I started on guitar when I was 10, learned all my chords, open and barred,even some ninths, diminished, and augmenteds.I was attending some bluegrass festivals, in the early 80s, and most of the fun started at midnight. There was an abundance of guitar pickers, so I took up mandolin. No matter how crappy of a mandolin picker, you were welcome around campfires.
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Thanks Michael !!This one of my favorite Dobbs out there Michael. The condition is just superb.
That is the coolest label for a beret ever!!
Mission accomplished, you look great Christophe.
Justin, this is a museum piece! Did you swipe it from the Smithsonian or something?
Stunning Rodolfo! Love the owl pin.
That is super cool Steve! Thank you for the history and the pictures. Fantastic!Harv, Thanks! I forgot about this one but I decided to wear it yesterday. It does have a unique look.
Side note: Fritz Hückel wasn't interested in the hat business. He was an early automotive engineer (car design & production under the Hückel and Gnom) and was a pioneer of the European racing circuit (became the Grand Prix). He fled (to Bavaria) Czechoslovakia after WWII and financed a displaced Hückel workers startup in Weilheim, Germany.
Austro, Austro-Cyclecar (1913 - 1914)
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(1913 - 1914); Fritz Hückel; Neutitschein; Austria (after WWI Novy Jicin, Czechoslovakia)
Automobile plant of Fritz Hückel in Schönau (Novy Jicin) (1921-1936) for the production of the vehicle model GNOM
Auto Racing
Groovy Matt! Liking the color on that one.Unknown maker sold out of Julius Garfinkel & Co. in DC.
Now I'm gonna get out there and Saturday the hell out of this day. Hope that each of you do, too.
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Thanks Richard.Very nice Rudolfo
That is a gorgeous hat Steve, It's hard to make a black hat look that good but that ribbon does if for sure.
You guys with the Akubra's are tempting me. I only have a beatup CEO that I wear for a rain hat. May be time to expand my horizons.
Thanks Fourman !!! Will do next week, at least I know my buddy @Redfokker will enjoy that post !!Hell ya! That’s quite the hat.
Sometime you should consider a post on all your hat pins. I know it’s not everyones cup of tea, but like your hats there’s exquisite taste involved.
I pushed out the factory "Gus" crown crease and modified the side dents into more of an early 1900s "sagebrush crown" style.
Thanks Red!Damn I like that hat DD. Not a cattleman crease kind of guy, but this gets me closer.
Thank you 1mach1!You did a great job on the cattleman crease DD!
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Thanks Bob, I enjoy the mandolin, although I'm not very good.When a hat looks that good on you why would you not wear it everyday? Cool to see and hear that you play the mandolin. My Dad played one all the time but, even though I tried to learn, I just don't have a musical bone in my body.
You really have a style about you Jeff. Those gills are Great White!Hats hats hats
Optimo dark green fedora.
Black Wormser with serious gills.
Hanna hats grey cap.
The last photo is my son and I making faces after I finished performance 8 out of 12 this week.
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Wow! You have winter there, that ear muff hat is something I've needed here for a couple of weeks. Think I'll look for one.Ear flap Friday ! Ugh [emoji58]
Have a great weekend!
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So cool Steve! The history you provide of European hat makers, and now automotive pioneers is a pleasure to me. Just what I need, more research projects...oh look, a squirrel! Mmmmm, shiny object.Harv, Thanks! I forgot about this one but I decided to wear it yesterday. It does have a unique look.
Side note: Fritz Hückel wasn't interested in the hat business. He was an early automotive engineer (car design & production under the Hückel and Gnom) and was a pioneer of the European racing circuit (became the Grand Prix). He fled (to Bavaria) Czechoslovakia after WWII and financed a displaced Hückel workers startup in Weilheim, Germany.
Austro, Austro-Cyclecar (1913 - 1914)
Production info
(1913 - 1914); Fritz Hückel; Neutitschein; Austria (after WWI Novy Jicin, Czechoslovakia)
Automobile plant of Fritz Hückel in Schönau (Novy Jicin) (1921-1936) for the production of the vehicle model GNOM
Auto Racing
Friedrich Paul (Fritz) Hückel * 22.6.1885 (Nový Jičín) † 12.1.1973 (Munich)
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Penman this morning.
Farfegnugen to you as well my friend! Garfinkel RULES!Unknown maker sold out of Julius Garfinkel & Co. in DC.
Now I'm gonna get out there and Saturday the hell out of this day. Hope that each of you do, too.
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Yes please. Just what I need, another expensive hobby.Thanks Fourman !!! Will do next week, at least I know my buddy @Redfokker will enjoy that post !!
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Great looking Snowy River Matt.More winterization around the house. Akubra snowy river for my yard work
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Nice looking, Red!I tried to do the tapatalk thing with this image off my new phone yesterday. Ended sending it to myself. Thanks to @mmbarnes for the offer to help. When things slow down today I'm going to hit him up. Broken record hat...the Borsalino Gorascu "Angora" in Misto Grigio on the OSU campus. It is such a grand hat, even the non-hatted masses notice it!
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