Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

[PabloElFlamenco]

My turn! Being in Belgium inevitably leads to being subjected to periods of rain. Being one who walks a lot on foot, the twain...meet. Today, 5 november 2009, I walked about one hour in windy drizzle. Not a rainstorm, just very fine, consistant, precipitation.

Here's how it affected my Akubar Campdraft, which had been previously sprayed with a "European Scotchguard substitute" weather-proofer:

It didn't affect me in the least! Live the season, come rain or come shine!

 

[Mario]

Heavy drizzle and violent squalls in Berlin tonight. My Mallory Ten stayed on top of my noggin, even though I remained constantly alert on my way home.

 

[marvelgoose]

Chatham and Rain

It was raining lightly as I left the restaurant and took off across the parking lot when one heck of a cloud burst, busted, big time, right over my head. I was in the rain for about a minute. When I got in the car, I tossed my hat on the seat and snapped a shot. The black stuff on the bottom edges is the leather case on the cell phone. The shiny stuff on the left side of the brim is rainwater. The underside of the felt was dry, but the top was soaked in good.

For color comparison, here is the hat in a previous shot a few weeks earlier:

I drove home to change (pants soaked through) and hung the hat on the wall and then lightly daubed at the felt with paper towel to draw some of the moisture out. Now, this hat has been blocked and cleaned recently and has never shown the "stetson powder" but I could see that the water dripping off was lightly colored. Here is the evidence:

Even with the paper towel, the water soaked through to the other side in about an hour (the underside of the brim was dry at first). This is what is called "soaked to the core." I put in a stretcher to keep the sweat band honest and then propped the stretcher on a hat stand to air dry. Today (two days later) the hat is dry and shows no shrinkage, no tapering, and has kept its shape. So there's another score for Stetson quality.

On the other hand, HATCO, hows that powder thing working out for ya'll at Stetson? Had enough yet?

 

[carldelo]

EEK! - that is one soggy dog - but it came out OK, is that correct? Vive le Chatham....

I once had something similar happen with coffee (!) leaking from an overhead bin and filling the top of my vintage Cavanagh - but it didn't stain or distort the felt if you can believe it.

 

[theinterchange]

Adventure Supply Indy Fedora

I already posted this in the what hat are you wearing today thread, but it's a nice cool, rainy day in Orlando.

This hat, an Adventure Supply Indy lid, with it's beaver content handles water like a champ.

Randy

 

[Blackthorn]

I love this thread!

 

[jamespowers]

Even with the paper towel, the water soaked through to the other side in about an hour (the underside of the brim was dry at first). This is what is called "soaked to the core." I put in a stretcher to keep the sweat band honest and then propped the stretcher on a hat stand to air dry. Today (two days later) the hat is dry and shows no shrinkage, no tapering, and has kept its shape. So there's another score for Stetson quality.

On the other hand, HATCO, hows that powder thing working out for ya'll at Stetson? Had enough yet?

I think you gave the hat quite a leg up by putting it on a stretcher to dry. It might well have tapered and/or shrunk if you had let it dry without the stretcher.
I went out in a heavy rain last week to clean gutters on my roof in a modern Panizza. It got good and wet. I thought it performed fairly well and didn't leak until I took the hat off. It left a black mark on my forehead. This from a hat that says right inside the hat that it is "waterproof." :eusa_doh: Riiiiiiggghhht. [huh]
The Panizza also took two days to dry out---not on a stretcher. It shrunk a bit as well but loosened up after I wore it a while.

 

[GClark]

Open Road - first snow this year - wore it on several errands this AM.

 

[rlk]

Akubra Drover

1 Hour+ of driving Rain/Snow. Soaked through both top and bottom surfaces in a few locations. Has been sprayed with NikWax. Should have used a Prophylactic.:eusa_doh: Soaked through to my shirt inside the down jacket.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

We've come a long way since our move from Los Angeles to Buffalo! This is my OTHER Christy's Adventurer. Holding up quite nicely!

 

[Phineas Lamour]

1950s Brent fedora

Like THEINTERCCHANGE, I live in central Florida so no snow shots. Plenty of rain though.

 

[mayserwegener]

Snow coming down hard in the DC area today. This Zapf is my ultimate bad weather hat. Snow covered twice today and zero impact.

 

[HatRak]

Wearing an OR while digging out some of the 23+ inches of snow that has fallen in the valley over the last 24 hours. And its still coming down about 1/2inch an hour . . . no church tomorrow . . .

 

[CRH]

Best friends

Just back from a jaunt with my best buddy!

Shake shake it shake it off baby now
Shake it off baby
Twist and bark
twist and bark

..........

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Some really great shots of hard hatwear lately! CRH, HatRak, and mayserwegener--you guys really have the weather for it!

 

[MCrider]

Here's the latest (but a little overdue) pic of my Fed IV on Christmas morning. No snow but lots of rain!

Just a quick walk from the car to my In-Laws house, but enough to wet it down. But once it dried, it was like it never happened. I love those Akubra's

 

[Stern-Hank]

24 inches of snow that day:

 

[theinterchange]

Since I never get to show photos of SNOW...

I'll have to settle for photos of my hats fresh from shielding my head from rain.

This is actually the first time I've worn my Federation in the rain.

Randy

 

[Chinaski]

24 inches of snow that day:

That's a cool shot, Hank! :eusa_clap

 

[Matt Deckard]

Evokes a Cloverfield feel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MattDeckard#p/a/u/0/1LzotVqUKgA

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