What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Rumad]

Yesterday was a two hat day.. Traveled to Jacksonville, Florida in the Adam Mainliner to meet some old wrestling friends at the WWW Champ7 Hall of Fame Dinner. Will explain more with hat Number two.
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I dig!! Great hat, can’t wait for the rest of the story. Enjoy!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Looking good Randall!

Thanks, Hector.

 

[Rmccamey]

Wow, every girl's crazy about a sharp dressed man!

View attachment 215411 Stylin’ on a beautiful day in a 40s Stylepark Templeform with my new/old Sunday go to meetins’.
Best togs I’ve ever owned and spent less than anyone might spend on a meal for two at Appleby’s.
Who knew eBay was the place to go for a fine, fitted suit?

 

[Michael A]

Excellent in every way, Michael.


Great looking Knox, Héctor.

Thanks Stefan. The overcoats haven't been getting much play this winter.

Nice shape on that one, Michael.

Thanks Stefan. I like the flattish flange on the San Antonio. Oddly, it's tough to get it to hold the way I like when it's brim up. Seems like it should be a good one.

Last few days.
Wormser

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Homemade Hückel Fez (I'm making a new one, so wore this to assess possibilities for improvement)
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Portis Hunter
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T&W Lees eventide grey
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Great bunch of hats, Stefan. Love that binding play on the Wormser and the ribbon on the Portis, especially.

Always a great hat Michael but tell us about that jacket. Very cool, love to see the back.
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Thanks Bowen. The jacket is a Kabom Swedish army tunic made in 1942, or patterned then, or something then.
IMG_1645 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_1641 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
My understanding is that these were modified in the early 50s to add the two back pockets. Apparently lots of pockets were the rage then. That might have been about the time they switched from regular pants to cargo pants, too. Last I looked you can still get these at surplus stores or on ebay for under $20. That could have changed by now, but I checked last year and that is what they could be found for. Great piece of wool that that money.

Neat looking ribbon Michael

Thanks Joe. This one does fall into the unusual ribbon category. I think I have a Mallory of about the same dimensions, and probably the same age, that has a fancy ribbon too.

Thanks all,
Michael

 

[Rmccamey]

Very nice, Joe, congrats!

I've never been in an occupation that had a hall of fame!

Yesterday was a two hat day.. Traveled to Jacksonville, Florida in the Adam Mainliner to meet some old wrestling friends at the WWW Champ7 Hall of Fame Dinner. Will explain more with hat Number two.
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[Steve1857]

It's on the "to do" list!

No rush

 

[Rmccamey]

If you round the top and curl the brim, you could have another nice derby, Steve.

No rush

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[Scooterz]

Campdraft on a rainy day.

 

[Rumad]

View attachment 215471 Campdraft on a rainy day.

Campdraft looks great, mine oughtta be on a long airplane ride right about now. That’s a mighty fine hunk of briar right there too bud.

 

[Scooterz]

Campdraft looks great, mine oughtta be on a long airplane ride right about now. That’s a mighty fine hunk of briar right there too bud.

Its a Stanwell 63. Stanwell makes great pipes.

 

[Rumad]

Its a Stanwell 63. Stanwell makes great pipes.

Indeed. I’ve got a few myself. Mostly they’re all packed away because I rarely smoke anymore. I keep a few handy for emergencies tho. Enjoy bud.

 

[moehawk]

Good thing you went for that one; looks great.


Looks great as ever, John. Lovely.

Thanks Stefan!

 

[moehawk]

You can't beat a Hückel John, especially one from the Dutchman. That one looks real nice, despite your lack of a smile

Thanks Steve!
My selfie grimace is something that just happens. Can't help it. It looks better than when I try to smile. That usually ends up just looking creepy.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

No rush

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Looks as if you’re trying a mind meld with Stefan in that pic, Steve.
If it don’t end up working you could do a homburg conversion yourself.
Cut the brim clean off, flatten the crown and sew on a tassel. Done!


Ps,
This way is much easier than Randy’s.

 

[Hagwood]

So was Nick Nolte

Now that’s funny......

 

[Hagwood]

Not the hat I was wearing today, but back on Friday. A Borsalino Homburg. This was originally made for my Orthodox brethren, but I curled the brim out of its flat roundness, and managed to shorten the height of the brim. View attachment 215425 View attachment 215426 View attachment 215427

Great job on the re-shaping Steve.

 

[Blare]

View attachment 215411 Stylin’ on a beautiful day in a 40s Stylepark Templeform with my new/old Sunday go to meetins’.
Best togs I’ve ever owned and spent less than anyone might spend on a meal for two at Appleby’s.
Who knew eBay was the place to go for a fine, fitted suit?

Looking sharp Randall!

 

[Blare]

Part two of this two hat day...

Wide World of Wrestling Champ7 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

So this part could use some explaining...

Back in the 1990’s I wrestled professionally as ‘The Legacy’ Blare Rogers. Grandson of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers... Buddy was the very first WWE champion (then WWWF) in the early 60’s. One company I worked for in Florida and around the Caribbean was Wide World of Wrestling (now Champ7). They called me a few weeks back and let me know they wanted to induct me into the 2020 class of their Hall of Fame. What an honor it was to be inducted into a group of talent I consider serious legends in that business. It was very cool to be remembered for work we did a quarter century ago already. AND it was definitely an occasion to break out the Lord Kent Beaver 15 Homburg. What a very cool night it was!

And this was me back when I worked for Wide World of Wrestling holding their Bahamas championship for a year or so.

 

[Blare]

Very nice, Joe, congrats!

I've never been in an occupation that had a hall of fame!

Thanks Randy!

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Part two of this two hat day...

Wide World of Wrestling Champ7 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

So this part could use some explaining...

Back in the 1990’s I wrestled professionally as ‘The Legacy’ Blare Rogers. Grandson of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers... Buddy was the very first WWE champion (then WWWF) in the early 60’s. One company I worked for in Florida and around the Caribbean was Wide World of Wrestling (now Champ7). They called me a few weeks back and let me know they wanted to induct me into the 2020 class of their Hall of Fame. What an honor it was to be inducted into a group of talent I consider serious legends in that business. It was very cool to be remembered for work we did a quarter century ago already. AND it was definitely an occasion to break out the Kent Beaver 15 Homburg. What a very cool night it was!

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And this was me back when I worked for Wide World of Wrestling holding their Bahamas championship for a year or so.

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Wow that’s pretty crazy.
Anybody pick a fight with you? You know just for old times. Maybe that old boy in the Western??
Ahh the good old days!
B