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DJH

DJH

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All very nice, HE. If I had to pick one it would have to be the Bantam, but I really like the Borsalino and the Whippet as well.

What's the little pin thingy on the Borso? I remember wondering about that when I saw the eBay auction.
 
bowlerman

bowlerman

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Green is great. I don't know why, but something really draws me to green hats-- especially the harder to define shades.
"Olive" perhaps? Or "sage?" etc. Everyone has the "dark moss" these days, which is nice, but doesn't draw me in like those other ones.

This was my grandfather's Stetson 3X mode edge. It currently belongs to my dad, and is on my holy grail list...
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From green to grey:
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I sold the homburg, but still envy the color of it.

I love this one I got from Alan. It currently serves as my makeshift Bluegrass Green Campdraft, and the quality is superb.
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My Baron Hats bowler, which originally arrived like this:
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And finally turned out like this (whew!):
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And of course my go-to Dobbs Milan. One of my favorites altogether:
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Lloyd

Lloyd

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here's a newish VS Dark Moss feather weight and my VS Forest with the new felt band. No creased pics of the moss yet.....

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JohnnyDollar

JohnnyDollar

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Where ever the insurace companies send me
I Picked this no-name brand up this weekend for a couple of bucks. It was crushed, dirty and bent all to hell and back. I took it home and spent a few hours with it on the stretcher and re-shaping it, kinda looks like a willow green whippet now and well worth the $5.00 I spent on it.
The sweatband was tender and cracked when I picked it up, all though stretching it did not harm it anymore so I am going to keep it in until I need to replace it.

Forbes & Wallace was a department store in Mass that closed down in 1976. I have no idea who made this hat for them, although the price tag inside says $4.10. I assume that the hat is from the very late 50's to early to mid 60's based on the plastic liner cover.

Anyway, my wife hates it, says it looks like my hat is molding but I love the color!!

On my desk at work with my phone camera - color is actually a nice willow green:

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Closer to the actual color (at least on my monitor)

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Liner:

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