Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

[blazerbud]

This was from last week when it was raining like crazy.

What hat is that? ME LIKE! it's tall and stingy.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Whoops! I blinked! This was out in the snow storm today.

 

[Joshbru3]

What hat is that? ME LIKE! it's tall and stingy.

That's one of my Resistol Stagecoach's that I converted.

It started life as this:

I wanted to make a hat that could fit in the 1914-1919 period, so I kept the high crown and added a 2 1/8 straight bow which was very commonly used in that time period. I then flanged the brim high, pulled the front and back down, and curled the sides up. Its give the hat that "V" effect on the brim. The brim measures 2 1/8 inches wide but appears much shorter due to the flange. I also pounced the heck out of it to thin out that thick western felt a bit and give the finish a buttery feel.

After:

 

[gtdean48]

Fine looking lid there Tom! Suits you very well....

Whoops! I blinked! This was out in the snow storm today.

 

[jamespowers]

Whoops! I blinked! This was out in the snow storm today.

That isn't the Cadiplow behind you is it?

 

[jamespowers]

That's one of my Resistol Stagecoach's that I converted.

It started life as this:

I wanted to make a hat that could fit in the 1914-1919 period, so I kept the high crown and added a 2 1/8 straight bow which was very commonly used in that time period. I then flanged the brim high, pulled the front and back down, and curled the sides up. Its give the hat that "V" effect on the brim. The brim measures 2 1/8 inches wide but appears much shorter due to the flange. I also pounced the heck out of it to thin out that thick western felt a bit and give the finish a buttery feel.

After:

Holy Crimony! And to think, I junked one a few years ago.:eusa_doh:

 

[bowlerman]

D Bar J after a pouring rain this weekend.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Wore my 50s Brent out in the rain today.

 

[blazerbud]

Joshbru3, Thanks for showing the conversion.
I like it.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Well, I got it from a good honest seller, at a good honest price, which makes it all the better! (Though I need to pay the rest of the bill lol)

Fine looking lid there Tom! Suits you very well....

Certainly is lol

That isn't the Cadiplow behind you is it?

 

[MCrider]

Had to dig a run off so the rainwater didn't go into the garage. Of the course the Akubra just laughed it off!




Love this hat!

 

[bowlerman]

Nice, MCrider!

I got inspired by the colors the new rain produced on the lawn and lichens this morning. There's always a certain glow during the first real rain of Spring around here.

Resistol Wide Country

Resistol 3X

Tim Bender bowler

 

[scottyrocks]

Those hats are sitting reeeaaally high on their heads...I wonder if that is intentional or a result of donning the plastic protectors.

Although properly sized for a bare head, that is a result of them being worn on top of a yarmulka which pushes the hat up.

 

[Rogera]

We finally got some rain and my Penman got its first taste:





and I couldn't help but take out the trash in the Akubra:

 

[CONELRAD]

My Champ fresh from the storms we're having here.



Just a quick phone picture while the tornado sirens are going off in the distance.

 

[Rogera]

Just a quick phone picture while the tornado sirens are going off in the distance.

I hope all goes ok in those storms. Keep your head down! We haven't had any tornadoes in this area yet thank God! (Sharp looking Champ by the way)

 

[CONELRAD]

I hope all goes ok in those storms. Keep your head down! We haven't had any tornadoes in this area yet thank God! (Sharp looking Champ by the way)

Shortly after I wrote that it blew past me and settled down, but I heard there was some damage elsewhere in the Metroplex. And thanks, it's one of my favorite hats.

 

[GamaH]

Although properly sized for a bare head, that is a result of them being worn on top of a yarmulka which pushes the hat up.

Truth be told I don't know why some of them do that; I account for the yarmulke when I'm measuring my head, so my hats fit normally. Most Chabadniks also wear their fedoras normally -- I can only assume that there's a yarmulke underneath as well, but they simply size their hats accordingly.

Anyway, it rained really heavily yesterday, but I couldn't take any pictures of the hat.

 

[bowlerman]

I love these photos-- Rogera, both the Penman and Akubra looked to hold up great. The Penman looks brand new even soaked!

Nice Champ, Conelrad.

 

[Broccoli]

After some rain, the crown of my hat got some small bumps. Does anyone know how to treat this (if possible)?
It was really hard to capture it in a photograph but you perhaps get the idea.