What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Blare]

Beautiful hat, Joe.

Love me some nutria felt. Fabulous hat, Joe.

Thank you Stefan. Nice Morreton today.

 

[steur]

Thank you Stefan. Nice Morreton today.

Thanks, Joe.

 

[Blare]

Mallory Aristocrat Quality

 

[dh66]

Forget that you even thought that! Very nice, Dale.

Ha! Thank you Stefan.

 

[Rmccamey]

Send me your address Eric. I need to spend a few days relaxing around your place!

I took today off. My wife already sent me out for a walkabout as I have been cruising chores and household stuff since 6:00 am. I headed out to "relax" in a Stetson Open Road 3X. A few other Open Roads fell off the storage shelf and it reminded me I need to clean them up after Fall and Winter wearing. I will brush them with Coleman White gas early afternoon.

Bottom - top: 3X Clear Open Road, Soverign Twenty-Five Open Road, Twenty-Five Open Road.

I am enjoying a day off at my speed - not normal, I get it. This afternoon I will need to get some reading and administration stuff done. Until then full speed away.

I moved some annoying fallen leaves in a Stetson Stratoliner. This version has a 2 7/8" brim. I have included some pics of the Strat with an OR.

In the above pic the Open Road shows in the bottom and the Strat shows in the top.

I grilled some salmon steaks and asparagus for brunch. Our local micro-brewer, Omni Brewing, delivered a growler of hazy pilsner mid-morning. I enjoyed a glass during brunch prep. A DeLuxe Stetson Vogue was my grilling fedora.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Blare]

Send me your address Eric. I need to spend a few days relaxing around your place!

I don’t think there will be much relaxing going on if Eric has a say... or at least what he calls relaxing isn’t necessarily what we might call it. But you can bet your bottom dollar whatever you are doing will be done in fine hats... and there will be fine beer afterwards

 

[Scooterz]

My Frog Strangling Hat

Akubra Fedora

 

[Dlaniger]

That's a really good looking hat. The deep flange of the brim is near on perfection and it looks great flipped up like that. I like the coat you're wearing a lot, too.

Thank you, DH! The flipped-up look is growing on me. It is a fun hat.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I'll chime in one more time with my experience. I believe I've already posted this a couple of times. I don't agree with the submerge and swish method. For those that have done this you know how dirty the naptha gets (rather quickly). So if you let the hat sit and dirt comes off in the naptha, you then spread that dirt back onto the hat by swishing. I also tired of how much naptha the submerge method used and the filtering of it when putting it back into the can(s). So now I use the method of brushing the hat with naptha to clean it. Using eye protection and a respirator, I put the hat on an appropriately sized block and brush the whole hat evenly with naptha. Once all of the felt is saturated I scrub with a brush (dipping it in naptha) and letting it drain off into a container. Uses way less naptha and the hats get as clean, or cleaner, if you believe my swish theory.
My .02 cents.B

Great hats as usual, Eric! Can you explain how you brush your hats with Coleman white gas? I’m familiar with the dunk method, but I’m intrigued by the brushing.

Brent I was reading the Naptha thread over a few months ago and tried the Buler method, quoted above for reference. I have tried perhaps 6 hats this method and am quite satisfied with a medium to light dirty hat. I use only a couple cups of the fuel and then dip and swish dirty parts of the hat into the liquid. Wearing gloves I can submerge dirty spots by manipulating the felt area with my gloved hands. I brush with an old hat brush I use for this task. The brush brings out lots of particulate. The long haired, lighter brush works to get the detris or stain material loose. An example is when I marked the top of a light hat with the rubber liner in the door frame of the car when getting into the vehicle. I wet the brush and brushed several times - out the mark came. No soaking the entire hat and messing with liner and leather sweat.

I believe I get same results as soaking for a long time and use a lot less gas.

Reading Bulers contribution I would add that logic has that dry cleaner clothes do not soak for a long time in fluids and why would a hat have to.

Less is more and swish and brush is my naptha motto.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Fabulous Eric

Thanks sir. Back at you - your hat rack has been growing fabulously.

Thanks Eric. That Royal Deluxe is smashing!

Thanks Perry. Luck was with me on that hat acquisition.

Yup, that works. Cool one, Bob.


Your collection keeps me amazed, Eric. Thanks for posting.

Thanks sir. We have a mutual admiration society.

Send me your address Eric. I need to spend a few days relaxing around your place!

My engine runs high and fast. I am self-aware enough to recognize that I can become an irritant to those around me with my energy and intensity.

I don’t think there will be much relaxing going on if Eric has a say... or at least what he calls relaxing isn’t necessarily what we might call it. But you can bet your bottom dollar whatever you are doing will be done in fine hats... and there will be fine beer afterwards

Thanks. A beer a day keeps the evil spirits away.

Administration/ paperwork was done mid-afternoon and I headed out to move a post while wearing a blue fedora.

This Monson fedora is a deep blue. The under brim pic captures the hue well.

The six gills are well done. I like the "puffier" gilled appearance. They begin with a wider gill and then a consistent size. Attractive I think.

The brim edge stitching is excellent.

Blue goodness!

Cheers, Eric -

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Brent I was reading the Naptha thread over a few months ago and tried the Buler method, quoted above for reference. I have tried perhaps 6 hats this method and am quite satisfied with a medium to light dirty hat. I use only a couple cups of the fuel and then dip and swish dirty parts of the hat into the liquid. Wearing gloves I can submerge dirty spots by manipulating the felt area with my gloved hands. I brush with an old hat brush I use for this task. The brush brings out lots of particulate. The long haired, lighter brush works to get the detris or stain material loose. An example is when I marked the top of a light hat with the rubber liner in the door frame of the car when getting into the vehicle. I wet the brush and brushed several times - out the mark came. No soaking the entire hat and messing with liner and leather sweat.

I believe I get same results as soaking for a long time and use a lot less gas.

Reading Bulers contribution I would add that logic has that dry cleaner clothes do not soak for a long time in fluids and why would a hat have to.

Less is more and swish and brush is my naptha motto.

Cheers, Eric -

Thank you, Eric. I’ll copy this and put it to good use. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain.

Brent

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Thank you, Eric. I’ll copy this and put it to good use. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain.Brent

No worries. It behooves us to be learning adults, even though it sometimes is hard for me.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Mallory Aristocrat Quality

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Looks great, Joe. And you have an appropriate look of hat-satisfaction in the the last photo.

 

[Michael A]

Thanks, Panos.

Allright, we'll give you this round
The brim curl on the Hornskov is very well done; nice and even.


Good to see that one again. Very appealing hat.


Can't go wrong with a nice mirtillo coloured hat. Looking good, Daniele.


Thanks for posting that, Steve. Another Borsalino riddle (that's all we need). Thanks for the likes on the Fabroc (and the rest).

Love me some nutria felt. Fabulous hat, Joe.


Seeing that one always improves my day. Thanks, Michael.


Superb, Bill. Would love to find one like that in my size for the collection.


Forget that you even thought that! Very nice, Dale.

thanks Stefan.

Morreton Chamois (more in the French hats and makers thread)

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I like the 3 color play on that one. Still winter there?

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Michael A]

Late to the game today in this Portis
DSCN8048 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN8047 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
3-22-2021 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr

Have a good evening,
Michael

 

[Blare]

Thanks sir. Back at you - your hat rack has been growing fabulously.

Thanks Perry. Luck was with me on that hat acquisition.



Thanks sir. We have a mutual admiration society.



My engine runs high and fast. I am self-aware enough to recognize that I can become an irritant to those around me with my energy and intensity.



Thanks. A beer a day keeps the evil spirits away.

Administration/ paperwork was done mid-afternoon and I headed out to move a post while wearing a blue fedora.

This Monson fedora is a deep blue. The under brim pic captures the hue well.

The six gills are well done. I like the "puffier" gilled appearance. They begin with a wider gill and then a consistent size. Attractive I think.

The brim edge stitching is excellent.

Blue goodness!

Cheers, Eric -

That blue is gorgeous

 

[Blare]

Looks great, Joe. And you have an appropriate look of hat-satisfaction in the the last photo.

Haha Hat-isfaction

thanks Randall!

 

[ETBass]

Bailey OR

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Haha Hat-isfaction

thanks Randall!

Perfect! I think you and I have just coined a new FL word!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Perfect! I think you and I have just coined a new FL word!

Sorta like, when ya can’t find the hat you’ve been hoping to find one could post, “I can’t get no hat-isfaction”.

Though likely, as with anything written here, it’s been said before.