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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Short Balding Guy

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Early morning flight back to Minnesota this morning. I am sleep deprived and working to stay on a "normal" schedule. Dog soiree in a Knox Vagabond. The current 73'F temps are accompanied by 90% humidity. I am not surprised by having low energy and generally feeling lethargic. I tip my hats to folks who experience this frequently. You folks rock. Now give me some snow and cool temps. :)

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Remembering the "good times."

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scottyrocks

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bowlerman said:
I know I’m of a minority persuasion here, but I can’t help but think that the original pinches/creases in hats came not from balancing each element with the cheek and jawlines of every wearer, but precisely from grabbing it where it felt right.
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I agree with you here. When hats were merely just a piece of everyday wardrobe, I'd lay odds that men picked out a brand/model that they liked best, put it on their head, squashed in a pinch, and went about their business.

These days we are an outlier/minority/hobbyist/collector sort of folk who obsess over these pieces of animal felt, some more than others, and in different ways, of course.

While I treat most of my hats like royalty, I have a couple that I deliberately grab and wear hard. For those (such as my falcon park Lawless repro), if I should be so lucky as to wear a hole in the crown, then I will have made such an achievement and will wear the hole proudly, like my favorite pair of jeans whose holes in the denim were caused by my own blood, sweat, and tears— not those pre-ripped ones you buy at thirty times the price from haute coteur department stores!
Essay finished. Bowler out. ‘Murica.
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I have a couple of hats that have developed a small hole, and I find that I am just as likely to not grab them by the crown as my other hats (the majority) that do not have holes.

One of them is my Fed III, and the other that comes to mind is a 1950s Royal Stetson. The funny thing is that the vintage Stetson is more easily replaceable than the Fed III.
 
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Frunobulax

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hatsRme said:
Well, at the risk (hope) of offending Ol' Krap-or-nick, my RED, (off) WHITE and BLUE-ribboned Dobbs Milan, circa 1970(?)...

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Here's to the red white and blue!!! Have a safe, enjoyable day!
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Lookin' good, Charlie! Happy Independence Day!

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Tukwila

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Further ruminations, I suppose, on the possible selective forces in the evolution of hats.

"By gad, Harry, you look like the gardener! Try this hat from the Bowler brothers, old man."
 
Yamahana

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hatsRme said:
Well, at the risk (hope) of offending Ol' Krap-or-nick, my RED, (off) WHITE and BLUE-ribboned Dobbs Milan, circa 1970(?)...

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Here's to the red white and blue!!! Have a safe, enjoyable day!
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Well hatted and well said. Happy 4th.....
God bless the Red, White and Blue
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