Recent content by PalmerPirate

I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post this, but I have limited options. The other day I was at a fantastic antique sale and I ran across a neat looking little copper pickel haube (spiked helmet.) Being as skeptical as I am, I chose not to buy it and instead spent the day researching...

Ta-da! I have defied logic. The price was too low, I had to buy it. I did, it's here. I removed the hat band (it was hideous) and saturated the crown with steam. I quickly shoved it down on my head and played with it in a mirror. I went from a 6 7/8'' to a 7 1/8'' like I said and had no...

I'm sure this has been posted on here before, but I wasn't about to search an enormous thread.(I know threads have been posted in a similar vain, but to my knowledge, not answering this question.) I found a fantastic little hat that fits my character as well as it is beautiful. The greatest...

You know, by now I've been putting together a pretty swell WWI pilot's outfit. Anybody know where I can get that dashing green double breasted uniform that the German air force wore in the great war? It looked so nice with that front panel and all that red piping- And it looks to me that they...

A quick search of the aviation section of Shorpy (you really should check that section out) yields a surprising result: http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/01485a.jpg Look at these two gentlemen in what could barely be called a cockpit, circa 1912. The chap on the left is completely...

Come to think of it- informal clothes are just that- informal. [huh] So I guess one should wear what is comfortable. Then again, I always love being the only guy in the supermarket with a nice lid and jeans with no holes. What do I know, I'm a noobie to this forum.

I'm interested to see where this goes- as I am a teenager who keeps his hair long enough to enjoy while he still has it- Personally, I always liked the way hair spills out the sides of a newsboy cap. I guess it depends on who the hair belongs to. For example: long haired women should wear womens...

It always bothers me when a company uses top-grade materials to make the shell of a garment- But use poor notions or furnishings. As I stated in my Red Baron thread, I just got a beautiful new DB brown leather coat that fits like a glove- real top grain leather and all- but the buttons are cheap...

I'm also too lazy to do most of the things I say, so who knows wher that's going. I'll probably keep the brim it already has to keep it more versatile, but that sucker's definitely going to get a crown fix by me. it shall be putty in my hands- and I'm good with putty!

I just got a coat on eBay. No pictures yet, but it's a brown double breasted leather 3/4 coat and it looks very much like a flying coat. It's definitely one of those old double breasted leather coats that were popular in the seventies, but the only thing that makes it obvious to date is the...

So that's how you do it, eh? I'm not too fond of the search here myself. Thanks for the advice! if I trim the brim of the Hampton, I'll be taking the bound edge off. I KNOW I saw a thread about putting a bound edge on a hat that doesn't have one... I'll go off and search for that again. 'Twill...

I really like the bound edge and brim of that Hampton. I'd like to class it up a bit more, so where can I find a grosgrain hat band? I know how to apply one, I just don't know where to get one. I am shameless to admit that my sudden fascination with the super-stingy brim came from watching...

I've heard of Art Fawcett, but I do so hate Portland (especially traveling there from my town.) The best bet seems to be the Hampton from Everything Australian, though I'll probably want to fool with the crown a little. Still open to suggestions!

I've been looking around for a fedora that is open crowned (I want to bash my own shape), with a very very stingy brim, and most importantly of all: available. I've found hundreds of great hats that fit my needs- super-stingy brim, high crown, wide band, and some with even an open crown- but I...

I was called Indy once while wearing a black Resistol Wildcard. (a gambler-style cowboy hat!) I have found that even if you put an "Indy style" brown fedora with a high crown and all on a person who is not of the Caucasian persuasion, the "Indy Comment" almost completely evaporates. By not of...