What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Riley Dee]

Dobbs Fifth Avenue "Chino" Straw

Douglas:Stellar as always!

RBH:Thank you Sir.

 

[indycop]

Just to make the point of how easy it is to change the creases and bashes on the Borsalino. playing with it didn't affect it one bit. I don't think this is a very high end hat either.

Great hat Douglas, but I love that sportcoat!:eusa_clap

 

[bolthead]

Lookin' Good in those Stingy Snap Brims Riley. :eusa_clap

 

[kiltie]

out of sync...

Actually, the day before yesterday - Resistol San Antonio. I took it with me on a trip to Chicago over the weekend ( piped in the Southside Irish Parade ). It was ridiculously cold, especially for a Texan.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

kiltie, Fabulous looking hat. But are you sure that's Chicago, in the background? Looks like somewhere around Corpus Christi, to me.

 

[kiltie]

Ha!

You can tell it's not Corpus, because there aren't any hard hats blowing up onto the beach...:eusa_doh:

 

[DOUGLAS]

One more time

This is an easy going lid.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

You can tell it's not Corpus, because there aren't any hard hats blowing up onto the beach...:eusa_doh:

lol lol lol lol

 

[Dinerman]

I've worn my knox 15 since friday.

 

[RBH]

Actually, the day before yesterday - Resistol San Antonio. I took it with me on a trip to Chicago over the weekend ( piped in the Southside Irish Parade ). It was ridiculously cold, especially for a Texan.

Love that hat!!!
And I love Corpus!!! You need a pic there!

 

[Jerekson]

Kiltie, I really like that hat! You've got the shape perfect! Looks like there's some kicka$$ reverse taper going on there.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Dinerman, Love the Knox Fifteen. Is the top pic in Washington ,D.C. or somewhere else? Also, I couldn't help notice the suitcase above your head on the train (?). I have several pieces that look like that. It's Samsonite; my parents bought a set circa 1956. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Dinerman]

It's the state capitol building in Lincoln Nebraska. The bus is an old basketball tourbus which is in the museum of Boystown in Omaha, Nebraska.

 

[GI Joe]

Kiltie,

Is your San Antonio a vintage hat? I don't see it on the Resistol website and I like the looks of it.

 

[kiltie]

Thanks...

Thanks all, for the compliments.

GI Joe - I couldn't tell you exactly HOW "vintage" my S.A. is ( such an absurdly subjective word ), but the closest I've seen, in terms of felt texture, sweatband, wind trolley, etc... was a mid sixties Stetson Open Road, so I'd place it around that time ( but that's a real amateur estimate ). I do know that, try as I may, I haven't found an OR or knock-off ( Bailey, et al...) that has been comparable. They're all stiff as an anchorman's hair, with even less character. There's another thread under "HATS" that has a lot of people singing the praises of the Akubra Campdraft ( which, if I remember the advert correctly, even has a wind string ). It's, for all intents and purposes, an Open Road: Akubra even had licence to produce the OR, once upon a time. It seems to be the only "modern" option when it comes to this style, unless you go cu$tom.

 

[Mr. Rover]

30s Stetson

 

[Dinerman]

Stetson 7x clear beaver.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Dinerman, Once again, WOW!!!
I think I've figured it out. You have evidently discovered the door to a parallel universe where there are more hats than people. Everything is also neatly catalogued, so that you can retrieve any specimen, at will. :eusa_clap

 

[bolthead]

Stetson 7x clear beaver.

Nice tie Buddy....:eusa_clap

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Adam, Majestic Quality. An "Open Road clone. It came with a factory "C" crease. I took it apart, stretched it from 6 7/8 to 7 1/8, put it back together, and went with a diamond crease.