Brad Bowers
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Wise choice, my good man, wise choice!:eusa_clap
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A Difficult Decision to Make
- Thread starter Marc Chevalier
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TheYell
New in Town
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well I just learnt the futility of searching the forums for "Bogart"...
but I did see a post some months back with movie stills of Bogart and an odd fedora. People were asking for specs. Seems the brim was under three inches, the crown rose over 4 inches, and then the teardrop dent sank over an inch into the crown. Speculation was that Bogart had reblocked an overly large hat.
It did look odd enough to draw lots of comments.
But it is a genuine Bogart style. And though I'm a tyro it sounds worth looking into.
but I did see a post some months back with movie stills of Bogart and an odd fedora. People were asking for specs. Seems the brim was under three inches, the crown rose over 4 inches, and then the teardrop dent sank over an inch into the crown. Speculation was that Bogart had reblocked an overly large hat.
It did look odd enough to draw lots of comments.
But it is a genuine Bogart style. And though I'm a tyro it sounds worth looking into.
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I'm glad you're not doing anything you'll regret later.
Marc Chevalier
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Let's be real, Dinerman: it's not about me. It's about the hat itself. If it really were about me, then you'd say: "Do what it takes in order to make the hat look good on you."
As it is, I'll leave the hat intact, even if it means that I'll never be able to wear it. No excuses; that's life in the big city.
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As it is, I'll leave the hat intact, even if it means that I'll never be able to wear it. No excuses; that's life in the big city.
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yeah. okay.
do it for the hat.
do it for the hat.
Marc Chevalier
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I'll post photos of it in an hour or so.
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Johnnysan
One Too Many
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No need to resort to violence...
Quick, somebody call off "Tony the Hat!"
Quick, somebody call off "Tony the Hat!"
Marc Chevalier
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lol lol
Marc Chevalier
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And here's the fedora, edge and all. (Please ignore the sourpuss face below it.)
airforceindy
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Regardless of the width issue, that is a truely beautiful hat. It WOULD be a shame to lose that Cav edge... Well played, sir.
-AFI
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Carlisle Blues
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Marc that is a beautiful hat. I wouldn't change a thing..
*Schatzi*
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I think the hat looks dashing!
babs
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If you were going to alter that hat, I'll ask what size it is.. If I can wear it and/or afford it.. I'd buy it just to save that edge. That's the style and color I eventually want to find.
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:arated: And looks good on you if I may add... :eusa_clap :eusa_clapDOUGLAS said:
Marc Chevalier
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Thanks!
I'm beginning to suspect that resurrecting certain old threads can be great for the Fedora Lounge.
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I'm beginning to suspect that resurrecting certain old threads can be great for the Fedora Lounge.
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CRH
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Damn!
Happiness is a big fat fedora.
Happiness is a big fat fedora
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djgo-cat-go
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Could be me, could be the angle in which the picture was taken, could be the lense it was taken with... but that hat really suits you. Beautiful.
CRH
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djgo-cat-go said:
Could be [huh]...
... or, like me, djgo-cat-go, you just have a gut appreciation for gentlemen in big fat fedoras
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HarpPlayerGene
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This kind of thread promotes several thoughts within my little head:
1) I too have a hat like that which appears to me to be just too big in the brim department. It makes me uncomfortable to wear it - but all the Lounge members who saw it, as well as my very candid girlfriend, say it looks fine on me.
2) I wouldn't consider trimming the brim as an option to solve my situation. I'd rather learn to get used to it or pass it on to someone else.
3) My personal tastes in what proportions look good, and in terms of whether brims should be trimmed on vintage hats are not necessarily what should go for another. Just because I wouldn't do it, doesn't mean someone else shouldn't trim the brim on his own property.
4) When a member solicits advice as in this thread, the responses are interesting to all and useful, I'm sure, to the original poster. But when someone just happens to show a vintage hat which he modified in some way, I think it's a little too forward for people to clobber him for it just because it's something they would not have done.
1) I too have a hat like that which appears to me to be just too big in the brim department. It makes me uncomfortable to wear it - but all the Lounge members who saw it, as well as my very candid girlfriend, say it looks fine on me.
2) I wouldn't consider trimming the brim as an option to solve my situation. I'd rather learn to get used to it or pass it on to someone else.
3) My personal tastes in what proportions look good, and in terms of whether brims should be trimmed on vintage hats are not necessarily what should go for another. Just because I wouldn't do it, doesn't mean someone else shouldn't trim the brim on his own property.
4) When a member solicits advice as in this thread, the responses are interesting to all and useful, I'm sure, to the original poster. But when someone just happens to show a vintage hat which he modified in some way, I think it's a little too forward for people to clobber him for it just because it's something they would not have done.
