Hello All, Just found the Board!

[wldthistle]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm doing it in the hat forum since that's how I found the site.

Name's Greg. I'm 25, and am attending law school in Washington, DC. I don't have many hats compared to most of you - in fact, only one of them might be called a fedora. I enjoy clothing in general, things old-fashioned (like etiquette!), and wish people dressed more like they used to, with hats! I don't have as many occasions as I'd like to dress up, so wear caps more than anything (not baseball caps [unless I'm kayaking or something], but ones more like this one or this one. I'd like to enlarge my hat collection... Just ordered this Austrian hat in olive green, and am currently looking at those Russian fur hats. I know they don't seem too popular around this board, but it's been getting cold around here! I can also see a Montecristi hat in my future, likely from Panama Bob.

Thank you everyone for creating such a wonderful forum. It's truly a wealth of information, and I've learned a lot in the past few days, reading thread after thread.

Cheers,
Greg

 

[riccardo]

Welcome!!!!

 

[indycop]

Welcome to the lounge greg! There is a lot of variety out there even with just the caps!

 

[AdmiralTofu]

Greetings, Greg!!

Thank you everyone for creating such a wonderful forum. It's truly a wealth of information, and I've learned a lot in the past few days, reading thread after thread.

Yeah, you'll find this place is like that... just when I think I know everything (and at 26 I'm still young enough to think that every now and then lol), I'll read an old thread or something new will come up and I'll go, "Oooohhh... okay. "

Welcome to the gang -- put your feet up, have a :beer: , and have fun!

-Tofu

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Greg, Welcome. You're going to like it here!

 

[AlanC]

Welcome to the Lounge!

The advice I would offer is don't spend too much money yet as odds are your tastes and knowledge will grow significantly over the next few months. That's easier advice to give than to take, believe me.

 

[AdmiralTofu]

Welcome to the Lounge!

The advice I would offer is don't spend too much money yet as odds are your tastes and knowledge will grow significantly over the next few months. That's easier advice to give than to take, believe me.

Concurred. I made some pretty rash buying decisions early on, not just in regards to hats, but clothing in general, because I wanted a huge wardrobe "here AND NOW"... and now I'm saddled with shirts and hats (and a jacket or two) that I just plain don't wear. :eusa_doh:

And before anybody pounces, it's nothing vintage or valuable... you sharks.

Be patient, learn, grow, and enjoy.

Cheers,
Tofu

 

[wldthistle]

Welcome to the Lounge!

The advice I would offer is don't spend too much money yet as odds are your tastes and knowledge will grow significantly over the next few months. That's easier advice to give than to take, believe me.

Saying I should go with the muskrat rather than the mink? ;-)

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. It's always great to find people with like interests.

-Greg

 

[D.W. Suratt]

Welcome Greg. I found the lounge looking for a fedora, now I own three Akubras. Only one is a fedora, but I like hats in general so this is a great site as hats of all kinds are discussed here.

 

[ScottyBlues]

Welcom aboard!

Hey, don't worry about what's popular. Be yourself and wear what makes you happy. Anyone who wears anything other than baseball caps can't be particularly concerned with what's popular. I go weeks without seeing another person in a 'real' hat.

As a lawyer (to be), you should get a seersucker suit in white with the blue stripes and a staw hat. Then will put you on the old country lawyer track. I saw such a suit in Men's Wearhouse that had been ordered for a local attorney.

 

[Justdog]

Welcome

Nice post, good luck in your career. Nice hats. Wear what you like and feel good. I am learning lots here and it is refreshinlgly civil.

 

[AlanC]

As a lawyer (to be), you should get a seersucker suit in white with the blue stripes and a staw hat.

I agree...

 

[Justdog]

Peach Tree State

Looks like a nice day in the peach tree state, smile

 

[Stan]

Hi,

Welcome. I'm new here as well. I came looking for a decent place to have a fedora custom made, and have had lots of pointers in a very short time. One thing is for sure, you're going to be steered in the right direction, and it doens't matter just which direction(s) you want to go, either.

Stan

 

[Jovan]

Welcome to the Lounge!

The advice I would offer is don't spend too much money yet as odds are your tastes and knowledge will grow significantly over the next few months. That's easier advice to give than to take, believe me.

God, I learned that the hard way. :eusa_doh:

Welcome, Greg!

 

[ScionPI2005]

Welcome to the Lounge, Greg. Post often!

 

[Aquia33]

Welcome

Welcome Stan & Greg. There are a lot of good people here who are willing to share their experience and knowledge.

George

 

[RBH]

Welcome to the Lounge!

 

[wldthistle]

I agree...

Hey, that's the kind of Panama I'm really drawn to. I'm not ready to take the plunge yet, but it's going to be a hard decision between an Optimo and something more "standard". How many panamas do you have?

-Greg

 

[AlanC]

Hey, that's the kind of Panama I'm really drawn to. I'm not ready to take the plunge yet, but it's going to be a hard decision between an Optimo and something more "standard". How many panamas do you have?

I just have the one Montecristi. It's a Panama Bob hat blocked by Art Fawcett. I also have a couple of beater Cuencas I got from Bob for knocking around in. I need to add more straws, though. I'm way too heavily weighted toward felts.