Hat Storage

[scottyrocks]

I just put a bunch of boxless hats I never wear into an open plastic storage bin that's now in the crawl space.

The rest now have some room to breathe.

If I can get over my lack of ability to get rid of anything I feel a sale coming on. But that's a big IF.

 

[Tukwila]

Greetings all: this works for me. Hat display on wheels, 7 rings of 5 for 35 hats total. Each ring rotates which helps. It’s about 5.5’ tall, @28” wide. Ebay about $60-63. Works lots better than i anticipated.
Be well. Bowen View attachment 100707

That's my main method of display/storage, too, Bowen.

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[scottyrocks]

Greetings all: this works for me. Hat display on wheels, 7 rings of 5 for 35 hats total. Each ring rotates which helps. It’s about 5.5’ tall, @28” wide. Ebay about $60-63. Works lots better than i anticipated.
Be well. Bowen View attachment 100707

@Bowen and Tukwila: I looked this up on ebay to get a better look at it. The inner crown of the hats seem to rest on the round wire support. Does this affect the shape of the crown at all, especially over time? I don't want the weight of the hat pushing out the creases.

And then, with more hats on top, the bottom one looks like it would lose its shape in short order.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

That's my main method of display/storage, too, Bowen.

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Looks good Doug. I need some of those hat baggies!!

 

[Tukwila]

Looks good Doug. I need some of those hat baggies!!

@moontheloon ordered them in bulk from someone, I forget who....

 

[Tukwila]

@Bowen and Tukwila: I looked this up on ebay to get a better look at it. The inner crown of the hats seem to rest on the round wire support. Does this affect the shape of the crown at all, especially over time? I don't want the weight of the hat pushing out the creases.

And then, with more hats on top, the bottom one looks like it would lose its shape in short order.

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yes, i try to put a stiff hat on the bottom or pad the wire ring so it doesn't mess with the crease on a soft felt hat

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

@Bowen and Tukwila: I looked this up on ebay to get a better look at it. The inner crown of the hats seem to rest on the round wire support. Does this affect the shape of the crown at all, especially over time? I don't want the weight of the hat pushing out the creases.

And then, with more hats on top, the bottom one looks like it would lose its shape in short order.

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Hey Scotty:
My experience is that yes, creases can get deformed simply by the weight of the hat. Mostly noticed with the thinner more moldable felts, which makes sense. The more you stack, the more they can deform. They kinda go open crown if they aren’t locked in creases.
Or....i’m just hard on them and don’t lock in creases.
Bowen

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Greetings all: this works for me. Hat display on wheels, 7 rings of 5 for 35 hats total. Each ring rotates which helps. It’s about 5.5’ tall, @28” wide. Ebay about $60-63. Works lots better than i anticipated.
Be well. Bowen View attachment 100707

It seems like your hats are suffering from some serious leather jacket pollution.
And I want a close-up of the diplomas on the wall. [emoji2]

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[drmaxtejeda]

I've seen that photo before. It haunts my dreams and keeps my credit card at the ready. I've even looked into surgically shrinking my 7 5/8 head.

It'd be cheaper and less bloody to just bring them to Ignacio.

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[drmaxtejeda]

I just commissioned a wider, taller, and deeper hat safe.

This one fits six hats per shelf, 11 shelves, three hats in front and three in back, for a total capacity of 66 hats.
The new one will fit 8 hats per shelf, 14 shelves, 4 hats in front and 4 in back, good for 112.

I keep them inside plastic bags with the name of the hat clearly written on an adhesive label, and in alphabetical order.

Amazingly, the cost of having a similar-sized wooden closet made is only about 20% cheaper, so I opted for metal, which will keep them safer.

As you can see from the overcrowding in my home office and in my bedroom, I needed a new safe. Ana the neat-freak kept complaining.

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[AbbaDatDeHat]

It seems like your hats are suffering from some serious leather jacket pollution.
And I want a close-up of the diplomas on the wall. [emoji2]

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Ha ha Max.
They’re not much. One’s just for discovering fire and the other for discovering the wheel. Just regular old stuff.
B

 

[drmaxtejeda]

My neighbor made me a flat hat press. Will also come in handy when I need a new outhouse seat.

LOL!

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[drmaxtejeda]

Cool!! That’s how the DI’s stored their Smokeys.
Was thinkin...if you cut another hole in the bottom, it could be a portable Porta-potty that holds your “Last Dump” hat.
Don’t tell your neighbor, he might get sh***y.
B

Hahahahaha, Bowen. LOL!

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[drmaxtejeda]

@moontheloon ordered them in bulk from someone, I forget who....

I called that place several times, and sent emails, but never got an answer. Ignacio puts a bag all over them, and I think that is better. No moth worries that way

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[drmaxtejeda]

Ha ha Max.
They’re not much. One’s just for discovering fire and the other for discovering the wheel. Just regular old stuff.
B

Didn't know they had presses in those days. Or it might have taken ten thousand years for you to get the recognition?

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[scottyrocks]

Hey Scotty:
My experience is that yes, creases can get deformed simply by the weight of the hat. Mostly noticed with the thinner more moldable felts, which makes sense. The more you stack, the more they can deform. They kinda go open crown if they aren’t locked in creases.
Or....i’m just hard on them and don’t lock in creases.
Bowen

Okay, thanks for the response. I guess I'll just keep the dozen, give or take, that I wear on a regular basis on the cabinet tops they currently sit on.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Okay, thanks for the response. I guess I'll just keep the dozen, give or take, that I wear on a regular basis on the cabinet tops they currently sit on.

In what part of the house do you keep the Cavanagh?

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[scottyrocks]

In what part of the house do you keep the Cavanagh?

I know which one you're speaking of, and I'll never tell. haha

On another note, there are a couple of yours I want, but I don't even know if we're the same size.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

I know which one you're speaking of, and I'll never tell. haha

On another note, there are a couple of yours I want, but I don't even know if we're the same size.

58.5 cms. You?

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[scottyrocks]

58.5 cms. You?

58.2, but 3/10 is nothing, especially when it's room to spare.