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On our way to a music and craft festival. Me in a Scala and Terri in a Cripple Creek.
That is a real beauty, RandallGot in a new top favs fedora today!
Mid 50s Sovereign Twenty.
You all know how much I like dove gray fedoras. Well, I equally like silverbelly colored ones! Spent a lot, but for me it ticks all the right boxes, so worth it.
I did a light cleaning and left the dry bash as is. my size, but needed a bit of a dry stretch for original circumference.
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I know the feeling!Thanks, Joe!
Glad that you and I like it, because this will be my last buy for a long while. Gonna be takin a break on buying hats and start back selling a few airy now and then. But that’s if I can defeat that gosh darn HAS!
I’m feelin confident, though, as I have way too many “flip hats” that need selling.
Been putting it off because I loathe listing and shipping.
Got in a new top favs fedora today!
Mid 50s Sovereign Twenty.
You all know how much I like dove gray fedoras. Well, I equally like silverbelly colored ones! Spent a lot, but for me it ticks all the right boxes, so worth it.
I did a light cleaning and left the dry bash as is. my size, but needed a bit of a dry stretch for original circumference.
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Thanks, Randy! Been wanting Sovereign 20 Mode Edge ever since seeing and holding that sweet one you got!I'm with you, Randall, the Twenty is a great hat day-in and day-out.
Dang, Brent, for more shade you could go ahead and plant the entire palm tree in the live well.SunBody Tall Gus for a day on the lake:
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I ended up with 7 bass and this was one of the smallest, but it’s the first of the season.
Dang, Brent, for more shade you could go ahead and plant the entire palm tree in the live well.
Doesn’t look like you need that space for trophy bass.
Good luck on the rest of the year!
When I was bassin I considered myself a lunker hunter. And I was. Huntin, but never catchin!
Fabulous hat, Steve and great backstory as well.Hch. Klipper Offenbach a. M. "Extra Quality" possibly early 1900s. This Wool Stiff Felt has a very interesting Form and Brim work. The original ribbon was damaged so I decided to buy some Mokuba (Japan) Silk ribbon which turned out to be a great match. I contacted Bob at Black Sheep Hat Works (BSHW) and he graciously accepted to install the new ribbon / bow. Unfortunately when the Stiff Felt arrived at BSHW the box had been crushed and the Stiff Felt had major crown dents. Bob did a masterful job of fixing the dents, cleaning up the felt and installing the new ribbon / bow. The bow design matches the original so of the time period. Here is a link if you want to take a look at what happened. I found this Wool Stiff Felt back in 2017.
https://germanaustrianhats.invision...mp-offenbach-a-m/?do=findComment&comment=1790
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Henrich Klipper Offenbach a. M. possibly 1930s.
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100 Year Anniversary Store Front (1958), Copyright Felix Trejtnar
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Echter Borsalino Display (1950s)
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There's a lot to love!Got in a new top favs fedora today!
Mid 50s Sovereign Twenty.
You all know how much I like dove gray fedoras. Well, I equally like silverbelly colored ones! Spent a lot, but for me it ticks all the right boxes, so worth it.
I did a light cleaning and left the dry bash as is. my size, but needed a bit of a dry stretch for original circumference.
Love this hat! View attachment 522618 View attachment 522619 View attachment 522620 View attachment 522621
Very nice, Joe. Always fun to see a hat come back to life under a good dose of steam.Weekend western. Another old unbranded western that came from the rancher lot some years back. This one a medium nap light cream felt with 1 1/2 Grosgrain ribbon. It got a fresh steam today. REALLY woke up the felt. Opened up the crown and gave it a fresh new crease.
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The hats of the week. Here we go.
Dobbs
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Fabroc
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Borsalino Faunosca
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Borsalino Zenit Stibina View attachment 522708
Borsalino Nembo View attachment 522709
Stetson Stetsonian bowler (thanks to Randy @Rmccamey for the trade) View attachment 522710
and a straw! First time the weather was anything like straw weather. Penumbra custom panama
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Hats off to the postal service (this time)Glad go see the Stetsonian made it to you in one piece and in record time!
What a hat! Rare ribbon treatment for Stetson, I think. Looks great on you—good one for this time of year.Got in a new top favs fedora today!
Mid 50s Sovereign Twenty.
You all know how much I like dove gray fedoras. Well, I equally like silverbelly colored ones! Spent a lot, but for me it ticks all the right boxes, so worth it.
I did a light cleaning and left the dry bash as is. my size, but needed a bit of a dry stretch for original circumference.
Love this hat! View attachment 522618 View attachment 522619 View attachment 522620 View attachment 522621
Such an interesting hat—kind of a crossover. Looks great!Weekend western. Another old unbranded western that came from the rancher lot some years back. This one a medium nap light cream felt with 1 1/2 Grosgrain ribbon. It got a fresh steam today. REALLY woke up the felt. Opened up the crown and gave it a fresh new crease.
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