How do folks react to your hat wearing?

[FedOregon]

Could it be Bencraft Hatters in Brooklyn?

send a pm to @besdor

 

[Bob Roberts]

send a pm to @besdor

Besdor doesn't reply to PM's. At least not mine...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Besdor doesn't reply to PM's. At least not mine...

LOL!

 

[moontheloon]

There is an article about Bencraft Hatters here and a really interesting video too

http://forward.com/articles/177783/old-school-brooklyn-hat-store-keeps-hasids-and-hip/

best hat shop in NY ... without a doubt
I try to get there at least 3 or 4 times a year .
even though it's about a half hour away there just never seems to be enough time to get over the bridge .
may Stanley Rest In Peace

Sent from my space aged handheld communication device and universal translator

 

[Redfokker]

best hat shop in NY ... without a doubt
I try to get there at least 3 or 4 times a year .
even though it's about a half hour away there just never seems to be enough time to get over the bridge .
may Stanley Rest In Peace

Sent from my space aged handheld communication device and universal translator

A proper hatter. Wow look at all those Borsalino boxes!

 

[JoeDaddy]

I've never had a unkind comment about my hat(s). They are usually "Nice Hat", or "I like the hat".
Every once in a while, usually in the winter, I will announce "Hat Day!" as we leave the house, so every one must grab a hat off the hat rack. I have a few grey/black/brown vintage fedoras or pork pies to choose from.
One day (a 'Hat day'), I was going a little fast on a city street, and as I came around the corner, I spotted the officer with the radar gun.... I pulled over. The female officer came up. Myself and my daughter each had our hats on. I told her "I know I was going too fast, but I would hate to get a ticket on 'Hat Day' ". She looked at us, and said we 'looked good', and to "slow down on this road, and have a nice day" .... no ticket. So, A sharp looking fedora will get you out of a ticket.

 

[JoeDaddy]

One of our 'Hat Days'

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

I was complimented about my clothing twice this week, one was at Church on Sunday when I was told how smart I was looking by a number of the congregation, male & female, I was wearing a light grey two piece suit, white shirt, grey/maroon tie and a mid grey long sleeve Vee Neck wool sweater, plus of course my Fedora Hat. The second occasion was on Monday at a local railway station, by one of the railway train guards. I was wearing my Fedora, dark slacks, smart shirt and leather waistcoat. The guard was looking smart too, in his uniform cap which he had embellished with a couple of feathers, he was wearing a railway uniform short sleeved shirt and had some lovely tattoos on his arms. It is always nice to receive compliments and to give compliments when appropriate too.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

ZZ Top is the most comment I heard about me in Algarve.

 

[M Hatman]

I've never had a unkind comment about my hat(s). They are usually "Nice Hat", or "I like the hat".
Every once in a while, usually in the winter, I will announce "Hat Day!" as we leave the house, so every one must grab a hat off the hat rack. I have a few grey/black/brown vintage fedoras or pork pies to choose from.
One day (a 'Hat day'), I was going a little fast on a city street, and as I came around the corner, I spotted the officer with the radar gun.... I pulled over. The female officer came up. Myself and my daughter each had our hats on. I told her "I know I was going too fast, but I would hate to get a ticket on 'Hat Day' ". She looked at us, and said we 'looked good', and to "slow down on this road, and have a nice day" .... no ticket. So, A sharp looking fedora will get you out of a ticket.

View attachment 83937 One of our 'Hat Days'

Awesome story and GREAT picture!!!!!!!
Cheers,
M

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[Bob Roberts]

Probably a comment about the brim being too small...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Probably a comment about the brim being too small...

Or taper. Or maybe it was an Akubra?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Do they even allow Akubras in the East Village?

 

[Uhu]

Rainy day earlier this week, wore my vintage Sears Pilgrim, nice classic fedora but not one of my best, got more compliments and smiles from strangers than usual. I think the rain makes people appreciate the value of a good wide brimmed hat. That's been the norm wherever I go. Then I see articles perpetuating fedora-hate like this one, and I have to laugh. Writer says fedoras make people sad, as evidence he shows people wearing hats that aren't fedoras, tops it off by recommending a tacky wide brimmed (Faux Quaker? -- he calls it a fedora, too!) hat. For $580! Ridiculous! http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/fedora-hat-ugly/#mq94nrOU0uqh

 

[Redfokker]

Rainy day earlier this week, wore my vintage Sears Pilgrim, nice classic fedora but not one of my best, got more compliments and smiles from strangers than usual. I think the rain makes people appreciate the value of a good wide brimmed hat. That's been the norm wherever I go. Then I see articles perpetuating fedora-hate like this one, and I have to laugh. Writer says fedoras make people sad, as evidence he shows people wearing hats that aren't fedoras, tops it off by recommending a tacky wide brimmed (Faux Quaker? -- he calls it a fedora, too!) hat. For $580! Ridiculous! http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/fedora-hat-ugly/#mq94nrOU0uqh

Clueless hipster rant. Not a true fedora in the bunch, except for the Bogart image.

 

[moontheloon]

Rainy day earlier this week, wore my vintage Sears Pilgrim, nice classic fedora but not one of my best, got more compliments and smiles from strangers than usual. I think the rain makes people appreciate the value of a good wide brimmed hat. That's been the norm wherever I go. Then I see articles perpetuating fedora-hate like this one, and I have to laugh. Writer says fedoras make people sad, as evidence he shows people wearing hats that aren't fedoras, tops it off by recommending a tacky wide brimmed (Faux Quaker? -- he calls it a fedora, too!) hat. For $580! Ridiculous! http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/fedora-hat-ugly/#mq94nrOU0uqh

what's funny is that not one hat pictured is a fedora

 

[Frunobulax]

what's funny is that not one hat pictured is a fedora

(sigh) Mr. Yi undoubtedly got paid for writing that. Which is unfortunate, because it will only encourage him.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Uhu]

Yup, paid to write articles on subjects he obviously knows nothing about. It might have been interesting if he'd familiarized himself with the subject, worn a fedora in the manner a fedora is meant to be worn and reported on his experience, as we do. But that would take time and effort, and he already has an unfounded opinion, and objective journalism is dead, so why bother?

 

[moontheloon]

Yup, paid to write articles on subjects he obviously knows nothing about. It might have been interesting if he'd familiarized himself with the subject, worn a fedora in the manner a fedora is meant to be worn and reported on his experience, as we do. But that would take time and effort, and he already has an unfounded opinion, and objective journalism is dead, so why bother?

people paid to write about things they know nothing about ... ?

... ya don't say