New Member to the Hat Forum

[belfastboy]

Welcome Starkman, read and learn, soon you will be as crazy as the rest of us.

I don't know.....there is a long waaaays to go to get as crazy as me.

 

[Bigger Don]

A couple of years ago I picked up a vintage Resistol Pacesetter, a near-stingy, on eBay. The seller had it at a low price and posted as wool felt, but I couldn't believe that Resistol would have sold a wool felt hat as part of its dress range in the Sixties. The hat arrived, was clearly fur felt, and has been excellent.

Understand fully, but my advice was to someone completely new to hats.

 

[moontheloon]

Hey new member here
I like long walks on noisy city streets and booze in my morning coffee
Gigs pay the bills ... and by bills I mean buying hats
I hate the Violent Femmes and can't really get the hang of not peeing on the seat.
I have a ride cymbal addiction and might kick a puppy to own one that sounds like the cymbal that Roy Haynes played on Now He Sings Now He Sobs.
Cupcakes are overrated and so are Akubra hats.
I'm working on a car that runs on air ... I'll keep you posted

 

[FedOregon]

Hey new member here
I like long walks on noisy city streets and booze in my morning coffee
Gigs pay the bills ... and by bills I mean buying hats
I hate the Violent Femmes and can't really get the hang of not peeing on the seat.
I have a ride cymbal addiction and might kick a puppy to own one that sounds like the cymbal that Roy Haynes played on Now He Sings Now He Sobs.
Cupcakes are overrated and so are Akubra hats.
I'm working on a car that runs on air ... I'll keep you posted

Welcome. I'm sure you'll fit right in here!

 

[Bob Roberts]

Hey new member here
I like long walks on noisy city streets and booze in my morning coffee
Gigs pay the bills ... and by bills I mean buying hats
I hate the Violent Femmes and can't really get the hang of not peeing on the seat.
I have a ride cymbal addiction and might kick a puppy to own one that sounds like the cymbal that Roy Haynes played on Now He Sings Now He Sobs.
Cupcakes are overrated and so are Akubra hats.
I'm working on a car that runs on air ... I'll keep you posted

Thanks for lively up this thread.

 

[Frunobulax]

Hey new member here

Cupcakes are overrated...

I can't broach this. I'm going to request your registration be cancelled and your username banned for eternity.




Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Bigger Don]

I can't broach this. I'm going to request your registration be cancelled and your username banned for eternity.




Sent directly from my mind to yours.

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[Great Scot!]

Moon the Loon - Dammit, probably should have realised sooner that you're a fellow drummer!

 

[FedOregon]

I can't broach this. I'm going to request your registration be cancelled and your username banned for eternity.




Sent directly from my mind to yours.

There's a local bakery that makes a copy of the Hostess cupcake... holy Toledo, smokin' hot cupcakes! Fresh, full of flavor... beats the Hostess with a club!

 

[Frunobulax]

There's a local bakery that makes a copy of the Hostess cupcake... holy Toledo, smokin' hot cupcakes! Fresh, full of flavor... beats the Hostess with a club!

Hangover preventer when I was a younger man: two hostess cupcakes and a big ol'' glass of milk after I got home from the bars.

 

[Bob Roberts]

I can't broach this. I'm going to request your registration be cancelled and your username banned for eternity.




Sent directly from my mind to yours.

"Moonzo" journalism.

 

[Bigger Don]

"Moonzo" journalism.

 

[Bob Roberts]

Hangover preventer when I was a younger man: two hostess cupcakes and a big ol'' glass of milk after I got home from the bars.

Orange ones or Chocolate? I liked to do one of each.

 

[Frunobulax]

Orange ones or Chocolate? I liked to do one of each.

Chocolate. Never went for the orange ones too much.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Nat Parkinson]

Thought I'd introduce myself with an oddity.

Picture poor Steve...his LIFELONG dream is to make hats. Just one tiny problem...

It's not the quality of his hats...

In fact? They're bloody lovely in every way...except...

As you can see? Poor Stephen made the unfortunate choice to be born with the last name "Stetson"...thus requiring him to festoon his otherwise lovely logo with the words
"NEVER CONNECTED IN ANY WAY" with the John B. Stetson Company, or predecessors, Hat Makers in Philadelphia Since 1865

So, whilst my lovely gray Homburg is, indeed, a Stetson?

It's not THAT Stetson.

(I like it more due to this...)

 

[Wesslyn]

Stephen Stetson was older than John B, and they were related, if my memory serves.
I've read somewhere that Stephen taught John all he knew. If that's true or not is beyond me.

 

[Nat Parkinson]

I've never researched this even a bit. I've always envisioned some poor sod with an awkward last name and a dream.

 

[Bigger Don]

Thought I'd introduce myself with an oddity.

Picture poor Steve...his LIFELONG dream is to make hats. Just one tiny problem... View attachment 61816

It's not the quality of his hats... View attachment 61817
In fact? They're bloody lovely in every way...except...
View attachment 61818

As you can see? Poor Stephen made the unfortunate choice to be born with the last name "Stetson"...thus requiring him to festoon his otherwise lovely logo with the words
"NEVER CONNECTED IN ANY WAY" with the John B. Stetson Company, or predecessors, Hat Makers in Philadelphia Since 1865

So, whilst my lovely gray Homburg is, indeed, a Stetson?

It's not THAT Stetson.

(I like it more due to this...)

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/stephen-l-stetson-hats.39021/

 

[Bob Roberts]

Wlcm. Glad u decided to join us here.

 

[Nat Parkinson]

I'm actually disappointed to learn the real story behind my faux Stetson.

I believe I shall stick my fingers in my ears and say "LA LA LA LA LA..."

Yes, indeed...that's much better.