Post new VINTAGE hats here!

[StetsonHomburg]

Pork pie. See how the similar shape is just the shape of the hat's crease? A real boater can only be made of hard straw, and the crown's shape is final. No way to adjust. It's hard to imagine just how hard the straw is on one of those boaters unless you feel it in person. Feels almost like cardboard, to me. Boaters, being so hard, can be uncomfortable if your head is unusually shaped. Brad Bowers was kind enough to show us this bit on head-conforming Bon-Ton Ivy Sweatbands back in February. The concept was also used on hard felt hats, like derbies.

...Sorry, that was a little more than what you asked for.

Cheers,

No actually it is just what I was looking for, THANKS!

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Just picked this up at a local thrift store. Needs an good cleaning and a steaming. Champ "feel the felt"