The perfect hat

[Banky]

Maybe it's just me and how I'm wired, I'm not a variety kind of guy. I like to find something I like and stick with it. My style is fairly static, mostly color changes in the same articles of clothing for example. I appreciate any good hat, and I've owned/own some hats that score very high on the hat nerd scale. But quite a few of them I hold onto for the sake of having them as opposed to wearing them regularly.

 

[fedoracentric]

I am a wearer and a collector at the same time. I buy only hats that fit me and wear all of them... or try to, anyway.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I was a collector as a teenager in the 60s/70s, and still have a box full of hats from those days that are now two sizes too small for me.

But my adult hat interests have only been for hats that I can actually wear in daily life. I have no interest in just acquiring hats for a collection, and no interest in owning vintage hats, so everything I have is recent production. I cycle through my hats based on color matching (but I haven't much changed the colors I wear, or my hair/beard, in many decades). I've got three fedoras, a couple of wool caps, a couple of Akubra country hats for hiking and such, and a straw Stetson fedora for city use that doesn't get much wear.

I've been trying to work myself up to ordering a custom hat for a while now: I want an early 30s style (light gray, high crown, wide black ribbon, medium bound brim, just a center dent), but am having trouble convincing myself where it would fit in the rotation... Yes, we all have our own unique brand of craziness!

 

[bowlerman]

For the record I never intended to be a collector. My interest just grew as I continued my search for the perfect daily wearer. I have downsized my collection, and may keep doing that as i see certain items never leaving the shelf. The exceptions are my old top hat and a few choice bowlers, all from about the turn of the century.

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[gtdean48]

I have a collection of hats I wear, no hats not my size just to own that model. I don't wear wide ribbons so I don't own any. Got some because I wanted one of that brand in style I wear.

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[T Jones]

I'll always be looking for the perfect hat....and when I find it I still won't be satisfied.

 

[mayserwegener]

On the collectors side I see myself as a conservationist. If I see a rare vintage men's hat in a smaller size I might go for it just to keep it out of some milliner's or costume maker's hands.

 

[ManofKent]

I only buy hats that are likely to fit and like a variety, but there's definitely a bit of a collector streak in me.

 

[Lotsahats]

I'll always be looking for the perfect hat....and when I find it I still won't be satisfied.

Dunno, T. It's amazing what getting my Knox 100 did for settling down my urge to buy hats.

 

[T Jones]

Dunno, T. It's amazing what getting my Knox 100 did for settling down my urge to buy hats.

Yeah but I couldn't settle on having just one Knox 100. I'd have to buy a second one so I could have two Knox 100s! But then my wife would probably divorce me for breaking our bank account to buy them!

 

[TheDane]

On the collectors side I see myself as a conservationist. If I see a rare vintage men's hat in a smaller size I might go for it just to keep it out of some milliner's or costume maker's hands.

That's a very admirable attitute, Steve. Respect!

Aaron, you spoiled man ... of course that lid will satisfy your urge to buy hats. If I owned a Bugatti Royale, I wouldn't need a Toyota or VW, either That extreme Knox-beauty is perhaps the hat, I ever whished for the most. That said, I was very happy to see it go to a true hat-lover

Personally I'm in line with the others, only buying hats that fit my head and I really like the looks of.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I too only buy hats that fit my head. Last hats I bought was because I wanted to try different quality vintage felts (Nutria/No 1/7XCB). I try to wear them all at least 1 day on a year. Now that I got a 5" brim it's getting hard to change to others. Most people might see my hats as a collection but I still don't see them as such.

 

[gtdean48]

Dunno, T. It's amazing what getting my Knox 100 did for settling down my urge to buy hats.

Owning a Stetson 100 just makes me want a Knox 100, a Resistol 100, etc...

 

[Lotsahats]

Owning a Stetson 100 just makes me want a Knox 100, a Resistol 100, etc...

Ha! I said "settling down," mind you, not "ending."

A

 

[sebastian czentner]

Finally i´ve found the one that i want to wear all days. Is an Orion very similar to a Homburg, has a pitch in the crown, is brown and the ribbon lavender. Of course i had a lot of hats a couple of funyis ( tango hat and kind of argentine fedora) trilbys, fedoras, homburgs and a derby that i love to wear too ( in my opinion the derbys has´nt the love they deserve). My one is also very similar to the hat that wear sean Bean in the second season of Frankenstei´s Chronicles, but without the pitch in the crown. Had anyone found the one?