Recent content by Arctichighlandr

Great ad! Love the hats of the people on the bread line too! :eusa_doh:

Measuring circumference verses length and width. I thought I'd revive this thread. Vintage sizes tend to be unreliable because of the variety of sizing charts used and shrinkage over time and stretching by owners. I'd been relying on asking sellers for circumference for determining size...

No Fedora section There wasn't any forums at all or Fedora listing at the site I googled which was "Welome to Club Obi Wan". I regoogled and search around the site again and still found nothing there. So I googled again and found other Club Obi Won listings and finally located the correct...

????????? Surely there must be someone on this forum who has heard of or knows something about Snyder's hats? Even if just a passing reference in some book? Or a hat they came across somewhere?

YouTube Cute. I guess I should have phrased that differently: YouTube was different but didn't actually have any information related to hats.

I'm surprised there aren't more. Thanks. YouTube was different but didn't actually have anything related to hats. I hunted around Club Obi Wan but couldn't fine a forum or anything related to even Indy hats on the site - could you PM me on the URL? I tried the one with the pop up ads and...

I was curious if anyone knew of other interesting hat forums out there? I'm very interested in traditional Fedoras but also have an interest in all kinds of felt hats - western, derby, homburg, top; I googled but didn't find much.

Boss of the Plains Hat Akubra sells one. Best modern day hat that isn't custom made. They're aussie so the exchange rate isn't bad and shipping isn't too much either. http://everythingaustralian.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=36&source=B36

I just read that Fedora is leaving this forum. I wanted to extend my thanks to him for his time on this site and the tremendous amount of help and information that he had provided to this forum. Whenever I have done a search of this site for information on one topic or another almost...

Not that prolific I'm sure I'm not the only one who reads and learns from the forum and doesn't post much. I read and learned for months before even registering. i suspect there are many more non members than members regularly checking the forum. And a huge number of members who have...

Great book!

Not user friendly Unless a member has 15 posts they aren't even allowed to view any contact information or send a PM to anyone.

Advertising? I think it is a grey area. I see no harm in anyone simply having their web address listed in their postings when their posts clearly are not advertisements. It is a convenient means of contacting a person and getting to know more about a fellow member if we chose to follow that...

JW selling business When I went to JW's web site a couple weeks ago it said their store was for sale. When I emailed asking about restoration/replacing a sweat band I never received a response. So I assume they are no longer an option either.

Homburg or Derby? "I'm not sure if this is a Derby or an open crown Homburg. Looks like a homburg to me." According to the book 'Hat Talk' the soft felt Alpine hat is the ancestor of the modern Homburg/Fedora/Trilby. The difference between a Homburg and a Derby is not its shape but its...