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    In the Market for a New Hat.

    For what its worth, I have been wearing a new Stratoliner for several months. It gets more use than any other hat. The wide brim shades and keeps the rain away from my face.
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    Consider this my Christmas gift to all my small headed friends

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MENS-HAT-HARRY-TRUMAN-FEDORA-IN-HAT-BOX-DAVIS-HAT-CO-DALLAS-SZ-6-7-8-/360469554555?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53eda8e57b
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    Fedora with Bow in the Back

    What is the history and era for fedoras with the bow in the rear of the hat....? Thank you for any information.
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    Forgot my hat...

    When it happened to me, I went back home to retrieve. I had forgotten just how bright and hot the sun is.
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    No phone number, but just a surprise that she did not say "hat". I was checking out at a Target and a young lady used "fedora". It must be more common than I suspected. The hat I was wearing that day was a fur felt grey Trilby from the Bollman reissue collection. As to the "Indiana Jones"...
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Yesterday a young women referred to me as the gentleman in the "fedora" and today a fellow said he really like my Indiana Jones hat.
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    Vintage versus modern ´quality´

    I have a new Stetson Stratoliner that I have worn in the rain without a problem. It may not be vintage, but it acts like a hat to me.
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Women comment that they like my fedora. For the younger women, they have not grown up seeing the brimmed hat being worn and I think they like the look on a man.
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    FS/FT: Dobbs Open Road / Strat clone - 7-3/8

    Yes, and I would being mailing the check post-haste!!
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    From 1956 The Hat Champ

    Perhaps a repeat, but a good read non the less. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1956/09/15/1956_09_15_033_TNY_CARDS_000254178
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    New Members Collection

    Thank you for the advice, Terry. The velour hat that should arrive on Monday is a good example of what you were talking about and I got it for $35 plus postage. It was on my "bucket" list because I remember a great uncle having one in the '60's
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    New Members Collection

    I am enjoying this community and appreciate the wealth of information about hats, caps, and their history. Since I have a large head, 7 1/2 it puts me out of the range of most Ebay opportunities. I decided to go new. To date I have a Stetson Stratoliner, Bollman 1930 Trilby, a used Dobb "milan"...
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    Harry truman hats

    I really like HT and think he was one of our best political leaders. I hope I get this quote right. He once said something like, "I don't give people hell, I tell them the truth and they think it's hell".... that is so true.
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    Why is bow on left side?

    If I remember correctly, were not some men's hats produced with the bow in the rear of the hat?
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    Can Anyone Pull Off a Wide-brim Fedora?

    Since I now use fedora's everyday, I am noticeing that I get compliments regardless of which hat I wear from 2-3". As someone else wisely said, hats have a function. With that in mind, I have better use for a wide brim for sun and rain protection. Additionally, I like an extra full cut on my...
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    My Grave Consequence of Buying a Scala Fedora

    I don't think you need to go custom, although that is a viable option. I have a Stetson Open Road that over times has been reduced to a had with nothing inside. I wear this hat year around on the farm in all weather and even let the babies play with it. Without exception, a bit of steam iron...
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    Measuring the Brim and the Crown?

    Did you mean to say increase to open crown?
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    What will be the future grail hat?

    It will take the experience of wearing a hat as a peice of clothing, not a novelty. I am receiving positive comments from my co workers and customers on my hats, but that it not why I wear them. I wear them because it is likely standing under a shade tree in Summer and inside a warm room in...
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    The Fedora style

    To work last week, laundered khakis, white long sleeved pressed white shirt (not buttoned down), light yellow print silk long tie, and my new Stetson Stratoliner, with old man SAS cordovans. I got several favorable comments and one, "you look nice today"...LOL!! Those silver bellys go well with...
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    The Cap Faction

    I am enjoying the look and shade of the Hatpeople's "extra-full cut". It looks more like the cap my grandfather wore.

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