What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[scooter]

Hey LoveMyHats, I like that Dobbs. Sharp lid, indeed!

 

[Wildblue]

Thanks, Hatophile and Neophyte. I like the Dobbs too!

 

[DJH]

If you don't like rain, send it down here . We LOVE rain BTW that's a nice CD with the drizzle on it Have you gotten it really WET yet ?

I'm sure you would like some cool rainy days - looks like you've had a long hot summer so far.

Nope, I've not gotten the CD really wet. A while ago I got a cheap Royal Deluxe Stetson which I'm using as my hiking and beater hat so the CD is having a pretty easy life these days.

 

[hatophile]

Nice ones, Dave and LMH2.

Borsa today. Nice sunny mild day.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Nice ones, Dave and LMH2.

Borsa today. Nice sunny mild day.

Sharp indeed.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I'm sure you would like some cool rainy days - looks like you've had a long hot summer so far.

Nope, I've not gotten the CD really wet. A while ago I got a cheap Royal Deluxe Stetson which I'm using as my hiking and beater hat so the CD is having a pretty easy life these days.

I am thinking very much about getting a new CD myself, but currently awaiting the delivery of my newly purchased Strat...(Lord let that delivery truck driver be blessed with safe passage and no mishaps)!!!

 

[hatophile]

Thanks LMH2, and congrats on your Strat. I have 3 and really like them, although they are each a little different.

 

[delectans]

Perry, that is one handsome looking Borsalino!

 

[hatophile]

Many thanks, Al. Trying to keep up with your sharp lids!

 

[alanfgag]

Perry, that is one handsome looking Borsalino!

Agree with that review... interesting style, are there more pictures of it on the lounge somewhere?

 

[hatophile]

Alan,

I will try to post some more pics later. I found this hat about 6-7 years ago in an antique shop in Mass.
I regret to say at the time it had about a 2 3/4 bound brim, and I thought it was too wide, so I had it trimmed and bound with a thinner ribbon. The hat still looks good but I wish I had left it alone, because now I like wider brims. Live and learn.

 

[alanfgag]

Ah... understood. Would like to see more pictures when you have a chance. It looks great, and living and learning is the way to go... much preferred to the alternative.

 

[bowlerman]

+1. Looks great, Perry! Whatever lens you used in that photo doesn't make it look all that stingy. I'll second Alan's sentiment of hoping to see other pics of it sometime.

 

[hatophile]

Actually B-man I used just a phone-cam. It's easier for me to snap a quick photo on my way out in the AM.
I think the brim width is about 2 1/4, and I do like it, as it resembles a 30's look, I just wish I hadn't chopped off the original binding. The hat has that soft pliable feel that most Borsas have. I have a new hat I'm going to post, so I'll get pics of both tonight.

Perry

 

[jwalls]

Today's Hat my 1550 in Chile Red

 

[hatophile]

Superb, jwalls!

 

[Rodkins]

Superb, jwalls!

+1 Awesome colors!

 

[Neophyte]

Ooooooh I like the look of that, Jwalls. :eusa_clap

That muted red looks fantastic with that ribbon!

 

[zetwal]

Today's Hat my 1550 in Chile Red

Did you actually use paprika oleoresin to dye the hat?

 

[Bob Beecher]

Today, I'm wearing my second nice hat -- it's a Dobbs "Harvey" straw fedora. It just arrived yesterday. I needed something for these hot, Summer days in L.A. It's got a 2½" snap brim and it's a SIZE 8!

The only other hats I have are a gray Stetson Temple and a couple of old cotton "safari" hats. But I think a Fed IV is going to be ordered very soon!