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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Héctor Fernández

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Received it today and took it to dinner:) Stetson Fortune and Glory.
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Héctor Fernández

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Very lovely hat Steve!

Finally getting round to posting this ca. early 1950's Mallory Country Club I picked up from Bob. Thanks Bob!
I've often heard the phrase "clay like felt" used on the FL. This Mallory has really made me understand the meaning of that term. Super malleable felt.
I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking.
Anyone know anything about the store it was sold in? Location for example? Or were they a chain?
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I like the first shot. What was the name of the young lady who only posted her hat and eyes?

Thanks Steve, you forgot Puke Green; Baby Sh*t Green......

And that color - whatever it was - that they painted Cutlasses in '67-'68.

My friends and I had a name for it, but I shouldn't share it here, LOL.
 

Randall Renshaw

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Received it today and took it to dinner:) Stetson Fortune and Glory.
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Super hat, Hector! Looks great with the up flip, too.
I’ve only got one done that way, but I like it. Took me awhile to warm up to it, but did, then later put in even more flange using steam and a round sided frying pan. LOL
Us Bluegrassers play for the glory only. Looks like you must play for fortune and glory!
Reminds me of the joke:
How many country musicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
One to screw it in and four to sing how they long for the old one.
How many Blugrassers does it take?
They don’t make enough money to pay the light bill, and content to sit in the dark.
 

Héctor Fernández

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Lol....Thanks Randall!

Super hat, Hector! Looks great with the up flip, too.
I’ve only got one done that way, but I like it. Took me awhile to warm up to it, but did, then later put in even more flange using steam and a round sided frying pan. LOL
Us Bluegrassers play for the glory only. Looks like you must play for fortune and glory!
Reminds me of the joke:
How many country musicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
One to screw it in and four to sing how they long for the old one.
How many Blugrassers does it take?
They don’t make enough money to pay the light bill, and content to sit in the dark.
 
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Sun came out so sitting out on the patio watching the migrant birds and listening to music in the fairly new to me Dunlap Fifteen. I still can’t figure out what color it is, bit Man, I love this hat. Wonderful moldable clay like felt. I think it might be the Moss Green some people have posted, but it looks different in every light. Tried to get a picture in the Sun, but too much shade around the house with all the trees:

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That is one beautiful hat Tim
 
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Dunlap Supreme Space/Weight

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This Dunlap Supreme Space/weight As it’s name suggests has a rather light weight thin felt. This one has a stingy overwelt brim at 1 1/2 inch and a 4 1/2 crown as bashed. It does not have the neato Dunlap/Champ Space/Weight liner or pin... nor do I think it ever did. It has a single sided bow which I think I had only found on one other of my hats. I’m sure it was a cost cutting measure but it Makes a sleek one piece look.

This one arrived with a tear in the back of its crown. I attempted a repair on it which did not come out too bad

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Still a neat little grab and go hat, Joe. Good job on the repair.
 
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Walking Glen Island New Rochelle, on the Long Island Sound, freezing my ears and fingers off. #BLACKCHERRY

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Cold maybe, but that is one heck of a bow!

Very nice indeed, Steve. We don't see enough of Lee under their own label.

Thanks Hector.

Very nice hat, Steve. And great looking jacket, too.

Thanks Tim. I do think the ribbon on this hat has the highest sheen of any of my hats. Just seems to glow most of the time.

Thank you Daniele. I have really enjoyed seeing all the shots of your two new velours the last two days. They are some real beauties.

I do try to be careful with it, Stefan. Ha ha.

Thanks Stefan.

Beautiful felt. What a fine looking hat.

Thanks Randy. I think it is more of a pure grey, with bad camera work. Ha ha.

Thanks all,
Michael
Thanks, Michael.

"Wiener Mode (Viennese Fashion)" possibly 1930s and a recent arrival.

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Beautiful, Steve. I like the richness of the colour.
I must admit that I feel both inspired and intimidated by this site. My hats just aren’t worthy...but I am getting there slowly...and you can only wear what you’ve got. Tonight it was a Bailey pork pie. My wife wore her new Complit. View attachment 210104 View attachment 210105
You wear it with the right attitude. Looks good and nice pics. And I'm sure more hats will find their way to you once you start hanging around the lounge and get a dose of the Hat Acquisition Syndrome.
 
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Finally getting round to posting this ca. early 1950's Mallory Country Club I picked up from Bob. Thanks Bob!
I've often heard the phrase "clay like felt" used on the FL. This Mallory has really made me understand the meaning of that term. Super malleable felt.
I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking.
Anyone know anything about the store it was sold in? Location for example? Or were they a chain?
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That is a magnificent hat, Steve. Congrats. Mallory sure made a fine hat. My theory is that the different feel of the European and American hats has not so much to do with the felt, but more with the amount of shellac used to let them keep their shape. The American hats, I find, have more shellac in them in general than European ones. That could also be the reason why the American hatters developed the "oval" distinction (regular oval, long oval, etc), which the Europeans never did. That distinction makes sense if a hat is more stiff and doesn't readily take on the shape of ones head.
 

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