Stringmaster
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Thanks!Its a beauty! Welcome to the Lounge.
Thanks!Its a beauty! Welcome to the Lounge.
Yes. Can't I play it anymore?You familiar with the term 'broken record'?
Sweet cookie duster
Haha thanks!Bet you didn't think you'd get to use "cookie duster" so quickly!
Welcome Stringmaster.
I was waiting like leopard in the weedsBet you didn't think you'd get to use "cookie duster" so quickly!
Welcome Stringmaster.
I was waiting like leopard in the weeds
Terrific looking hat!Not long ago a hat that I had commissioned from Stephen Temkin of Leon Drexler came.
It's his Stroller style in angora finish blue steel felt with a crown ribbon in a very dark grey that he calls blazer and the edge bending in a ribbon color that he calls chrome. The 2 1/4" brim is significantly narrower than is usual for me, but I was quite taken with the Stroller style as soon as I saw it and didn't want to tamper with its proportions.
I plan for this to be my cool weather 'travel hat' to wear when I'm out of town in lieu of one of my everyday fedoras. I've been thinking of getting something to give that role for a while and the character of the Stroller just seemed very right for it.
From 'on high'. (Larger version here)
From the front (Larger version here)
From the ribbon side. (Larger version here)
From the plan side. (Larger version here)
From the back. (Larger version here)
The interior of the hat. (Larger version here)
I'm very pleased with this hat and look forward to wearing it to Thanksgiving. Maybe it'll encourage me to travel more.
I'm already on the hook for an eventual warmer weather counterpart, which will be similar, but in lighter colors with a wider brim and the welterweight finish. I have another quite interesting Leon Drexler hat, but no pictures at the moment, so that will have to be for another time.
Definitely a high end custom. I kind of like the Londoner Lord's Hat he shows on the website.Not long ago a hat that I had commissioned from Stephen Temkin of Leon Drexler came.
It's his Stroller style in angora finish blue steel felt with a crown ribbon in a very dark grey that he calls blazer and the edge bending in a ribbon color that he calls chrome. The 2 1/4" brim is significantly narrower than is usual for me, but I was quite taken with the Stroller style as soon as I saw it and didn't want to tamper with its proportions.
I plan for this to be my cool weather 'travel hat' to wear when I'm out of town in lieu of one of my everyday fedoras. I've been thinking of getting something to give that role for a while and the character of the Stroller just seemed very right for it.
From 'on high'. (Larger version here)
From the front (Larger version here)
From the ribbon side. (Larger version here)
From the plan side. (Larger version here)
From the back. (Larger version here)
The interior of the hat. (Larger version here)
I'm very pleased with this hat and look forward to wearing it to Thanksgiving. Maybe it'll encourage me to travel more.
I'm already on the hook for an eventual warmer weather counterpart, which will be similar, but in lighter colors with a wider brim and the welterweight finish. I have another quite interesting Leon Drexler hat, but no pictures at the moment, so that will have to be for another time.
Nice looking.Not long ago a hat that I had commissioned from Stephen Temkin of Leon Drexler came.
It's his Stroller style in angora finish blue steel felt with a crown ribbon in a very dark grey that he calls blazer and the edge bending in a ribbon color that he calls chrome. The 2 1/4" brim is significantly narrower than is usual for me, but I was quite taken with the Stroller style as soon as I saw it and didn't want to tamper with its proportions.
I plan for this to be my cool weather 'travel hat' to wear when I'm out of town in lieu of one of my everyday fedoras. I've been thinking of getting something to give that role for a while and the character of the Stroller just seemed very right for it.
From 'on high'. (Larger version here)
From the front (Larger version here)
From the ribbon side. (Larger version here)
From the plan side. (Larger version here)
From the back. (Larger version here)
The interior of the hat. (Larger version here)
I'm very pleased with this hat and look forward to wearing it to Thanksgiving. Maybe it'll encourage me to travel more.
I'm already on the hook for an eventual warmer weather counterpart, which will be similar, but in lighter colors with a wider brim and the welterweight finish. I have another quite interesting Leon Drexler hat, but no pictures at the moment, so that will have to be for another time.
Finally I see a Leon Drexler hat photographed in a good wayIt's his Stroller style in angora finish blue steel felt with a crown ribbon in a very dark grey that he calls blazer and the edge bending in a ribbon color that he calls chrome. The 2 1/4" brim is significantly narrower than is usual for me, but I was quite taken with the Stroller style as soon as I saw it and didn't want to tamper with its proportions.
I plan for this to be my cool weather 'travel hat' to wear when I'm out of town in lieu of one of my everyday fedoras. I've been thinking of getting something to give that role for a while and the character of the Stroller just seemed very right for it.
uh.... yeah ... damnMore in the Gannon thread.
Interesting! Is it wool? Does it have a paper label behind the sweatband? Also can't see what is on the tag under the sweatband bow.