What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Blare]

Dobbs Fifteen - 1940s
Soft Moldable Medium Grey Felt
4 1/2 Crown as shaped (5 1/2 open)
1 1/4 Light Silver Ribbon
2 3/4 brim with Bound edge

This Dobbs Fifteen was one super dirty (and rather pungent) hat upon its arrival. I was kinda surprised as I couldn’t detect the dirt in the seller photos… really only appeared to be misshapen and I guess what I thought was shadows and crevices was soiled areas. Heavy brushing did not do much to help rid the dirt. So I went after it with a damp rag and a bowl of water with a little Dawn dish detergent. I Scrubbed the entirety of the exposed areas of the felt and the ribbon. It seemed to help a lot… as I can’t so much tell where the dirty areas were. Steam and a whole lot of sunshine helped to curb the smell and whip it into shape.

The felt is the soft, thin and moldable felt we’ve come associate with 1940s. It is a medium grey with subtle blue or green tones depending on light. The 1 1/4 silver ribbon is not typical of the ribbon materials I am used to. It has a texture to it and is very soft to the touch. The 2 3/4 brim is bound with sort of lavender grey grosgrain binding. The liner is extremely dirty… but I can make out some remnants of the gold Dobbs Roundel tip. The sweat was super dirty and flattened out.. I cleaned that up and lubricated the leather with some MCT oil which really seemed to help soften it up. Under the sweat, I did find a 1940s HCA manufacturing tag. All and all… I’d say this was probably a heck of a nice hat in its day.

 

[Mighty44]

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Dobbs Fifteen - 1940s
Soft Moldable Medium Grey Felt
4 1/2 Crown as shaped (5 1/2 open)
1 1/4 Light Silver Ribbon
2 3/4 brim with Bound edge

This Dobbs Fifteen was one super dirty (and rather pungent) hat upon its arrival. I was kinda surprised as I couldn’t detect the dirt in the seller photos… really only appeared to be misshapen and I guess what I thought was shadows and crevices was soiled areas. Heavy brushing did not do much to help rid the dirt. So I went after it with a damp rag and a bowl of water with a little Dawn dish detergent. I Scrubbed the entirety of the exposed areas of the felt and the ribbon. It seemed to help a lot… as I can’t so much tell where the dirty areas were. Steam and a whole lot of sunshine helped to curb the smell and whip it into shape.

The felt is the soft, thin and moldable felt we’ve come associate with 1940s. It is a medium grey with subtle blue or green tones depending on light. The 1 1/4 silver ribbon is not typical of the ribbon materials I am used to. It has a texture to it and is very soft to the touch. The 2 3/4 brim is bound with sort of lavender grey grosgrain binding. The liner is extremely dirty… but I can make out some remnants of the gold Dobbs Roundel tip. The sweat was super dirty and flattened out.. I cleaned that up and lubricated the leather with some MCT oil which really seemed to help soften it up. Under the sweat, I did find a 1940s HCA manufacturing tag. All and all… I’d say this was probably a heck of a nice hat in its day.

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It’s a beautiful hat and worth the effort.

 

[Boomerang]

Back to the Hufvud.

 

[Blare]

It’s a beautiful hat and worth the effort.

Thank you David

 

[GuitarGuy99]

Here's the link to my post on that thread. The thread itself is found in the forum Media>The Moving Picture.
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/indiana-jones-v.85388/post-3021114

Thanks. I agree with most of your assessment of the new Indy movie. It was too long. The chase scenes needed trimming. Also, most of the dialogue is simply functional. Indy films are usually funny. I can't think of any quotable lines from this new one.

 

[hatsRme]

Hiding away at the pond recently, and perfect weather allows for the wearing of the finest. So why not? This is a PHD Special Reserve, specially commissioned to wear at my eldest daughter’s wedding in 2013. It was an outdoor ceremony under the threat of light rain. So, In order to prevent the rain, I left the hat back in our room feeling secure in the fact that if I had worn it, there would have been rain. Logical, eh?!
The hat was finished by the late master hatter Vince Corvelli of Bethesda, Maryland.

 

[Blare]

Hiding away at the pond recently, and perfect weather allows for the wearing of the finest. So why not? This is a PHD Special Reserve, specially commissioned to wear at my eldest daughter’s wedding in 2013. It was an outdoor ceremony under the threat of light rain. So, In order to prevent the rain, I left the hat back in our room feeling secure in the fact that if I had worn it, there would have been rain. Logical, eh?!
The hat was finished by the late master hatter Vince Corvelli of Bethesda, Maryland.
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Great hat Charlie. I concur with your rain reasoning.

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Cap day: Gath & Chaves

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Yesterday afternoon I was back at our local hardware store. I wore a Newt panama. I am at the retail store enough that they know my name and see my hats often. They hardware expert and counter person commented favorably on the panama.

After all the yard chores I could muster were completed I enjoyed some cold press coffee under the brim of a PHD panama.

In the evening I switched to a VS panama to visit the neighbors on the dock.

A late dinner in the glorious cooler summer weather had me sport'n a Stetson Fifteen.

A hearty dinner hit the spot.

It has a Mode Edge treatment.

This mornings walkabout was taken under the brim of a Stetson Bantam. I love today's cooler morning temps (58'f).

Car wash and a run to pick up coffee had me wearing a VS in sage green. This Stetson Stratoliner inspired hat is a fav.

Chores commenced while I was wearing a Gannon Wanderer (blue with charcoal trimming).

I showcase that I wear my hats. Today I wore my Gannon hard enough to sweat through the leather sweat in a couple places. You can see this to be true in the below pic. I wipe everything down, condition the leather and leave the hat to air dry. I will re-fold the brim and place it on a block and steam it (with other hats) in a couple days.

The hat should be good for the next adventure shortly.

It has warmer up to nearly 68'f (20'c) and I have switched to a Sunbody palm straw hat to move some black dirt. Shortly after this pic I soaked the hat with water from the yard hose and started my task.

Cheers to all thread posters and readers, Eric -

 

[Pellie]

Great hats Eric!!

 

[carouselvic]

 

[T Jones]

I just finished a new reflanging on this 3X Stetson Western conversion.

This is what the hat looked like before I converted it sometime back.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Great hats Eric!!

Thanks sir. I hope cooler weather is in your immediate future.

Cheers, Eric-

 

[Mighty44]

I just finished a new reflanging on this 3X Stetson Western conversion.

This is what the hat looked like before I converted it sometime back.

Wow—night and day. Grey work, Terry!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Optimo (style) Panama:

 

[MikeinRome]

Late 40's- early 50's Stetson Nutria Quality that arrived today.

 

[Blare]

I just finished a new reflanging on this 3X Stetson Western conversion.

This is what the hat looked like before I converted it sometime back.

Always impressive, Terry.

 

[T Jones]

Always impressive, Terry.

Thank you Blare!

 

[T Jones]

Wow—night and day. Grey work, Terry!

Thank you David!

 

[Mighty44]

Thank you David!

Haha—sorry, that was GREAT work, not. Grey. Are those tire tracks on that thing?