Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

[RickP]

The dog and I went over for a Vet appointment today and got caught one heck of a downpour.... Dog soaked, Im Soaked, and the Hemp Stratoliner got soaked. The Labrador was dry as soon as he shook off, the Hemp Stratoliner took about 15 min to look semi normal, and Im still wet. lol. It was a real toad-soaker rain squall, Ind I was really impressed with how the hemp handled it. Pic is about 20 min later and you can just see a bit of dampness on the brim. Note that when dry the ribbon and edge binding are the same color. You can see that the edge binding is still wet . If anything, the hat got a hair firmer when wet. Think its going to be a good summer thunderstorm hat.
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For about 25 yrs, my "bad weather" hat has been a Pendleton wool with about a half a can of scotchgard in it per year lol. Great little hat in winter, but if temp is above 65 degrees F, its pretty hot. It HAS shrunk a bit over the years... guess I need to give it a bit of a soaking and try a bit of reblocking and stretching

 

[Blare]

I had just set this latest arrival 50s Stetson Playboy out to get some sun… I was not inside more than a few minutes when I heard quite a ruckus outside. I thought it couldn’t be raining Already. Rushed back outside…. Yup quite the downpour!