty times, but didn't feel any younger:



The hat is my 50s grey Stetson Stratoliner - the only hat I brought on the trip. I already knew, my collection would grow on this trip

The bridge from Hoover Dam. The tallest pillar is more than 100 yards, and The Eiffel Tower could rest below the arch!



The day prior to our arrival a vicious rain storm hit Vegas, following 80 days of draught. We had great weather, and this was the only rain I saw during my week in Vegas:



Vegas sure is a weird place to be! The hotels/casinos Palazzo and The Venetian, where the conference was held, are build and decorated to an Italian theme. Here's a shot from one of the entrances to Palazzo, that also is part of one of the pedestrian bridges over The Strip:



The same theme is repeated all over the place, and in The Venetian gondolas are sailing from the front of the hotel - through canals inside on the first floor. Just beside The Marcus Square, you get to Paris with it's Eiffel Tower, Opera and Arch of Triumph:



- and it goes on with New York with The Statue of Liberty, outbreaks of Vesuvius every hour - and so on! The most beautiful lawns and well-cut bushes ... all in plastic. I've seen a lot of theatre and movie sets, but never one this big!

Between all the affiliate sponsored parties and events, we had a few nights on our own. One we spend on a three hour sightseeing trip in an angry looking money-transport-van-limo-thing, and one night we spend, checking out old downtown on ourselves. One night Microsoft arranged an event at Las Vegas Speedways - a nice little place, capable of holding 170.000 spectators. I got a roundtrip in a street-car, and was not among the fortunate, that got a trip in one of those:



As said, it was a fantastic visit to an amazing city. Imagine the logistics they are working with every day! Our "little" conference meant 10.000 participants, gathered in the same "dining room" for breakfast and lunch! An enormous American construction company started a convention with more than 120.000 participants, before ours ended! Don't ask me, how they do it!

Hope, you enjoyed the pictures. I'm sorry for the lack of fedoras, but I asure you, that one was present just behind the lens on most of above. There'll be more in the Nashville part, which will also contain quite shocking info for some, I guess. Teasing away ... lol