What hat are you waiting for today?

[Frunobulax]

landed my first pretty recently and it is among the finest hats in my collection
just superbly crafted ... and unsung and underrated name in vintage hats for sure

I almost went for a Western last week, with the intention of converting it, but let it lay there too long and somebody else availed themselves of the BIN.

 

[EstherWeis]

Ha, I'm not the one waiting for them but you know...

My father turns 60 next week and I'm going to surprise him with a new straw hat.
He wears the heck out of them since the hair has left the building so to speak.

I found this stunning vintage buntal, and I'm waiting for a copper/orange silk taffeta ribbon to arrive to finish it off.

Now, here is my question since I'm sort of in the dark here.
He does sweat quite a bit in summer and his straws do suffer. Should I put in a super thin pure silk liner and a leather sweat or just the sweat?

 

[moontheloon]

very nice ....

I say no liner ... just leather sweat

you could put one of those sweat width plastic liners behind the sweat

 

[EstherWeis]

Thank you Anthony!

Emmanuel looked at me funny when I told him about it.
He was like, don't put more fabric where there's no need for it woman

I have this superthin 2 inch calf leather sweat that I could maybe use.
The fact that it's so wide might help...

Also, I can't make up my bloody mind on this guy...

 

[moontheloon]

definitely ... nice wide sweat will be great

... and I love the thin ribbon contrast

 

[Fed in a Fedora]

"Now, here is my question since I'm sort of in the dark here.
He does sweat quite a bit in summer and his straws do suffer. Should I put in a super thin pure silk liner and a leather sweat or just the sweat?"

Another option is to glue a partial liner to the top of the inside of the crown to break any contact with the very top of his head. Keeps the straw from rubbing and also prevents sweat through.

Here is my old Dobbs summer hat to show you what I mean:

Fed

 

[jlee562]

I wish this was the hat I got. Stetson does do a descent panama.

I got the shantung version because I was curious about the fold up thing and I liked the shape of the hat, not so low crowned, descent amount of brim. It has some weird plastic faux leather sweatband that doesn't seem to absorb sweat yet allows it to go through to the hat and ribbon. The big problem was that the brim began to droop and lose shape quite badly and no amount of steam or ironing would bring it back. The humidity seemed to rob it of it's shape after a few days (no it didn't get rained on). Maybe at some point I'll try some spray stiffener on it but a new hat shouldn't self destruct this quickly.

Hopefully they've made improvements and Jlee will have better luck

Well, I got mine today and it doesn't fit!

It feels like someone might have mistagged a 6 7/8 as a 7, because every modern Stetson I've had sat slightly loosely on my head.

DelMonico is going to swap it out for me (great service there, of course), but the verdict is still out.

 

[Bob Roberts]

Well, I got mine today and it doesn't fit!

It feels like someone might have mistagged a 6 7/8 as a 7, because every modern Stetson I've had sat slightly loosely on my head.

DelMonico is going to swap it out for me (great service there, of course), but the verdict is still out.

What did u think of it?

 

[jlee562]

What did u think of it?

Well....I'd like it less if I hadn't gotten 15% off, haha.

It did not have a shiny, plastic-y finish. As far as shangtung goes, it was a decent approximation of natural straw. It does roll! It does seem like it might start to look a bit misshapen easily. But I'd still like to give a properly sized one a chance.

 

[RJR]

definitely ... nice wide sweat will be great

... and I love the thin ribbon contrast

Agree.

 

[tommyK]

Well, I got mine today and it doesn't fit!

It feels like someone might have mistagged a 6 7/8 as a 7, because every modern Stetson I've had sat slightly loosely on my head.

DelMonico is going to swap it out for me (great service there, of course), but the verdict is still out.

I sincerely hope You have better luck than I did. You'd almost have to

DelMonico's is the best

 

[Fed in a Fedora]

Sending the wrong size seems to be a trend lately. My RM Williams Akubra was at least 2 sizes too big. That is a lot of shipping to eat.

I hope that you came out better than I did.

 

[emigran]

Waiting for a 50 +yr old Mallory body in Grey/Blue/Green from Art Fawcett finshed as a Strat...the wait is killing me...!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rclark]

Waiting for a 50 +yr old Mallory body in Grey/Blue/Green from Art Fawcett finshed as a Strat...the wait is killing me...!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to see the finished product! Art does great work.

 

[Frunobulax]

Waiting for a 50 +yr old Mallory body in Grey/Blue/Green from Art Fawcett finshed as a Strat...the wait is killing me...!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, that sounds choice!

 

[RJR]

Can't wait to see the finished product! Art does great work.

+1

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Not wanting to restart the granite gray/brown discussion, I'll just say shipped & on it's way!

 

[RJR]

Not wanting to restart the granite gray/brown discussion, I'll just say shipped & on it's way!

Very nice,great colors.

 

[EstherWeis]

Agree.

Woopsie, posted them in the wrong thread by accident.

Put on a temporary ribbon since the one I ordered has been on hold.
His birthday is on sunday so I had no choice.
And picture of said sweat.

 

[Bob Roberts]

Woopsie, posted them in the wrong thread by accident.

Put on a temporary ribbon since the one I ordered has been on hold.
His birthday is on sunday so I had no choice.
And picture of said sweat.

Very nice no matter which thread.