What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[billysmom]

Gosh I love those Whippets!

Sue

 

[billysmom]

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Sue that brim width looks perfect on you.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, RBH. I like them all - but my dermatologist prefers the w-i-d-e ones!

Sue

 

[gtdean48]

Been dove hunting since Thursday...

The Akubra Squatter did well in the heat of Southern Georgia, wish the birds flew as well as the hat worked out! This is just after daybreak with a morning mist still hugging the fields...

 

[gtdean48]

That CD looks good, RBH!

What Spats said.... :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

Gosh I love those Whippets!

Sue

I'm with you Sue. I gotta get me one of those Stetson Whippets!

Akubra had the license to make Stetsons for this part of the world for decades right up into the 90's. Interestingly, Akubra still makes some of the Stetson designs with the same names, though now under the Akubra brand. Unfortunately, while Akubra kept the Whippet, they redesigned it as a stingy brim and lost the character and beauty of the original.

So, like I said, I gotta get me a Stetson Whippet!

 

[handlebar bart]

Today is Whippet Day!

Yep Bob. That's workin:eusa_clap

 

[Spats McGee]

The Akubra Squatter did well in the heat of Southern Georgia, wish the birds flew as well as the hat worked out! This is just after daybreak with a morning mist still hugging the fields...

Dove hunting: an outstanding venue for that Squatter, gtdean!

 

[jimmy the lid]

Today is Whippet Day!

Mighty fine, Bob! :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[jimmy the lid]

The Akubra Squatter did well in the heat of Southern Georgia, wish the birds flew as well as the hat worked out! This is just after daybreak with a morning mist still hugging the fields...

Great shot, Tom! (pun intended...)

Fantastic look. :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[jimmy the lid]

Today its my mid brown CampDraft.

RBH and thin ribbons -- like a duck to water...

Classic look, as always! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[jimmy the lid]

"Adventure" is right. I didn't know you were traveling there. Thanks for the pix!!

Thanks, Gene. I'm glad folks enjoyed the pix. Incredibly, those pix were taken with my iPhone! That darn thing never ceases to amaze me!

Cheers,
JtL

 

[RBH]

Thanks everyone.


Looking sharp Bob!
I did the same with my mid brown, I then took the spray bottle and spritzed
the whole hat.
It now has a olive tint to it.


looking good in that Akubra Tom.
I would have thought you would have worn a thin one.

 

[gtdean48]

...
looking good in that Akubra Tom.
I would have thought you would have worn a thin one.

This one is "featherweight" & has no liner, so I figured it was engineered for warmer weather use & haven't brought myself to take the ribbon out of any of my thin ribbon lids with a suitable color for hunting... [huh]

 

[CRH]

Dove hunting: an outstanding venue for that Squatter, gtdean!

I second that!

Sorry to hear the doves weren't flying more.

 

[gtdean48]

Great shot, Tom! (pun intended...)

Fantastic look. :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

Thanks Chief. I was pleasantly surprised out cool it was. Loved the wide brim for the shade factor. My new side by side 20 gauge did well, too.

 

[Spats McGee]

fftopic:

I always enjoy the morning dove hunts. Obviously, I'd prefer to have birds in the air, but if I don't get those, it's not a bad way to enjoy a cup of coffee.

 

[gtdean48]

fftopic:

I always enjoy the morning dove hunts. Obviously, I'd prefer to have birds in the air, but if I don't get those, it's not a bad way to enjoy a cup of coffee.

...and a nice cold adult beverage as you leave the field in the evening twilight is just as sweet!!!

 

[Geronimo]

Moi. In very casual wear and a yachting cap. Probably looking silly, but that's part of the fun. This cap is good for keeping the sun off your skull and out of your eyes. It's also very easy to store - roll it up and stick it in a pocket.
Neat thing about it is how modular the cap can be. Pull the top forward and it looks very similar to a driving cap, pull it to the side and it looks like a beret. The crown can go higher, but I tend to keep it low. Otherwise it looks wrong... I think my ears stick out a bit too far, and the tall crown exemplifies that.
Porkpie and nice shades should be coming in this week, so the next entry ought to look dressier.

 

[warbird]

The Akubra Squatter did well in the heat of Southern Georgia, wish the birds flew as well as the hat worked out! This is just after daybreak with a morning mist still hugging the fields...

Just returned from a trip to the far north with my camo on and Akubra Fed. on my head. I believe I have around 4 million miles on the Akubra from deserts to monsoons, to arctic blasts. It is finally starting to show some wear and a bit of sweat stain on the ribbon. Just adds character. The arctic circle the beginning of Sept is sometimes warm, say 70 and sometimes pretty chilly (below 30) and always windy. I experienced both while there.

Usually I am in south Texas, looking for dove myself this time of year, but the trip north and trips next month to Michigan and South Dakota for birds leave me no time to make it down there this year. Me and the Akubra are already prepared to head out again though for more.

 

[mayserwegener]

Not just for the Alps.

Beautiful hat! Habig was one of the of all time great hat companies. Certainly doesn't get their due.