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My Blue Heaven

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18,449
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Nederland
Green has its own thread, but I’ve been seeing some great blue hats lately. Ya got to love a blue hat. Show us what you’ve got and what ribbons work with your shade of blue.

My first is a modern Selentino Sterling by Tonak.

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This hat is going first because I found it a new home on eBay and it’s being boxed up tonight. Not a bad hat, but I’m thinning the herd!

Brent


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Nice blue hat, Brent. It does better in the daylight in my opinion. Thinning the herd? Already?
 
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Nederland
I never thought to post this hat here. This is a Navy Blue Pendleton 3X Resistol Western that I converted to a fedora last year. The hat was originally gifted to me by Michael R. I took it completely apart and reworked it. I reused the original hat band and brim binding. I also reused the original red liner, size tag, and sweat band bow. I did have to put a new sweat band in it....

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Superb job, Terry. The colour and lines look outstanding.
 
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Central California
Nice blue hat, Brent. It does better in the daylight in my opinion. Thinning the herd? Already?

I was putting most of my felts away for the summer and I made the mistake of counting and cataloging all my hats. I’ve decided to thin out 20-30 that don’t get much wear. Most are either not my style, lower quality entry level hats, or duplicates. I’m well into the triple digits and that was never my intention.
 
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12,384
Location
Albany Oregon
I never thought to post this hat here. This is a Navy Blue Pendleton 3X Resistol Western that I converted to a fedora last year. The hat was originally gifted to me by Michael R. I took it completely apart and reworked it. I reused the original hat band and brim binding. I also reused the original red liner, size tag, and sweat band bow. I did have to put a new sweat band in it....

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One of my favorite conversions, but I'm partial to blue hats. This one is special.

1930s Stetson Special.

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This is so incredible! Would love to see it more often.

Optimo Cobalt Park Avenue
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Love this tone in the sunshine Max. Superior hat.

It is indeed cobalto. Borsalino seems to have a flexible definition on what cobalto is exactly. This one is labelled cobalto too.
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There must be some cobalt in there somewhere, buried in all that fuzzyness.

Agnoulita thin ribbon (slightly less electric blue under a cloudy sky and indoor lighting).



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Blue hat Poster Boy!
 
This is so incredible! Would love to see it more often.

Thanks Mike! It may be Fall before we see it again. I need a hybrid in blue like yours.

With a price like that you can't press the BIN button quick enough! Great find.

Thanks Stefan. A quick BIN is usually where I see the $99 shipping after I've hit it. Not this time though...
 

T Jones

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6,795
Location
Central Ohio
One of my favorite conversions, but I'm partial to blue hats. This one is special.


This is so incredible! Would love to see it more often.


Love this tone in the sunshine Max. Superior hat.


There must be some cobalt in there somewhere, buried in all that fuzzyness.


Blue hat Poster Boy!
Thank you, Michael. I have to say that I like this one too. Something about those older Red Liner Resistols really appeal to me. It was one butt ugly hat when I first got it, with its low tapered up crown and its taco brim. But when I started to take it apart, it was apparent that this hat was well made and the materials were top quality. I was glad that I was able to reuse and save everything that was original to the hat. Had to replace the sweat band, though. I was even able to save and reuse the original size tag and manufacturer's label! My thanks again to Michael R. for the gift. I'm glad I was able to give it new life
 

AbbaDatDeHat

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I never thought to post this hat here. This is a Navy Blue Pendleton 3X Resistol Western that I converted to a fedora last year. The hat was originally gifted to me by Michael R. I took it completely apart and reworked it. I reused the original hat band and brim binding. I also reused the original red liner, size tag, and sweat band bow. I did have to put a new sweat band in it....

From this
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From last Fall
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Terry: that’s an absolutely georgeous hat. You are the King of Conversions. Love seeing them,
B
 

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