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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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Wearing today a pre-WWII Barbisio... made with "rat-gondin" or in modern French, ragondin, or even more attractively, nutria. It's a wonderful hat imprinted with French descriptive - the international language of fashion not spoken by many in Bulgaria.

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Short Balding Guy

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Minnesota, USA
Outside chores are my day plans.

A Stetson 7X with a cattleman crease was my hat choice to cut the raspberry canes down. Hard efforts found me wiping the leather sweat frequently.

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I have taken to carrying a cotton handkerchief in my pocket during days when I am going to perspire. Safe hatting is practiced at my house.

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Lunch in a feather weight Borsolino. Lovely hat.

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Very cool felt hue and of course excellent "Borsolino" details.

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I looked forward to a lunch break. Garden needs cleaning. The tomatoes, beans, gourds and cucumbers are done and need to be cleaned out. The afternoon is warming up and I switched to a panama hat. Some cutting of overhead branches and then tackle the garden.

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As I am sharing this post am enjoying ice water on a 72'f October 19th afternoon. A terrific day to get these efforts taken care of.

Cheers, Eric -
 
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That’s a keeper Brent. Wow. How does it compare, color wise, to the beaver? That is a very rich navy blue. Love it.


I like the color saturation and the depth of the nutria. The nutria is a hands-down winner for color. It’s also a more substantial felt and better suited for cool weather. Aside from the color, I give Winchester’s beaver a modest advantage in all other categories. Here’s a side-by-side comparison (post 1017):

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/side-by-side-hat-comparisons.65983/page-51
 

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