Another New Hat from HatsDirect!

• Mar 25, 2004

• #1

Sergei

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Michaelson asked me to post the following picture of a new Akubra hat offering from Hatsdirect.

Here a message from Ron:

I have attached a pic of the "Rap" I mentioned the other day - it is way off a Fedora look but it is an interesting little shape. Some of the folks at the Fedora Lounge might find it interesting. If it is too off topic no need to mention it. Like The Fedora it is a style we have been frequently asked about so we introduced it into the range.

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• Mar 25, 2004

• #2

Matt Deckard

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That hat is plenty on topic.

sort of a 60's tyle jazz hat. Porkpie

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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Michaelson

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Thank you very much, Walt! Matt, that's exactly what I told Ron too! Regards. Michaelson

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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Kentucky Blues

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Jazz.....or maybe Blues . What say ye, other blues man? (talking to indyblues here )

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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STHill

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Very New Orleans (at least in my mind).

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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Have I missed something?

Neat little lid..but has Michealson posted a pic of the Akubra Fedora yet? Did I miss it? Still really interested in the final product and the post bash.

Warm Regards
Kilgour Trout

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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Michaelson

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Nope, not yet. (You're stubborn bugger, aren't cha? (grins)) I'm old and slow. I'm working on it...I'm WORKING on it....Regards. Michaelson

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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The porkpie is much older than you guys think. Porkpie hats rose to popularity in the 19th Century and earned their name because the crown resembles the size and shape of an actual pork pie (a favorite food in Great Britain). Anybody remember Buster Keaton? That was his signature. It experienced a revival in popularity in the early fifties among black youths. Since then, the association with black culture, i.e., jazz, has stuck to this day.

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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Matt Deckard

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http://www.busterkeaton.com

 

• Mar 25, 2004

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Chamorro

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• Mar 26, 2004

• #11

Art Fawcett

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Absolutely correct Chamorro, late 1800s was when it was intruduced and became popular with the "young folks" I have one in my collection that is really tiny and the best i can tell it's TOC
Fun hat!!

 

• Mar 26, 2004

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Originally posted by Kentucky Blues
Jazz.....or maybe Blues . What say ye, other blues man? (talking to indyblues here )

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Hey Daryl, that is a killer bluesman hat. I like it. MAN!, this hat collecting is so addictive. After I get my "Fedora" from Hats Direct in June, I may have to pick up one of these little numbers.

It looks kinda like the hat my fellow Philly brother, Rock Balboa wore.