What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Michael A]

Found this in a vintage store in Tucson. I normally like something darker with a thin ribbon, but then...I touched it!
John Cavanagh, 40’s
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Wow, nice find. That is a beauty and I'm guessing the felt is exquisite.

Michael

 

[moehawk]

Looking good, John!

Thanks Stefan!

 

[moehawk]

Fantabulous sir.

Thanks hato!

 

[moehawk]

Thanks guys!


That was one epic catch John. Love seeing it.


Another cool wool Steve. Why can't a modern Bailey look so good?

Thanks Mike!

 

[Rockwater]

Wow, nice find. That is a beauty and I'm guessing the felt is exquisite.

Michael

Thank you, and well, yes. It was my first experience of handling anything like it.
Awestruck!

 

[bowlerman]

Falcon Park black cherry en route to its birthplace— the Windy City.


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[Rogera]

Found this in a vintage store in Tucson. I normally like something darker with a thin ribbon, but then...I touched it!
John Cavanagh, 40’s
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That is fabulous. That's the hat I'm looking for

 

[Redfokker]

Falcon Park black cherry en route to its birthplace— the Windy City.


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The light makes it look brown, interesting. Undertones?

 

[Redshoes51]

Another big hat but this was made by Stetson.

I love these big hats!!! I have one of these...

~shoes~

 

[Rockwater]

That is fabulous. That's the hat I'm looking for

This proves sometimes things come when one is not looking, and unaware of the possibilities. The liner looked like a jewel box when I saw it.

 

[blueAZNmonkey]

Late post! I blame the lack of sleep =) '50's Borsalino Alessandria with a round paintbrush:

 

[Nathaniel Finley]

I’m not actually wearing this hat today but i’d like to mark the occasion.

It’s always bittersweet to gift a hat, but this feels like the right move for me to make. My friend Felix here in Melbourne looks great in this vintage Champ and he can’t afford to invest in something worthwhile right now so I’m leaving this fellow behind for him in the yurt. He’ll find it when he gets home.

It’s been a terrific two months Down Under. See you all on the SE Asia side.

Cheers,
Nathan

 

[sergejvandervreede]

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One great hat after another, Perry! Beautiful!

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[Redfokker]

Late post! I blame the lack of sleep =) '50's Borsalino Alessandria with a round paintbrush:

Super Borsalino Justin. I'm liking this paintbrush accent thing.

 

[Redfokker]

I’m not actually wearing this hat today but i’d like to mark the occasion.

It’s always bittersweet to gift a hat, but this feels like the right move for me to make. My friend Felix here in Melbourne looks great in this vintage Champ and he can’t afford to invest in something worthwhile right now so I’m leaving this fellow behind for him in the yurt. He’ll find it when he gets home.

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It’s been a terrific two months Down Under. See you all on the SE Asia side.

Cheers,
Nathan

You are a great guy Nathan. I'm sure he will appreciate it greatly.

 

[bowlerman]

The light makes it look brown, interesting. Undertones?

Probably no true brown undertones but this was very bright, very direct sunlight. I was messing around with how the phone camera would capture it. The black seats of my car tend to make the camera images really wash out.

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[Redfokker]

Probably no true brown undertones but this was very bright, very direct sunlight. I was messing around with how the phone camera would capture it. The black seats of my car tend to make the camera images really wash out.

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There is more red here. Stellar hat no matter what the color shows up as.

 

[Nathaniel Finley]

You are a great guy Nathan. I'm sure he will appreciate it greatly.

Thank you for saying so, Red. I couldn’t do it if it wasn’t done in love and the community here in Melbourne has begun to feel so much like family that it feels I’m leaving the Champ with a dear cousin.

 

[sergejvandervreede]

No Jim, the house no longer belongs to the family. When my grandfather returned home from the First World War, in 1919, he found nothing to await him.
The parents were dead and the brothers and sisters emigrated to America. He stayed with his brother, slightly older than him, here where I live, recreating a life starting from scratch.
Edoardo and Ginevra were the maternal grandparents that grow me up from the crib until the age of fifteen.


Thanks Matt


The story is a little bit complicated and my grandfather did not like so much to talk about when he went back from Austria after the First World War. The house was a mill and the family lived in a good way until the war, then everything disappear


It is an ancient Borsalino Lobbia with the shape of those days.
Thanks Kiowa!

So first he risks his life in a war and when he comes home, everything and everybody is gone. Can't begin to imagine how he must Have felt.

Beautiful hat, Daniele. One of many you own!

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[sergejvandervreede]

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I see why. Super hat, Bob.

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