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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
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georgie girl
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LOVE the color of that one!
Well, it's a good idea to add a few with that hat then, Michael. Looks great.Wormser 10 Star
IMG_3770 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_3769 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_3768 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
A damp somewhat less than 10 star morning here
5-14-2020 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good Thursday,
Michael
T Jones
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Very nice!Royal + tee.
T Jones
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Very interesting hat. I like that one.
Thanks, Terry. It has some age to it and it shows in its proportions.
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Thanks GG.
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Classic.
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30:30 OT:34
Lee Water Bloc Bronze Label
Lee Water Bloc - Bronze Label
Light Milk Chocolate
4 1/2 crown as bashed
1 1/8 Brown grosgrain mid ribbon
2 3/4 overwelt brim
1 7/8 soft supple sweatband.
Unlined interior
This very cool unlined... light milk chocolate Lee Water Bloc Bronze label surely deserved a spot in the 30 Days... unfortunately it got skipped. And with some of the fantastic unlined examples on display the last couple days... it was time for this one to have its turn in the sun... or grey overcast sky as it were today. This one has a nice wide 2 3/4 brim and a less common mid ribbon. A thin light weight felt and a beautiful color that does change depending on light from a tan to a milk chocolate color. I don’t end up wearing this one too often as my wife thinks it looks to much like a Sheriff’s hat. Which may be true as it worked out great as part of my Chief Hopper from Stranger Things costume this past Halloween. Not a perfect match. But much more affordable than The $600 to $800 Worth and Worth Was looking for on their Official version. Today it came along as we ventured out to find a sofa for my mother-in-law. Quite an adventure... though maybe not quite fitting this adventuresome hat.
Lee Water Bloc Bronze Label
Lee Water Bloc - Bronze Label
Light Milk Chocolate
4 1/2 crown as bashed
1 1/8 Brown grosgrain mid ribbon
2 3/4 overwelt brim
1 7/8 soft supple sweatband.
Unlined interior
This very cool unlined... light milk chocolate Lee Water Bloc Bronze label surely deserved a spot in the 30 Days... unfortunately it got skipped. And with some of the fantastic unlined examples on display the last couple days... it was time for this one to have its turn in the sun... or grey overcast sky as it were today. This one has a nice wide 2 3/4 brim and a less common mid ribbon. A thin light weight felt and a beautiful color that does change depending on light from a tan to a milk chocolate color. I don’t end up wearing this one too often as my wife thinks it looks to much like a Sheriff’s hat. Which may be true as it worked out great as part of my Chief Hopper from Stranger Things costume this past Halloween. Not a perfect match. But much more affordable than The $600 to $800 Worth and Worth Was looking for on their Official version. Today it came along as we ventured out to find a sofa for my mother-in-law. Quite an adventure... though maybe not quite fitting this adventuresome hat.
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Great hat Joe!
Rogera
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That is just a gorgeous hatThis week I will feature various shades of Grey German and Austrian Velours. Most will be from the 1930s.
VEB Luckenwalder Hutfabrik "Velour" possibly late 1950s. Prior to WWII Luckenwald (located ~ 50 KM south of Berlin) was the second largest hat making center in Germany behind Guben (Wilke, Berlin Gubener). Post WWII all hat factories in Luckenwald (located in the DDR/GDR) were nationalized as VEB Luckenwalder Hutfabrik. The Velour quality is fantastic especially considering the later time period. I especially like Blue Gray color and the Velour has great finish and very soft hand. This is a machine formed hat but doesn't suffer form wise.
Very unique Bow Treatment
Rumad
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Is that the same Lee we spoke about recently? Wow, it is an incredible beauty!
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Thank you Perry
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Thank you Alan! I’m not sure. I have one other actual Lee branded hat (along with I’m sure some other Lee manufactured hats like Penny’s Marathon). The other one is a Silver label in bit darker brown “Panda Felt”. Kind of a velour like finish. Always cool to find actual Lee branded examples considering how much private label work they apparently did.
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Stefan, Thank you! The Velour quality in this case almost doesn't make sense. I guess it's possible they had old stock from STECO (or some other company) or they still had the ability to make something of this quality.
Happy to see another Wegener "Colonel"! Great job keeping the German series going!
Rumad
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Either way that’s a really great looking hat Joe
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Roger, Thanks! And it's from the GDR!
fabiovenhorst
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Tks!
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Thanks again Alan... did you end up posting your two ounce Lee?
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Day 14 of 31 Hat Parade: In preparation for tomorrow's National Straw Hat Day, May 15th, I have been boxing up the winter "grab-and-go" hats and replacing them with my straw collection. During the 1920s, this tradition was more strictly adhered to. I have been cheating a little. A felt hat that came to hand was my Brent Fedora that has been converted from a more "western" style. Brent hats were made for the department store chain, Montgomery Ward. Other store brands included, Pilgrim from Sears and the more common Marathon which is JC Penny. I had Mike Miller of Northwest hats install a new sweat band (to replace a broken, dry and cracked original) and a new ribbon treatment. He also did a whip stitching binding on the brim edge. Creating a much more wearable fedora out of a sorry example of an Stetson Open Road clone.
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