I started with hats in October of last year. Right now I'm at:
1 Gary White
1 Art Fawcett
2 Akubras
2 Baileys
1 Modern Stetson
5 Vintage Stetson
3 Cavanagh
3 Dobbs
1 Disney
3 Borsolinos
2 Resistols
1 Churchill
2 Adams
1 Wormser
1 Knox
1 Rogers Peet
1 Thoroughbred
So 31 total in...
My new Stetson
I just fished this Stetson out of the bay and its got me scratching my head (no not because of fleas)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360195121393&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
I'll have to get some pics up of it soon, but with my limited experience with...
When I first got into hats and was eagerly trolling the bay for treasure I came across THE HAT. I was looking for a hat that was similar to the hat Jack Ruby wore when he gunned down Lee Harvey Oswald. Not for any sentimental reasons, I just liked the hat. My search revealed a Cavanagh 100 that...
I chased my grail hat and lost it, and chased it again and won. All thanks to a fellow lounger I like to call a gentleman. :eusa_clap I'm not sure if he'd want it generally known or not so I'll just say it's nice when the hunt is finally over.
In my opinion the reason for the high quality felt from vintage hats is simply the economy of scale. Even the smallest name brands out there were probably making more hats per year than the most prolific hat companies today. Since everybody wore a hat back then competition was fierce. Many more...
I'll always remember her as the terrifying Alia in David Lynch's Dune however. Her look of joy while holding a knife dispatching the wounded as a child is priceless.
He is a fount of knowledge and a joy to deal with. The neighborhood where his shop is located is a little scary though. I'd like to photograph all the abandoned houses and buildings around there some day. Look past that and you'll find a premier hatter.
Funny how many archaeologists there are around here! I worked as a field archaeologist for 5 years all up and down the east coast. I started off with a baseball cap. When I realized how useless that was I went and hung a bandana off the back of it to shade my neck. This french foreign legion...
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