What hat are you waiting for today?

[scottyrocks]

Found out I was the only bidder on this one and I did not expect to win at all. Dobbs Hanover Square in navy. I like the ones I see on the lounge here, so I thought I'd take a shot. Lucky shot it seems.

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Very nice. Can't wait to see it on you.

 

[glwanabe]

Ordered a Fed IV in Moonstone this morning. Shipped this afternoon.

 

[Tukwila]

Bob shipped down Sandra's cloche in time for her birthday this week and it was on the doorstep this afternoon. Will get some proper pics when I spring it on her when we celebrate Friday....

(I did peek, though, and it really is a stand out! The felt is like a blend of velour and a short hair/sateen finish. Plush, soft and clay-like).

Also, pics of some hand dyed 2" ribbon for my anxiously awaited fedora in natural...

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[psklenar]

I'm now waiting for a hat from Panama Hats Direct. <fingers crossed>

I've posted the pictures they sent me and some info on it in the Panama Hats subforum: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/panama-hat-thread.38152/page-202#post-2528319

pat----

 

[glwanabe]

Daughter just texted I have a new hat box on the table. Should be a moonstone Fed IV

 

[M Hatman]

This one....definitely too small...BUT it will be my one and only Mac Lachlan! As they say it is a "Sterling Hat"!!!
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[belfastboy]

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Bob Hufford decided this O'Farrell was too large so its on the way to me.

Wow, great score!

 

[belfastboy]

This post technically does not belong here but......just checked in with Stephen at Leon Drexler hats out of Toronto and his current wait list is just over one year. So if I bite the bullet and order I can post it here once a month for the next year. He does make great hats and the look is his own.

 

[Rmccamey]

You and me too. I ordered a Limpia Creek hat back in October. My wait is about over, thought, as it should be here as early as today but perhaps into next week.

This post technically does not belong here but......just checked in with Stephen at Leon Drexler hats out of Toronto and his current wait list is just over one year. So if I bite the bullet and order I can post it here once a month for the next year. He does make great hats and the look is his own.

 

[belfastboy]

You and me too. I ordered a Limpia Creek hat back in October. My wait is about over, thought, as it should be here as early as today but perhaps into next week.

Did you go with a western or cross over hybrid style? The upside in a wait that long is that I forget about it and when it arrives it is a great surprise.

 

[Rmccamey]

That's a good question! It started as a fedora/western, then changed to a Strat clone, then back to more of a fedora. When I last talked to Limpia Creek, we said make it like the "last thing we talked about" and I've conveniently forgotten what we talked about last!!! Bottom line, it will be a surprise to me too because now I'm not sure what I ordered!!!

 

[Zombie_61]

...just checked in with Stephen at Leon Drexler hats out of Toronto and his current wait list is just over one year. So if I bite the bullet and order I can post it here once a month for the next year...

Maybe, maybe not. I doubt it would take Mr. Drexler a year to make your hat, but rather it will be several months before he can start on it because he has several hats in the queue ahead of yours.

 

[belfastboy]

Maybe, maybe not. I doubt it would take Mr. Drexler a year to make your hat, but rather it will be several months before he can start on it because he has several hats in the queue ahead of yours.

Yep, his hats are expensive but not expensive enough to sustain him for the year.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I used to dismiss Bailey out of hand until @Desert dog wrote that they made nice hats back in the day.

My reasoning is a “hand creased” hat might have better felt than the machine pressed crease hats. Maybe?


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[drmaxtejeda]

This one....definitely too small...BUT it will be my one and only Mac Lachlan! As they say it is a "Sterling Hat"!!!
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I bought one on Etsy, Mark. However, it is still in my brother-in-law's in Texas.

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[glwanabe]

Nothing fancy, just an Outback Traders Oilskin River Guide. Need a new kayaking, and woods hat. My last one was destroyed in a fire.

 

[Steinbockhase]

My reasoning is a “hand creased” hat might have better felt than the machine pressed crease hats. Maybe?
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I would assume there is less felt-stiffener in the crown section, making it more malleable for creasing.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I would assume there is less felt-stiffener in the crown section, making it more malleable for creasing.

I have other hats from Resistol and Stetson that are marked “Hand Creased” and the felt is still very firm, but I don’t think it’s as stiff as other modern western hats. Bailey is new for me but I’m curious.


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[Zombie_61]

Nothing fancy, just an Outback Traders Oilskin River Guide. Need a new kayaking, and woods hat. My last one was destroyed in a fire.

Looks good to me. My opinion is that a hat doesn't have to be "fancy"--as long as it's owner/wearer likes it, that's all that matters.

Since I'm here, here's an example of a "nothing fancy" hat. For unimportant reasons that would take too long to explain, for kicks and grins I perused the 'Net last week to see what I could find that would be a "close enough" match to the hat Sylvester Stallone wore in the first two Rocky movies, and stumbled across this:

Navy Blue, made in China, allegedly 100% cotton, and if it survives the trip intact it'll probably be crushed flat and too small for me, but for $3.59 I thought I'd take the chance.

 

[jonesy86]

There is a tradition in Hawaii of hand woven straw hats called Lauhala hats, made out of a palm like tree called the Hala or Pandanus tree.

I have been on the hunt for a cowboy or Paniolo style Lauhala hat similar to this one.

They are difficult to find and pretty pricey. However, I found a Milner in Sydney who is working with women in Vanuatu who weave hats out of pandanus.
I should receive a hat soon made from the hat body on the left, in a similar style to the Vanuatu cowboy hat on the right.

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