What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Brent

deadlyhandsome said:

2 1/2” brim SunBody:
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That maybe the nicest SunBody I’ve seen.

Borsalino

To paraphrase what Freud was alleged to have said, "gentlemen, sometimes a cigar is only a cigar."
Wolfbrae light felt.

My new Resistol from the late 50’s.

Thanks Ken, I couldn't agree more.

Wyldkarma said:

Awesome Hückel Steve. I have one and it's one of my favorites. The workmanship and felt is sublime.

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Panama hat for this warm day

This Pecan VS is no BS. Thin ribbon and bulletproof.

Fed IV

Stetson Sundowner navy hemp:

Feather Weight Champ - Kasmir Finish
Light to Medium Tan Felt with. Warm tones
4 3/4 crown as shaped
3/4 matching grosgrain mid ribbon
2 3/4 brim with 1/8 matching grosgrain binding
Black and Gold Feather Weight Scale logo with feather

Here is the second hat from the trio that arrived recently. These second two hats required a good steaming in addition to the heavy brushing to bring them around. Both of these hats suffered from a phenomenon I refer to as “Puckering” where the base of the crown is actually puckered in in spots around the hat band. I’m not sure what the cause… though I suspect it may be caused when hats were stacked tightly for long periods of time or it may be the hats may have shrunken somewhat… or some combination there of. Whatever the cause.. I’ve had decent results in the past steaming the puckers out. So far I haven’t gotten rid of them entirely but reduced the effect dramatically. I would bet if they were placed on a block and steamed and left to dry it might smooth them out entirely. I’m happy with the results for now though. I have another one of these Feather weight Champs that is a bit more minty condition. Other than condition though the only differences between the two a slight difference in color.. this one a hair lighter with warmer tones compared to the slightly reddish tones of the Toast color indicated on the fresher hat. The other difference is in the sweat logo. They both have the black and gold Feather Weight Champ scale logo. This one has a feather on the left side of the scale the other has two packs of cigarettes. I wonder which was first. There is one small dark spot on the crown I was able to scrub out some but not remove it’s camouflaged slightly in the pinch. I cleaned off some dried sweat salt from the sweatband and smoothed over a damp fingers worth of coconut oil to moisten it up a bit. Had to be pretty careful looking underneath the sweat as even though it wasn’t entirely brittle it was stiff enough to leave some concern. I did not find any manufacturers tag other than a square 7 1/8 size sticker. Interesting enough this 7 1/8 seems to fit closer to a size 7 than even my size 7 Champ. Maybe some evidence toward the “puckering” being a shrinkage issue

Stetson

I absolutely love everything about that VS, Ken. Shape, style, ribbon, colour, liner, what's not to like? You look darn good in it, too.

Wyldkarma said:

This Pecan VS is no BS. Thin ribbon and bulletproof.

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SunBody:

4X Open Road

Knox

Superb looking Knox Boater, Bob. Love the "crocodile teeth" brim edge.

BobHufford said:

Knox

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Hey all!
This Penney's Marathon that I received a couple days ago. I gave it a good steaming, went at it with a hat sponge and put it on a band block to stretch it just a tad.
Please pardon the selfie-grimace.



Have a great day!

Feelin' Good! Resistol Ridgetop!

it's down into the 70s this week. I find myself grabbing the NW Hats nutria a lot.