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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

TheOldFashioned

Call Me a Cab
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The Great Lakes
Harvesting Nature's bounty under the bountiful brim of a Sunbody:
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Georg Gärner Wien possibly later 1920s. I really like the smaller Form of this Wool Stiff Felt and it wears great. Georg Gärner Wien had a few retail stores and there is a factory listed but I don't have any information on their production facilities. I tend to think this Wool Stiff Felt was sourced but I can't tell the manufacturer. My other Georg Gärner Wien Stiff Felt was made by J. Heinr. Ita Wien and is a Fur Felt. I found this Stiff Felt back in 2013.

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Rmccamey

I'll Lock Up
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5,818
Location
Central Texas
Another "perfect " bowler, Steve.

Georg Gärner Wien possibly later 1920s. I really like the smaller Form of this Wool Stiff Felt and it wears great. Georg Gärner Wien had a few retail stores and there is a factory listed but I don't have any information on their production facilities. I tend to think this Wool Stiff Felt was sourced but I can't tell the manufacturer. My other Georg Gärner Wien Stiff Felt was made by J. Heinr. Ita Wien and is a Fur Felt. I found this Stiff Felt back in 2013.

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T Jones

I'll Lock Up
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6,786
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Central Ohio
Haha—sorry, that was GREAT work, not. Grey. Are those tire tracks on that thing?
Lol. I figured that's what you actually meant.

They sure look like tire tracks. I don't know those were. I wondered about that myself. I got it cleaned out whatever it was, along with the sweat stains. Some of the staining I left in on purpose to retain some of the hat's history. The Lounger who sent it to me said that it had a story to tell and that was some of what I wanted to preserve. Aside from everything the hat's been through over the years the felt is still solid. It was a tough built hat.
 

Short Balding Guy

I'll Lock Up
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9,871
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Minnesota, USA
Good morning. A walkabout earlier this morning found me under the brim of a Stetson Stratoliner Premiere. Cadet Blue is striking in person.

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I enjoyed my morning coffee whilst wearing a Stetson Playboy. The felt on this hat is terrific.
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Morning errand to the grocery store started with me putting on a Stetson Air Light Playboy. It is unique as it has vents, very light weight felt and a bound edge. Home I started getting some black berries picked, cutting some ruhbarb, starting a pie and going back to pick a handful of red raspberries. Breakfast pie is in my future.

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It is indeed "Air Light."

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Cheers, Eric. -
 

The Lost Cowboy

One Too Many
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1,690
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Southeast Asia
Saturday morning under this Whippet while listening to the interview with erstwhile Stetson employee Antony Catalano:
http://phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/865

It seems this fellow Catalano and his family all worked for Stetson from a time before the Great Depression up until the end of the Philadelphia factory. This is a fascinating piece of oral history that is worth a bump so new lounge members can hear it.

Thanks to @BobHufford for posting this interview. I’m sure it’s gotten around the forum on numerous threads and been posted by other members, but he’s the one who posted the link that I ran across.

The sweat band on this Whippet is about to deteriorate so I don’t wear it outside anymore.

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Mighty44

One Too Many
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Good morning. A walkabout earlier this morning found me under the brim of a Stetson Stratoliner Premiere. Cadet Blue is striking in person.

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i-67nCWpB-M.jpg


i-X5JSXCJ-M.jpg


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I enjoyed my morning coffee whilst wearing a Stetson Playboy. The felt on this hat is terrific.
i-SVjR6j5-M.jpg


i-rnBJTHB-M.jpg


i-2wzhmXC-M.jpg


Morning errand to the grocery store started with me putting on a Stetson Air Light Playboy. It is unique as it has vents, very light weight felt and a bound edge. Home I started getting some black berries picked, cutting some ruhbarb, starting a pie and going back to pick a handful of red raspberries. Breakfast pie is in my future.

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It is indeed "Air Light."

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Cheers, Eric. -
LOVE that Air Light Playboy!
 

The Lost Cowboy

One Too Many
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Southeast Asia

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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South Dakota
A few days in western SD — Badlands, Deadwood, Black Elk Peak. First time out of the house with this Bailey I found a few years ago. The new beaded band and new crease helped. Thought it was fitting to wear playing a concert at Outlaw Square in Deadwood.
 

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