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What do our hats really say about us, and more importantly, are they right?
I'm always surprised at the number of people who associate hats with their nostalgia for the past. Until I came to FL, I'd never even thought about that. Not that there's anything wrong with it. In fact, I think I've caught the bug slightly. Certainly, in the past month, I've watched both...- irfan.wayang
- Post #7
- Forum: Hats
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Your Hat Addiction...and your spouse
Yeah ... if it's shoes, apparently it's different. At the level of theory, she gets the similarity, but she still thinks hats are dumb. Oh, she liked the semi-colada montecristi that I got from PB, for some reason. And I saw her thinking about the whole thing when we went out in a little boat in...- irfan.wayang
- Post #41
- Forum: Hats
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Your Hat Addiction...and your spouse
My girlfriend fell on the ground laughing when I admitted to her that I occasionally took part in an internet forum especially dedicated to people talking about their hats ....- irfan.wayang
- Post #35
- Forum: Hats
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The line between stingy brim and full brim?
So, you wouldn't like this one, then?- irfan.wayang
- Post #52
- Forum: Hats
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The line between stingy brim and full brim?
What is it with this anti-stingy thing? I think most cheap, crappy hats that you see around probably ARE "stingy brims", the made-in-China, tartan pattern, $10 monstrosities that you see in flea markets. On the other hand, the opposite isn't true: not all stingies are monstrosities. I just got a...- irfan.wayang
- Post #33
- Forum: Hats
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Panama Hat Thread
I remember an old friend of my father's, a regular of the one and only Jimmy Watson's wine bar in Melbourne. After he died of cancer, his hat remains permanently on display on a shelf slightly above eye level in the bar. As fine and fitting a memorial as one could hope to be remembered by ...- irfan.wayang
- Post #2,083
- Forum: Hats
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FED IV and a word of warning about shipping/customs duties....
Living in Indonesia, I'm just used to paying taxes of 50% on the value of any package over $50. A silly way to reckon it, because, say, if you buy two hats at $50 each and ship them separately, you won't pay any tax. Of course, then you have to factor in the extra postage costs. Back in the...- irfan.wayang
- Post #9
- Forum: Hats
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Okay, wrong thread for this, really, but how come? I have a bit of a thing for fountain pens, and everyone argues the same argument over there, too. You could get exactly the same comment as you just made about the vintage Parker 51 compared to the modern products. Some people say that it's...- irfan.wayang
- Post #16,655
- Forum: Hats
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Haha! That's quite funny. So much easier - and less productive - the other way around. By the way, I just had a look at your gallery of "bright objects". Beautiful! Even nicer than your hats!- irfan.wayang
- Post #16,654
- Forum: Hats
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Hmm. Might buy a couple of Akubra's instead ....- irfan.wayang
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
I really loved the look of this vintage Borsalino when it was $19.99. About 24 hours before close it started spiralling up. I took a deep breath and decided to set my own limit at the price of a new Akubra, or around $150. When I checked it out, it had closed at $255! I remember reading a thread...- irfan.wayang
- Post #16,635
- Forum: Hats
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The BANTAM Bar
Greetings, I just bought a Bantam Royal Stetson on ebay, my first ebay purchase since I kicked a fountain pen addiction a few years ago. I looked through the threads to see what I could find about this hat while I was bidding. It seems like it had several different incarnations, is that right...- irfan.wayang
- Post #45
- Forum: Hats
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Panama Hat Thread
By the way, if I have a criticism of Bob, it is that his website and the images on it really don't do justice to the quality of the hats he sells. Perhaps it's a deliberate policy of understatement, so that his customers are delighted and praise him on forums like this! But the image on display...- irfan.wayang
- Post #2,052
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Panama Hat Thread
Thank you, that was my first attempt at hat photography. I merely took advantage of some errant sun beams coming in through my bedroom window and place the hat on the floor beside them! I'll do some shots of the two Cuenca that Bob sent me tomorrow, when the light is good again. Cheers!- irfan.wayang
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Panama Hat Thread
Incidentally, I had a note from Bob last night: You'll like the hat that you're still awaiting even better.- irfan.wayang
- Post #2,049
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Panama Hat Thread
Semi Calado Montecristi from Panama Bob As I said earlier on this thread, I've just received the nicest hat I own in the mail from Panama Bob, a semi calado montecristi fino blocked by Gus Miller. Until now, I've owned a couple of Akubra straws (the Capricorn and the Casablanca), and an...- irfan.wayang
- Post #2,048
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Panama Hat Thread
Whoooo! I just got three hats from Panama Bob in the post. Fantastic! Even with all the positive comments I'd read before receiving the package didn't prepare me for the quality of product I received. I got a Cuenca Caballero ($49.99), a Savanah ($29.99) and a Montechristi semi calado fino...- irfan.wayang
- Post #2,023
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Akubra Overload
Something to be said for a business that goes out of its way to meet the needs of "afficianados", who are its most enthusiastic clients. Anyone who wants a hat customized will almost certainly want to buy more hats in the future and may be keen enough that their enthusiasm wears off on people...- irfan.wayang
- Post #3,614
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On resuming pipe smoking...
I've given up myself, but you should definitely check out Cornell and Diehl, a small Mom-and-Pop internet store that has become one of the leading online retailers of their own blends of pipe tobacco. Something for all tastes, I used to smoke their Tuggle Hall, a blend of Perique, Latakia and...- irfan.wayang
- Post #7
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Driving up to meet with PanamaBob :) Any suggestions?
Oh yeah? I must have sniped another one on the same day: http://cgi.ebay.com/Montecristi-Semi-calado-Panama-Hat-Fedora-USA-blocked-/330598103181?pt=US_Hats&hash=item4cf92eb88d No, not exactly sniped, I just put in a single bid, and I was the only bidder. I'd actually just ordered a semi...- irfan.wayang
- Post #12
- Forum: Hats
