What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Randall Renshaw said:

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VoodooSan said:

Gorgeous ribbon color!

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Steve1857 said:

Echter Meyser on yet again another sunny day in Elsinore.

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Randall Renshaw said:

Thanks, Mark!
Would you believe if I told this ribbon was taken off from a 60s hat and was black?
Who knew bleach would turn it gold?

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GabGarde said:

Borsalino Grand Prix Qualita Superiore today. Very soft and pliable.
I have surface cleaned the liner before, but probably needs a soak so it doesn't look so filthy.
Sweatband is stuffed with an Italian newspaper, dating to the mid 1960s.


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Blare said:

In the 90s today… out came one Of the lightest of my light felts…. Lee Smartlee. If it weren’t for the late 50s to 1960s Lee logo I might think this a 30s felt. Incredibly thin and lightweight. Wearing it in honor of a similar looking actual 1930s Dobbs light felt I boneheadedly let slip through my fingers yesterday.

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Randall Renshaw said:

Joe, if you’re like me; some time just before the end of the auction deadline the hat slips your mind, THEN the hat hat slips through your fingers, then some choice words slip through gritted teeth. Some of these old hats are quite slippery!

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Mighty44 said:

Very cool hat!

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Steve1857 said:

Thank you, David. It's among the first vintage hats I found. It was part of a little collection then. The rest is history

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belfastboy said:

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This is my new 'shop hat'. It was a Resistol that was in tough shape but the felt was very nice. I washed it, and in the reblock the brim separated from the crown for about 300 of the 360 degrees. The sweat band stitching was so close together it tore like a piece of perforated paper.

I joined the two pieces back together, blocked it, added some 6 cord ribbon I dyed and added a braided leather band. STill not a great hat but I get a weird thrill out of rescuing a good felt from the garbage bin.

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Currrntz said:

My second Akubra campdraft. The only hats I wanna wear these days are my akubras. Before ordering the first I was trying to decide between a CD and an OR I saw somebody on the forum say something to the effect of “get the CD, a year from now, it’s the only hat you’ll wanted to wear.” -that person absolutely nailed it with that one.

Question: are there any other akubra hats I should check out?

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Currrntz said:

My second Akubra campdraft. The only hats I wanna wear these days are my akubras. Before ordering the first I was trying to decide between a CD and an OR I saw somebody on the forum say something to the effect of “get the CD, a year from now, it’s the only hat you’ll wanted to wear.” -that person absolutely nailed it with that one.

Question: are there any other akubra hats I should check out?

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