What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Randall Renshaw]

Hot and humid again today, so I wore a Meyer's Swiss boater. I wore a straw. I wore a straw for you. And it was called Yeddo:
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Supporting local business with a watermelon saison:
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PSA: Stay hydrated my friends!

Good to see you, Jonathan!
Leave it to you to make a boater look modern and cool!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol Snake River:

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Yesterday the heat lingered int the evening. A VS straw hat was just the ticket.

Early dog soirre, car wash and visit to grocery store done while wearing my Stetson Playboy. Cold press coffee was in my mug for my escapades.

A vintage Borsolino was my hat for picking up some limbs that fell in the brief overnight storms.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Blare]

Hot and humid again today, so I wore a Meyer's Swiss boater. I wore a straw. I wore a straw for you. And it was called Yeddo:
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Supporting local business with a watermelon saison:
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PSA: Stay hydrated my friends!

What a wonderful boater Jonathan. Looking good today!

 

[Blare]

Lion Hats - Premium Centredent
Grey/BlueGrey Felt
4 3/4 crown as shaped with center dent - about 5 inch open
2 inch speckled pattern blueish ribbon
2 inch brim with blueish silver/grey grosgrain binding
Grey sweatband

This is the third hat from the recent trio of hats is by Lion Hats… the predecessor brand of Beaver Brand hats by Langenberg. I’ve had a few hats made by Langenberg/Beaver for other brands but none with the Lion Hats brand. Most of the ones I’ve come across have all had the same kinda later 60s stingy with black sweat. This one while it doesn’t appear to be much older and still a short brim at two inches is a bit less run of the mill to me. First off the ribbon has an unusual and beautiful pattern to it. And second is the grey leather sweat which is more of the out of the ordinary to me. I did not want to get too deep under the sweat and risk cracking so I did not find any manufacturers tag. The plastic liner tip covering the purple Lion Hats logo and the look of the sweat reeding along with the styling leave me no reason to think age is any earlier than 60s… or late 50s at earliest. Still I find it an intriguing hat. The “imported Coney Fur” (rabbit) felt color is fairly hard to pin down. It is a steel grey with a bit of blue tones in lower light. Though I noticed in today’s super bright direct sun it had an almost pinkish or lavender hue. Add to that it has.. I think from age.. a slight yellowish cast that sits right at the surface of the fibers. So it is a bit of a chameleon. I am really happy with how well this one cleaned up considering the lumpy dusty mess it was in the seller photos.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

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Lion Hats - Premium Centredent
Grey/BlueGrey Felt
4 3/4 crown as shaped with center dent - about 5 inch open
2 inch speckled pattern blueish ribbon
2 inch brim with blueish silver/grey grosgrain binding
Grey sweatband

This is the third hat from the recent trio of hats is by Lion Hats… the predecessor brand of Beaver Brand hats by Langenberg. I’ve had a few hats made by Langenberg/Beaver for other brands but none with the Lion Hats brand. Most of the ones I’ve come across have all had the same kinda later 60s stingy with black sweat. This one while it doesn’t appear to be much older and still a short brim at two inches is a bit less run of the mill to me. First off the ribbon has an unusual and beautiful pattern to it. And second is the grey leather sweat which is more of the out of the ordinary to me. I did not want to get too deep under the sweat and risk cracking so I did not find any manufacturers tag. The plastic liner tip covering the purple Lion Hats logo and the look of the sweat reeding along with the styling leave me no reason to think age is any earlier than 60s… or late 50s at earliest. Still I find it an intriguing hat. The “imported Coney Fur” (rabbit) felt color is fairly hard to pin down. It is a steel grey with a bit of blue tones in lower light. Though I noticed in today’s super bright direct sun it had an almost pinkish or lavender hue. Add to that it has.. I think from age.. a slight yellowish cast that sits right at the surface of the fibers. So it is a bit of a chameleon. I am really happy with how well this one cleaned up considering the lumpy dusty mess it was in the seller photos.
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I see the lavender hints in the "Premium CentreDent." The 50-60's stingy brimmed hat has an interesting ribbon. Very cool hat. Thanks for sharing.

Eric -

 

[Blare]

I see the lavender hints in the "Premium CentreDent." The 50-60's stingy brimmed hat has an interesting ribbon. Very cool hat. Thanks for sharing.

Eric -

Thank you Eric. You had some serious hats in your stable today.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Borsalino
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The felt pic definitely shows its manufacturing lineage. Cool hat.

To paraphrase what Freud was alleged to have said, "gentlemen, sometimes a cigar is only a cigar."
Wolfbrae light felt.

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Looking sharp. Thanks for sharing.

Panama hat for this warm day
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Excellent shares of late. You keep the South America hat contingent in first place for the coveted Sharp Dressed Man award.

This Pecan VS is no BS. Thin ribbon and bulletproof.

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Glorious hat. Glad to see you posts sir.

Fed IV
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Classic hat.

Stetson Sundowner navy hemp:

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Looking good in hemp.

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Feather Weight Champ - Kasmir Finish
Light to Medium Tan Felt with. Warm tones
4 3/4 crown as shaped
3/4 matching grosgrain mid ribbon
2 3/4 brim with 1/8 matching grosgrain binding
Black and Gold Feather Weight Scale logo with feather

Here is the second hat from the trio that arrived recently. These second two hats required a good steaming in addition to the heavy brushing to bring them around. Both of these hats suffered from a phenomenon I refer to as “Puckering” where the base of the crown is actually puckered in in spots around the hat band. I’m not sure what the cause… though I suspect it may be caused when hats were stacked tightly for long periods of time or it may be the hats may have shrunken somewhat… or some combination there of. Whatever the cause.. I’ve had decent results in the past steaming the puckers out. So far I haven’t gotten rid of them entirely but reduced the effect dramatically. I would bet if they were placed on a block and steamed and left to dry it might smooth them out entirely. I’m happy with the results for now though. I have another one of these Feather weight Champs that is a bit more minty condition. Other than condition though the only differences between the two a slight difference in color.. this one a hair lighter with warmer tones compared to the slightly reddish tones of the Toast color indicated on the fresher hat. The other difference is in the sweat logo. They both have the black and gold Feather Weight Champ scale logo. This one has a feather on the left side of the scale the other has two packs of cigarettes. I wonder which was first. There is one small dark spot on the crown I was able to scrub out some but not remove it’s camouflaged slightly in the pinch. I cleaned off some dried sweat salt from the sweatband and smoothed over a damp fingers worth of coconut oil to moisten it up a bit. Had to be pretty careful looking underneath the sweat as even though it wasn’t entirely brittle it was stiff enough to leave some concern. I did not find any manufacturers tag other than a square 7 1/8 size sticker. Interesting enough this 7 1/8 seems to fit closer to a size 7 than even my size 7 Champ. Maybe some evidence toward the “puckering” being a shrinkage issue

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So pleased to see the Feather weight hats getting some mention on this thread. You have quite the representatives. Thanks for sharing.

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Go Stetson warm weather lids. Thanks for sharing Perry.

SunBody:

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You wear the big brim SunBidy hats well.

4X Open Road
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I hope the felt hat means the heat has broken in your area of the US. Cheers.

Knox

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Bob you look darn sharp. Hat and all!

Hey all!
This Penney's Marathon that I received a couple days ago. I gave it a good steaming, went at it with a hat sponge and put it on a band block to stretch it just a tad.
Please pardon the selfie-grimace.

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Have a great day!

The hat, grimace and all, appear sharp.


Cheers, Eric -

it's down into the 70s this week. I find myself grabbing the NW Hats nutria a lot.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

it's down into the 70s this week. I find myself grabbing the NW Hats nutria a lot.

Great looking fray ribboned hat! Good news that the heat has broken in your area of the US. Thanks for sharing.

 

[sebastian czentner]

Today maidana pork pie

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Today maidana pork pie

I’m glad you joined our group and I like seeing new hats. I hope you post often!

When you add photos you should select “full sized” images when you can. It would also be helpful to see the hats in a brighter environment. I’d love to see more of the details than what some of your photos reveal. Thanks!

 

[Pellie]

Today smoking a pipe with my Tonak on....

 

[Tukwila]

A few more cool days for us in Oregon. Yesterday I wore the NW Hats dark moss out grocery shopping. It's quite a workout going to the local warehouse style grocer (Winco) and walking around for about an hour. Picked up some more mayo coba (yellow, Peruano) beans and Thai jasmine rice in 25 lb. bags to fill out the pantry. Those yellow beans are quite good and I find myself liking them more than my old favorites, red kidney and pinto beans. We tried the yellow beans when the store was out of everything else at the start of panic buying around April/May 2020. Anyway, the dark moss beaver is a grand hat and Mike did a wonderful job creating it for me.

 

[Bill Hughes]

Brent Black Monte Carlo for services this morning.

 

[Blare]

Brent Black Monte Carlo for services this morning.

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That is quite some hat Bill

 

[Short Balding Guy]

A charcoal hued Stetson Whippet was my choice for a dog soirree.

Morning coffee on the deck wearing a vintage Stetson Fifteen.

A 30's Borsolino and I headed out for a quick errand.

I changed to a 30's Canadian made Brock while grilling some brunch.

Last minute grocery store run before guests arrive. I wore an unlined Monsavias cap.

Cheers this Sunday, Eric -

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Received a free pass to skip out on going to the in-laws today. Celebrating and kicking back while tipping back in a Stetson boater:

The watermelon saison tasted so nice I'm back for another slice:

 

[Steve1857]

One of the best free passes one can get and a great Boater and beer to celebrate it in and with, Jonathan.
Hope your in-laws aren't FL members

Received a free pass to skip out on going to the in-laws today. Celebrating and kicking back while tipping back in a Stetson boater:
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The watermelon saison tasted so nice I'm back for another slice:
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[deadlyhandsome]

My latest Resistol Stagecoach:

 

[moehawk]

Awesome Penny’s worn well!

Thanks!