Show us your2023 hats!

[wsmontana]

Alright then. No use in building the suspense any longer
As usual in two parts: finders - the hats I've found and moved on (or try to at least)- and keepers - speaks for itself.

Finders. Actually more than in 2022, which surprised me a bit.

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Keepers. Less than in 2022. Am I beginning to learn?

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This is what having close to 500 hats in a small attic looks like. Anyone interested in taking a couple hundred hats from my hands?

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Wow, just amazing Stefan! Thanks for sharing and thanks for all the help and expertise you have provided since I’ve been a member here.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Alright then. No use in building the suspense any longer
As usual in two parts: finders - the hats I've found and moved on (or try to at least)- and keepers - speaks for itself.

Finders. Actually more than in 2022, which surprised me a bit.

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Keepers. Less than in 2022. Am I beginning to learn?

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This is what having close to 500 hats in a small attic looks like. Anyone interested in taking a couple hundred hats from my hands?

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Help!! I fell down and i can’t get up!!
B

 

[steur]

Wow, just amazing Stefan! Thanks for sharing and thanks for all the help and expertise you have provided since I’ve been a member here.

Thank you, Bill. Much appreciated. It's what the Lounge is all about.

Help!! I fell down and i can’t get up!!
B

It's what I fear, Bowen: getting covered in a hatalanche and not being found for weeks. Some stacks show some faultlines already!

 

[BobHufford]

Wow Bob, you had a great year! I’m amazed at the variety and quality of hats you are able to find!

Thanks Bill! It’s mostly just a willingness to waste time.

 

[Mighty44]

Alright then. No use in building the suspense any longer
As usual in two parts: finders - the hats I've found and moved on (or try to at least)- and keepers - speaks for itself.

Finders. Actually more than in 2022, which surprised me a bit.

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Keepers. Less than in 2022. Am I beginning to learn?

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This is what having close to 500 hats in a small attic looks like. Anyone interested in taking a couple hundred hats from my hands?

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I’m sure I’m not the only one that forwarded this photo to my wife to say, “See, it could be a lot worse…”

That’s the closet of dreams for all of us, Stefan—thanks for sharing and here’s wishing you another year of success!

David

 

[wsmontana]

It is tough following Stefan but I’m happy with my 2023 keepers.

Cowboys:

• Resistol 5X Beaver Hand Creased with Red Liner
• Resistol Vaquero 3X Beaver Hand Creased with Red Liner
• Stetson 5X Grizzly with Rattlesnake Hat Band
• Rand’s 8X Beaver with Red Liner
• Rand’s 100X Beaver
• 
  
  

Stingies/Straws

• Borsalino 1954-1960 with Oil skin protector
• Lamson Hubbard Genuine Panama
• Pilgrim Beaver Blend with Gold Liner
• Stetson 1950s Genuine Panama (I need to attach the band)
• Stetson 1950s Royal with Rainbow Liner
• 

Fedoras

• BR Western Dalworth
• Akubra Squatter
• Stetson 1940 Beaver Twenty-Five
• Borsalino 1960s Qualita Superiore
• Stetson 1950s Twenty-Five Open Road

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Alright then. No use in building the suspense any longer
As usual in two parts: finders - the hats I've found and moved on (or try to at least)- and keepers - speaks for itself.

Finders. Actually more than in 2022, which surprised me a bit.

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Keepers. Less than in 2022. Am I beginning to learn?

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This is what having close to 500 hats in a small attic looks like. Anyone interested in taking a couple hundred hats from my hands?

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I think perhaps you should sit down and have a discussion with your wife, Stefan. Those vases/planters/glassware are taking up valuable hat storage space.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Alright then. No use in building the suspense any longer
As usual in two parts: finders - the hats I've found and moved on (or try to at least)- and keepers - speaks for itself.

Finders. Actually more than in 2022, which surprised me a bit.

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Keepers. Less than in 2022. Am I beginning to learn?

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This is what having close to 500 hats in a small attic looks like. Anyone interested in taking a couple hundred hats from my hands?

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I’m a bit disappointed you couldn’t even find one keeper per week. You’ll have to do better this year.

 

[steur]

I think perhaps you should sit down and have a discussion with your wife, Stefan. Those vases/planters/glassware are taking up valuable hat storage space.

I do intend to! It's blocking the pathway!

I’m a bit disappointed you couldn’t even find one keeper per week. You’ll have to do better this year.

It was part of the intervention plan: bring it down at least 20% and I did. To be fair: I still have 50 or so on my watchlist.

 

[Mean Eyed Matt]

I think there were 1-2 more hats, but I don't remember... Here (more or less) the 2023 hats:
I held back not only in terms of numbers, but also in terms of color (more pictures in the German threat)

 

[steur]

I think there were 1-2 more hats, but I don't remember... Here (more or less) the 2023 hats:
I held back not only in terms of numbers, but also in terms of color (more pictures in the German threat)

Looking good already. Over to the German thread!

 

[StoryPNW]

Here are my keepers for 2023. I added a couple of new favorites, like my Playboy and my 3x San Antonio. Also got a Dobbs GP, Resistol Dalworth, Stetson Featherweight Bowler, a new Wolfbrae, and a few others.

I hope I can find a Stratoliner and more cool vintage hats in 2024.

 

[steur]

Here are my keepers for 2023. I added a couple of new favorites, like my Playboy and my 3x San Antonio. Also got a Dobbs GP, Resistol Dalworth, Stetson Featherweight Bowler, a new Wolfbrae, and a few others.
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I hope I can find a Stratoliner and more cool vintage hats in 2024.

You've added some really nice ones. You're getting there!

 

[StoryPNW]

You've added some really nice ones. You're getting there!

Thank you Stefan!

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Alright then. No use in building the suspense any longer
As usual in two parts: finders - the hats I've found and moved on (or try to at least)- and keepers - speaks for itself.

Finders. Actually more than in 2022, which surprised me a bit.

This is what having close to 500 hats in a small attic looks like. Anyone interested in taking a couple hundred hats from my hands?

But where are the good intentions for the start of 2023?
They seem to me to have been shipwrecked in the Markemeer or to be adrift in the North Sea

 

[steur]

But where are the good intentions for the start of 2023?
They seem to me to have been shipwrecked in the Markemeer or to be adrift in the North Sea

Ah, you have caught me there! As Oscar Wilde would say: I can resist anything except temptation!
I may need to follow Odysseus example and have myself tied to the mast this year.