What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[StoryPNW]

Good Sunday morning. I was under a Borsolino fedora for a dog soirre.

Cheers, Eric -

Both of those are spectacular, I'm really drawn to the thin ribbon hats lately.

 

[StoryPNW]

Still very nice weather in the netherlands. Wearing the Northwest hats in silvermist.
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Very cool ribbon on that one, I need to save my pennies both Gannon and Northwest are within a couple hours from my home and I'd like a hat from each of them.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Both of those are spectacular, I'm really drawn to the thin ribbon hats lately.

I find the mid ribbon and thin-ribbons very easy to wear in "town and country."

I agree with the statement from the thin-ribboned 40's Stetson Stratoliner advertisements, they are "Just right for Going Places."

Thanks for the hat compliment sir. Eric -

 

[Blare]

View attachment 413580 My newest resized restoration.

Vintage Royal Stetson Stratoliner Gray Hat Fedora 1940s, Early 1950s Size 7 | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Vintage Royal Stetson Stratoliner Gray Hat Fedora 1940s, Early 1950s Size 7. I know nothing about hats, but this appears in excellent condition. Stored in a box (not the original box), and will ship in a hat box. Please see photos and ask...

www.ebay.com

This size 7 come 7 1/4 mid 50s Strat was sold in a store in my Mother’s hometown of Woodland, Cal.
Was the sole reason I was willing to spend the $120 to get it. Seller started it out at $399, but I patiently waited till she brought the price down slowly after a week and half. I had been talking with the seller about the sentiment behind my wanting it.
Mom is very happy and says, “ya know, I was in high school when that hat was sold and it’s possible I could’ve passed that man on the street and maybe tipped this very hat at me.”
She looked in her 4 year books and saw the ads from the Provost Men’s Shop. She says she doesn’t remember the store, because her Dust Bowl family couldn’t afford to shop at high end stores.
I love this Strat.

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Wonderful Randall. Glad your mom got to go a bit down memory lane.

 

[Blare]

The week in hats. It was sunny all week; imagine that!

Berteil castor

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Wormser royal luxury
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Borsalino celesca
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Stetson Sovereign Twenty (I got the memo)
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Mossant angola
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Stetson Flagship (I got it from our generous fellow lounger Mark @M Hatman and it's in its safe box too often)
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Laubin oriental
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Stetson Flagship (brim up)
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and brim down (quite a difference) View attachment 413641

Mossant Bleu Oxford
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The Wormser, The sovereign and the Flagship.. OH my! Beautiful hats Stefan

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Hope these show, Steve.
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Thanks for sharing your thin ribboned hats. Love the woodpile pics.

While I wait for the 7X to miraculously appear, I wore my Stetson Sovereign today.

Made under license in England, so in principle a Failsworth hat.

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Have a good Saturday folks.

The felt looks touchable soft. Really is set off well with your gorgeous coat.

The Sovereign, a class hat for sure.
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Mine came from: The Village Hat Shop, San Diego.
Today we are off to a young lady's birthday party, my niece's daughter turned two yesterday.

Later we are at a Big Band dance concert, definitely dressing up for that, so good to be getting out again.
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Your adventures sound exciting. Stylishly attired sir.

I've only been amassing hats for a few months now and am still in learning mode, so while I've picked up a few pretty decent hats in that time, this is the first truly "nice" one I've acquired. It's a Borsalino Feather Weight Extra Extra Superiore from Salvatore Balbi.

When they say "feather weight," they ain't kidding. This thing is very, very light, with by far the softest, most pliable felt I have handled. It feels great to wear. I would love it more if the brim were a half-inch wider, and for that reason alone I'm on the fence about whether to keep it or send it back out into the hatosphere. I'll probably stick with it for a while and see if I can pull off a brim-up hipster look with it.

Anyway, it is not technically "for sale," but I could probably be talked into changing that status by somebody addicted to collecting these things. Meanwhile, I'll try to enjoy pretending to be a hipster, because this hat does feel amazing atop my head. And as always, if any of you hat geeks has any special knowledge about this hat to impart, I'm all ears.

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Sharp Borsolino.

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I tip my hat brim in your direction. Grand hat!

Falcon Park black cherry lords hat, and Texas Hatter‘s Silver belly derby, with the custom studded leather band I had made from a guy on Etsy.

Jeff love to see your Lords Hat. Sharp.

Didn’t know I was getting a Sky Fleet when won from a Goodwill auction.
A pleasant surprise. Color, too, as the erroneous pics showed a silverbelly and gold hat. View attachment 413495 View attachment 413496 View attachment 413494 View attachment 413493

The Sky Fleet is a very well done Resistol. The edge treatment and appointments are styl'n.

View attachment 413580 My newest resized restoration.

Vintage Royal Stetson Stratoliner Gray Hat Fedora 1940s, Early 1950s Size 7 | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Vintage Royal Stetson Stratoliner Gray Hat Fedora 1940s, Early 1950s Size 7. I know nothing about hats, but this appears in excellent condition. Stored in a box (not the original box), and will ship in a hat box. Please see photos and ask...

www.ebay.com

This size 7 come 7 1/4 mid 50s Strat was sold in a store in my Mother’s hometown of Woodland, Cal.
Was the sole reason I was willing to spend the $120 to get it. Seller started it out at $399, but I patiently waited till she brought the price down slowly after a week and half. I had been talking with the seller about the sentiment behind my wanting it.
Mom is very happy and says, “ya know, I was in high school when that hat was sold and it’s possible I could’ve passed that man on the street and maybe tipped this very hat at me.”
She looked in her 4 year books and saw the ads from the Provost Men’s Shop. She says she doesn’t remember the store, because her Dust Bowl family couldn’t afford to shop at high end stores.
I love this Strat.

View attachment 413576 View attachment 413578 on the homemade hat block View attachment 413589 re-sewn in liner. Curious, but this hat had no reorder tags inside. View attachment 413590 still has a 2 3/4” brim and squared up 5 1/2” crown. View attachment 413583

I am amazed at the hat work you do. Skills! Congrats on the Stratoliner. It looks sharp.

The week in hats. It was sunny all week; imagine that!

Berteil castor

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Wormser royal luxury
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Borsalino celesca
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Stetson Sovereign Twenty (I got the memo)
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Mossant angola
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Stetson Flagship (I got it from our generous fellow lounger Mark @M Hatman and it's in its safe box too often)
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Laubin oriental
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Stetson Flagship (brim up)
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and brim down (quite a difference) View attachment 413641

Mossant Bleu Oxford
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The parade of hats is superb and made better by some sunlight.

Always a pleasure to see a week in hats. Stefan, have you heard of Joseph Sullivan? What about Kieran Mason?

A HAT A DAY
It's not his fault his hair is an untidy mess Something he decided he needs to address.
Can't have a haircut because lockdown says so A different hat a day would be the way to go.
Monday would be the traditional bowler kind. A beret on Tuesday most elegant and refined.
Wednesday his hat would be made of straw. The trilby on Thursday was dashing for sure.
Friday he decided on something most unique. A fedora would be worn to end the week.
Relaxed at the weekends a baseball cap would do. Different ways to hide your hair is certainly true.
kieran mason

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The Sovereign gets a second outing, so does the vintage MG. Tina is being treated to lunch today.

MG time! Nicely put together for your outing.

Still very nice weather in the netherlands. Wearing the Northwest hats in silvermist.
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Silvermist in the Netherlands alert. I really like that gilled hat!

Cheers to all posters. Thanks for sharing your hat wearing adventures. Eric -

 

[Blare]

Still very nice weather in the netherlands. Wearing the Northwest hats in silvermist.
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Fabulous

 

[Steve1857]

Borsalino Cecosca for a walk in the sunday sunshine.

For some reason, this Borsa felt right brim up today.

 

[Steve1857]

Second hat of the day, Hückel Crystall Velour for an evening jaunt.

I'm having some trouble bringing this hat into shape. The one side will stay up, while the other tends to lay flat like a musketeer hat. Guess it's just lost its side-snap. Front works well up or down.

 

[Rumad]

Off to my shop, on a corn run, in my SBCD.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Very cool ribbon on that one, I need to save my pennies both Gannon and Northwest are within a couple hours from my home and I'd like a hat from each of them.

Gannon temporarily relocated to Southern California a couple years ago (his hats and website still say Oregon). He plans on a permanent relocation, but last I heard he wasn’t expecting to return to the Pacific Northwest. In any case, he has never had a storefront and I’ve not heard of him taking in-person commissions. It’s strange, but I’ve bought hats from at least nine hatters and a haven’t met any of them in person. Yet.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

The week in hats. It was sunny all week; imagine that!

Berteil castor

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Wormser royal luxury
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Borsalino celesca
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Stetson Sovereign Twenty (I got the memo)
View attachment 413636

Mossant angola
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Stetson Flagship (I got it from our generous fellow lounger Mark @M Hatman and it's in its safe box too often)
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Laubin oriental
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Stetson Flagship (brim up)
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and brim down (quite a difference) View attachment 413641

Mossant Bleu Oxford
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Heck of a week, Stefan.
Thanks for sharing.
B

 

[carouselvic]

Mid day change up to a Borsalino Light Weight with a felted edge in the color Amiata

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Off to my shop, on a corn run, in my SBCD.
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Ahh, time to add more corn to the still.

I like the brim up CD. I’ve been leaning more and more to the brim up look after not liking it at all. Both Alans, you and @alanfgag, have shown me how to make it look good.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Off to my shop, on a corn run, in my SBCD.
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Corn mash...a little moonshine??
Class hat for a run!
B

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Second hat of the day, Hückel Crystall Velour for an evening jaunt.

I'm having some trouble bringing this hat into shape. The one side will stay up, while the other tends to lay flat like a musketeer hat. Guess it's just lost its side-snap. Front works well up or down.

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Beautiful Hückel, Steve. Doesn’t look ill behaved to me.

 

[Rumad]

Corn mash...a little moonshine??
Class hat for a run!
B

Uh. No? We really really like polenta around here.

 

[Steve1857]

Beautiful Hückel, Steve. Doesn’t look ill behaved to me.

Thanks Brent. I photoed it from its good side

 

[Rumad]

Ahh, time to add more corn to the still.

I like the brim up CD. I’ve been leaning more and more to the brim up look after not liking it at all. Both Alans, you and @alanfgag, have shown me how to make it look good.

Polenta. And I’m sticking to it.
I’ve seen you brim up, Brent, and it suits you just fine!

 

[Bamaboots]

You're rocking those 7X's, Greg.

Wear em’ if you got em’.

I need to find a Stetson Sheriff.

I was lucky to find this one with the hat.

Very, very nice!

Thank you, Jeff.

Very nice, Greg. Great brim shape and I like the not quite a cattleman crease it has.

Thanks, Stefan. I liked it so much I’ve never touched it. Just as it came.