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Three Silverbellies
Left to right: 4X Open Road purchased about two years ago; 4X Cowboy hat purchased about 25 years ago, trimmed and reshaped; brand new Stratoliner - no Xs. The OR and Strat are very close in color, but the Strat has a little more rose to it. I don't know if the hybrid's color has changed with... -
Do Dogs Really Hate Hats?
Conventional wisdom around here says that dogs dislike men in hats. I've developed a habit of doffing my hat as I approach properties with excitable dogs on my daily walk. Anyone know if there's real research on the topic? -
Were hats more disposable in earlier times?
I've been reading about Theodore Roosevelt a lot lately, and all of the biographies and documentaries feature images that suggest the man must have owned a lot of hats over his lifetime. Active as he was, I suspect he wore many of them out. But it made me wonder whether fur felt hats were as... -
Woman wearing Hats
Women in Men's Fedoras Tomorrow night, some local actresses are coming over to model my hats so I can experiment with some lighting designs. I'm trying to learn how to light the hat, the model, and the background. I asked my daughter to try on my Fed IV so I could do some tests. I hope... -
Evidence of Secret Hat Society Emerges
Or does it? http://cameraclubconfidential.com/2010/06/21/the-secret-hat-society-does-not-exist/ -
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Hat Photography Journey
I hope this isn't considered spam, because I don't run ads or derive revenue from my blog - I just think some of you might be interested in my quest to learn how to photograph hats, which I'll be documenting at Camera Club Confidential, my blog for lazy, disorganized, impatient photographers... -
Liner removed in anger
In a fit of pique, I just yanked the liner out of my Fed IV Deluxe. (It kept sticking to my head and flopping around). Liners in my other hats are fine and seen to stay in place. Are there potential negative consequences to this action? Does the fact that I'm bald as a cue ball bode ill or... -
Fighting the elements, secretly
The storms here in SoCal have been freaking me out, since I've twice before had my house destroyed by floods (two "hundred-year, once-in-a-lifetime" events within seven years). Fortunately, neither rain, nor sleet, etc. stays these couriers from their appointed rounds, so this came in the mail... -
What is your go to hat?
This was a great hat year for me. For Christmas of 2008 I got a Fed IV Deluxe, and spent most of 2009 reshaping it until I wore out the felt at the front of the crown - but I still love it and it kept me warm in a mid-spring Montana snowstorm. I got an Akubra Stylemaster in February, and you can... -
Lighting Hat Photos
I had a few minutes tonight to experiment with how to light portraits of people wearing hats. I'll need to work light locations and ratios more, and I think I'll be able to do this much better when they're not self-portraits. I'm looking forward to figuring this out. This also shows me that I... -
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Silverbelly stains
Hello! I bought a Stetson Open Road as my summer hat, so I fully expected to end up with a sweat-stained hat - eventually. I've been a little surprised at how well the sweatband actually channels sweat to the felt through the hat's stitching. It's also pretty good at deflecting sweat to the... -
Re-bash a Banjo Paterson?
Has anyone done so? I'd love to see some options, as my beloved Banjo has fallen out of rotation, as it is the least personalized of my hats, and I'm definitely enjoying the lower crowned, less machine perfect look of my heavily worn FedIV. Thanks, Z -
Livingston, Montana
I'll be spending next week in Livingston and Bozeman. Any good places to shop for hats, new or vintage? Thanks, Z -
So Cal Re-bash assistance
Hello! The more I wear my Akubra Stylemaster and Banjo Paterson, the more frustrated I become with my FedIV Deluxe. I just don't seem to have the eye and dexterity to get the open crown hat looking the way I want it to. Is there someone here in Southern California who could reshape the hat... -
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Gentlemen of the Road
My wife bought me Michael Chabon's recent book, "Gentlemen of the Road," after she noticed that the first chapter is called: On Discord Arising from the Excessive Love of a Hat I wonder if she was trying to tell me something.... Z -
Village Hatter - Long Beach - Sunday
I'll be visiting family in Long Beach this weekend and thought I might stop by the Shoreline Village shop in the early evening. Anybody want to meet up for some hat chatter? Z -
Trials and Federations
I know it's wrong to generalize from one's personal experience, so I'll merely hypothesize: open crown hats and online buying may be best left to experienced hatsmen and women. I've been struggling since Xmas to get my FedIV tamed. I've dry-bashed, sprayed and steamed, carefully replicating... -
FedIV Deluxe Arrived
It was shipped from HatsDirect last Monday and arrived today. No pics, because my wife hasn't given it to me for Xmas yet. Heck, she doesn't even know she's giving it to me for Xmas yet. We're both going to be so surprised! Now I've got to get back to studying those non-Indy bashes! Z -
hatband migration
I've noticed that on all of my hats, the bands slide up above the brim in the front, whereas they stay adjacent to the brim elsewhere. Is this "normal" or at least common? thanks, Z
