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[Zombie_61]

...Freakin' anarchists.

No, just a Leo and an independent thinker. Combined, that means I really don't like being told what I can and cannot do.

 

[Frunobulax]

No, just a Leo and an independent thinker. Combined, that means I really don't like being told what I can and cannot do.

Even by the voices in your head?

 

[Zombie_61]

Even by the voices in your head?

Especially by the voices in my head. You can get in a lot of trouble getting naked at the airport...or so I'm told.

 

[OldStrummer]

Especially by the voices in my head. You can get in a lot of trouble getting naked at the airport...or so I'm told.

See my sig.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

OMG, Fred... NEVER, EVER put on a Straw before Straw Hat Day, (May 15th) or worse yet, never wear one AFTER Felt Hat Day, (Sept 15th) or else this happens! Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it!!

Can you imagine such a thing happening today? Men can run around shirtless without raising an eyebrow. We’ve lost as much as we gained with the relaxing of social norms.


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[deadlyhandsome]

Surprise! My Stetson Reward Shantung Fedora arrived today, sooner than I'd expected. Eagerly, I took it out of the box and put it on my head and ...it was too large.

Well, not exactly. I'm a long oval, and it fits front-to-rear, but is a bit wide on the sides. Good thing I'd ordered hat reducers, which also arrived today.

So I went about taking some photos, and it was then I saw the size label: Large.

Ernest DelMonico told me I should avoid general sizes and stick to the "true" sizes, which can be blocked long oval. Silly me. I may forgive myself, because I think I ordered the hat BEFORE my conversation with Ernest. So much for my experiment. I'll have to find another hat at DelMonico that I can have blocked.

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I like the style and proportions anyway. I also feel your pain being a long (or extra long) oval.

Personally, I don’t wear my cloth sweatband summer hats much as they keep perspiration against my skin. I’d rather wipe a leather sweatband when needed than have a cloth band that absorbs and holds it. Just a preference/observation. Then again, my SunBody palm hat has a cloth sweat and I wear that a bit when working outdoors so I just contradicted myself.



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[Zombie_61]

...Personally, I don’t wear my cloth sweatband summer hats much as they keep perspiration against my skin. I’d rather wipe a leather sweatband when needed than have a cloth band that absorbs and holds it. Just a preference/observation. Then again, my SunBody palm hat has a cloth sweat and I wear that a bit when working outdoors so I just contradicted myself.

Sunbody puts a thin layer of foam padding beneath the cotton cloth they use for their sweatbands, and that padding helps to absorb perspiration. Maybe that's the difference?

 

[Dlaniger]

I was visiting my son in Chicago last weekend and could not resist stopping by my favorite hat shop.
(It’s a bad addiction). Anyway, I was able to fulfill an esoteric, but necessary need for some formal occasions, a Top Hat.

Melusine/ Polished Satin Black Diamond

2” Brim, 4.75” high

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[1mach1]

I was visiting my son in Chicago last weekend and could not resist stopping by my favorite hat shop.
(It’s a bad addiction). Anyway, I was able to fulfill an esoteric, but necessary need for some formal occasions, a Top Hat.

Melusine/ Polished Satin Black Diamond

2” Brim, 4.75” high

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I love it! Very very nice. You wear it well, D.

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[Redfokker]

I was visiting my son in Chicago last weekend and could not resist stopping by my favorite hat shop.
(It’s a bad addiction). Anyway, I was able to fulfill an esoteric, but necessary need for some formal occasions, a Top Hat.

Melusine/ Polished Satin Black Diamond

2” Brim, 4.75” high

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With your level of pure class, this is the most perfect hat. You rock!

 

[Dlaniger]

Thanks Guys!

I love it! Very very nice. You wear it well, D.

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With your level of pure class, this is the most perfect hat. You rock!

 

[Frunobulax]

I was visiting my son in Chicago last weekend and could not resist stopping by my favorite hat shop.
(It’s a bad addiction). Anyway, I was able to fulfill an esoteric, but necessary need for some formal occasions, a Top Hat.

Melusine/ Polished Satin Black Diamond

2” Brim, 4.75” high

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Great looking hat, D. Goes great with the t-shirt. [emoji16]


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Dlaniger]

Great looking hat, D. Goes great with the t-shirt. [emoji16]


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Great looking hat, D. Goes great with the t-shirt. [emoji16]


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Thanks, Fruno! just trying to blend in...LOL

 

[Thunderhead19]

This is my latest $9 find. It turned out to be too small for me....from the faded tag its a 7 1/8. In my dreams I imagine swapping somebody for a similar hat that actually fits me. I am also curios about the Stetson brand made in Canada....I didn't think they did!

 

[steur]

I was visiting my son in Chicago last weekend and could not resist stopping by my favorite hat shop.
(It’s a bad addiction). Anyway, I was able to fulfill an esoteric, but necessary need for some formal occasions, a Top Hat.

Melusine/ Polished Satin Black Diamond

2” Brim, 4.75” high

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Looks good and it's a start!

 

[Dlaniger]

Finally after being lost for 6 months in the Mexican post system my Akubra Deluxe Campdraft in Moonstone arrived!!!

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Congratulations!

 

[steur]

Picked this one up last friday. Mayser homburg in grey. Size 56 with a brim at 5cm and crown 10,5 cm at the pinch. Quality Alster Extra and the liner is still sewn. I realised it's my only Mayser homburg at the moment. Basting stitch is still in the ribbon.

 

[steur]

Picked this one up last week. It was listed as a bowler (and used as such), but it didn't look like a bowler to me. Tirard Fréres Supra homburg in black. Size 57 with a brim at 6cm and the crown 10,5 cm at the pinch. It's an earlier one, because it still has the name Tirard Fréres in the liner and sweatband. I have another Tirard which just has Tirard as the brand name. I cannot find anything useful on the brand online however, so I can't tell when the change happened.

 

[Chamuco]

Congratulations!

Thanks!!

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[Steve1857]

Picked this one up last week. It was listed as a bowler (and used as such), but it didn't look like a bowler to me. Tirard Fréres Supra homburg in black. Size 57 with a brim at 6cm and the crown 10,5 cm at the pinch. It's an earlier one, because it still has the name Tirard Fréres in the liner and sweatband. I have another Tirard which just has Tirard as the brand name. I cannot find anything useful on the brand online however, so I can't tell when the change happened.

Two really nice Homburgs Stefan. Congrats.

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