What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Randall Renshaw]

Out watching 6-inch dogs in a 7-inch snow while wearing a Bailey.

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Nice one, Bob! Love the beaded band. Another made by someone close?
100 Xs a few decades ago. 1000 Xs a decade or two later. Just think, in a few years to come Stetson may have zillion X hats!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Good to see you all are still here!
A flat top homburg that I’ve been hoping to find!
A late model fur felt custom, but impressed with it anyway.
The only “modern” hat in my collection.
Love all the attitude it has and imbues to the wearer.

 

[Rumad]

View attachment 400210 Good to see you all are still here!
A flat top homburg that I’ve been hoping to find!
A late model fur felt custom, but impressed with it anyway.
The only “modern” hat in my collection.
Love all the attitude it has and imbues to the wearer. View attachment 400208 View attachment 400209

the man, the legend. Is back. Good to see you Double R

 

[BobHufford]

Nice one, Bob! Love the beaded band. Another made by someone close?

Thanks Randall! Good to see you back.

Someone close, but not near. It was made by Gayle Green (who is the partner of Jimmy Begay -- a silversmith on the Navajo Rez in Mentmore, NM that has been friends with my wife for 42 years -- and me for 38 -- he made our wedding bands and quite a few other pieces for us since then, including the slides on these bands). Gayle supplies hatbands to O'Farrell Hat Co. out of Santa Fe. I have one other of hers.

I do have another beaded band in the works from the Quiet Lady / Lyn Barnes (who is local). Stay tuned ...

 

[Randall Renshaw]

the man, the legend. Is back. Good to see you Double R

Well thanks, Alan, good to be back. Doubt the legend status, but my Mom thinks I’m pretty special!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Thanks Randall! Good to see you back.

Someone close, but not near. It was made by Gayle Green (who is the partner of Jimmy Begay -- a silversmith on the Navajo Rez in Mentmore, NM that has been friends with my wife for 42 years -- and me for 38 -- he made our wedding bands and quite a few other pieces for us since then, including the slides on these bands). Gayle supplies hatbands to O'Farrell Hat Co. out of Santa Fe. I have one other of hers.

I do have another beaded band in the works from the Quiet Lady / Lyn Barnes (who is local). Stay tuned ...

Very nice work!
Can’t wait to see the new one!

 

[Steve1857]

View attachment 400210 Good to see you all are still here!
A flat top homburg that I’ve been hoping to find!
A late model fur felt custom, but impressed with it anyway.
The only “modern” hat in my collection.
Love all the attitude it has and imbues to the wearer. View attachment 400208 View attachment 400209

Great to see you Randall. That flat top sure has style and a whole lot of chutzpah. Love it.

 

[Steve1857]

CD deluxe. Have a great weekend folks!

 

[Blare]

View attachment 400210 Good to see you all are still here!
A flat top homburg that I’ve been hoping to find!
A late model fur felt custom, but impressed with it anyway.
The only “modern” hat in my collection.
Love all the attitude it has and imbues to the wearer. View attachment 400208 View attachment 400209

Cool looking hat Randall. Good to see you around Buddy.

 

[Blare]

CD deluxe. Have a great weekend folks! View attachment 400325

Great looking Campdraft, Steve. That big ole crown give it a vintage vibe

 

[Blare]

Holy guacamole!!
You mean hats like this is what I’ve been missing?!
Love the twisted whip stitches!!
Dang that’s sweet, Joe!

Thank you Randall. Reminds me I need to pull out my GP hats soon.

 

[BobHufford]

With the Lounge doors shuttered I had to do something different … like go outside.

Enjoyed some long walks in the snow and checked the game cams.

My wife and I are both wearing Akubras. She’s sporting a Riverina (that is going to need some cleaning now that the conchos have shifted) am I’m in a Cattleman.

The following day still finds her in the Riverina and me in an American Hat Co. 3X.

Found a rock with a hole in it (I don’t feel a visit to the creek is complete without doing that — the snow made it difficult).

The game cam results were … uh … interesting.

 

[carouselvic]

50’s Stetson Open Road 3X in a not so common color

 

[Mighty44]

I definitely can’t compete with the @BobHufford gamecam! I am back in the office full time this week—consoling myself that it means more hat time. Wore my Gannon today. Not only do I love the way it looks but it is also my most comfortable hat—that soft felt and sweatband are just an amazing combo. Hope you all are well!

David

 

[Blare]

So happy to see so many of us were crowding around waiting for the lounge doors to open

1940s Dobbs
Thick luxurious Black felt
5 1/2 ish open crown
2 inch ribbon black cherry
2 1/8 brim with 3/8 binding

With the lounge closed… this one had to wait a few days for its debut. @Just Daniel sent me a heads up for this 40s Dobbs at an excellent Buy it Now with the note… “This 40s Dobbs has your name on it”. being that somehow it was still there the next morning when I had the chance take a look, I had to go for it. It may be another short brimmed black hat.. but this is far from Just Another short brimmed black hat. I do love my shorter brimmed hats… but it is nice to find a short brim that isn’t the run of the mill 60s kinda hat. The dark black felt is a bit on the thick and luxurious side… but VERY obedient. The grosgrain ribbon and brim binding have just a tinge of black cherry coloring. Which I am not sure if it isn’t just from fading over the years or it’s original.. but it was something that drew me to the hat. The brim dutifully snaps up and down but it really seems to shine when it is turned up in this almost a casual homburg kinda shape. No manufacturing tags I could find under the sweat… just a $12.50 price tag from Klopfenstein‘s. In the absence of the manufacturing tag, the roundel logo was the biggest hint to a 40s hat. I chose to wear this hat this weekend as we said our goodbyes to our friend and family members Mike as I knew he would have loved this one. What I didn’t expect was to get more compliments about my hat than just about ever before. As Daniel said… this one has my name on it… Sometimes I think some of you all here know me better than I do. Thank you for thinking of me.

 

[hatophile]

View attachment 400210 Good to see you all are still here!
A flat top homburg that I’ve been hoping to find!
A late model fur felt custom, but impressed with it anyway.
The only “modern” hat in my collection.
Love all the attitude it has and imbues to the wearer. View attachment 400208 View attachment 400209

Outstanding, Randall.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Double secret probation has ended. I had been getting "Account Suspended" notifications. They magically went away. I can only assume my suspension ended.

Good morning. It has warmed up so that hats are back on my head.

Sunday, Monday and today I have been wearing Stetson Whippets (blue, charcoal and light gray).

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Home from a dog soirre and I am on a walkabout in a Dobbs Rainbow. I love the soft felt of this hat.

Enjoying my medium roasted single sourced Brazilian coffee! Cheers, Eric -

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Beautiful day with bright sun like yesterday and the day before yesterday and very difficult to photograph "shiny" hats.

Too many "colors" in the shadows, affected by surrounding objects.

Today, I wear a rarity that I have only seen a few times in this honey color.

"Panizza De Luxe" with long fur and bow quite out of the ordinary.

Size 59 or 7 3/8 in the USA, there are not others interesting notes on the paper label, only a series of number and letters

In his visit with Steve a few years ago to the old Panizza factory, now home to the museum, he recognized the machines for producing and finishing "velour" felt, in fact Panizza was the last of the Italian hat factories to produce this type of felt.

Have a nice day with the new livery of Fedora Lounge

 

[Randall Renshaw]

An ultra rare 40s Schoble fedora that I have completely restored back to its original condition...as much as possible.
This was a job done for a client who has hundreds of super nice vintage fedoras and westerns, most if not all in mint condition. So it was with some trepidation that I agreed to take on such a task on a rare and wonderful hat and name plate. Probably just as much concern on the client’s side, too, I’d imagine. However, I think she turned out quite nice.
The pics show the stages of its restoration.
Hated having to send this one back a week ago. Client is very happy that I did!
Guess I need to start a restoration thread since I can’t find one that’ll work?
Notice in two of the photos the shape of the hat as it arrived to the client in a too small box. The horror!!!
He referred to it as the, “Square Schoble “.