Hat button?

[Scary Mc]

OK, I'm a little embarrassed to ask this. I have had my Borsolino for a few years now and I still don't know what the little button on the side and by the ribbon is for. Would someone please educate me, please?

-Gary

 

[JimWagner]

Part of a wind cord? Is there a cord attached to it wrapping around the hat adjacent to the ribbon?

 

[Scary Mc]

Copy, it is attached to an elastic cord. Wind cord? Is that some sort of stampede strap?

 

[Andykev]

Use search "wind trolly" on the Lounge. The cord is to be attached to your coat, shirt, lapel...etc. so the gentleman does not have to chase down the street to retrieve his hat.http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?13238-Purely-Decorative-Wind-Trolley

 

[1961MJS]

Hi, since this is the far newer thread, did / does anyone actually use the wind trolley's? I know cowboys wear stampede cords, and the whole wind trolley looks like a good idea in theory. The buttons and elastic bands I've seen didn't look substantial enough to be helpful.

Later

 

[Tomasso]

They work.

 

[DanielJones]

I've used mine on my Borsalino and I have heard of several folks here using theirs to great effect, preventing the hat chase down the street. They do work as intended.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

1961MJS

Are you misunderstanding how the strings are supposed to work? I think you might be.

They aren't meant to keep the hat seated on your head.

You are supposed to take the end of the string, unloop it from the button around the crown, then loop the dangling end on you collar or lapel button on your shirt. This way if the hat blows off in the wind, the string is attached to your shirt or lapel button and will not blow away. You then just grab the hat that is now dangling at your side by the string and put it back on your head.

It isn't used like a stampede string which is meant to keep the hat from falling off your head.

 

[Neophyte]

When I was in Las Vegas with my family over New Year's, I used the wind trolley often. It kept the hat from flying off into the traffic of the strip, and befuddled one inebriated fella (the guy ran behind me, looking for the hat in the crowd, and called out to me to let me know that my hat had blown off; I just smiled, thanked him, and kept walking, as the hat was dangling safely to my side lol).

On some hats they are for decoration, on others fully functional, as on my Akubra Campdraft. Here's my pic of my wind trolley in use. I normally have it threaded through the topmost button on my button-ups, but today I had to improvise using my coat's zipper.

 

[fluteplayer07]

I can take them off just fine; looping them back around so the string will return as taut as it started is what I can never do.

 

[Neophyte]

I can take them off just fine; looping them back around so the string will return as taut as it started is what I can never do.

I have that exact same problem. I have to watch when I place my hat crown down, as the cord sometimes loosens and falls. [huh] I guess I'll take some inconvenience over chasing my hat into the intersection lol.

 

[hathead]

Does anybody know how to fasten them back into place?

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Pull the string thru the button loop and it forms a bigger loop that you then place over the crown. Settle it down onto the brim and then push the button back (or the loop if it is a fixed button) until it snugs up to the hat. All done.