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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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Despite the weather I’ve been wearing this Beaver Brand all day. I gave its 3.5” brim a curl and found that I really like the hat with the curl.

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The curl did improve the hat, Brent. Good job. Keep at it.
 
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Wow BB.
That's a trophy.

Thank you.

That is just one super looking lid, Greg. Colour, shape, brim, binding, ribbon and bow flow on the brim, and the icing under the cake: that wonderful liner. You wear it so well, too. Cudos BB [emoji145]
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Thank you, Steve. Kind words.

Man what a hat! Rare indeed. And I love that liner...which needs to be in the Lovely Liners thread!

Appreciate that, Jack. I will get the liner posted.
 

Michael A

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It's just what the doctor ordered, Michael: a good dose of Dobbs Hanover Square!
Thanks Stefan.

Yesterday's harvest:
Borsalino Mirtillo View attachment 186011
Borsalino Cicosca Misto Stagno
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Thanks to everybody for the likes and support for Mike @Redfokker . Much appreciated. He just started a new thread to keep us informed.
Man, I like that Mirtillo. Great color.

Today
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9-24-2019 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good one,
Michael
 

Short Balding Guy

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Early morning walk with my dog Horatio (Tio). He and I watched the migrating broad-wing hawks roosting in the neighborhood trees. 10,000 raptors passed thru the Duluth, MN area yesterday. Yes, 10,000 (https://www.hawkridge.org/) . They come thru my neighborhood on their southerly journey. Today I wore a green Stetson Whippet.

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This green Whippet has extraordinary thin and pliable felt. It needs a touch of cleaning on the brim. I will treat it to a bunch of steam to reduce the cupping in the rear of the flanged brim and to activate the stiffener in the crown. A wind comes by and the hat changes shape. It is the lightest Whippet felt that has been on my hat rack.

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I have seen bluegrass Whippets. This Whippet is the same hue as my pine green Stratoliner. I know the Stratoliner is pine green from the matching magazine advertisements. I will have to do some digging to see what the green was marketed as.

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Like other early Whippet's, this one has more brim binding sewn on the bottom of the brim than the top. Interesting Stetson treatment of the Whippet.

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Back home to a bit of yard work before the day's heat sits in. Wearing a (new to me) wool cap for the efforts.

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Best, Eric -
 

Short Balding Guy

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Very Stetsonian like, Eric. What's the brim width. Quite the $10 hat.

I will measure it later tonight as the hat is drying from a white gas (Coleman) bath. I am confident it will be 2.75 " as it wears bigger than 2.5". The green Stetsonian I have from the same decade is a thicker felt - dress weight. Your comment about being like the Stetsonian has me thinking I should compare ribbons between the Stetsonian and Whippet. They indeed may be the similar ribbon dimensions.

I have been searching for a bluegrass Whippet like Dave's (Texas member) and Delectan's (former forum contributor) for neigh on a decade. Wrong sizes and sketchy models have passed thru my hands, but nothing that has been a keeper. Catch and release those models.

More to come.


Thanks for the nods and likes folks.

Eric -
 

Michael A

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Ha, they certainly do have their similarities. The brim on mine is 3", which is a bit more than any of my ORs, but other than that they come pretty close to each other.

Thanks,
Michael
 

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