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Feel free.
Preferably vintage foil.
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Well, yeah. Vintage tinfoil had real lead in it. Blocked the rays better.
Feel free.
Preferably vintage foil.
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I see! I had a bit of a bad experience with the new Biltmore fur felt hats, where the leather hat band was not even leather and the fur felt almost like wool! How comparable is the felt from your Miller hat from other hat brands, say Stetson? I am debating buying the hat from my link and the stetson stratoliner.Miller is a 'brand'. As far as I know they do not make hats but get other hat manufacturers to private label hats for them. I have a rabbit hat by them..It looks like a Biltmore to my eye. Not a bad hat, decent quality for the price I paid but definitely not top drawer. But if it is the style you like $300 is not a bad price for beaver.....$50 to $100 less than a custom beaver hat
yes and it was on and off today too, it seems to be hanging but then you try again and it worksQuestion:
Has anyone been having trouble the last 3 or so days with the Lounge loading when accessed?
My Miller Hat goes back at least 10 years so may not be a fair comparison to today's offerings. It is a decent hat. Build quality is good, decent leather sweat. Fur is the usual stiff modern felt of medium quality hats. I would put it on par with my Akubra fedoras of the same era.I see! I had a bit of a bad experience with the new Biltmore fur felt hats, where the leather hat band was not even leather and the fur felt almost like wool! How comparable is the felt from your Miller hat from other hat brands, say Stetson? I am debating buying the hat from my link and the stetson stratoliner.
While we’re at it…..
How about getting lost in the lounge?
I’m pretty sure i know my way around the lounge. I’m not an old timer lounge lizard but i have a stool, not like Norm or Cliff and nobody yells my name when i come in but lately when i get up from my stool to go play the juke box or throw darts i come back and my stool is gone, the room has changed and i have to find the door and start in again.
Sometimes i’m afraid i’ll p**s myself before i find the bathroom.
Or more directly…anybody else find that when they look at a quote or go to a reference(works fine) then press the return arrow you end up in a total different thread??
Must be another conspiracy?? or global warming.
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I see! I had a bit of a bad experience with the new Biltmore fur felt hats, where the leather hat band was not even leather and the fur felt almost like wool! How comparable is the felt from your Miller hat from other hat brands, say Stetson? I am debating buying the hat from my link and the stetson stratoliner.
While we’re at it…..
How about getting lost in the lounge?
I’m pretty sure i know my way around the lounge. I’m not an old timer lounge lizard but i have a stool, not like Norm or Cliff and nobody yells my name when i come in but lately when i get up from my stool to go play the juke box or throw darts i come back and my stool is gone, the room has changed and i have to find the door and start in again.
Sometimes i’m afraid i’ll p**s myself before i find the bathroom.
Or more directly…anybody else find that when they look at a quote or go to a reference(works fine) then press the return arrow you end up in a total different thread??
Must be another conspiracy?? or global warming.
B
YikesBowen!
Now I'm going to do that every time you enter a thread.
Yikes
You dog you!!
Does “The Dayton Devil” have a ring to it??
Been particularly bad the last couple days.. like the Drop outs were were getting a year or so ago.Question:
Has anyone been having trouble the last 3 or so days with the Lounge loading when accessed? Being very slow when changing threads or accessing quotes? Slow to no image loading?
I’m on an iPhone and haven’t changed any phone settings nor Lounge settings and sometimes it just times out.
Even when successful things seem very slow to respond.
Pretty frustrating.
Anybody else??
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You hit the nail on the head Bowen. Yes that. All of that. But it only hit the lounge^^^okay
Prob just an ionospheric disruption by that rocket that poked a hole in it or maybe that solar flare outburst just disrupting our electromagnetic karma. Maybe those Canadian fires or could be global warming. It causes everything!!
Def some conspiracy of sorts.
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Uh-oh now it IS a conspiracy!!Been particularly bad the last couple days.. like the Drop outs were were getting a year or so ago.
You hit the nail on the head Bowen. Yes that. All of that. But it only hit the lounge
I am a custom hat maker so I have a definite bias. A contemporary beaver felt hat will be better than a contemporary rabbit felt hat regardless of brand. I think the opinion here in the Lounge would be that neither the Miller or the Stetson are particularly desirable hats. Serviceable, decent hats that will look good and last you years but not likely a hat you would hand down to your children. But if that is your budget constraint so be it.Aah I see, the Miller I am looking at is made in Canada, I did hear good things about the ones made there. I am mainly comparing between Miller Beaver with Stetson rabbit fur felt hats though!
Question:
Has anyone been having trouble the last 3 or so days with the Lounge loading when accessed? Being very slow when changing threads or accessing quotes? Slow to no image loading?
I’m on an iPhone and haven’t changed any phone settings nor Lounge settings and sometimes it just times out.
Even when successful things seem very slow to respond.
Pretty frustrating.
Anybody else??
B
Describing the deluxe:The finish on the standard Federation is the same as it has been, we have decided to keep the hat as low priced as possible, offering what we believe is one of the best value "open crown" hats available on the market.
The leather sweat band is a higher quality leather, specially processed for these hats. It is softer and less prone to drying out and shrinkage compared to the regular Federation. It makes up a proportion of the price increase over the regular Fed.
The Deluxe undergoes further finishing over the normal Heritage range resulting in a much smoother finish than the previous model.
Stopped by my local hat shop the other day and tried on a Stetson Chatham in Sage that I really liked. I know it’s sort of an apples-to-oranges comparison, but can anyone offer me any additional insight/opinions into this hat versus an Akubra Campdraft in Bluegrass Green? The Chatham felt was soft and moldable (at least compared to my Silverbelly Dune) which I liked, but I know many folks generally prefer the quality of Akubra over Stetson. I’m looking for a not-too-dressy fedora, and tend to prefer hats with a >2.5” brim - the Chatham was marked as 2 3/8” but looked noticeably wider than the Stratoliner next to it.
Thanks Brent and @jlee562 . Yes, this is the Royal Deluxe Chatham, and I’m not sure if this is dead stock inventory or a new off-catalog offering. If I go back for it I’ll try to ask. I think I’m leaning more towards the city hat-look than Open Road, and I like the raw edge of the Chatham as well. The idea of bashing my own crown and having something more suited to the rainy PNW climate is appealing, but I’m also fine with this being a dedicated dry weather hat.They are two very different hats. Do you want a thin ribbon Open Road style hat or a more city-like fedora? The Chatham was available in different quality levels, so I’m going to just assume you’re thinking about the Royal DeLuxe version.
Do you want an open crown hat?
Do you want a bound brim edge?
Do you want a crown with minimal taper?
Do you want a modest brim or a wider brim?
There are some real differences between these hats. I’m also not seeing the Chatham in the current Stetson catalog…is it still in production?