What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[justanuthercap]

My brand spankin' new Champ Superjet Featherweight I just got off thebay. Nice dark grey. Brim is roughly 1 3/4". Got a heck of a deal as it looks completely unworn. Very , very light weight which I appreciate this time of year in Florida!

Sorry for the scruffyness.... I was running late this morning and from the pic, none too happy to be at work.

 

[Jauntyone]

Wow! I'd love to have beauty like that. Nice find!:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[delectans]

In Pursuit Of Rainbows


Last weekend in Minnesota saw tumultuous weather, including a tornado which hit North Minneapolis. It also brought along some intense and beautiful rainbows.



Peavey Plaza, downtown Minneapolis. At Orchestra Hall for the Minnesota Orchestra concert Saturday night. Caxton Beaver Twenty.




An after concert bite at Mickey's Diner in St. Paul, a greasy spoon oozing with nostalgia and charm. One of our favorite late night eateries in the Twin Cities.



Mirror reversed self portrait while waiting for our food.



No good place to set my hat, so I left it on my noggin. Will have to sit at the counter next time to really experience the nostalgia.



A joint that never closes.



Storm clouds from the system that produced the tornado last Sunday. A temporary clearing during supper.



Unstable weather and cool temperatures enabled me to wear the Caxton all weekend.



Heading home after supper, accompanied by rainbows the entire way.



Driving towards a rare double rainbow. A metaphor for Life, I reckon, as we are all in pursuit of our "rainbows" but seemingly never quite get there, but in the end it is the journey that matters...

 

[DJH]

By the canal this afternoon with my $7.99 Panama Bob (yes, the sale hats were on sale that week!)

 

[alanfgag]

Excellent!!

The best rainbows always present themselves when you're at the wheel of an automobile. We had a nice double rainbow during our annual New Hampshire vacation a couple of years back. It stayed vibrant long enough to run home and get a camera.

 

[delectans]

Wonderful image, Alan! Love your panoramas! And you are so right about the best rainbows presenting themselves when we are behind the wheel. Luckily Lydia was riding shotgun and had the camera ready, and Ryan was able to shoot some videos from the backseat.

 

[bolthead]

 

[alanfgag]

so that's what's at the end of the rainbow.

:beer:

 

[randooch]

Bolt, that's almost as good as Wine and Roses!

Delectans, what a super bunch of photos. Double rainbows do make one wax philosophical. Thanks for sharing.

 

[jwalls]

This hat is as stingy brimmed as I get.
It was found in my dad's belongings after he passed away.

 

[Samuel]

Wearing my Royal Stetson silverbelly Stratoliner to the premiere of the new season of TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras, where my business will be showcased as a coveted prize for the next grand supreme winner! http://princesscanopybeds.blogspot.com/
The Silverbelly Stratoliner is the hat that makes me feel the most like an Entrepreneur, like Jeff Bridge's character in Seabiscuit.

 

[zetwal]

Superb!

 

[ejbhats]

It cooled off her again and raint to boot so I wore a hat I'd picked up for free and did a lot of cleaning on.
This is very much a vintage Stevens, "Rod and Gun" Wide 3" brim, all the extras a fine hat would have. The button on the ribbon is where the trolley would loop over so the end of the loop would go over a button.
The frayed end on the ribbon was done for a period of time but I cannot recall which!
The felt on this hat is velvety, thick, and suedey soft, this is for sure a cool weather fedora. It folds into whatever shape you like and wraps you up like a warm blanket on a cold rainy day. It does suffer from having a fishing hook stuffed through the brim towards the back. I thought about replacing the ribbon but a friend said that would take the charm and character out of the hat, and he is right. It's like a pair of old slippers!

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt78/mrandmrschicken/100_3442.jpg

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[delectans]

Wonderful old Stevens, Eric! Looks to be early '40s but the frayed ribbon was a much earlier feature, retained by some makers, however, well into the '50s.

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks... a flashback to 2008 inspired by Delectans. I do spend a lot of my spare time looking up. 8^D

 

[ejbhats]

Wonderful old Stevens, Eric! Looks to be early '40s but the frayed ribbon was a much earlier feature, retained by some makers, however, well into the '50s.

Thanks Al! You cannot imagine how plush this hat is until you feel it for yourself.

 

[Trombone]

Might I say Delectans, Mickey's is quite a place...expecially after a long night (1:30AM) of Jazz over at the Artists Quarter in the Hamm Building.

Remember everybody, Mickey's is open 24, 7 has been for over 70 years, just checkout the history
http://www.mickeysdiningcar.com/history.html

 

[DJH]

The photos in this thread just get better and better - time for me to reverse the trend.

My wife is a hair stylist (best stylist for wedding and prom hair in the north east!!) so you'd think my hair would be well looked after. No chance - I'm never able to get a hair cut until I threaten to go to one of the 10,000 other salons in our town.

The threats obviously paid off, because I was in the chair today

My hair was getting close to shoulder length, now it's buzzed real short. I bet I'll be padding the sweatbands on my hats for a while

Still, haircut, Sam Adams and a new (to me) Adam - must be a pretty good day!

 

[Lefty]

Great rainbow pics. We got the storms, but not the pretty colors.

I can't believe that I'll be the first one to post the double rainbow video. If you haven't seen it, it's stupid - very stupid - but the longer you watch it, the more you start to snicker at how it manages to get even more stupid.

 

[The Good]

Hitting the Open Road today.

I went for a hike, just a walk's distance from the house. I still do keep it in the original hat box, too. I don't tend to do the same with my vintage Stetson or Akubra though, they just sit on top of a shelf until I grab one.