Recent content by Tanker

Hello All, A month or so ago I posted a thread about sending a hat into McLaughlin and Hayes in WI to get cropped from a homburg into a snap brim, and they declined, saying they'd rather offer me a trade than cut down the homburg. Below is the hat they are offering me, its a Stefano, which I'm...

I've had a Homburg cut into a fedora. It was a Knox. The hat is my favorite, possibly to much so, as I only wear it on special occasions. I'm actually wearing in in my avatar. So, yes, folks will do the work. I'm just impressed, and was convinced, when they said they didn't want to. Lorne

Hello All, Just wanted to pass on an experience. I got a vintage hat; it's a Dobbs Homburg that I wanted cut down to a snap brim. I planned to take it to Salmagundi in Boston, but they no longer do renovations (Jessen says he's focusing on newly made hats, and good luck to him. He makes nice...

I like black hats. Lets people know who they are up against.

Hello All, I just bought this hat. I know it appears brown, but its black. Can anyone give me a best guess on its age?

No idea. I'll have to call and ask. They called it a deep cleaning and the cigar smell is out so I'm assuming they used a solvent.

Hello All, I got a new (vintage) hat. I found it in an antique mall on Cape Cod and for 15$, it was too good to pass up. The only issue is, it must have been worn by a real old-timer, because the brim adjacent to the sweat band was THICK with hair oil. It had soaked through the bottom of the...

The ad says 6 1/4! YEAH BABY!

The days when I brawled in the streets may be over, but the day I'm harmless is not yet here.

Hello All, My wife and I have finally launched our last failure to launch dependent and we are going on VACTION. This September we are going to London. Now, I've got to decide upon which hat to bring. I'm stuck between my gray Adams Majestic and the black Bowler I picked up. What is the...

Took me three trips to Brimfield to find that hat... Thrill of the chase and all, but I'd rather have a hat while looking for a better one.

I have a wife, ex-wife, and a teenage daughter. In order to afford a custom hat I'd have to get rid of one of the above. I would prefer to get rid of the ex-wife first (email me, no reasonable offer refused). So, I'm on a budget here. If you are saying that the Scala isn't worth it, I do...

Hello All, I was in Boston's North Station and laid my vintage grey fedora down for a moment. "BLINK" And my hat was gone on the next stage of its journey...without me... I now need a replacement. I was looking at the Scala New Yorker, it looks very much like the hat which was liberated...