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I have 40+ fedoras and one homburg. I wear the homburg one night each year with a tux...which is already too hot for Florida! 'Nuff said.

I also went the new Indy movie this past week, and just for fun, decided to don a tan, lightweight 50's Borsalino, which itself does not try to be an Indy-clone, but it is similar in general appearance (at least to those who are not fedora aficionados - in reality, it's closer to a medium-crown...

Thanks for the info on the Adam lineage, guys! :offtopic: I am eagerly awaiting my copy of "Hatless Jack", hopefully to gain a little more insight and details as to how we lost interest in the fedora. I would like to have a few references on the stuff we discuss here, but I'm not looking to...

Adam's aunts - and uncles? Hmmm...an awful lot of coincidences for a good neighborhood... When I first got that one, I too noticed that it resembled the Stetson outline and wondered if Adam was part of Stetson, like Mallory was later. JP, wasn't Adam was an economy line of Miller back...

Oh, yeah...and... Tony, is there a hat that you don't look good in??? :eusa_clap If this keeps up, I will have to grow a VanDyke and get a few more hombergs...[huh]

I have a couple of Adams, and the brown one is easily as nice as any of my Royal Stetsons, at least for comfort and feel. The felt is firm but pliable, and seems to behave much like the Resistols, buit feel much lighter (cheaper??). How did they grade their quality levels - Superb, Majestic...

Well, I'm not sure of its origin, but I put it up at auction just to see what it will bring...I won't post a link since it is not permitted in these threads. I made the trade for the hats and I'm just looking at a quick turnover only because I couldn't bring myself to wear fedoras that are...

Douglas Adams Hmmm how many hats did he have...? 42!

Here are some pics and some dimensions. I would like some feedback on what it might be, and value range before moving it over to the Classifieds... It fits like a 42 - 44 regular waist 46" sleeve - inseam 17" sleeve - shoulder to cuff 25" yoke - 20" shoulder to shoulder yoke - bottom...

How about $5000 a week???:eek:

Well, Bob, I think that they may have thunk I was a yokel, and not knowing that I am a (former) cosmopolitan native of that great city, that I would be impressed with lotsa naughts behind them thar numbers for them thar hats...don't know if it was the hype or the truth...right up to the point...

Hmmm...let's just say Anthony (or was it Vincent?) wasn't happy when I mentioned that I had seen about 50 assorted panama bodies at a thrift here in Fla. for $5 each and knew not what they were...:rage: :eek: :rage: :eek: :rage: :eek: [huh]

Open Road Prototype?? Hmmmm and Open Road homberg...what a concept. That really is a unique lid, DOUGLAS!! Have you joined The Open Road Guild yet???

Oh my gawd...345 feet??? I feel a nosebleed coming on...:o

When I was at a certain unnamed hat shop recently (not in Florida...) I was shown naked, blank, panama bodies that cost $1500. Ripoff?? I dunno. Waayyy out of my price range ($5K for the finished piece) - definitely. I understand that some Ecuadorian craftsperson may spend a lifetime on a couple...