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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Rmccamey

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Nice Twenty Five. I'll show mine off once it gets a bit of TLC from hat master Art.

Nice!Also nice!

Also a @Miamibruno acquisition, Stetson 25 for today's drizzle.

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Alan, I know this one. :) BilCal (Bill & Caldwell) were well known importers so not sure if there was a store. My guess is the branding was for America but the hats were redirected to the Czech market.

Bill & Caldwell "Importers of Stiff, Soft and Straw Hats" (from an Borsalino advertisement in The American Hatter March, 1922)

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Fur Felt Hats Tariff, Readjustment 1929 (U.S. Congress)

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Tariff - Sundries U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, 12/23/1921

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionz...te-committee-on-finance-12231921/?hl=caldwell

Thanks for this, Steve. I didn’t find much of anything searching for Bilcal other than previous tenants of that address. The building is gone today. This hat came to me recently courtesy of our friend Garret.
 
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Alan, you've got me figured out. I do like modest moderate hats and furnishings. It amazes me that you remember my posts. My memory seems to be fading. I do remember you as having lots of style and pizzazz. I have been away for several years as I acclimated toward the Florida climate.......... Hey, did I see you on TV the other day? I could have sworn it was you wearing a hat.

It’s good to see you posting again. We had a mutual acquaintance years ago in my neighborhood hatter Gary White.
 

Michael A

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Like @Michael A, it's Marathon Monday.
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They even look close to the same color.

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Nice hat. It does look about the same color. Could be the same hat if you put a bit wider ribbon on it. Are there grey fibers mixed in with the blue?

Still a firm favourite. The donegal suit is killer, Michael.
Thanks Stefan. I need to remember to get this suit out more often while it's cold. It's a heavyweight.

Borsalino Albino today (after the withdrawal of yesterday's meltdown).

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Another super hat and outfit combo.

That entire outfit is perfect!

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Thanks Dm101. The Filson has been getting quite a lot of wear this winter. At the rate I'm going I might just wear it out, in another 150 years or so.

Thanks,
Michael
 
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Nice hat. It does look about the same color. Could be the same hat if you put a bit wider ribbon on it. Are there grey fibers mixed in with the blue?

Thanks Stefan. I need to remember to get this suit out more often while it's cold. It's a heavyweight.

Another super hat and outfit combo.

Thanks Dm101. The Filson has been getting quite a lot of wear this winter. At the rate I'm going I might just wear it out, in another 150 years or so.

Thanks,
Michael
I'll have to look closer when I get back home. I think mine's a tad older than yours, though.

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drmaxtejeda

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Nice!Also nice!

Also a @Miamibruno acquisition, Stetson 25 for today's drizzle.

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I know right away when it's an Adrián, @Miamibruno hat on ebay. The angle the picture is taken in, the background, the quality...
I've had him on my saved searches for a while now. Besides, always a fair price, always shipped promptly, always an expert and honest description, and he speaks Spanish.

I just wish he listed more 7 1/4s and 7 3/8s.

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Michael A

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Now THAT is a hat I have never seen or heard of before!
I'm learning so much on this forum about many things.
What is that hat made of/from?
It's fur, or hair, but I'm not at all sure what kind. Could be calf, could be something else. It was made by Peterson in Stockholm Sweden. Not at all sure on the age part either. Great cold weather cap, whatever it is.

Thanks,
Michael
 

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