Show or Tell your 'TOP TEN' Hats

[150719541]

Hi ¡¡¡

You wear them well too! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Hi Steve, thanks.:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[DRB]

Thanks Hatophile ¡¡¡ is not easy get hats in our land, most I´ve got in travels.
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Getting your hats while travelling makes them even more special. Each one has a special memory. You have a wonderful collection.:eusa_clap

 

[150719541]

Western ¡¡¡

My only 3 western hats, I use it in ranch, never in city (sometimes in Halloween).

and my outdoor caps in country

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[Derek Cavin]

Wonderful thread. New to the forum and loving this hat section. Great stuff everyone. Now I gotta start my own collection...

 

[150719541]

Welcome brother ¡¡¡

Wonderful thread. New to the forum and loving this hat section. Great stuff everyone. Now I gotta start my own collection...

I hope you post here soon.:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[fluteplayer07]

Bump!

In order:

10. 60's Borsalino Savona (With a history behind it)


9. 40's Stratoliner


8. 50's Mossant Porkpie


7. Work of Art #1


6. 40's Supernatural Cuenca (Optimo'd)


5. Johnnyphi 30's Adamajestic


4. 40's Imperial Stetson


3. NOS 50's Whippet


2. 20's Borsalino fu Lazzaro


1. 20's Stetson Select Quality (Almost pristine)



Entire Album


Runners-ups (not pictured):

40's Dobbs Homburg (black)
40's Cavanagh 25 with Cav. Edge (Choc. Brown)


Correction-- #1 is a Stetson Select Quality, not a Special... Got my wires crossed there.

Cheers,

 

[150719541]

In order:

10. 60's Borsalino Savona (With a history behind it)


9. 40's Stratoliner


8. 50's Mossant Porkpie


7. Work of Art #1


6. 40's Supernatural Cuenca (Optimo'd)


5. Johnnyphi 30's Adamajestic


4. 40's Imperial Stetson


3. NOS 50's Whippet


2. 20's Borsalino fu Lazzaro


1. 20's Stetson Special (Almost pristine)



Entire Album


Runners-ups (not pictured):

40's Dobbs Homburg (black)
40's Cavanagh 25 with Cav. Edge (Choc. Brown)


Cheers,

Great hats, I like the Borsas look beauty, congratrulations, enjoy your hats ¡¡¡¡¡

 

[Chinaski]

Nice ones, Flute! Thanks for bumping.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

I've been thinkin' about this thread. I am still getting new hats, so it's just impossible to figure what my "top ten" would be right now. I still have my very first fedora and I loved it when I first got it. Wore it for days. Now, I probably won't ever wear it again because it is so beat up (just like it was when I first got it). Now I have much nicer ones that I like better. But how long will it be until I have others to replace them? I've already sold about 5 or 6 of the ones I bought, too. So they are coming in and going out at a pace too quick to decide what I like "best" yet. I am still figuring out what works best on me and learning about the hats and the makers etc.

I know the ones I won't likely wear again... but the top ten? Sheese. I can't decide.

 

[Joshbru3]

1. 20's Stetson Special (Almost pristine)

Im in love with that 20's Stetson Special. Its Beautiful!

 

[hatophile]

You have some real humdingers, there, Fluteplayer. Nice collection of faves.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Thanks guys. These are most of the big ones in my collection, but it may be updated soon with one or two of my more recent acquisitions...

 

[fluteplayer07]

Update: Tied for #7, Art Fawcett 1, is my latest VS.

The September, Opus 9



Cheers,

 

[Baron Kurtz]

OK, top ten Caps, top ten westerns, top ten fedoras, top ten "other".

I'm indecisive by nature. I'd have to come up with some criteria to judge them too. How about top 10 brown hats or Westerns or Straws or Fuzzies? Most unusual? Domestic or Imported?

What about Dinerman?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

2. 20's Borsalino fu Lazzaro

Did you trim the brim on that G.B. Borsalino? I remember it having a bit more damage on the front of the brim when I sold it.

bk

 

[fluteplayer07]

Baron,
I bought it from Garrett, so I don't know what it looked like before. I didn't do anything to it except give it a thorough, thorough brushing. It was very dirty when I got it; an hour's worth of cleaning didn't hardly do anything for it. It'll be going to Art for a C&B before long.

Despite the 90 years of caked on dirt, it's still very nice. I just can't bring myself to touch it right now, at least not without gloves.

Cheers,

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yeah, it was always a bit dirty. I used to wear it quite a bit but eventually I thought the felt was getting a bit close to the edge of fragility.

it used to have a Mallory liner, too, as if it had been sold by, or refurbed by Mallory at some point. Is that still there?

bk

 

[fluteplayer07]

No, the liner is gone too. I did think it a bit odd that there was no liner; the inside of the crown is missing the pasted on maker's crest that I usually see in the ones missing a liner.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

It was a very old Mallory liner "for youthful smartness", but i've no idea if it was original, or even attached. it may just have been thrown in there by a previous owner.

 

[Roving_Bohemian]

I'm not sure I have a full 10, and I only own a few of these now (so the pics are borrowed, hope you don't mind)

Navy Blue Wool "Flatcap" (this picture is old... (2006) I like to think my beard makes the hat look better on me now)

Newsboy Cap similar to the one featured below (Sean Connery, thanks for modeling it!)

I had one of these when I was 5 (it was too big, but I loved it!) and I left it at my cousins. When his mom cleaned his closet out she sold my hat at yard-sale... I'm still mourning its loss.

Borsalino Tartan Plaid Newsboy cap

A light blue variant of this Dobbs hat (sadly in very bad condition, I found it crushed under some boots in the attic of a house we moved into)

Hats I would like to own

Barmah "Safari"

Stetson Privateer

Royal Stetson

Blue Borsalino Trionfo