What's your signature hat?

[Short Balding Guy]

I have no signature hat. I am not significant enough to have a signature imprinted in my hat or more typically on the leather sweat. I have a few custom hats with my initials, but no signature. Come to think of it, I am not sure that having my signature anywhere on the hat would be a good thing. Heavens identity theft is problem enough without providing a signature on my attire within grasp for the even the most rookie thieves.

No signature hat thank goodness! Eric -


(Tongue in cheek reply above. My "signature hat" is the hat/cap that I have selected for that moment. My style changes when the hands on the clock move. )

 

[Bob Roberts]

i have no signature hat. I am not significant enough to have a signature imprinted in my hat or more typically on the leather sweat. I have a few custom hats with my initials, but no signature. Come to think of it, i am not sure that having my signature anywhere on the hat would be a good thing. Heavens identity theft is problem enough without providing a signature on my attire within grasp for the even the most rookie thieves.

No signature hat thank goodness! Eric -


(tongue in cheek reply above. My "signature hat" is the hat/cap that i have selected for that moment. My style changes when the hands on the clock move. )

lol!!!

 

[mingoslim]

Here is a good one . . .

 

[tropicalbob]

Wait until your hair begins to grow out through the braid, Bob.

Ha! I think you'll understand how great it is for a guy with a head like mine to have a hat that not only fits perfectly but is truly unique. My BGCD and my Sunbody are in the place and show slots.

 

[Zombie_61]

Considering I wear my Silverbelly Akubra Campdraft every evening when my wife and I take our dog out for his constitutional, I'm fairly certain our neighbors would say that is my signature hat simply because it's probably the one they see me in most often.

However, when I posted the first photos of my new Tawny Fawn Akubra Fed IV back in October of 2013 esteemed member gtdean was kind enough to compliment me on the way I'd shaped it and referred to it as a "Signature hat for sure," so who am I to argue?

 

[fabiovenhorst]

This is my signature hat

 

[T Jones]

For me, it would be Westerns and Fedoras with tall crowns and wider brims...

Resistol Stagecoach

Stetson Nutria Fedora Conversion

 

[alanfgag]

 

[hatsRme]

Does it still fit, Alan?

 

[alanfgag]

The signature hat always fits, Charlie.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

For me, it would be Westerns and Fedoras with tall crowns and wider brims...

Wider brims? You? That's not what you keep showing...

The signature hat always fits, Charlie.

It can't be!!! It must be a repro!

 

[T Jones]

Wider brims? You? That's not what you keep showing...

Fedoras with wider brims, that is. I don't like anything less than 2 5/8 and usually no more than 2 3/4 on a fedora. It's different with Westerns, though. I don't like brim widths of over 4' on those, although I actually prefer 3 1/2. But, those are stingies to you.

 

[Benzadmiral]

In my case, it's probably my dark brown Royal Stetson Whippet-clone -- the fedora I call my "Robert Jordan" hat:

 

[tropicalbob]

When I saw the first Indiana Jones film, I thought that was the look they were emulating.

 

[stratcat]

Fed IV for me, I've got three.

 

[Benzadmiral]

When I saw the first Indiana Jones film, I thought that was the look they were emulating.

That's been tossed around quite a bit -- Cooper in "For Whom the Bell Tolls," or Charlton Heston in "Secret of the Incas" (1954), or CH again in "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), and probably a lot more possibilities.

Cooper's hat in that film truly looks like it's meant to shade its owner from sun (despite its fairly short brim) and keep rain and snow off . . . that Robert Jordan walked into a shop in New York or London or Madrid, picked out a hat, settled it on his head, paid, and walked out. No worry about style, making the brim swoop, etc.

 

[T Jones]

Alan Ladd's 1943 movie, "China", was also in the mix as being some inspiration for the Indiana Jones character...

 

[Lt.hats]

The signature hat always fits, Charlie.

:eusa_clap. Alan, that was a great photo response! Cool cap too.

 

[John Elliott]

Tall, straight crown, wide brim (2.5/8" minimum) teardrop crease, snapped & cupped, medium pinch, medium rake.

That sounds like a terrific drink. Just add a splash of Bacardi rum.

 

[DesertDan]

Shaken, not stirred,