Recent content by English Bob

Reef The hat I am wearing in the Avatar is a reef which I have had for quite a long time. Nice hat but be aware before you buy it is rigid. (solid like concrete) not like a normal straw or panama which is flexible. This may be ok for you but it takes some getting used to. It is a fine hat and...

The real point to all, It seems from the replies that any criticism, however intended, of the US brings an immediate and indignant response and yet you think it is fair to post such a highly critical message about the French, however humourously intended, with no one to defend it. The real...

WWIII Ouch! ruffled a few feathers there then, didn't mean to start WWIII. All due credit was given if you noticed. Just making a point of accuracy. Due credit also to commonwealth Bellytank. Sorry J, due credit given for the goods, but lend lease payments not cancelled, last payment made on...

The one for me Maybe? Akubra have introduced a new lifestyle range and I ventured to try one out. I bought a Traveller which is quite nice, it is a fur felt and unlined with a cotton sweatband. They say it is crushable and it has a wired rim so it can regain its shape. A hat with Memory!!! OK...

If you could only take one hat on holiday, which one would it be for all climates.

Ron at Hats Direct Thanks for the link Sharpey. Yes I think I do have a problem based on your hat dimensions. What is Ron's lounge name? I can't access the members address list. thanks EBob

Let them laugh I know how you feel, my teenage kids won't be seen in public with me in a hat. They are embarrassed but then I don't like what they wear either sometimes. Each to his own. Congrats on your new federation. When I got mine last year I bashed it without steaming which is what...

Federation Dimensions I know that it is a while since you posted this thread but if you are still interested I have a Federation and its dimensions are for a size 57 crown is 6 inches to the top of open crown. Crown is straight not tapered. brim is dimensional cut i.e. narrower at the...

Works of Art indeed Drop dead gorgeous. Thanks Sharpey that 1.1ouncer would suit me really well. I'm going to get there soon. Your the main man. :cheers1:

HMS Matabele Hi Superbud and welcome Thanks for adding that to the story and I am sorry to hear your cousin died so young, it must have been horrendous. If the enemy didn't get you then the cruel sea would. My father also joined up before the war, he was a regular and I gather he ran away from...

Students remedy We have a product here in Europe called Febreze which you mentioned. All the students use it on their underclothes (saves them washing ) so it has to be good if it is endorsed by a million or so people. Try it on your hat. If it doesn't work then try some lateral thinking and...

Brent Black has a panama hat styled after The Great Gatsby. It has a curious ridge in the centre of the crown. Is this authenticly modelled on the one Robert Redford wore in the movie or is it his own interpretation of the style. It looks really cool. :cool2...

Its a class thing You are perfectly right, we are now creating a lowest common denominator society and there is no class any more. A hat sets a man( or woman) apart from the rest. If people stare at you because you are wearing a hat. Let them stare. "Quite frankly dear, I don't give a damn"...

White rabbits in Chicago Sharpey has all the answers as usual. How did he know that there are lots of white rabbits running around Chicago?

White hat from a white rabbit maybe :) If you mean fur felt then they are mostly dark colours. I have an Akubra Leisure Time in light sand but it is not white.Try also Stetson Temple in 03 Caribou which looks white but may not be. If on the other hand you really mean white then why not go for...