What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Chepstow]

Eric, fantastic Strat for yesterday, that color is amazing!

Alan, he looks excellent on you. The shape and brim wide is perfect!
Congrats to the new Austrian hat!

Ninly, welcome here, nice hat on your head!

Jared, splendid playboy for hat day.

Justin, hat day, not hat tower! haha But why not!

Jeff, sharp Derby. Looks good your hatband.

Jeff, nice Fed for hat day.

ibchipster, welcome, looks good on you your Stetson!

Monk, very nice your Fed! But, what are those white stains on that hat.

Sam, the third nice Fed today!

memphis, good looking Saxon! Nice combo with the suit!

Perry, the good old Pilgrim, very nicely shaped! For yesterday! Fantastic hat the New England Hat co

David, a good hat the Tumwater. Looks a bit like a Adventurebilt!

Tom, sharp Moonstone Wanderer! Akubras are beloved hats, here!

 

[m0nk]

Eric, fantastic Strat for yesterday, that color is amazing!

Alan, he looks excellent on you. The shape and brim wide is perfect!
Congrats to the new Austrian hat!

Ninly, welcome here, nice hat on your head!

Jared, splendid playboy for hat day.

Justin, hat day, not hat tower! haha But why not!

Jeff, sharp Derby. Looks good your hatband.

Jeff, nice Fed for hat day.

ibchipster, welcome, looks good on you your Stetson!

Monk, very nice your Fed! But, what are those white stains on that hat.

Sam, the third nice Fed today!

memphis, good looking Saxon! Nice combo with the suit!

Perry, the good old Pilgrim, very nicely shaped! For yesterday! Fantastic hat the New England Hat co

David, a good hat the Tumwater. Looks a bit like a Adventurebilt!

Tom, sharp Moonstone Wanderer! Akubras are beloved hats, here!

+1 on all counts
As for the white stains, it's actually dirt. I've subjected this hat to quite a bit and while there was initially some Fuller's Earth involved, most of it is actual earth from my own family trips (plus some minor sweat stains). Last summer, we went out west and although it was the hottest two weeks of the year, my Fed IV was a daily wear. From chasing coyotes in Indiana, to chasing my kids along the beach in Chicago, it saw quite a bit of action. The year before, it made it through West Virginia and managed to pick up quite a bit of character then, too. In honor of the adventures of Dr Jones, I decided to keep it dirty. This is my only hat that receives this lack of treatment...

 

[Chepstow]

Monk, thanks for the info. Good made! Looks almost like the original!

 

[Benzadmiral]

Stetson Saxon

Looks great on you. There's something special about a Stetson Saxon -- somehow it wears bigger than a 2" brim spec would lead one to think.

 

[okbrewer]

Today I'm wearing a black Stetson Downs.

Bob R in OKC

 

[alanfgag]

Today's topper took two tries (try to toot that tongue twister tree times!)

First, Panizza "Fanatasia" in zinc...

... then switched to Borsalino Ludoela in curdo.

Manfred, thank you for the good wishes on yesterday's new/old Otto Matt.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Good day. This is a shot from earlier this monring after practice on my way out to get some needed coffee.

Best, Eric

(Hatted in VS Wanderer silverbelly.)

 

[Chepstow]

Alan, two exquisite hats today! A very sharp Borsalino and a unique Panizza Fanatasia, beautiful!
Is it wool?

Eric, VS hats makes addicted! Your Wanderer is a drug.

 

[rlk]

That Panizza Fantasia has all the toppings, interesting.

 

[rlk]

Optimo discontinued Chinchilla Fleck "Captive City"

 

[Joshbru3]

Very nice, Robert! The block on that one is great, the ribbon work is very cool, and most of all that color/fleck finish is just superb! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[Joshbru3]

Today I'm wearing my late 40's/early 50's Stephen L. Stetson. This one came to me with the brim already cut to 2 1/8. It needed a re-flange badly. I just got done sanding my flanges this past weekend, so I gave this a new flange last night with a 901 2 1/8 flange. I like the 901 because its a bit higher of a flange which looks nice when wearing as an upbrim. The crown wasn't really tall enough for a center dent. I had a center dent, but it was way too shallow. Instead, I re-creased the crown using an arrowhead/Christmas tree crease.

 

[alanfgag]

Very nice, Robert! The block on that one is great, the ribbon work is very cool, and most of all that color/fleck finish is just superb! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap

+1... beautiful hat.

 

[randooch]

Good work, Josh. Robert's Optimo is a tough act to follow, though, eh?

 

[rlk]

Very nice, Robert! The block on that one is great, the ribbon work is very cool, and most of all that color/fleck finish is just superb! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap

Thanks Josh,Randall and Alan. It was a 51 block in keeping with the mid-50's style.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Love the ribbon treatment. Art Fawcett did one similar for my VS Wanderer.

Nice hats the past couple of days.

Eric -

 

[mayserwegener]

1960/70s Mayser

 

[Mystic]

WOW !! Looks like a line-up for a catalog of fine vintage hats today.

Steve, Love the color combo on the Mayser.

Another record temp day here...82 degrees. Five straight days of 80 and over temps.

I went 'All In' with a Charles Knox stingy Coconut and Sta-Dri Nike.

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[JAVIER]

Nice lids fellas, always so dapper. For me the Pilgrim, a little fooling around with the shoot too.

 

[howardeye]

My new Elosegui Basque 10.5" Beret from Ron Greer. My wife thinks I have lost it!