What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[carter]

Strat is looking good Rusty. Is that shirt broken in yet?

 

[RBH]

Strat is looking good Rusty. Is that shirt broken in yet?

Thanks! Its breaking in real good!

 

[indycop]

Today I enjoyed my Stetson Stratoliner and my Stratoliner shirt.

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:eusa_clap :eusa_clap Gonna get the black one too?

 

[indycop]

Adventurebilt

 

[RBH]

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap Gonna get the black one too?

They were out of the black when I ordered.

IC the AB looks great!

 

[indycop]

IC the AB looks great!

I don't understand why but I always have to stretch it to wear it. it's been reblocked and I just got a haircut so all my other hats are a little big right now. [huh] It keeps drawing up.

 

[deelovely]

Buckaroo hatters!

 

[Colby Jack]

Dee...you and IC are lookin' really sharp...I need to put together an award display like IC has there...

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Lookin' good Rusty, Indy & Dee!

Today I wore a Stetson Royal DeLuxe beater:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

OK, so this probably belongs in the "Stupid Comments" thread, but I don't get shook up over this stuff so I'm ploppin' it here:

I have gone for nearly 30 years wearing brimmed hats without the dreaded Indiana Jones comment - that I can remember. But then there was a lot of time spent inebriated back in the '80s....

Oh well, anyway, so I have read where quite a few Loungers have gotten really P'd off about getting that comment and since then I've really been on the lookout for it. I've even kinda' gone around 'asking for it' wearing the brown hat I posted today around the same time as the recent movie. Nuthin'. I told Nicki that I'd crack up the first time it happened.

Well, this week I lost my virginity - - TWICE -- in the last two days! On Thursday, a guy next door to one of our rentals hollered, "Hey, Indy" while I was over there working on some fixits. And then this morning at a farmer's market a lady said I had the Indiana Jones thing going on, or something of the sort.

It did crack me up. Both times. Nicki was with me for the guy on Thursday. I said, "Did you hear him!? I can't wait to tell the guys!"

lol lol lol

 

[Colby Jack]

Oh, no. No, sir. He's white, as white as you folks, with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He likes to travel around with a mean old hound. That's right.

Now one more time...which one is the devil and which one is the dog?[huh]

 

[RBH]

Looking fantastic Dee!!!! Congrats on your 500th post!!!

Welcome to the club Gene!
That beater rocks!!!! Dont ya just love a well worn fedora!

 

[indycop]

Now one more time...which one is the devil and which one is the dog?[huh]

Colby I need to see you down at the crossroads....

 

[Colby Jack]

I'm always in trouble somewhere....

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Dont ya just love a well worn fedora!

And how! That one's been sweated in so many times that it fits like a true custom.

 

[Garrett]

Lookin' good Rusty, Indy & Dee!

Today I wore a Stetson Royal DeLuxe beater:

Wow Gene, that's a beaut! Can you shoot the liner for us? :eusa_clap

 

[BobC]

Lookin' good Rusty, Indy & Dee!

Today I wore a Stetson Royal DeLuxe beater:

Gene, even your beaters look great. That one looks like you've worked up a quite a few sweats in it, but it still looks good.

 

[BobC]

Buckaroo hatters!

Are these guys getting you in on their plot too, Dee? They're trying to make me crazy while I wait for the Major's hats to get here.

That one looks great on you. I'm dying to get my hands on mine!

 

[BobC]

Today I enjoyed my Stetson Stratoliner and my Stratoliner shirt.

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Looking good, Russ. Is that another thin ribbon? lol

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Wow Gene, that's a beaut! Can you shoot the liner for us? :eusa_clap

Thanks, Garrett and Bob. This hat really isn't anything special - it just looks that way. What I mean is I'm sure it's not particularly old, maybe 80s or 90s (?) but the crown height and block are perfect in my book. The felt is fairly heavy and because it's not some sixty year old masterpiece I have decided it'll be a knock-around fedora.

Originally, the brim was wider and although I typically like that, it never quite looked right on this one so I trimmed about 1/8" all around.

These two bottom shots (EB seller's photos) show off the crown and how wide the brim was prior to trimming: