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Leather Hats
What's the scoop on leather hats being made these days? I had a brown cowhide one in the early 1970s: Heavy? Check. At least a pound. Thick? Check. Maybe as much as 3/16 inch. Quality? Well, it never fell apart, but when I was a kid, I had a toy gun holster made out of better... -
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Keith Richards' Fedora
Did anyone here catch Charles Osgood's CBS Sunday Morning interview with Keith Richards this past Sunday? He was wearing a TERRIFIC hat--a very tall and straight-up open-crown dimensional raw-edge brim fedora in a nice beige color, with a wide, mid-brown hatband. Keith wore it well back on... -
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J. Robert Oppenheimer Fedora
I'm looking for a lid like the one the famous nuclear physicist wore. Sorry I don't have a photo, but it's the fedora he's always pictured wearing--roundabout 2 1/2-inch snap brim and a very thin ribbon. All the old pics I've seen are black and white, but the color appears to be a light... -
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Clint Eastwood's Western Hats
Though I've been a big fan of both Eastwood and hats since I was a kid, I never put the two together until recently when two things happened: A string of his old movies were on TV, and no less than three complete strangers called me "Clint" when I was wearing my new Akubra Lawson. While I am... -
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Brims & Bernoulli's Principle
Bernoulli's principle states that the higher the speed of a flowing fluid or gas, the lower the pressure. It's this principle that explains the lift of an aircraft wing. An airplane wing is shaped so that the speed of air on top is greater than the speed of the air below. This means that... -
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High Style Brands Absent Here
Makins, Peto, Minna, Stacy Adams, Goorin are brands of what appear to be "fashion-forward" if not "edgy" or perhaps, to some, downright ridiculously styled hats. I've seen them in catalogues, but I've never personally inspected them, and they are conspicuous by their absence here. Hartford... -
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Installing A Chin Strap
I got my new dark fawn Akubra Lawson from David Morgan today. Naturally, I immediately stuck it on my head and went out for a walk, which turned into a really long walk--I wanted to sweat it up real good and cause it too start shrinking, since it's still a bit loose even after putting felt 360... -
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Sharp Crease Felt Fix
I posted a thread a while back on this problem I experienced, but can't find it, so here's the situation and how I fixed it. I have an Akubra Sydney (AKA Fedora) in charcoal that I was using to practice how I planned to bash a Fed IV Deluxe before it arrived. So, I put a sharp crease in... -
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Akubra Color Palette
I propose that we band together and post photos here on this thread of every hat color Akubra offers, along with each name equivalent they are called by all known vendors. This info may already be spread over scores of threads, but I'm sure Akubra lovers like me would greatly appreciate it all... -
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Original Fedora & Trilby
I put this on another thread, but it was not exactly on topic and got no follow-on responses, so I'm sticking it here for a higher profile. "Fedora" comes from the play of the same name written by Frenchman Victorien Sardou, the the master of the well-made play and member of the French... -
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Hats That Truly Changed Your Life
I started to put this on the hat-astrophe thread until I realized it really didn't fit and thought it might prompt some stories of a qualitatively different genre that deserve their own dedicated thread. "The Hat" (Part 1 of 2) I've mentioned this hat on Fedora Lounge before, and said... -
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Avatar Photo Compression
I'm dying to post an photo avatar of myself in a hat, but how do you compress a pic down to 150 X 150 pixels per FL's requirement? I'm sure others have had the same issue, for which there's probably already a post to help, so throw up the link, if you please, and I'll get busy squeezing down... -
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Yard Hat Suggestions
I'm a yard ape, and an anal-retentive one at that (I just went out in the bitter cold to remove an errant Kleenex nestled in my pansies.) At least once a week, I'm out in the yard and garden for half a day or more. In warm weather, I wear my Tilley, and when it gets oppressively hot in...
