What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Randall Renshaw]

Come for the hats. Expand your vocabulary.

Late 30s Dobbs from Roos Bros.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Sunday Seconds.
Late 50s whiteness. My most comfortable hat. This OR is like wearing a small, wispy cloud.

 

[DonR]

Wait you can fix moth bites??

Somewhat. You can scrape some of the felt (inside crown is best) and form into shape and mix with a bit of fabric glue and fill a moth bite. You can then lightly sand the area. I've only attempted it on one other hat, and it still shows as like a blemish instead of a moth bite.

 

[DonR]

Come for the hats. Expand your vocabulary.

Late 30s Dobbs from Roos Bros. View attachment 693328 View attachment 693333 View attachment 693334

Great looking old Dobbs and cool brim treatment.

 

[VoodooSan]

Time to break out the R&M Williams which is my first attempt at reforming. It is one of my oldest hat and was a size or too small so heavily stretched. It was the first hat that was high enough in the crown for me.
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Nicely done!!

 

[VoodooSan]

Rainy day hat... a well loved early 20th century Stetson.

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What a treasure!!!!!

 

[VoodooSan]

Come for the hats. Expand your vocabulary.

Late 30s Dobbs from Roos Bros. View attachment 693328 View attachment 693333 View attachment 693334

Great googly moogly, Randall!!! That is an AMAZING hat for one that's in its late 80s!! Kudos, sir!!!

 

[VoodooSan]

Sunday Seconds.
Late 50s whiteness. My most comfortable hat. This OR is like wearing a small, wispy cloud. View attachment 693337 View attachment 693338 View attachment 693339

Simply gorgeous.

 

[rogueclimber]

The calm before the storm (which began about 5min post photo)

Akubra Territory and a Schott in CXL

 

[Blare]

Promised you a new batch last week. So here are the hats of the week for this Sunday.

Mossant View attachment 693086

Severino woolfelt View attachment 693087

Mayser wildleder View attachment 693088

Borsalino Gulaela Lupo
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...with better light
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Dalton
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Fléchet for Sools
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Stetson Excellent Courier View attachment 693093

Borsalino Feather Lupo
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Wow wow Wow…. You definitely did not disappoint with this new group, Stefan! I don’t even know where to begin the compliments.. wonderful hats all! Amazing the color shift on the Gulaela Lupo in different lights.

 

[Blare]

Today's lid is a John. B. Stetson Playboy in Ice Silver...first one I've seen in this color. I believe it is an early Playboy as it has an embroidered liner with stars in the crest & stamped on the sweatband. It came in a Stetson winter scene storage box which is a nice addition too !
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An absolute stunner, Tim!!

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Great looking old Dobbs and cool brim treatment.

Great googly moogly, Randall!!! That is an AMAZING hat for one that's in its late 80s!! Kudos, sir!!!

Simply gorgeous.

Thanks, fellas!

 

[The Shoe]

Wool Hornskov Centre Dent for shopping today.

Also wore my new Dan Post western boots.

Now with no Goodyear welt, and with their rubber soles & stuff, I don’t know if they would pass the genuine cowboy test, but I am just a bloke hanging around in Japan and not doing cowboy stuff, so they’ll do. I also tried some Ropers, which may be more practical for me, but just didn’t really like the look.

They feel pretty good on, although the stiffer leather of the counter does hurt my ankle a little. That’s a problem I’ve had with short boots & slightly higher shoes before, so I’m expecting it to get better with wear, I walked for half an hour in them yesterday, and spent a couple of hours shopping in them today. Slight pain, as mentioned, but no redness or lingering pain.

 

[Ent]

Wool Hornskov Centre Dent for shopping today.
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Also wore my new Dan Post western boots.
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Now with no Goodyear welt, and with their rubber soles & stuff, I don’t know if they would pass the genuine cowboy test, but I am just a bloke hanging around in Japan and not doing cowboy stuff, so they’ll do. I also tried some Ropers, which may be more practical for me, but just didn’t really like the look.
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They feel pretty good on, although the stiffer leather of the counter does hurt my ankle a little. That’s a problem I’ve had with short boots & slightly higher shoes before, so I’m expecting it to get better with wear, I walked for half an hour in them yesterday, and spent a couple of hours shopping in them today. Slight pain, as mentioned, but no redness or lingering pain.

They look the part.

Longevity is often a factor of the cement gluing holding. Some shoes I have had fall to pieces quickly and others are still hanging around with thousands of kilometres on them. Often it is not the price as I have found the more expensive ones of cement construction more likely to fail than more economical ones.

Providing the leather can take conditioning and polish they should only get better with age.

 

[Pellie]

Mossant today!

 

[Ent]

Mossant today!
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Like the grey.

 

[hatophile]

Knox

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Oh, man!!! That's just all KINDS of fascinatingly good looking, Nathan!!!!

Very nice, i love the brimedge!

Very nice Nathan ! I have one very similar although mine is not Premier Quality like yours.
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Thank you gentlemen!

Timmy, I believe the first interaction I ever had with you was concerning His Excellency. That was sometime last year, no? Boy, your collection sure has grown enomorously!

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

This JBS 15 in midnight blue is one of the nicest hats in my collection. Too nice, really, since that means I don't wear it nearly as much as it deserves.

 

[steur]

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The Mossant, Did you know that Christian Dior said: “Without hats there is no civilisation?"
You, and the hat, Stefan, have taken a leaf out of Dior's book. It's so classic.

Thank you very much, Robert. I wonder if Dior was speaking on men's hats, but we'll take it.

This rare handcrafted hat wins without a doubt. I would like more information if possible. Thanks Stefan!

Grazie, Daniele. I posted the hat here when I first got it: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/post-new-hats-here.28145/post-2897929

Rainy day hat... a well loved early 20th century Stetson.

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Character in spades! Glorious old Stetson, Alan.