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    New Fella with the bug

    Looks like you've got a great start to your collection. Is that a very high-crowned number with a shallow bash or is the ribbon narrower than I'm thinking it is? My most recent win was a Knox twenty and I must say they're beautiful hats. Wear it proudly. -Mike
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    Break Out the Board Games!

    We usually head over to the in-laws for Christmas dinner, and afterwards some type of game is usually brought out. Usually, it's Trivial Pursuit, but first Christmas I played it at their place, I ended up wiping the floor with everybody, six pies to two at the most, thus earning the wrath of my...
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    Old fashioned names new again....

    What's in a name? My name is partly in keeping with a family tradition, and partly a concession made to my mother by my father. Y'see, the firstborn males of my father's side of the family for who knows how long had been named Walter _____ Shea, ie my father Walter Grant and his father Walter...
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    Just in! What do you think?

    Bravo! An excellent pairing of cap and man. :eusa_clap I wonder if that kind of cap would look good on me... hmm... Maybe I'll pick up a vintage model for a test drive before investing in one like this. My wife'll be thrilled. She feels I don't need another excuse to spend money...
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    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    Last Rememberance Day, I was shopping for groceries when they announced the minute of silence. I was wearing a baseball cap at the time, but naturally it came off. During the minute, another fellow, hat firmly on fat head, wandered up the aisle, and I glared very pointedly at him. He just...
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    Where did your user name come from??

    Ah-well-a-well-a-well-a.... Just a portmanteau of "canuck" and "knucklehead". The former is because sometimes I like to go oot furra few beer an' some bacon, eh? Oh - I also wrestle bull moose for fun, just got my dogsled license, I bleed maple syrup and, last, but not least, my...
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    It's Time To Unwind

    For me, one of the most relaxing things I can do is go out on the balcony with a pipe and a book and tune the world out for a couple of hours. Everything about pipesmoking either forces me to slow down or is relaxing in and of itself. The second I open the pouch of burley/cavendish blend and...
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    My first vintage (Lots of pics)

    Will be keeping an eye out for you.
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    My first vintage (Lots of pics)

    Managed to find my measuring tape quickly enough to post this as an edit. Just measured, and it's 2" either from the base of the ribbon or from the sweatband out to the edge. Unless I'm doing it wrong... It's just a straight measurement from point A to point B, korrekt? Don't need to add...
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    Your hat this weekend..

    Excellent! You picked the perfect weekend for this thread. It just so happens that we're heading to our annual friends' Christmas party and I think I will arrive in style this year. -Mike
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    My first vintage (Lots of pics)

    Ok, one of my purchases from OFAS arrived today: the Dobbs that looked like an open crown. Sadly, that was not the case. Someone had just popped out the bash; I could clearly see the front pinch marks. Still, I did a quick bash and popped it on for looks, and although it's a bit snug, I think...
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    Twenty six bucks for a hat....BOX?

    Hm. I paid slightly more than 26 bucks (shipping included) for a box like that... ...with a hat inside it. Which, by the way, should be arriving today. Hooray! Didn't realize how common those boxes were, but now I know not to trust something like this.
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    With Apologies to "Bogie"....

    This may be a bit unnecessary to say, but there sits atop your head another masterpiece by Mr. Fawcett. Love the colour, love the crown, love everything about it. I'm so green that Ed Begley Jr. automatically approves of me. Congrats! -Mike
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    Unusual Bash..

    Oh wow. There aren't many things that make me actually laugh out loud, but that was one of them, Blackhorse. lol Thanks for making my morning. :eusa_clap Yes, I admit it. I'm a sucker for the well excecuted pun. It's like they say: A good pun is its own reword. Ok. *I'll* stop...
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    What Are You Reading

    Currently reading Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. That Fire in the Grove sounds as fascinating as it does appalling. I have no idea what I'll read next, but I've assembled a few possibilities from reading over this thread. -Mike
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Well, I've already jumped in with both feet in the Hats thread, but I thought I would introduce myself here, too. My name is Mike, and for a lot of my life I've had at least a casual relationship with things vintage. The roman noir, live theatre, classic film, Marx Bros. comedy, and on and...
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    I've got the bug.

    Yup, I have a full-blown case of Fedora Acquisition Disorder. Just won these two vintage specimens: Dobbs: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140061618996&rd=1&rd=1 Knox...
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    Yet another introduction...

    Welcome! As an ex-Calgarian myself (not by choice, but that's a different story. :mad:) I understand the frustration of seeing nothing but western hats in the stores. Ah well. You're in good hands with RBH and the rest. It's amazing how much I've learned since lurking here. Anyway...
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    A "Stingy" day.

    Fine looking hats, adamgottschalk and spiridon both! I suppose I should count myself in with the stingy crowd, too, as my only hat's brim is 2". I'm not sure I could pull off a brim much wider than that; I think it would make my head look tiny. That 1" extra-stingy (miserly?) is...
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    The Elusive Portis ...

    Wow. I'm assuming that a Portis is an excellent find in and of itself, and the peach colour just adds to the "Woo-hoo!" factor. Peach. Who'da thunk? I agree that it's great to find something other than the standard brown/grey. Kudos on an awesome find. I've definitely got to get down...

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