What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[moehawk]

That's great work!
Buy some thimbles and a set of those magic goggles Max wears for crying out loud.

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Very impressive work!!

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Thanks guys!

Very cool hat, John and I think your best effort so far. I think Bob will approve, as he will of the name Banned Bob. It has sort of an outlaw ring to it, which suits him I think. Get the women and children to safety: Banned Bob is coming to town!
He is missed and really should be back here.

Thanks Stefan!
Yes, Bob is missed.
BTW, I think people hid their women and children even without the nickname...

 

[moehawk]

Hey all!
The last of the line. Lord Hemingway's little brother, Earl. AKA moe-riginal No. 9

Have a great day!

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[deadlyhandsome]

Hey all!
The last of the line. Lord Hemingway's little brother, Earl. AKA moe-riginal No. 9

Have a great day!

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Thank you, John! I’d wear any and all proudly.


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[Rmccamey]

Do the opposite of what I do and you will be a winner every time

So, is a buy signal or sell signal regarding hat stocks?

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[AbbaDatDeHat]

Early 20th century Stetson - very fine condition and a small size that I have coaxed every so slightly to be able to wear from time to time. Sometimes I crease her and sometimes I just wear her tall.

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As nice a Boss Raw Edge Fray we will ever see.
Do you have the Lot# recorded somewhere for this one Alan?
I would think pretty low.
B

 

[Rmccamey]

Like many things, lack of interest in this disposable world is a big part. Like farming, capital $ are tough too for a start-up. I'm speculating, but I suspect Rick at Phoenix and Michael Gannon had to start small and build their equipment and business a little at a time. It would probably have been difficult if not impossible for them, or anyone else not already established, to buy a fully equipped hat shop.

Wow. That's not good. Maybe because there are too few young people interested, and those of us who would be feel we're 15 years past when we should have done it?
Buying it name and all would set a high mark to meet going forward. It doesn't seem like obtaining the financing would be a huge obstacle.

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It's illegal to display such a fine hat!

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Today....Black cherry VS just because it goes well with my jacket.
Be well. Bowen

 

[Rmccamey]

You too, Bob. No fair showing off such a fine hat!

Enjoying a trout dinner at Rockbridge mill. Wearing a 7XCB that is about in “fishing hat” condition.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Absolutely. Any business minded person would have shown the customer their range of ribbons, come with suggestions, shown the customer how the ribbons look on their own hats, let the customer see, feel and try their hats, put the ribbon the customer chose on the customers hat and said, "hope to see you again sir, would you like to be on her mailing list."

Thus, a happy, satisfied customer willing to come again and maybe buy a hat or, at the least, recommend the hat store.

I've no doubt the new hat business is hard. Why make it harder by peeing off potential customers?

Now, I'll get off my soapbox [emoji145]

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Expertly explained, Steve. It's the way business was built in those days that the Lounge celebrates. In my twenties I went into sales for a while. My paternal grandmother (who I mentioned elsewhere as assuring I was a sharp dressed tyke) mailed me books like Dale Carnegie's, How to Win Friends and Influence People. The how is that you serve their needs. In sales you are also a needs counselor, I suppose, and you hope to help them see a need for what you offer. After that though, you are offering to serve them to satisfy that need. I think it's a beautiful way for a society to organize itself.
We have somehow devolved to a society that demands. It is a tragic tale.
The Fedora Lounge seems to be an island, or maybe a lifeboat, for those who remember a different perspective on the world.
One thing I love about Ermatinger's book is that exactly what you described he considered scientific. We all get ahead together when we serve one another.



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[Frunobulax]

Hey all!
The last of the line. Lord Hemingway's little brother, Earl. AKA moe-riginal No. 9

Have a great day!

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Hmm... needs a matchstick.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Enjoying a trout dinner at Rockbridge mill. Wearing a 7XCB that is about in “fishing hat” condition.

But it fits!
And we know how how to bring them back into polite company, don't we?
Or just hang up the "Gone Fishing" sign.
Nothing wrong with that.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Thanks guys!

Thanks Stefan!
Yes, Bob is missed.
BTW, I think people hid their women and children even without the nickname...

I can only wonder.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Hey all!
The last of the line. Lord Hemingway's little brother, Earl. AKA moe-riginal No. 9

Have a great day!

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Excellent, John. If you're going to go out, it's better to go out after a win.
Then again, there are comebacks.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Thank you, John! I’d wear any and all proudly.


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Ditto, if they sorta fit.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Do the opposite of what I do and you will be a winner every time

Contrarian investing.

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[humanshoes]

It would probably have been difficult if not impossible for them, or anyone else not already established, to buy a fully equipped hat shop.

If I were twenty years younger...

 

[Rmccamey]

I wish!

I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

If I were twenty years younger...

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Like many things, lack of interest in this disposable world is a big part. Like farming, capital $ are tough too for a start-up. I'm speculating, but I suspect Rick at Phoenix and Michael Gannon had to start small and build their equipment and business a little at a time. It would probably have been difficult if not impossible for them, or anyone else not already established, to buy a fully equipped hat shop.





It's illegal to display such a fine hat!

B was born outlaw.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Hmm... needs a matchstick.

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Absolutely incorrible.
You can dress him up ...

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[Hat and Rehat]

If I were twenty years younger...

Big human shoes to fill at VS, and I understand your sentiments. Ambition wanes after a point. Protection becomes more important than acquisition. The cycle of life.

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[alanfgag]

As nice a Boss Raw Edge Fray we will ever see.
Do you have the Lot# recorded somewhere for this one Alan?
I would think pretty low.
B

Thanks... I never found a LOTXXXX number in this one and just spent some time trying to find where I posted pictures of it originally (not in the pre-1940s Stetson Western thread). It is likely 100 years+.