Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

[RobFedoraField]

Hearing the piter pater of rain on my hats designated for rainwear brings me happiness for some reason.

:arated:

 

[jimmy the lid]

JTL, is that snow from this year already??

Thankfully, no! When this thread re-surfaced, I remembered this photo from last winter and thought I'd post it here...

Cheers,
JtL

 

[DRB]

JTL: glad the snow isn't here yet. SNOW is a 4-lettered word, just like rain, pain,wind and cold.

 

[Dreispitz]

Snow! In summer? .... kidding

 

[zetwal]

Snow? Here's a deluxe Stratoliner after weathering another in a string of very bright and sunny days. As you can see, it's no worse for wear. Bring it on ...

 

[Duper]

zetwal, now that is funny stuff.

 

[zetwal]

I'm glad you enjoyed the giggle, Duper (must be cold up your way) ... :coffee:

 

[Richard Warren]

I don't have a photo but had a disconcerting and unpleasant experience with a brown Stetson Benchley I wore in the rain Sunday. The dye, or powder, or whatever it is, leaked from the hat and through my rain coat to stain my vest and discolor my white shirt.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Snow? Here's a deluxe Stratoliner after weathering another in a string of very bright and sunny days. As you can see, it's no worse for wear. Bring it on ...

Mine looks just the same and had no damage from all the sun either!

 

[zetwal]

I don't have a photo but had a disconcerting and unpleasant experience with a brown Stetson Benchley I wore in the rain Sunday. The dye, or powder, or whatever it is, leaked from the hat and through my rain coat to stain my vest and discolor my white shirt.

That is horrible! We've heard stories like this before and they never get any easier to stomach. Yucko!

 

[hatophile]

Snow? Here's a deluxe Stratoliner after weathering another in a string of very bright and sunny days. As you can see, it's no worse for wear. Bring it on ...

You're killing us folks up north, Zetwal... and I am a native Floridian. However, that Strat is phenomenal.

 

[zetwal]

Hatophile, most of the year we suffer from the heat down here. Fall is nice and cool but still sunny. So I'm really enjoying it. Maybe with some luck I can post a snow shot this winter.

Richard, I just looked up the Stetson Benchley and see that it's a $300 beaver hat. Wow! I had no idea. How in the world can Stetson put their name on a hat like that? And to think that they charge real money too. They should be ashamed. I would definitely to write to (or call) someone a corporate and ask for my money back.

 

[jamespowers]

Hatophile, most of the year we suffer from the heat down here. Fall is nice and cool but still sunny. So I'm really enjoying it. Maybe with some luck I can post a snow shot this winter.

Richard, I just looked up the Stetson Benchley and see that it's a $300 beaver hat. Wow! I had no idea. How in the world can Stetson put their name on a hat like that? And to think that they charge real money too. They should be ashamed. I would definitely to write to (or call) someone a corporate and ask for my money back.

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap If no one complains then they think everything is fine. So far they think everything is fine there I guess. [huh]

 

[Richard Warren]

To Stetson's credit, the hat looks just about the same now as it did before. No spotting or anything.

 

[Lefty]

Is this an outlet purchase? To me, that would make a big difference.

 

[SteveAS]

I don't have a photo but had a disconcerting and unpleasant experience with a brown Stetson Benchley I wore in the rain Sunday. The dye, or powder, or whatever it is, leaked from the hat and through my rain coat to stain my vest and discolor my white shirt.

That's surprising. I had a Benchley and had it thoroughly wet in the rain a couple times. It didn't leech any dye or powder.

 

[Yeps]

To Stetson's credit, the hat looks just about the same now as it did before. No spotting or anything.

Now that is interesting. So, the color stayed well in the hat, but still managed to ruin a shirt by running.

 

[jamespowers]

To Stetson's credit, the hat looks just about the same now as it did before. No spotting or anything.

Too bad you couldn't say that about your shirt, vest and raincoat. :eusa_doh:
If you took it out in the rain again, then you would notice a difference. [huh]:eusa_doh:

 

[DRB]

Has anyone had a VS run die from the rain yet? Mine have only seen very light rain.

 

[Lloyd]

I've had a few of my VS hats get thoroughly soaked and never had any problems.