What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Steve1857]

Baldini Fedora on a trip to the movies.

 

[Frunobulax]

TAR Thursday and my first Dalton.

 

[moehawk]

Hey everyone!
It's a beautiful Mendocino Coast day, so I thought I'd break the rules and busted out this old colonial blocked Adam Royal Quality Panama that I bought several years ago from Shopgoodwilldotcom. The brim, previously dry and stiff, is still very pliable after treating it with coconut oil soon after I got it.




I couldn't wear it without thinking of everyone here, so I thought I'd pop in and share!
Have a great day!

 

[Blare]

Hey everyone!
It's a beautiful Mendocino Coast day, so I thought I'd break the rules and busted out this old colonial blocked Adam Royal Quality Panama that I bought several years ago from Shopgoodwilldotcom. The brim, previously dry and stiff, is still very pliable after treating it with coconut oil soon after I got it.

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I couldn't wear it without thinking of everyone here, so I thought I'd pop in and share!
Have a great day!

Very nice! I’m curious how did you apply the coconut oil. Solid and rub it on… or melted…. Or was it like a liquid fractionated coconut oil?

 

[moehawk]

Very nice! I’m curious how did you apply the coconut oil. Solid and rub it on… or melted…. Or was it like a liquid fractionated coconut oil?

Thanks!
I just used the solid stuff right out of the jar. About 1/2 tsp rubbed in just with finger heat to soften it. It only took about half an hour to absorb and do it's magic. The brim was very dry, and creaked ominously and made a cardboard-y sound when snapped down. One application of oil was all it took, but I gave it a light second coat for good measure. Afterwards, it was just like new.
One slight downside was that after a while it got a faint smell of stale oil. That went away after a few months. I have also had similar results using a little vegetable glycerin on a dry Panama, and no rancid oil smell.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Twofer Strats.

The blue one is one you’ve seen and a late 40s/early 50s model taken completely apart, re-blocked and sewn back together to be sized from size 7 to 7 1/4, and the newly re-sized mid 50s 7 1/8 done the same painstaking way is sporting a wider vintage ribbon and bow.
Both debute new, to me, crown styling. A combination of my favorite creases. Half diamond, half teardrop offering the “square crown” look of a diamond crease and the nice rounded back of a big teardrop.
Never seen one creased like this and hope I’ve stumbled onto something others might like as well?

Green Strat:

Blue Strat:

Back to green:

 

[Randall Renshaw]

This started off as a Vaniza “Farmer,” but it’s now more Wolfbrae than Vanzina:

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Shheeeewiiiiz!

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT ONE, Brent!!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Baldini Fedora on a trip to the movies. View attachment 401220

Enjoy the flick, Steve!
Hope the person sitting behind you enjoys the Baldini as much as we do!

 

[bowlerman]

Borsalino Ghiacchio at the Minnesota Opera last week, and Optimo Manhattan and Texas Hatters derby.

 

[Blare]

Thanks!
I just used the solid stuff right out of the jar. About 1/2 tsp rubbed in just with finger heat to soften it. It only took about half an hour to absorb and do it's magic. The brim was very dry, and creaked ominously and made a cardboard-y sound when snapped down. One application of oil was all it took, but I gave it a light second coat for good measure. Afterwards, it was just like new.
One slight downside was that after a while it got a faint smell of stale oil. That went away after a few months. I have also had similar results using a little vegetable glycerin on a dry Panama, and no rancid oil smell.

Thanks for the info.. much appreciated

 

[Blare]

Twofer Strats. View attachment 401351
The blue one is one you’ve seen and a late 40s/early 50s model taken completely apart, re-blocked and sewn back together to be sized from size 7 to 7 1/4, and the newly re-sized mid 50s 7 1/8 done the same painstaking way is sporting a wider vintage ribbon and bow.
Both debute new, to me, crown styling. A combination of my favorite creases. Half diamond, half teardrop offering the “square crown” look of a diamond crease and the nice rounded back of a big teardrop.
Never seen one creased like this and hope I’ve stumbled onto something others might like as well?

Green Strat:
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Blue Strat:
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Back to green:

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They both look fantastic Randall

 

[moehawk]

Thanks for the info.. much appreciated

You're welcome!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Thanks, Joe!

They both look fantastic Randall

 

[carouselvic]

A 1930’s Stetson #1 Quality

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Today, a hat produced in South Tyrol a few years ago, in the town of Merano

The manufacturer is "M. Hutter" probably the best stocked hat shop in South Tyrol where some of my latest, so to speak, purchases come from.

The production machinery was present until about seven years ago when the property was sold with everything it contained. The hats of own production, a few, plus those of the famous Italian producers, have been acquired en masse, while all the machinery has been lost

The hat is made in the wake of the Italian production of about sixty years ago with colors and finishes that recall more famous productions.

The activity of the company "M. Hutter" dates back to 1872 and is an area rich in wool yarns, considering that we are in the middle of the Alps, one of the key elements in European hat.

The type of hat, as can be seen from the paper label, is "Nadir" which recalls a famous name in the Italian hats of other brands, the color is "Bigio" which could be translated into "grey or "ashen, dark".

The felt has a short fur and it is of medium thickness with matching ribbon and trim

A hat made by an artisan, like many in Italy capable of producing for local buyers, but very interesting to follow the development of hat production in Italy

 

[The Shoe]

Etsuko’s been going a bit stir crazy with omicron spreading quickly here, so we ventured out for the first time in a little while for shabushabu - a kind of steamboat/hotpot.
I wore my Hornskov Mogul.

Etsuko, her black wool cloche.

 

[Rmccamey]

How about Feather Friday!

Phoenix Hats triple stitch, twin ribbon.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Good morning. A blue Gannon was my choice for a snowy dog soiree.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Frunobulax]

Hey everyone!
It's a beautiful Mendocino Coast day, so I thought I'd break the rules and busted out this old colonial blocked Adam Royal Quality Panama that I bought several years ago from Shopgoodwilldotcom. The brim, previously dry and stiff, is still very pliable after treating it with coconut oil soon after I got it.

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I couldn't wear it without thinking of everyone here, so I thought I'd pop in and share!
Have a great day!

Always like seeing that one, John, even if it's out-of-cycle.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

7XCB today for a trip to town.
A big deal down here.
Going to town, not the hat.