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    Yeah I love the short brim. Had to wait a good while before I finally got the email from Stetson that they had one in 7 back in stock...
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    I just paid the most I’ve ever paid for a hat in my life. $290 + tax. I couldn’t resist. I have one in silverbelly that I ruined the...
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to RBH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    The good thing was that most of the hats I have… that I really wear, had shrunk down in size. To the point that they fit pretty good now!!!!
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to belfastboy's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    My new strategy if a hat is too large for me.......I just start eating more with the hope I can grow into it!!!!
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to The Lost Cowboy's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    I was never able to gain weight but since I’ve been sick these last twenty months I’ve put on 20 pounds. First time in my life to weigh...
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to RBH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    Thanks Nathan!!! I worked on it for a year and I have great hopes to keep it off!!!
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to The Lost Cowboy's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    That’s a lot of weight - congratulations!
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to The Lost Cowboy's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    Ah, now I get it - you mean shaved down to skin, right? I didn’t understand that the first time I read your comment.
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to RBH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    I have lost 65 pounds since January 2023 and my hat size has gone from a 7 1/2 to a 7 3/8 ! I never realized it would change so much.
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to CRH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    The scalp is very thick and vascular and variable and was worth a lot during the colonial period of the Americas from the 16th to 20th...
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to belfastboy's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    I made a hat for a fellow, he was not fat but carrying a bit too much weight overall. He lost 20 lbs and his hat size dropped a full...
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to CRH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    I use a hat stretcher for small hats, preferably a four way, and this stuff for shiming large hats...
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to CRH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    Because the sweatband sticks to the bare skin.
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    Popeye Doyle reacted to CRH's post in the thread Hat Fitment with Like Like.
    I'm in the process of emulating a Johnny Dep, Public Enemies hat. I found this Stetson in 7⅜ but I'm a 58.5 so it's a bit large but...
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    Popeye Doyle replied to the thread Hat Fitment.
    I have plenty of hair but I keep it buzzed so it doesn’t usually affect my head size.

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