Just an update on my soon to be three year old Capricorn.
The "Akubra" label detached from the inside of the crown. It had gotten funky enough that it wasn't worth trying to salvage.
Other than that, it's doing great. Survived a trip to Disneyland where it got shoved in some hat unfriendly...
Job, that looks darn close. It's nothing like the modern Stetson Stockman that pops up in Google searches. This old Bailey has a bound edge, and if the band was replaced with an OR style ribbon I'd be hard pressed to tell it from an OR. The felt isn't stiff like a modern Western, feels much...
Spotted this one on Ebay and a friend who was looking for an OR type lid snagged it after I pointed it out to him.
Showed up today, pretty nice shape, cattleman crease, silverbelly type color, three cord band, dimensions are pretty darn close to the Stetson OR and the Resistol San Antonio I...
I wear a Resistol San Antonio with a teardrop crease sometimes. My wife calls it "the cowboy hat", and when I asked her why, she said it's the color and the "tallness", along with the "shoelace ribbon". Who am I to argue, she nailed all the identifying features.
I've never gotten the cowboy...
Gents,
Is there a place where the Akubra "fashion" line of fedoras can be seen in New York, or the surrounding area?
I've recommended the Akubra line to someone in that area who would like to try a few on, or at least see them in person.
Thanks in advance!
Gillette Old Type, ball handle
Dorco ST-301
Indian Old Spice shaving cream
Delong Black Badger Brush
Three passes, one minor cut below nose (I manage to do this with open combs) otherwise a great shave.
Cold water rinse
Old Spice AS, early 90's
Waiting to see if my brother...
This morning -
40's Black Tip SuperSpeed
Dorco ST-301 on second shave
CO Bigelow cream (re-branded Proraso)
Tweezerman Brush
Clubman Bay Rum Splash
Ogallala Bay Rum Cologne
Pressed for time, but the three pass shave was a good one. There is something to be said for taking your time...
Last night -
Gillette NEW
US Personna
VDH Deluxe - with a few drops of Old Spice cologne
Tweezerman brush
Three passes, a fine shave save for a cut under the nose...I have to be careful with open comb razors, it seems.
Finished with a Witch Hazel splash, generic Old Spice AS and a...
Goose, it that the Retro? I almost got that instead of the Capricorn, now I want both.
Today was another sunny Capricorn day. Wore it while pitching some balls to the kid, he's getting good enough that I might ditch the hat for a helmet.
JP, enjoy your time in the Corps. In 1980 I thought retirement was a million years away, but now it seems like it was over in a matter of days rather than decades. My hat is off to the young guys who are bearing the load now while I goof off.
The only time I've wished for something else is when I'm wearing a gray suit...I think I might pop for a Stylemaster in a gray to fill that niche.
Oh, and nothing against those fine, high crowns but for some, low is a good way to go, and you might find that you prefer low in an urban...
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