Very nice panama, Richard.Goorin Bros Panama
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Very nice panama, Richard.Goorin Bros Panama
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Your hat collection gets more impressive by the day, Bill. The "shady... bankers" sweat is a nice touchHeaded to work in a vintage Peters Bros (60s) with VS ribbon treatment. Art’s work is awesome. It was his choice to to forest green.
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Magnificent, Mike (leave out the comma at will). Superb look and the ribbon colour is to die for.Mallory XV circa mid 1950s today. Love this hat, shark's gills and wide brim binding. Presentation in my Russian History class today, have to look good. Still can't get the button on the wind trolley to behave... View attachment 118170 View attachment 118171 View attachment 118172 View attachment 118173
Cool look again, Michael. I like the colour and the brim curve of that Resistol.A spot of rain earlier and still a nice cool morning. Resistol Stagecoach should keep my head dry if any more shows up.
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Have a fine Wednesday,
Michael
Top marks for the refurb, Jim. A job this well done should make you feel better right away!Feeling a bit under the weather yesterday, I decided to take a personal day. As we all know, idle hands are the Devil's workshop, so after laying around a bit I finally motivated myself to finishing this refurb. About a month ago, I found a Dobbs Hanover Square at an estate sale for the astronomical price of $2.50. A little beat, and a bit dirty, with a few nibbles, but all in all still in acceptable shape. In preparation for a bath, I had my first bad Lexol experience. After treating the sweat, I went back and looked several hours later and the leather had separated from the reed assembly in such a way it was not repairable. So a call to Bond set me up with a new sweatband. I gave it a naphtha bath, a good steam bath, ironed out the crown, and re-flanged it. I took the opportunity of being at home yesterday to cut and install the new sweat (in addition to putting a new sweat in a hat for my wife).
So today, a Dobbs Hanover Square. Hat by Dobbs, unfinished sweat by Bond, refurb by Fruno.
Some of the original sweat. There were no store debossments.
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Such a great colour combination. I'm liking this hat more and more, Michael.Nice save Jim. Great hat. Since the threat of rain has turned into sunshine it put me in the mood to don the Hanover Square while sitting out on the new patio furniture set I thrifted yesterday.
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The comfort factor for coffee in the yard mornings skyrocketed with the new chairs.
Michael
It's a borsalino; what's not to like? Looks great on you, Rick.The weather has been nice, sunny and bright but still cool and breezy. Perfect for my light weight Borsalino Icaro. I'm really liking this hat, the more I wear it the more I like it!
Superb job, Justin. You brought that one back from the brink by the looks of it.Howdy! Long time no post cuz I haven't had anything new to share.
Wearing a '50's Knox Twenty today. I wouldn't call this one a refurb -- more like a resurrection...
She photographs well so it was impossible to tell from the listing photos that the body was COVERED in deep moth bites. So much so that I couldn't pounce them out entirely without damaging the structural integrity of the felt. The worst area was the break -- full 360 of moth gnashes. I couldn't smooth that out so I covered it up by stretching the crown height by 1/8". And to boot, the sweat was dry and cracked...
I'm really curious about how this was stored because despite the aforementioned issues, the liner is pristine. Anyway -- she does photograph well and I love the fit so all-in-all, not disappointed.
Never change a winning team, Bob!Same old TFCD...
Thanks Stefan. The color is Tanbark, if you start looking for one.Cool look again, Michael. I like the colour and the brim curve of that Resistol.
It finds itself on my head often while I'm just sitting around the place.Such a great colour combination. I'm liking this hat more and more, Michael.
Another stellar pair of hats topping off a great look.Two hat day today. Started off with the Borsalino Ghiaccio.
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Second one was the Ecuadorian supernatural (only just fits the width of the picture).
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Nice save Jim. Great hat. Since the threat of rain has turned into sunshine it put me in the mood to don the Hanover Square while sitting out on the new patio furniture set I thrifted yesterday.
DSCN0916 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN0915 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN0917 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
The comfort factor for coffee in the yard mornings skyrocketed with the new chairs.
Michael
Nice and excellent work. I need to quit buying hats a get a decent block and a couple different width flanged.
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Top marks for the refurb, Jim. A job this well done should make you feel better right away!
Outstanding, Red!Mallory XV circa mid 1950s today. Love this hat, shark's gills and wide brim binding. Presentation in my Russian History class today, have to look good. Still can't get the button on the wind trolley to behave... View attachment 118170 View attachment 118171 View attachment 118172 View attachment 118173
Ah...this one’s for Harv....no comment.Not to sound like your mother. But he’s so silly [emoji12]
And honestly, I think you should go for this look more often.[emoji8][emoji6]
Yesterday it was absolutely boiling hot here. So buntal was in order.