Welcome to both of you. This is a great place to hang out.....a little bit addictive if you are inclined that way and love hats.Welcome! I'm new here too
It is one of the few places these days one is allowed the lurk without getting arrested.Hi folks! I am new here and still lurking
Good Morning Everyone,
New guy here. As a kid, I loved all kinds of hats and always wanted one as a souvenir on family trips. My teenage and college years were mostly baseball caps and the occasional Bass Pro/Beach-bought straw to wear outside while fishing in the Georgia heat. Still wear the Bass Pro one now at 45 years old.
Along the way, I picked up a used brown Stetson (might be an Open Road-not sure), a flat cap and a Tyrolean hat on a trip to Germany. Wore them off an on in cooler weather, but my jobs at the time didn't really allow dress hats. I spent a career in Law-Enforcement, retired to take a job working with special needs children and coach sports in our school system (back to the baseball and straw hats then) and now work full-time at a local funeral home, plus I'm a Permanent Deacon in the RCC.
I now wear a suit everyday, so dress hats are a must when working graveside services, etc. It has renewed my interest in hats. I wear the Stetson all the time now and just ordered another Stetson on-line in black. It's a Prof- fairly inexpensive and in a fedora shape. I figured it would match the black suits and clerical wear I usually have on better than a brown one. There are no hatters anywhere near where I live, so we'll see how ordering on-line works. Even the Belks/TJMax stores around here don't carry cheap fedoras to see how I'd look in them. It's a dress hat wasteland down in South Georgia. Looks like on-line is my only option.
Anyway, just wanted to post and say hi! I've been going through all of the "hat of the day" pics to get some ideas as to what I'd like and what styles look nice to me. I have lots to learn.
Hope everyone has a great day ahead,
Deacon Eric
Good Morning Everyone,
New guy here. As a kid, I loved all kinds of hats and always wanted one as a souvenir on family trips. My teenage and college years were mostly baseball caps and the occasional Bass Pro/Beach-bought straw to wear outside while fishing in the Georgia heat. Still wear the Bass Pro one now at 45 years old.
Along the way, I picked up a used brown Stetson (might be an Open Road-not sure), a flat cap and a Tyrolean hat on a trip to Germany. Wore them off an on in cooler weather, but my jobs at the time didn't really allow dress hats. I spent a career in Law-Enforcement, retired to take a job working with special needs children and coach sports in our school system (back to the baseball and straw hats then) and now work full-time at a local funeral home, plus I'm a Permanent Deacon in the RCC.
I now wear a suit everyday, so dress hats are a must when working graveside services, etc. It has renewed my interest in hats. I wear the Stetson all the time now and just ordered another Stetson on-line in black. It's a Prof- fairly inexpensive and in a fedora shape. I figured it would match the black suits and clerical wear I usually have on better than a brown one. There are no hatters anywhere near where I live, so we'll see how ordering on-line works. Even the Belks/TJMax stores around here don't carry cheap fedoras to see how I'd look in them. It's a dress hat wasteland down in South Georgia. Looks like on-line is my only option.
Anyway, just wanted to post and say hi! I've been going through all of the "hat of the day" pics to get some ideas as to what I'd like and what styles look nice to me. I have lots to learn.
Hope everyone has a great day ahead,
Deacon Eric
Welcome, Deacon! I’m new here as well, and be warned - you may find that ordering hats becomes more than a hobby...Good Morning Everyone,
New guy here. As a kid, I loved all kinds of hats and always wanted one as a souvenir on family trips. My teenage and college years were mostly baseball caps and the occasional Bass Pro/Beach-bought straw to wear outside while fishing in the Georgia heat. Still wear the Bass Pro one now at 45 years old.
Along the way, I picked up a used brown Stetson (might be an Open Road-not sure), a flat cap and a Tyrolean hat on a trip to Germany. Wore them off an on in cooler weather, but my jobs at the time didn't really allow dress hats. I spent a career in Law-Enforcement, retired to take a job working with special needs children and coach sports in our school system (back to the baseball and straw hats then) and now work full-time at a local funeral home, plus I'm a Permanent Deacon in the RCC.
I now wear a suit everyday, so dress hats are a must when working graveside services, etc. It has renewed my interest in hats. I wear the Stetson all the time now and just ordered another Stetson on-line in black. It's a Prof- fairly inexpensive and in a fedora shape. I figured it would match the black suits and clerical wear I usually have on better than a brown one. There are no hatters anywhere near where I live, so we'll see how ordering on-line works. Even the Belks/TJMax stores around here don't carry cheap fedoras to see how I'd look in them. It's a dress hat wasteland down in South Georgia. Looks like on-line is my only option.
Anyway, just wanted to post and say hi! I've been going through all of the "hat of the day" pics to get some ideas as to what I'd like and what styles look nice to me. I have lots to learn.
Hope everyone has a great day ahead,
Deacon Eric
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I worked with an Irish gentleman that had a fox version of the Davy Crockett hat. Wore it all winter. He refused to say how much he paid for it. But justified it by saying he has wanted one all his life. He bought it in Banff so he did pay a fair penny for it. Looked like this one.I consider myself a child of deprivation as my parent's would NOT buy me the coonskin cap I dreamt about. Davy Crockett was my absolute hero and I was crushed by their insistent no. I saw one in a vintage shop in Montana last year and was going to buy it but it was cheap and ratty. I thought after all these years when I buy the damn coonskin hat it is going to be a good one.
That hat is a wow! My first thought is that if I wore that out here on the Left Coast I would be picketed by PETA.....or worse!I worked with an Irish gentleman that had a fox version of the Davy Crockett hat. Wore it all winter. He refused to say how much he paid for it. But justified it by saying he has wanted one all his life. He bought it in Banff so he did pay a fair penny for it. Looked like this one.
https://www.furhatworld.com/red-fox-fur-davy-crockett-hat-p-876.html
Hope you find yours.
Johnny
I worked with an Irish gentleman that had a fox version of the Davy Crockett hat. Wore it all winter. He refused to say how much he paid for it. But justified it by saying he has wanted one all his life. He bought it in Banff so he did pay a fair penny for it. Looked like this one.
https://www.furhatworld.com/red-fox-fur-davy-crockett-hat-p-876.html
Hope you find yours.
Johnny
If I wore a dead cat on my head even my very patient and long suffering wife would be forced to draw the line.I know a guy called Barry who makes this kind of hat, he's quite famous for making/wearing cat skin hats (yes you read correctly) he's often known as the Catman of Kangaroo Island. There's some interesting folk downunder, but we do have a massive feral cat problem here.
If I wore a dead cat on my head even my very patient and long suffering wife would be forced to draw the line.
Maybe he’s the guy who started that phrase....”the only good cat is a good hat”.I know a guy called Barry who makes this kind of hat, he's quite famous for making/wearing cat skin hats (yes you read correctly) he's often known as the Catman of Kangaroo Island. There's some interesting folk downunder, but we do have a massive feral cat problem here.
I worked with an Irish gentleman that had a fox version of the Davy Crockett hat. Wore it all winter. He refused to say how much he paid for it. But justified it by saying he has wanted one all his life. He bought it in Banff so he did pay a fair penny for it. Looked like this one.
https://www.furhatworld.com/red-fox-fur-davy-crockett-hat-p-876.html
Hope you find yours.
Johnny
Reminds me of when my wife asked if we could get Foxtel (Australian subscription Tv service), I grabbed my gun went out and got her a Fox-tail... lol funny advert that video