DominusTecum
Familiar Face
- Messages
- 78
- Location
- Kansas, USA
I'm afraid y'all have given me the collector's bug!
I've got not a few hats, but they're all rather specialized, and so it feels like I need more, even for normal, everyday wear.
1. No-name "Fadero" black fur felt hat that I bought at the Burlington Coat Factory. My first fedora, and really not a bad hat, though it's made in China
2. Modern/semi-modern "Bee Hats" wool felt fedora, given me by an elderly local man
3. Akubra Adventurer in medium brown -honestly, it's my favorite hat, because it's both very good quality and something that I can wear around without feeling like I have to treat it with kid gloves.
4. Vintage "Beaver Hats" grey fedora
5. Vintage Knox brown stingy-brim
6. Vintage Biltmore Homburg -this hat is a beauty, and I got it for a bargain. It's grey and in absolutely mint condition, except that I bought it on ebay and the seller misrepresented it as a 7 1/2, when it's a 7 1/8 instead. Too small for me to wear, and I think stretching it to the required size would be a bad idea.
7. Vintage silk topper -stunning hat; of course, the only time I can wear it is in front of the mirror or to my wedding some time in the distant future, but hey, every man ought to have a top hat stowed away in his closet for formal occasions, right?
8. Vintage boater from "Long's"
9. Biltmore straw fedora, modern, blue-grey, with an upturned homburg-style brim
10. Stetson 5x quality straw western hat, modern
One of my problems is storage: Usually, the hats don't come in their orignal boxes, and so often times I'm as eagerly in the market for vintage hatboxes as I am for the hats themselves, at antique malls and the like. The boxes, oddly enough, are generally much easier to find.
I've got not a few hats, but they're all rather specialized, and so it feels like I need more, even for normal, everyday wear.
1. No-name "Fadero" black fur felt hat that I bought at the Burlington Coat Factory. My first fedora, and really not a bad hat, though it's made in China
2. Modern/semi-modern "Bee Hats" wool felt fedora, given me by an elderly local man
3. Akubra Adventurer in medium brown -honestly, it's my favorite hat, because it's both very good quality and something that I can wear around without feeling like I have to treat it with kid gloves.
4. Vintage "Beaver Hats" grey fedora
5. Vintage Knox brown stingy-brim
6. Vintage Biltmore Homburg -this hat is a beauty, and I got it for a bargain. It's grey and in absolutely mint condition, except that I bought it on ebay and the seller misrepresented it as a 7 1/2, when it's a 7 1/8 instead. Too small for me to wear, and I think stretching it to the required size would be a bad idea.
7. Vintage silk topper -stunning hat; of course, the only time I can wear it is in front of the mirror or to my wedding some time in the distant future, but hey, every man ought to have a top hat stowed away in his closet for formal occasions, right?
8. Vintage boater from "Long's"
9. Biltmore straw fedora, modern, blue-grey, with an upturned homburg-style brim
10. Stetson 5x quality straw western hat, modern
One of my problems is storage: Usually, the hats don't come in their orignal boxes, and so often times I'm as eagerly in the market for vintage hatboxes as I am for the hats themselves, at antique malls and the like. The boxes, oddly enough, are generally much easier to find.