Your Hat Addiction...and your spouse

[Magus]

I LOVE hats...and it started early.

The first time I got lost, at the ripe age of 2 1/2, was in J.C Penny's (not due to any neglect on my mothers part...just a fast crawler) After going into panic mode...locking down the store...calling an all look alert. I was found...behind the men's hat counter where I had pulled open a half dozen boxes and was trying on different ones.

Currently I have...oh...I dunno... 30 or so... my wife likes to tease me by saying that they have their own room, which they do to some extent, though they share it with my computer, easel, and art supplies.

So with fathers day aproaching the usual question of what I wanted came up...and I had really no idea what I wanted...(not kidding) lol. She says, "Why dont you get yourself a hat?" So..being me ...penny pincher guy..I start browsing the e site, even bought a project hat in the process...when she sees me searching there she then says "Well...you can look there all you want, but havn't you always wanted a real Panama?"

The order was placed today with our own PanamaBob...a Fino, English Optimo style with a custom 2 5/8 brim.

Sometimes its easy to see how we have made it 23+ years.

 

[cookie]

Perfect Wife ...Perfect (FL) Life!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap Now what about if you have the Imelda problem????

 

[HungaryTom]

Nice story,

Magus, thanks for sharing.
Actually, it was my spouse who introduced me the world of fedoras.
Before that I only had some black knit caps, few berets, camouflage hat and a baseball cap.
She told me how she custom ordered a grey fedora for her brother for Christmas 2003 and I asked her to tell me where that hatter was.
Once I got there I ordered my first custom fedora.
Than the flow of boxes arriving from overseas started ...packed with hats from Panamabob and Art.
So I decided to give her also a nice panama.
That maintains family peace (I hope so) .


Tom

 

[HDRnR]

My wife thinks I'm insane but she knew that goin in. The cool thing is that she likes the big cowboy hats which I also love.

 

[Slim Portly]

...when she sees me searching there she then says "Well...you can look there all you want, but havn't you always wanted a real Panama?"

Bravo, Magus! What a great story. When the movie of your life is made, surely the first scene will be a store full of frightened shopworkers frantically searching for you, while you, in diapers, carefully attempt to hone your sartorial panache.

And congratulations to you on having such a wonderfully supportive and understanding (nay, encouraging!) spouse. May the two of you share continued connubial bliss for many years to come.

:eusa_clap

 

[indycop]

Mine has twice as many hats as me!

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Currently I have...oh...I dunno... 30 or so... my wife likes to tease me by saying that they have their own room.

Sometimes hats need their own space.

when she sees me searching there she then says "Well...you can look there all you want, but havn't you always wanted a real Panama?"

The order was placed today with our own PanamaBob...a Fino, English Optimo style with a custom 2 5/8 brim.

Sometimes its easy to see how we have made it 23+ years.

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[DrSpeed]

That's an impressive and above all stylish display, JT :eusa_clap

 

[Tango Yankee]

Keep it up, JT, and you'll need a bigger house with more and longer hallways! Some sweet-looking lids lining those walls there! :eusa_clap

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Magus]

JT....thank you Sir...I know know how to redecorate my home office.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Thanks, Guys. My wife is very tolerant. Of course, one side of the "HAT CAVE" is hers!

 

[GWD]

Sometimes hats need their own space.

That is amazing! I love it!

 

[BobC]

That's beautiful, JT

 

[KY Gentleman]

Sometimes hats need their own space.

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I ordered another hat today. My wife was pretty good about it. I refer her to JT's "Wall of Hats" along with many other posts here to reassure her I'm not alone. Many people have "the hat jones". Thanks for your support.

 

[ScionPI2005]

Thanks, Guys. My wife is very tolerant. Of course, one side of the "HAT CAVE" is hers!

Is The Hat Cave the official name for your space J.T.? That's a nice collection.

 

[waffle]

Sometimes hats need their own space.

wow...

now i know what kinda wife i should be praying for..

thanks for sharing guys.

 

[mtechthang]

Ahem. J.T.Marcus- Ok. After 12 years of school, 4 of college, 2 to masters and 5 to PhD with 25+ years of teaching experience and what I've been told is an erudite and extensive vocabulary, I'd like to say. . . .

GEEPERS!!!!!
:cheers1:

What is your method of mounting them? Pegs? Looks fabulous- the only problem is I'd walk into the "cave" one morning and be frozen from the choices!!

 

[Maguire]

Sometimes hats need their own space.

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

jesus christ...

ever think of opening up a store? you've got more hats there than most retailers.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

My wife says she'll stop teasing me (good naturedly) about my hats. Her "People" magazine had hats under Cool Father's Day gifts. :eusa_clap

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Is The Hat Cave the official name for your space J.T.? That's a nice collection.

Thank-you. That's what I've been calling it. My wife calls it "the hallway."

What is your method of mounting them? Pegs?

Long finishing nails (Those are the ones without heads.) After cleaning each nail and checking for any burrs, I pre-drilled each hole, and gently tapped the nail in place (at a slight upward angle).