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  1. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Checking in on a friend's cats this weekend. 7xCB that I reblocked on a #52.
  2. jlee562

    Straw Open Road

    Presumably the hemp ones are a bit more forgiving, but the shantung straw ones will definitely not just snap down. Shantung western do get shaped, so if you steam it, you could probably turn the brim down.
  3. jlee562

    Show us their hats!

    Sam Meyer of Meyer the Hatter in New Orleans in the news, Stetson 100.
  4. jlee562

    Short Brimmed Cowboy

    Whether or not one considers it an appropriate hat for the working cowboy, these shorter brims are not unheard of and were certainly fairly common mid century offerings. Walt Disney had one too. The hat I wear like 60% of the time now, 7xCB: One of those hats in the Austral/BOP lineage:
  5. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I'm gonna buy calipers one day, I swear. In terms of just the thickness of the felt, those older hats are much closer to a modern dress weight than to a modern western weight.
  6. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Great colour combo. I know exactly where that is too, there's a barber shop on that corner now, drive by it all the time.
  7. jlee562

    Short Brimmed Cowboy

    For an off the rack hat, you could do worse than the current Stetson Range 6x.
  8. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    I'm convinced it must have existed. I have a post about it in the OR thread somewhere. The two different ads from two different shops in two different years really sinks the probability of it being a retailer listing/printer error.
  9. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Ok but I'll still buy you a drink if you're out this way. I've been looking for an excuse to go to the Tonga Room.
  10. jlee562

    Western, anyone?

    We've always had some urban coyotes here in SF, but they got a little bolder during the lockdown days. Though we have exceedingly few incidents, which is surprising given the amount of dogs there are here.
  11. jlee562

    I love the Fed IV!!

    Imported from Europe since 2015 https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-07-08/akubra-to-import-rabbit-fur/6603106
  12. jlee562

    Appliques for Western Hats

    I'm not mad at Boho/contemporary hats. There's even some I'd wear and ideas that I have for myself up my sleeve that are non-traditional. But glowing? Yah, not so much unless it was some sort of sci fi cosplay hat. Wellema has this hat available. I'm actually pretty impressed with the...
  13. jlee562

    Akubra questions

    Water should not be an issue for the felt, only the leather. Akubra sweats are not the highest quality leather and are generally known to shrink. It's not crushable like a wool felt is, no. But it would have to be something like your kid falling/sitting on top of it to risk any significant...
  14. jlee562

    Why?

    ....congratulations?
  15. jlee562

    Looking for hat information?

    IIRC I was linking to a post from Gregory Westbrook, whom Fouquet apprenticed under as a hatmaker. There were critiques made of his techniques shown online and I believe a TV segment. And I think I recall something about Fouquet plagiarizing designs. Oh and then there was the whole matchstick...
  16. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Hope you're feeling better ASAP, Steve! As a random aside, I noticed that hat on Mike Dirnt from the band Green Day a while back. The dual tone ribbon is distinctive.
  17. jlee562

    Optimo south side mobsters

    Just call them and ask?
  18. jlee562

    Show us their hats!

    Adam Savage on hats....oddly he says his Steele and Jones and an AB are wool, but surely they're rabbit....
  19. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I would be shocked if anyone here kept up on modern wool production hats. If I had to guess, I'd guess Dorfman Pacific. But you're asking a vintage hat focused audience about hats that are decidedly not in our collective wheelhouse.
  20. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Hmm, this one is curled on the sides

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