What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Redfokker]

About to run to a meeting so I'll get caught up on all the fine lids during lunch! Today is a '50's Dobbs Golden Coach hommie sort of day:

Very impressive Dobbs!! Love the brim width.

 

[Redfokker]

Northwest Hats conversion of a Buckaroo.

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Sweet! Love the color, and that ribbon/binding width, it really sets this one off nicely.

 

[Bigger Don]

May the Funk be with you.

Funk on, My Funk Man!

 

[Redfokker]

Well, there were a few failed refurbs that were a little discouraging yet very informative.
My first hat from a blank took several tries to get it to look even close to wearable.
All my equipment is homemade, other than a flange. My first attempts at making blocks were using sealing foam, with limited success. I then tried my hand at making them from wood. I was a beginner at that, too. As my fledgling woodworking skills produced better gear, my hatmaking results also improved. I still can't sew a nice looking straight stitch on my sweatbands, though...thank goodness for wide ribbons!

You are an inspiration to us all Moe!

 

[Redfokker]

It's finally cold enough to be called winter here, so I trundled off to work today with my long black topcoat and the silverbelly Royal De Luxe Stetson:

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(Oh, and there were trousers, shoes, and a sweater too.)

Love the lines on that Stetson. And that silverbelly color - Wow!

 

[Bob Roberts]

Sweet! Love the color, and that ribbon/binding width, it really sets this one off nicely.

Thx Red. The ribbon and binding are two different shades.

 

[moehawk]

You are an inspiration to us all Moe!

Thanks Red!

 

[Redfokker]

One of my favorites today. Lightweight Stetson Sovereign with brim stitching. Might need to switch to something a bit heavier though. Subzero temperatures, yuck.
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Great hat, but I'm drawn to that spiffy tie!

 

[Redfokker]

"Echter" Borsalino probabaly later 1950s.

February 9, 1929

Its so...inky! Amazing!

 

[Redfokker]

Hey, Red, that REALLY looks great! You 2 make a great pair!

Thanks Dennis, I am really liking the felt on this one.

 

[Redfokker]

Stunning array of fine hats today, ladies and gents (Jim and Bigger Don included as well )

This has been a loooooooooooooooooong Monday. I wish I had the time to post my praises of the many fine lids presented here today...

It was cold freezing rain this morning, then just rain.... dark, wet and cold. It's become too easy to grab this Stratton western converted to Outback by NW Hats. It takes a bunch of rain, snow, sleet... and just isn't phased by any of it. I did find out, though, it's a good idea to shake the snow off before you get into the car... where it melts into... water (duh!), and then pours all over the darn place!

Maybe I can summon the will to try some other hats this week. I'll probably do a repeat of the Hawaiian shirt paired with the Falcon Park Silverbelly for the office holiday potluck lunch.

Again, thanks for sharing all the amazing hats today. Count me seriously impressed.

Yeah, we're tired of this one...

 

[Redfokker]

Kilgore Stetson and Rogue One T Shirt on my way to watch it with the full kindergarden

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I do like this hat. What is the medallion on the side?

 

[Miamibruno]

Hi @Miamibruno looking elegant as always! My nickname, which could be written also as cuqui, is used often for children, it somehow stuck and my close family still call me that. The accent is on the first syllable... where did your dad's nickname come from?

Kuki,

My Dad is from Cuba. So I was pretty sure the pronunciation would be the same. He was the youngest in his family so I think it stuck to him, too.

 

[mmbarnes]

Matt, as nice a hat as The Polar is, please pack it away so the weather can get back to normal. I don't particularly like 15F in Fort Worth.

In any event I was able to get to the office through the frozen tundra, with my Open Road 7XCB.

Looks like great minds are thinking alike this morning, Harv!

Cheers!
David

Fantastic.
Love the photo composition, too.

As for the weather... I am sorry. When I get home tonight I will promptly burn THE POLAR.

Well... Burnt THE POLAR tonight.

Since life is not worth living without it, I immolated myself with it.

This message was posted with Postcron, an easy to use tool for scheduling and then posthumously publishing to social media. NEATO! [emoji6]

 

[Bigger Don]

Yes Matt and nice big ones at that.

We see how you are on Saturday night!

 

[Chamuco]

I do like this hat. What is the medallion on the side?

Hi Red,

I do like to. Always wanted it since I saw Robert Duvall's one from Apocalipse Now, that's why I named it "The Kilgore"

Its a pin french pin, it seems to be an interpretation or an old roman coin, very nice, its marked Monet, in the 1920's the car dealers used to paint the initials of the customers on the doors of the cars, and this guys, Monet, developed decals for the initials,

It should,be from the 1930's, I found 3 on a garage sale in Chapala, we have a big american populatiom there, so I got this one, one with an opal or rhinestone and one with an owl.

Hope you keep getting better !!! Must be in good shape for Christmas eve, eggnog and tequila !!

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[mmbarnes]

Hi Red,

I do like to. Always wanted it since I saw Robert Duvall's one from Apocalipse Now, that's why I named it "The Kilgore"

Its a pin french pin, it seems to be an interpretation or an old roman coin, very nice, its marked Monet, in the 1920's the car dealers used to paint the initials of the customers on the doors of the cars, and this guys, Monet, developed decals for the initials,

It should,be from the 1930's, I found 3 on a garage sale in Chapala, we have a big american populatiom there, so I got this one, one with an opal or rhinestone and one with an owl.

Hope you keep getting better !!! Must be in good shape for Christmas eve, eggnog and tequila !!

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Cool to read about the pins. I've often wondered about them as I've seen your posts. Never occurred to me to simply ask. Red, smart... Me, not so much.

Eggnog + tequila...

That sounds like a recipe for very, very bad consequences.

Very, very bad...

Or, as Col. Kurtz may have put it:
The horror... the horror...

 

[Redfokker]

Hi Red,

I do like to. Always wanted it since I saw Robert Duvall's one from Apocalipse Now, that's why I named it "The Kilgore"

Its a pin french pin, it seems to be an interpretation or an old roman coin, very nice, its marked Monet, in the 1920's the car dealers used to paint the initials of the customers on the doors of the cars, and this guys, Monet, developed decals for the initials,

It should,be from the 1930's, I found 3 on a garage sale in Chapala, we have a big american populatiom there, so I got this one, one with an opal or rhinestone and one with an owl.

Hope you keep getting better !!! Must be in good shape for Christmas eve, eggnog and tequila !!

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That is a really cool pin, I'd like to see a detail shot sometime. There are other car guys around here who would also be interested I'm sure. Good name for the hat, only a true fan will understand fully.

 

[Redfokker]

Cool to read about the pins. I've often wondered about them as I've seen your posts. Never occurred to me to simply ask. Red, smart... Me, not so much.

Eggnog + tequila...

That sounds like a recipe for very, very bad consequences.

Very, very bad...

Or, as Col. Kurtz may have put it:
The horror... the horror...

Had eggnog and Baileys together this weekend. Not bad, I'm not much of an eggnog fan, but the combo was good. I'm more of a Tom and Jerry kind of guy. That is why I need one of 'dem T & J hats I've seen around these parts!!

 

[Celia]

"Echter" Borsalino probabaly later 1950s.

February 9, 1929

Just perfect.