What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Frunobulax]

Heading off to meet the rest of the family for my 60th birthday celebration. Sporting a montecristi duplex from Northwest Hats.

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Happy Birthday, Bill! Hope ot was a good one.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

This past week the evenings were cool and I wore a Stetson 7X late evening.

Cooler weather yesterday evening had me wearing a green homburg.

This morning a walk and an essential errand (pick-up freshly roasted coffee) in a Stetson Whippet.

I have been enjoying the coffee under the brim of a Stetson Royal DeLuxe Open Road.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Steve1857]

Somewhat cooler today, so was able to pop on a hat. I chose this fairly modern Linea-Panizza President because Marcel @Pellie wanted to see it in connection with a similar one in grey he recently found.



It's actually of much better quality than I remembered. I picked it up in a thrift store 5 years ago. At the time, Daniele said it was probably from the 90s.



Quite a thin, stiff felt. Brim is 5cm, and crown 10cm to the front crease. Particularly like the chocolate brown colour and the reddish-brown of the ribbon.

I'm glad I dug it out again. Think I'll be wearing this one more often for a while. Thanks Marcel

 

[Pellie]

Somewhat cooler today, so was able to pop on a hat. I chose this fairly modern Linea-Panizza President because Marcel @Pellie wanted to see it in connection with a similar one in grey he recently found.

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It's actually of much better quality than I remembered. I picked it up in a thrift store 5 years ago. At the time, Daniele said it was probably from the 90s.

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Quite a thin, stiff felt. Brim is 5cm, and crown 10cm to the front crease. Particularly like the chocolate brown colour and the reddish-brown of the ribbon.

I'm glad I dug it out again. Think I'll be wearing this one more often for a while. Thanks Marcel

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I think there is nothing wrong with that one

 

[Gary in NC]

I went to church today in the brown Beaver. This one’s becoming one of my favorites

 

[Steve1857]

I think there is nothing wrong with that one

Thanks Marcel. For some reason I remembered it as not being particularly good. I of course apologised to the hat for my poor memory

 

[StoryPNW]

Dressed up this morning, suspenders and all. Wearing my Knox Premier. It's a little stingy but I still like it.

 

[Pellie]

Thanks Marcel. For some reason I remembered it as not being particularly good. I of course apologised to the hat for my poor memory

Apologise accepted!! ;-)

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This past week the evenings were cool and I wore a Stetson 7X late evening.

Cooler weather yesterday evening had me wearing a green homburg.

This morning a walk and an essential errand (pick-up freshly roasted coffee) in a Stetson Whippet.

I have been enjoying the coffee under the brim of a Stetson Royal DeLuxe Open Road.

Cheers, Eric -

Incredible parade, as per usual. That old Dobbs homburg earned a gasp and a smile: what a hat! It really takes something special to stand out amongst all your other wonderful hats. Thank you for sharing.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Biltmore Duma homburg on my way to services:

 

[Blare]

This past week the evenings were cool and I wore a Stetson 7X late evening.

Cooler weather yesterday evening had me wearing a green homburg.

This morning a walk and an essential errand (pick-up freshly roasted coffee) in a Stetson Whippet.

I have been enjoying the coffee under the brim of a Stetson Royal DeLuxe Open Road.

Cheers, Eric -

Loving the lineup today, Eric.

 

[Blare]

EcuAndino Panama for Miami Dolphins opener vs New England Patriots.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

EcuAndino Panama for Miami Dolphins opener vs New England Patriots.

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So which team do you want to win?

 

[Steve1857]

Biltmore Duma homburg on my way to services:

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Wonderful curves and brim swoop, Brent.

 

[Frunobulax]

So which team do you want to win?

Da Bears!

 

[Bill Hughes]

I love seeing your Northwest hats. I often hear that Gannon is the best around these days, but every time I see a Northwest, I wonder if he really has anything over the guy (is it Mike?) from Northwest.

I have two Gannon hats in my collection. The first is this natural. I was attracted to the color combination and it is still one a enjoy wearing.

The second is a hat I acquired from Doug Berry a former member of the lounge. This is Doug wearing the hat.

This old dye black cherry was a size 7 1/2. I wear a loose 7 1/8 or snug 7 1/4. since it was originally a Gannon Hat Co. hat, I contacted Mike Gannon to see what could be done. He said nothing could be done that would look good. He said the original break line would always be noticeable.

Therefore I contacted Art Fawcett. He said he would make it work and the break would not be an issue. He was a man of his word. It fits perfectly and he used the original break line. Basically, he shrunk the hat. Since he rebuilt the hat I now call it an Art Fawcett and never call it a Gannon.

There has been one other occasion I contacted Mike Gannon. This time it was to do a custom Panama and again he couldn’t accommodate me. He said he didn’t know how to make it work like I wanted. So I called Art Fawcett. He was ramping down for his retirement and suggested Mike Miller of Northwest Hats. Art said Mike Miller would have been able to handle the old Dye Black Cherry like he did. When I contacted Mike about the Panama, he said he had never done anything like I wanted so lets give it a try. It turned out great. It was a Montescrist straw with a pretty standard fedora style. But I wanted a pronounced ridge like a Optima on top of the crown.

I really like the Gannon Hat I have. And if Mike Gannon comes up with a really unique combination like the first hat I posted I'll get another. But.... Mike Miller has always been able to deliver what I wanted. Mike Gannon has not. Therefore I call Mike Miller or Northwest Hats "my hatter." He has made me 12 felts and 11 straws to date. Currently. I have two straws and two felts in queue. They always fit perfectly and the quality of workmanship is top shelf.

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Borsalino Feather Weight

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Yesterday afternoon yard stuff and lounging on a deck chair was taken under a Fedora Lounge Akubra Campdraft (2.5" brim in bluegrass felt)version.

I removed the liner long ago.

A cool morning finds me out and about early on this thin ribbon day. I started with a walkabout in a Stetson Stratoliner (silverbelly).

Home again. Sipping coffee while cooling down in the yard under the brim of a Mallory Dallas.

Yet another thin ribbon to rake out a back garden removing tomatoes that did not grow this year - a Stetson 50's Stratoliner.

Here are a couple comparison pics of the earlier Stratoliner and Mallory.

Thin ribbon hat day rocks, Eric -

 

[The Shoe]

I have two Gannon hats in my collection. The first is this natural. I was attracted to the color combination and it is still one a enjoy wearing.

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The second is a hat I acquired from Doug Berry a former member of the lounge. This is Doug wearing the hat.

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This old dye black cherry was a size 7 1/2. I wear a loose 7 1/8 or snug 7 1/4. since it was originally a Gannon Hat Co. hat, I contacted Mike Gannon to see what could be done. He said nothing could be done that would look good. He said the original break line would always be noticeable.

Therefore I contacted Art Fawcett. He said he would make it work and the break would not be an issue. He was a man of his word. It fits perfectly and he used the original break line. Basically, he shrunk the hat. Since he rebuilt the hat I now call it an Art Fawcett and never call it a Gannon.

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There has been one other occasion I contacted Mike Gannon. This time it was to do a custom Panama and again he couldn’t accommodate me. He said he didn’t know how to make it work like I wanted. So I called Art Fawcett. He was ramping down for his retirement and suggested Mike Miller of Northwest Hats. Art said Mike Miller would have been able to handle the old Dye Black Cherry like he did. When I contacted Mike about the Panama, he said he had never done anything like I wanted so lets give it a try. It turned out great. It was a Montescrist straw with a pretty standard fedora style. But I wanted a pronounced ridge like a Optima on top of the crown.

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I really like the Gannon Hat I have. And if Mike Gannon comes up with a really unique combination like the first hat I posted I'll get another. But.... Mike Miller has always been able to deliver what I wanted. Mike Gannon has not. Therefore I call Mike Miller or Northwest Hats "my hatter." He has made me 12 felts and 11 straws to date. Currently. I have two straws and two felts in queue. They always fit perfectly and the quality of workmanship is top shelf.

I guess the takeaway from that is that Gannon is not willing to produce anything unless he can guarantee it’s up to his exacting standards, whereas Mike Miller is up for any challenge, and skilled enough to be confident of getting a good result. Since they were both up front with you, you can’t really fault either of them.

 

[Gary in NC]

Royal Stetson for the trip to Asheville today. I just got through putting a little stretch on it so it’ll be more comfortable. I think this is going to work out just fine.

Edit: I changed the picture of me because after looking at the first one I realized you could see right up my nose.