What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

drmaxtejeda said:

It is 9:17 a.m. in Mexico City, and I am on my bedroom balcony drinking coffee from my "The House on the Rock Wisconsin" souvenir cup, watching the Wimbledon finals, and waiting for the World Cup finals to begin at 10.
Beautiful day!

One of my two favorite hats, an Optimo Manhattan in Camel. Tiffani sent me some feathers, and I put this one on it as an experiment, thinking I would remove it later. Now I can't get myself to do it.

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Dlaniger said:

It was a Biltmore Milan kind of Sunday.

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Wyldkarma said:

This evening I decided to tweak a really nice vintage Back-bow Stetson Royal De Luxe. I just hated the way it looked because of the wide band. It was very flat looking with no style, tried a pork pie bash but hated that too. Ended up with a raised tear-drop with a small tight pinch at the front, I tried to curl the binding edge as well. 1st photo is before shot.

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DaveProc said:

Sporting my Akubra Fed IV this afternoon.​

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Wyldkarma said:

Michael, you get arrested? Looks like a holding cell.... but a really classy one with that hat!!!

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Wyldkarma said:

This evening I decided to tweak a really nice vintage Back-bow Stetson Royal De Luxe. I just hated the way it looked because of the wide band. It was very flat looking with no style, tried a pork pie bash but hated that too. Ended up with a raised tear-drop with a small tight pinch at the front, I tried to curl the binding edge as well. 1st photo is before shot.

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Dlaniger said:

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Dlaniger said:

It was a Biltmore Milan kind of Sunday.

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Michael A said:

Seeing if this Royal Deluxe keeps the mosquitoes off my head.
DSCN3078 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN3075 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN3079 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN3074 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN3070 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good evening,
Michael

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bowlerman said:

Wormser royal luxury OR clone. My favorite OR, but sweatband is starting to pull off.

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Redfokker said:

The underside shot makes it look very light gray. The side view, as seen later... more of a blue/gray.

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Redfokker said:

Looks good. With that wide band, it makes the crown shrink. The one thing I dig about back bows, you can date them fairly well between 1955-1959.

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Dlaniger said:

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Wyldkarma said:

Awesome ribbon treatment.

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Dlaniger said:

Thank you, Wyldkarma. I enjoyed peeking at your hat collection. You have a lot of neat stuff.

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Redfokker said:

Looks fantastic from these angles Jeff. How bad is the sweat, replacement time?

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Bill Hughes said:

This whiskey Gannon is my third hat from Anthony aka @moontheloon. I also am showing a pic from the first day I received it. I just love a good tall crown and the color colors for the ribbons... thanks Ant!

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hatguy1 said:

Hotter than the hinges that hang the gates of hell today - and humid, too! So, after attending Divine Service this morning, I donned my Cubs 2016 National League Champs polo and my white Panama Jack hat and headed out for a nice, cold beer!

By the way, this is one of the FEW times I would EVER set a hat on its brim.

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deadlyhandsome said:

Selling is such a bigger pain than buying. Still, I have hats in every room and better to take some preemptive action than to wait until my wife says something. She’s patient, but we all have our limits.

I keep saying I’m going to pair down my collection but then I don’t want to get rid of any of them. Just now I took a count: 5 vintage in shipping, 7 custom hats commissioned, and another four being refurbished by VS and on its way to Bond. Yikes!

Bowen recently said he wanted to trim his collection down to 20(ish) hats. I like the sound of that but which ones do you get rid of? What about the hats that don’t make the cut but also aren’t desirable and won’t bring anything at auction? Hmmm.




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