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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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HarpPlayerGene

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GREAT get-up, Dinerman!!



Dinerman said:
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RBH said:
I believe Gene might have one like it...

Good memory, Rusty. Mine's the same - shown below. Because it's basically shantung (albeit vintage) it took a while for me to admit to myself that I like this hat as much as I do. The shape of the whole hat is perfect and I even like the very light, almost white, hue with certain clothing. I tend to grab this one a lot in the summer.

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About the sweatband, though; I did end up needing to do a replacement job on it. Even though it reads, "...Leather", it behaved more like cardboard and deteriorated badly upon use. {D-Man, you'll know what I mean when you start getting hunks of that brown facing stuck to your forehead on hot days.}

Also, if the hat body gets dinged or kinked it's almost impossible to straighten that area back out once weakened. Like a crease in paper.

Because of our frequent downpours here I sprayed this one with several light coats of CampDry water repellent to reinforce the original concept. I don't do that to any other hats but for this one it seemed the way to go. Worked fine.

Basically, even with many other options in warm weather hats, I have invested quite a bit of energy in keeping this little ol' paper hat ready to wear.

G'luck with yours, Spencer. It looks very good.
 

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RBH said:
I have found I like the 'style' of the Dallas better than the vintage Open Roads. I have had several Open Roads and two Mallory's, the shape of both of the Dallas fedoras were IMHO better.

p.s. let me add... I think the 2 5\8s brim is the best on you by far.

Thanks Rusty and Bart!

Rusty -- I think it's really interesting that you seem to have the same reaction to the Dallas when compared style-wise to the Open Road. Without a doubt, mine definitely has a different look and feel that I really like a lot.

And thanks for the words on the 2 5/8" brim -- I really do like that brim width. ;)

Cheers,
JtL
 

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babs said:
I got a Ben Franklin that says he's got some Jimmy Buffet playing as well. :)
Ain't summer great!

You wouldn't have lost that bet, my friend...lol lol lol

(In fact, just saw Jimmy Buffet live last week...;))

Cheers,
JtL
 
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