TheManInTheHat
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I just scooped up a Stevens Milam today myself! 3 bucks at a thrift shop. Stevens I feel is very underrated.Vintage, lightweight, Stevens 'Water-Way' Milan weave Fedora. I hadn't seen one before, just grabbed it on eBay.
I just scooped up a Stevens Milam today myself! 3 bucks at a thrift shop. Stevens I feel is very underrated.
Wow. Whole villages could shelter under that brim!
What size?
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Maybe you Loungers have some suggestions
Two hat day, first my Afrika Korps pith helmet at the flea market
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You're 100% right. This brim is way too big. It's almost 4 inches. I got the hat for free from a friend and love the felt, but the brim is way too big for me. I am looking for a place to have the brim trimmed to about 2.25 inches and rebound. However, I am not sure where to go since this hat has a unique binding on the brim (maybe a Cavanagh edge? -- I don't really know brim style lingo), and I would like the retain this brim treatment. I'm not sure I can go to a regular hatter here in Houston to get the right edge on a trimmed brim. Maybe you Loungers have some suggestions?
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Hi Trenchfriend, no worries, we're fine. We had a great two week holiday near Leiwen, Germany and a busy first week at work.Hey, @sergejvandervreede, is everything ok?? You are missed, here!
I'm game for about anything, Chamuco, but I don't think I could pull off a pith helmet. At least not like you.
See if you can post a close up of the brim. If it's a Cavanagh, and you want to keep that, you can't get the brim trimmed. If it's an expertly executed underwelt, a hatter should be able to trim and put an underwelt on it. Cavanagh edges are created during the felting process, so it can't be recreated.
I'm not really sure what a Cavanagh edge or underwelt is. Google isn't really helpful on that note. Here are pics. Maybe it is an underwelt (Cavanagh sounds American and this is an Italian hat)? First pic is of the top of the brim and second is the underside since they are different.
This appears to be a bound edge so I would think a skilled hatter could reduce the brim and re-bind it for you.
I'm not really sure what a Cavanagh edge or underwelt is. Google isn't really helpful on that note. Here are pics. Maybe it is an underwelt (Cavanagh sounds American and this is an Italian hat)? First pic is of the top of the brim and second is the underside since they are different.
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We're back [emoji2] [emoji2] [emoji2]
Two week holiday in Germany. Great weather.
And yes, that is a New hat. Stetson Panama in taupe.
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