How many hats does one man need?

[M Brown]

How many hats does one man need?
I have more than I need, that's for sure. But I'm thinking:

a good work hat in both felt & straw
a couple of casual hats in different colors...ok maybe 3 different colors
a good dress hat in black & silverbelly....ok maybe a chocolate also.

so that's 8 ...

wait...everyone needs a good camp hat...straw and felt....

so make it 10.

Ten...that's the magic number. hmmm...maybe it should be higher.

 

[belfastboy]

How many hats does one man need?
I have more than I need, that's for sure. But I'm thinking:

a good work hat in both felt & straw
a couple of casual hats in different colors...ok maybe 3 different colors
a good dress hat in black & silverbelly....ok maybe a chocolate also.

so that's 8 ...

wait...everyone needs a good camp hat...straw and felt....

so make it 10.

Ten...that's the magic number. hmmm...maybe it should be higher.

My position; it is the number that I presently have......plus one.

 

[hatsRme]

Really depends on the man.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

How many hats does one man need?
I have more than I need, that's for sure. But I'm thinking:

a good work hat in both felt & straw
a couple of casual hats in different colors...ok maybe 3 different colors
a good dress hat in black & silverbelly....ok maybe a chocolate also.

so that's 8 ...

wait...everyone needs a good camp hat...straw and felt....

so make it 10.

Ten...that's the magic number. hmmm...maybe it should be higher.

There are several existing threads on this.

I’d say fifty felt hats and 25 “straw” hats. I don’t mind having more, but I need a better way of storing them as boxes get buried and you can lose track of what you have. I know I have hats I haven’t seen in over a year. The right storage solution is required if you have a lot of hats…they don’t store easily.

Historically, I think well-hatted gentlemen probably owned a couple of dress hats, a straw hat or two, and maybe a formal hat. Previous years hats became their beaters.

 

[belfastboy]

There are several existing threads on this.

I’d say fifty felt hats and 25 “straw” hats. I don’t mind having more, but I need a better way of storing them as boxes get buried and you can lose track of what you have. I know I have hats I haven’t seen in over a year. The right storage solution is required if you have a lot of hats…they don’t store easily.

Historically, I think well-hatted gentlemen probably owned a couple of dress hats, a straw hat or two, and maybe a formal hat. Previous years hats became their beaters.

My Father (I think he was my father but as I am not like him I wonder) only ever owned two hats at a time. He wore one every day and when it wore down it was relegated to beater status and he bought a new one. When he died there were two hats in his closet.....a good one and a beater for yard work.

 

[Rmccamey]

Yep. N + 1.

Oh, wait, Max, can you answer this one?

My position; it is the number that I presently have......plus one.

And a shameless promo: At least one Wolfbrae hat, two would be better, three...

 

[Snowman]

Apparently, two more than I have today, as that is how many are on their way to me. Plus the one that I can’t decide if I need enough to justify the price, and the other one that I probably can’t let get away.

 

[Bebop]

Literally none...... But that sure makes for a dull and smile lacking, long life.
I have 22 and wear 3 of them regularly so I guess this man needs 3.

 

[Bill Hughes]

My answer to this question is always “just one more”.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

My answer to this question is always “just one more”.

Bill, I thought you were in the buy-a-hat-sell-a-hat club? Didn’t you decide on a fixed number?

 

[Bill Hughes]

Bill, I thought you were in the buy-a-hat-sell-a-hat club? Didn’t you decide on a fixed number?

Yes I try to stay at 52 felts and 100 total max including straws. But I still buy to upgrade what I have.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

Well... at least one more than I have now.

 

[ILB Frank]

N + 1
Where N is the number that you currently own.
The formula is universal (and strangely accurate) to the avid enthusiast/collector of X (where X is the item that you are collecting).
Science might be able to be proven and disproven but, "the math don't lie!"

 

[Frunobulax]

Well... at least one more than I have now.

That's the spirit!

 

[belfastboy]

N + 1
Where N is the number that you currently own.
The formula is universal (and strangely accurate) to the avid enthusiast/collector of X (where X is the item that you are collecting).
Science might be able to be proven and disproven but, "the math don't lie!"

If Math is a science then I can in all truth say...."follow the science"

 

[Mm25]

Bill, I thought you were in the buy-a-hat-sell-a-hat club? Didn’t you decide on a fixed number?

I didn’t realize Bill sold anything. I drool over the hats he shows (not literally, that would be a mess) and think some are my size!

 

[GHT]

Well... at least one more than I have now.

That's my line when I get asked how many Aloha shirts can one man wear?

 

[belfastboy]

I didn’t realize Bill sold anything. I drool over the hats he shows (not literally, that would be a mess) and think some are my size!

Yes, he has some stunners in his collection.

 

[belfastboy]

My answer to this question is always “just one more”.

I can't recall how many times I have declared in all sincerity that my hat 'collection' is complete - done - finished .....only to be informed by a friend that a Batsakes is listed on Ebay in my size.....so then it is just one more and a further declaration. But then Brent gives me an Excellent quality Stetson and I discover an entirely new thread and I find a Stetson Excellent NY LE in my size on Ebay and.......well you get the idea of my problem........

 

[Frunobulax]

That's my line when I get asked how many Aloha shirts can one man wear?

At once?