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HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

Bob Roberts

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If Esther wont post that beautiful ribbon and brim binding here, I will. :)
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Short Balding Guy

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Minnesota, USA
Unique ribbon day! I would like to share a Champ Light weight fedora.

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The light weight felt takes a crease and holds it. A signature of a dynamite vg. felt. The sand color is unique and a fun addition to a hat wardrobe.

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The ribbon is pleated and offers an eye appealing addition. Excellent workmanship.

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Thanks for letting me share my Champs Light weight.

Best, Eric -
 

RJR

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10,620
Location
Iowa
Unique ribbon day! I would like to share a Champ Light weight fedora.

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The light weight felt takes a crease and holds it. A signature of a dynamite vg. felt. The sand color is unique and a fun addition to a hat wardrobe.

i-bqS9JRG-M.jpg


i-X3dchtW-M.jpg


The ribbon is pleated and offers an eye appealing addition. Excellent workmanship.

i-V2fQhg2-M.jpg


i-7vbJM9j-M.jpg


Thanks for letting me share my Champs Light weight.

Best, Eric -
Beauty!
 
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12,384
Location
Albany Oregon
I was searching for Oregon Agricultural College memorabilia on the Bay a while back and came up with this little beauty. The pin can be dated earlier than 1930 back to the teens. The wee little jewel is probably a ladies pin. The old typewriter at the top is probably signifying the OAC Secretarial Science program. The BS at the bottom also helps in dating, women were able to get an actual degree at this institution from it's first class of 1870. The BS from the Business School came in after the turn of the century.

I placed it, with a loupe to see the clasp, on my 1930s Stetson self conforming Derby. I call this hat my "Kerr Derby" after OAC President William Jasper Kerr. I have many images of him wearing derbies and homburgs.

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daddy0d0

A-List Customer
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452
Location
Maryland
Good Friday afternoon fellow loungers. I recently saw a picture of a Campdraft with a feather adorning it and it got me to wondering, what are some of the ways that you have changed up your hats with out changing the shape? I know people like Moon who put matches in the band and others like Rudolpho who added hat pins to theirs. If you have done some similar stuff please post a picture, I would love to see it.
Also any reason you would or would not do it?
 

guillaumeb

One of the Regulars
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172
Location
France
Hello,

I have a panama onto which I put a ribbon with a knot and a small plane ornament on the left side. (See photo below)

I want to place a small feather and I was thinking of placing it on the left side to create a sort of symmetry but I’m wondering whether I should just place it on the left side as I believe a man’s hat usually do not have anything on the right.

Is this a big deal or can I do whatever I want ? I mean I dont want to send a weird message or go against a rule you know :)
 

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Hello,

I have a panama onto which I put a ribbon with a knot and a small plane ornament on the left side. (See photo below)

I want to place a small feather and I was thinking of placing it on the left side to create a sort of symmetry but I’m wondering whether I should just place it on the left side as I believe a man’s hat usually do not have anything on the right.

Is this a big deal or can I do whatever I want ? I mean I dont want to send a weird message or go against a rule you know :)

I do think it would look odd, but only because we are not used to seeing anything on the right side. I’m not a feather guy, but I think it would look fine on the left in addition to the airplane pin. Still, if want it on the right put it on the right side. These conventions are all contrivances. It’s your hat, women won’t faint in the street when they see a feather in the right.

Brent
 

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