Show us your Stingy Brims

[deadlyhandsome]

What to me is the quintessential stingy: Resistol with a 2” underwelt brim and back bow.

 

[hatsRme]

Love that curvy telescoping crown, Unique!

Thanks, Rick! I’ve never seen another one like it. Not a long-term trend, apparently.

 

[Zombie_61]

Nice show of hats today Gentlemen! For day six, my Akubra Hampton in Cedar Brown:

Nice hats, if maybe a bit on the smallish side; I'd rather the crown was straight-sided and at least a little taller. Since it's neither, I have to change the factory Center Dent crease to a Teardrop so my head will fit in the crown without altering the crease.

 

[Blare]

Thank you both, Joe and Brent. Trying to keep up appearances as best I can! This seasonal effort to feature the slim brims has been a hoot, and the lids y’all have pulled out are just spectacular!!
Great show, Merry/Happy StingyMas!!!!
Or a Happy Homburnikka?!

Oohhh. There’s an idea for next year. Homburnika 8 Crazy Nights of Homburg LOL

 

[Blare]

There's no way I'm just gonna sit on the sidelines for this stingy parade!
G.B. Borsalino Fu Lazzaro

Glad you joined in the fun Rick!! It’s a made for you kinda celebration

 

[Blare]

Day six of Stingymas. When is a stingy not really a stingy? During the later 1950s, brims started to slim down, a 2" size became quite popular. We now consider them a "stingy", but looking at the hat, it still has Fedora lines and construction. I consider a stingy one of those 1965 1 1/2 plaid "Tom Landry" hats. A prime example is this lat 1950s Dobbs Twenty. Great felt, classic lines and a Guild Edge (Cavanagh edge). Does not look like a stingy on the head, IMHO.

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Definitely nothing stingy about dropping a twenty dollar bill on a hat in the 1950s! Except maybe how miserly one might have had to be the rest of the year in order to do so! Beautiful hat Mike.

 

[Blare]

What to me is the quintessential stingy: Resistol with a 2” underwelt brim and back bow.

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Great looking Resistol Brent

 

[Blare]

Nice show of hats today Gentlemen! For day six, my Akubra Hampton in Cedar Brown:

Nice hats, if maybe a bit on the smallish side; I'd rather the crown was straight-sided and at least a little taller. Since it's neither, I have to change the factory Center Dent crease to a Teardrop so my head will fit in the crown without altering the crease.

Cool Al. I don’t see too many Akubra stingies

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Barbisio:

Strictly based on brim width, this might be too wide to be classified as a stingy brim, but the hat has a definite stingy personality.

 

[Blare]

Barbisio:

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Strictly based on brim width, this might be too wide to be classified as a stingy brim, but the hat has a definite stingy personality.

And looks exactly like a two inch brim does on me. What is the brim width?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

And looks exactly like a two inch brim does on me. What is the brim width?

2 3/8 inches. Mike posted a Twenty with a 2” brim that was really more like a “standard” fedora. This is a wider brim that is more like a “standard” stingy brim.

 

[Blare]

2 3/8 inches. Mike posted a Twenty with a 2” brim that was really more like a “standard” fedora. This is a wider brim that is more like a “standard” stingy brim.

Amazing how the proportions change so much with size.

 

[Blare]

On the Seventh Day of StingyMas...

1950s Stetson 3X Beaver Quality - Steel Grey
6 inch open crown - rakish 5 to 4 inch as shaped
1 7/8 Black Grosgrain Ribbon with Boxcar Bow treatment.
2 1/8 brim with 1/8 accented bound edge

The 2 1/8 brim on this 1950s Stetson 3X Beaver Quality may be stingy... but the crown at about 6 inches open certainly is not! With these proportions the crown was looking a bit stovepipe like. It seems whenever I pick this one up I’m working the crown wider and down a bit. It has a cool boxcar bow ribbon treatment. The steel grey felt has some blue tones to it and is a similar feel to my same period whippet.

Merry StingyMas!

 

[Zombie_61]

Cool Al. I don’t see too many Akubra stingies

Historically Akubra is/has been known for "working" hats, usually with wide brims to protect the wearer from the harsh Australian sun. They may have had others through the years, but currently their offerings of fur felt stingies are limited to the Hampton, the Rap (which has been discontinued), and the Trilby (which has also been discontinued). I've read rumors that the Hampton might be discontinued as well, but I'm hoping that won't happen until after I've gotten the other two colors I'd like to have.

Day seven of Stingymas, and my seventh and last stingy brim--another Akubra Hampton, this time in black:

I can't say I'm a big fan of black hats, but earlier this year The Hattery had a sale on selected hats and I couldn't resist the price. There's nothing wrong with black, but I'd really rather it was Carbon Grey or Federation Navy. Oh well.

 

[Blare]

Historically Akubra is/has been known for "working" hats, usually with wide brims to protect the wearer from the harsh Australian sun. They may have had others through the years, but currently their offerings of fur felt stingies are limited to the Hampton, the Rap (which has been discontinued), and the Trilby (which has also been discontinued). I've read rumors that the Hampton might be discontinued as well, but I'm hoping that won't happen until after I've gotten the other two colors I'd like to have.

Day seven of Stingymas, and my seventh and last stingy brim--another Akubra Hampton, this time in black:

I can't say I'm a big fan of black hats, but earlier this year The Hattery had a sale on selected hats and I couldn't resist the price. There's nothing wrong with black, but I'd really rather it was Carbon Grey or Federation Navy. Oh well.

looks sharp.

 

[jonesy86]

Big 10 ft. swell breaking pretty far off shore. I had to swim out unusually far to get past the surfers waiting to catch a wave just before it breaks and paddle into it. I swam my 500 M. course south, then swam back in with the waves breaking erratically. Misjudged one and spent more time underwater than I am comfortable with being tossed around a bit. I realized why no one was surfing this part of the beach. The air temp was low 70s, water temp high 70s, mostly cloudy with showers.

2 3/8th inch Optimo got rained on a bit, but it is just fine and has a nice light felt that forms to the touch.

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[quikrick]

Big 10 ft. swell breaking pretty far off shore. I had to swim out unusually far to get past the surfers waiting to catch a wave just before it breaks and paddle into it. I swam my 500 M. course south, then swam back in with the waves breaking erratically. Misjudged one and spent more time underwater than I am comfortable with being tossed around a bit. I realized why no one was surfing this part of the beach. The air temp was low 70s, water temp high 70s, mostly cloudy with showers.

2 3/8th inch Optimo got rained on a bit, but it is just fine and has a nice light felt that forms to the touch.

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A little maytag is always fun!

 

[Zombie_61]

...2 3/8th inch Optimo got rained on a bit, but it is just fine and has a nice light felt that forms to the touch...

Man, I like that hat! Great colors, nice proportions, and it suits you perfectly! The only thing wrong with it is that it isn't mine.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

On the Seventh Day of StingyMas...

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1950s Stetson 3X Beaver Quality - Steel Grey
6 inch open crown - rakish 5 to 4 inch as shaped
1 7/8 Black Grosgrain Ribbon with Boxcar Bow treatment.
2 1/8 brim with 1/8 accented bound edge

The 2 1/8 brim on this 1950s Stetson 3X Beaver Quality may be stingy... but the crown at about 6 inches open certainly is not! With these proportions the crown was looking a bit stovepipe like. It seems whenever I pick this one up I’m working the crown wider and down a bit. It has a cool boxcar bow ribbon treatment. The steel grey felt has some blue tones to it and is a similar feel to my same period whippet.

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Merry StingyMas!

There’s a lot to like here. In my size, I’d have guessed it had a 2 1/2 or 2 5/8 inch brim: doesn’t look stingy at all to me. The crown shape etc. is also more classic fedora and less 1960s stingy. Looks great on you too.

 

[hatsRme]

On this EIGHTH day of StingyMas I'm following Jonesy's lead with a custom made Stingy. Here is him, my most slim brim, from the vintage stash of Borsalino felts of Gary White at Custom Hats of Buffalo. They even had a Cavanagh edge!



Enjoy the day!!