What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Short Balding Guy]

Well my :
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Arrived today!!! And WOW......is it clean and nice!! Looks like NEW!!

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I will opine about it some time in the future in the OR thread! I have a few things of interest to post there..... And the felt and ribbon color are a good match to the first photo of the whole hat......(at least on my screen).
OH, and YES......I am wearing it today!
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WOW! Wow is just what I have looking at the pics.

Congrats on the new hat. Opine away or make a Tic Toc vid of you wearing it.

Jeez, that Buccaneer is a beaut! If I had to pick only one of my hats to live with for the rest of my life...it’d be one of yours...and this’n might be it.

Thanks Randall. It really is a special hat. I have to be careful to not wear the hat so often that I wear it to an early demise.

 

[mayserwegener]

So many wow factors in that fine fedora, Steve. I like the dark caramel color of the sweatbands in that brand of hats that you keep sharing. Plus many other features.

Randall, Thank you!

I missed your fantastic looking Stevens! I was busy making my post.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Sunburnt today while building my Father a 24 X 16 shed for his golf cart and JD mower. Whew! It’s been hot and humid this week in the deeeep muddy muggy south. Rain, rain, rain and now hot, hot, hot!
Im being forced to build the thing using old warped materials that Dad had laying around for 8 years. Some new materials, that I bought, found their way into the shed, despite my Father’s depression era groans of wasteful spending. Not my usual carpentry fair, but hey, it’s just a mower shed. I’ll have the metal roof on tomorrow if I don’t die of heat exhaustion.

Got this 50s Stevens 3 days ago.
Man, she’s a black sweetheart. Though I’ve wanted a Stevens, it wasn’t high on the list and didn’t think I’d end up with one this nice.
Well built and quality abounds.
2 1/2 dark grey bound brim. The ribbon is a little different than the typical grosgrain. Though many times black fedoras are a non-event, for me, this one stands out a bit. The only thing I had to do with this hat is to steam in a c-crown.
I even like the feather it came with. $27 free shipping is the icing on this ebony cake!
I’ve included a lot of pics of the inside, since this brand seems often MIA from the 50s.

 

[Dlaniger]

That’s a great hat and looks like you were made for it (or vice versa).

Thank You, Sir. It is one of my favorites.

 

[mayserwegener]

Karl Misik (KAMI) "Special", NOS condition, possibly late 1930s early 1940s. The Wool Felt has a mix of dark and light grays which produces a pleasing visual effect. The form is of the place and time period. Very interesting + unique Bow design. This hat is from my June 2015 NOS Czech find.

O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken (United Fur and Wool Hat Factories) Husinec Böhmerwald (November 17, 1942)

Here is some background on O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken.

Felt Hat factory built by Ondrej Felix Hess. After him, the factory was taken over by his nephew Karel Misík, who built a new factory (Fur Felt and Wool) in Karlín and both functioned as "United Hat Factory, K. Misík". All Hat Factories in Czechoslovakia were nationalized as TONAK after WWII.

Some of the factory buildings and villa survived. Here are past and present day photos.

Top photo looking down to the villa. Bottom photo looking up towards the factory.

 

[Blare]

View attachment 244311 View attachment 244310 Sunburnt today while building my Father a 24 X 16 shed for his golf cart and JD mower. Whew! It’s been hot and humid this week in the deeeep muddy muggy south. Rain, rain, rain and now hot, hot, hot!
Im being forced to build the thing using old warped materials that Dad had laying around for 8 years. Some new materials, that I bought, found their way into the shed, despite my Father’s depression era groans of wasteful spending. Not my usual carpentry fair, but hey, it’s just a mower shed. I’ll have the metal roof on tomorrow if I don’t die of heat exhaustion.

Got this 50s Stevens 3 days ago.
Man, she’s a black sweetheart. Though I’ve wanted a Stevens, it wasn’t high on the list and didn’t think I’d end up with one this nice.
Well built and quality abounds.
2 1/2 dark grey bound brim. The ribbon is a little different than the typical grosgrain. Though many times black fedoras are a non-event, for me, this one stands out a bit. The only thing I had to do with this hat is to steam in a c-crown.
I even like the feather it came with. $27 free shipping is the icing on this ebony cake!
I’ve included a lot of pics of the inside, since this brand seems often MIA from the 50s. View attachment 244314
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Love it Randall. That’s a great find. Nice work on your dads mower shed.

 

[Blare]

Karl Misik (KAMI) "Special", NOS condition, possibly late 1930s early 1940s. The Wool Felt has a mix of dark and light grays which produces a pleasing visual effect. The form is of the place and time period. Very interesting + unique Bow design. This hat is from my June 2015 NOS Czech find.

O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken (United Fur and Wool Hat Factories) Husinec Böhmerwald (November 17, 1942)

Here is some background O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken.

Felt Hat factory built by Ondrej Felix Hess. After him, the factory was taken over by his nephew Karel Misík, who built a new factory (Fur Felt and Wool) in Karlín and both functioned as "United Hat Factory, K. Misík". All Hat Factories in Czechoslovakia were nationalized as TONAK after WWII.

Some of the factory buildings and villa survived. Here are past and present day photos.

Top photo looking down to the villa. Bottom photo looking up towards the factory.

Well would ya look at that ribbon. Very cool... very unique

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Love it Randall. That’s a great find. Nice work on your dads mower shed.

Thanks, Joe. Enjoying your Week in Stetsons,

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Karl Misik (KAMI) "Special", NOS condition, possibly late 1930s early 1940s. The Wool Felt has a mix of dark and light grays which produces a pleasing visual effect. The form is of the place and time period. Very interesting + unique Bow design. This hat is from my June 2015 NOS Czech find.

O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken (United Fur and Wool Hat Factories) Husinec Böhmerwald (November 17, 1942)

Here is some background on O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken.

Felt Hat factory built by Ondrej Felix Hess. After him, the factory was taken over by his nephew Karel Misík, who built a new factory (Fur Felt and Wool) in Karlín and both functioned as "United Hat Factory, K. Misík". All Hat Factories in Czechoslovakia were nationalized as TONAK after WWII.

Some of the factory buildings and villa survived. Here are past and present day photos.

Top photo looking down to the villa. Bottom photo looking up towards the factory.

Groovy wool and bow! And I love the exterior architecture design of that old villa. Wonder what the inside looked like?

 

[mayserwegener]

View attachment 244311 View attachment 244310 Sunburnt today while building my Father a 24 X 16 shed for his golf cart and JD mower. Whew! It’s been hot and humid this week in the deeeep muddy muggy south. Rain, rain, rain and now hot, hot, hot!
Im being forced to build the thing using old warped materials that Dad had laying around for 8 years. Some new materials, that I bought, found their way into the shed, despite my Father’s depression era groans of wasteful spending. Not my usual carpentry fair, but hey, it’s just a mower shed. I’ll have the metal roof on tomorrow if I don’t die of heat exhaustion.

Got this 50s Stevens 3 days ago.
Man, she’s a black sweetheart. Though I’ve wanted a Stevens, it wasn’t high on the list and didn’t think I’d end up with one this nice.
Well built and quality abounds.
2 1/2 dark grey bound brim. The ribbon is a little different than the typical grosgrain. Though many times black fedoras are a non-event, for me, this one stands out a bit. The only thing I had to do with this hat is to steam in a c-crown.
I even like the feather it came with. $27 free shipping is the icing on this ebony cake!
I’ve included a lot of pics of the inside, since this brand seems often MIA from the 50s. View attachment 244314
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Randall, Fantastic looking Stevens "Pace Setter"! You must have posted it while I was replying back to you.

 

[mayserwegener]

Well would ya look at that ribbon. Very cool... very unique

Joe, Thanks! Really sharp looking Stetson "Royal" from you today!

 

[mayserwegener]

Groovy wool and bow! And I love the exterior architecture design of that old villa. Wonder what the inside looked like?

Randall, Thank you! I am sure the villa interior was really nice back in the day. The villa was probably converted to some other function during the communist period. I hope it's been (or being) restored but probably wishful thinking.

 

[BobHufford]

Arrived today!!! And WOW......is it clean and nice!! Looks like NEW!

Congrats Mark!

 

[Blare]

Joe, Thanks! Really sharp looking Stetson "Royal" from you today!

Thank you Steve

 

[jonesy86]

It’s too dang hot, but I hat to give my new Borsalino Tirreno a whirl:

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That looks deadly.

 

[jonesy86]

For a second it felt like just another Summer day at my local beach. A few families out with the pickup, tent, coolers, BBQ, and all the gear. The sand has started to come back after being washed away by the Winter storms. But then after going back to last years favorite spot on the North side of the beach next to the break water that is the remains of the old jetty, I saw that the beach is still covered with wood, the water is black with decaying plant matter, and this corner of the beach still has tons of rocks sticking up under the surf. Took a good long swim out past the breakers, drifting South into high surf and a few surfers. Came ashore about a quarter mile away, and walking back to my beach chair I realized that while I saw one or two people that had no suntan, the beach still had a very small fraction of people compared to this time of last year. I'm not complaining.

I like the dramatic flare of the cut of this Mr. Freedom cap, and the herringbone twill indigo stripe vintage cotton is nice and light for Summer.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Well my :
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Arrived today!!! And WOW......is it clean and nice!! Looks like NEW!!

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I will opine about it some time in the future in the OR thread! I have a few things of interest to post there..... And the felt and ribbon color are a good match to the first photo of the whole hat......(at least on my screen).
OH, and YES......I am wearing it today!
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Never seen an OR THAT clean and pristine, M.
You must’ve found an entrance to Alan’s or Eric’s vast storage rooms!
If you did, let me go with you next time.
Congrats on obtaining THE winning OR!

 

[M Hatman]

Karl Misik (KAMI) "Special", NOS condition, possibly late 1930s early 1940s. The Wool Felt has a mix of dark and light grays which produces a pleasing visual effect. The form is of the place and time period. Very interesting + unique Bow design. This hat is from my June 2015 NOS Czech find.

O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken (United Fur and Wool Hat Factories) Husinec Böhmerwald (November 17, 1942)

Here is some background on O.F. Hess - K. Masik Vereinigte Haar- und Woll - Hutfabriken.

Felt Hat factory built by Ondrej Felix Hess. After him, the factory was taken over by his nephew Karel Misík, who built a new factory (Fur Felt and Wool) in Karlín and both functioned as "United Hat Factory, K. Misík". All Hat Factories in Czechoslovakia were nationalized as TONAK after WWII.

Some of the factory buildings and villa survived. Here are past and present day photos.

Top photo looking down to the villa. Bottom photo looking up towards the factory.

Love the hat and the HISTORY!!
Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Blare]

Thanks, Joe. Enjoying your Week in Stetsons,

Thank you Randall... “I got one mo Silver dolla daddy... and I damn sure ain’t gon let em catch me now!”

 

[jonesy86]

I got invited over to a home cooked Indian curry after the beach, so had to change into my dress cap for dinner.
This Cordova Straw is elegant.