What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[DOUGLAS]

This is an older type J.T. It only reads The Open Road...

 

[deanglen]

This is an older type J.T. It only reads The Open Road...

Shades of the old M1883-1889 campaign hats! Love it!

dean

 

[feltfan]

Impervious to humidity

Douglas,

I was in NYC last week. In that heat and humidity,
I am impressed you are wearing felt.

I brought my 50s Knox Milano and 40s Supernatural
Panama open weave, and they were almost too much
for all that heat and humidity.

You must move from air conditioner to air conditioner.

 

[BJBAmerica]

You have all seen this one before but it is too good to keep on a shelf.

Hat, Vest, Tie......A MODEL example for all Fedora Loungers.....You continue to impress on a daily basis, Douglas....Bravo!!! :eusa_clap

 

[carter]

Douglas, That is ONE GREAT Open Road! Sweet hat. Carter

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Surely y'all can guess which hat I'm wearing today

.

 

[Lancealot]

Trusty old straw.....Only summer lid in my modest hat collection so far.

Very sharp.

 

[deanglen]

Surely y'all can guess which hat I'm wearing today

.

Yessir! And as fine as they come! How well does the air vent through it, Marc? I always wonder about those tight, fine weave panamas.

dean

 

[bolthead]

Coolbeans....

Thanks, bolthead. The hat started out as a standard black Resistol, with a 2" brim and about a 4 1/2" crown. I pushed the crown into an open dome, then down in the center till the crown height was about 2 1/2". The next step is easier than it sounds. I pushed the dome from the inside, till the peak came up just about even with the existing crown edge. I know it sounds like too much material is folded into the crown, but remember, it now sits higher on the head. (Heads, like hats, are also tapered) It was fun, and I will wear it, from time to time.

JT, I just tried it with a high crowned Knox Forty I have. It has a 5 1/4" crown with a 1 3/4" snap brim and real nice 2" wide ribbon. The felt is so super soft that you inspired me to give it a shot just sitting here at my desk, with no steam or anything....

the crease isn't as sharp as it should be, or I'd like it....but with no steam & just playing around with it, it works fairly well like you said.
This one is a bit blurry, but you get the idea. The crown went from 5 1/4" down to about 3".

Thanks JT.

 

[BJBAmerica]

Very sharp.

Thanks, Lancelot..... Much appreciated, I try, but I'm not a patch on Douglas' vest...LOL!!! lol

 

[BJBAmerica]

JT, I just tried it with a high crowned Knox Forty I have. It has a 5 1/4" crown with a 1 3/4" snap brim and real nice 2" wide ribbon. The felt is so super soft that you inspired me to give it a shot just sitting here at my desk, with no steam or anything....

the crease isn't as sharp as it should be, or I'd like it....but with no steam & just playing around with it, it works fairly well like you said.
This one is a bit blurry, but you get the idea. The crown went from 5 1/4" down to about 3".

Thanks JT.

Looks "Spot On Keaton" to me, Bolthead!! Bravo on that bash!!! :eusa_clap

 

[bolthead]

This is an older type J.T. It only reads The Open Road...

One thing I've noticed more and more lately on this forum, is that there is a lot of very nice hats made right here in my home state of Pa., alot of them from small towns near by, not too far from me too. Funny thing is, I can't seen to find any of them. :eusa_doh:

 

[J.T.Marcus]

bolthead, That's a fantastic low crown you came up with. I hope you plan to wear it, some. Steam it, if you like; but back in the day, those slight imperfections in the bash were considered a sure sign that it was lovingly done by hand. By the way, what are we going to call this thing? Is it a "Buster" or a "Keaton"? Somewhere, he's probably getting a good chuckle over us. :eusa_clap lol

 

[bolthead]

bolthead, That's a fantastic low crown you came up with. I hope you plan to wear it, some. Steam it, if you like; but back in the day, those slight imperfections in the bash were considered a sure sign that it was lovingly done by hand. By the way, what are we going to call this thing? Is it a "Buster" or a "Keaton"? Somewhere, he's probably getting a good chuckle over us. :eusa_clap lol

LMAO.....I'm calling it a "MarcusEaton".....thanks my friend.

 

[Tango Yankee]

The Buster Thread?

At the risk of taking this thread even farther off topic, yesterday I received a couple of hats in the mail. My wife took a look and said "Those look like the hat that comedian wore!"

I said (thanks to this thread) "Buster Keaton?" and she said "Yeah!"

Here are the hats:
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I've built a light box based on the instructions in a link posted in another thread. I'm working on getting the colors to come out right. They're pretty close in this photo, but I've got a Strat in rich brown that keeps coming out too light. The ribbon on the hat on the right is a dark purple. The experimenting continues...

Cheers,
Tom

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Tango Yankee, Not only are you a hat lover, but a serious photographer, too!
That's definitely a winning combination for this forum. Love the hats!

 

[bolthead]

Tango Yankee, Not only are you a hat lover, but a serious photographer, too!
That's definitely a winning combination for this forum. Love the hats!

What he said......lol

Great find Tom, super job on the pic. :eusa_clap

 

[DOUGLAS]

Well done photo, Tom:eusa_clap :eusa_clap What a fantastic way to show case your hats

 

[Tango Yankee]

Thank you, Gentlemen!

I've not posted many photos of my hats because I've not been happy with the usual snapshot images I was getting--the color was usually off. I decided to do something about it. Part of that, of course, involved actually getting out the manual for my camera and finding the various controls to deal with things like white balance correction.

Once I get it down I'll post photos more often.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[RBH]

As posted on another thread.
My Peters Bros. Indy straw.
a great hat, for the Arkansas heat!

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