Just yesterday I picked up number 11 since I joined the forum about 5 months ago, so don't feel bad. And what else would you do with your hard earned money? LOL And I hope my wife doesn't know about this forum, cause she certainly doesn't know about number 11.
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Most hats in one year
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If it does come up, just bring up pocketbooks and shoes. That usually does the trick for my better half.
Sam Craig
One Too Many
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- 1,356
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- Great Bend, Kansas
Don't know about the year, but one terrific Saturday this past fall ...just before Thanksgiving ... I was out driving and stopped at antique stores in two local small towns.
In the first one I found a new condition Stetson Strat for $3 and a great condition blue Knox Floating Cloud for $5. And in the next small town, at another antique store I got an incredible Wormser with a back bow ... I really don't think it had ever been worn, for $17.
The final aquisition ... this is still the same day ... was an off white and sweat stained Stetson western that I trimmed the brim on, reblocked and made a Petersham ribbon for. It ended up looking like the one that Bruce Willis wore in Last Man Standing. That one cost a buck. I paid more for the ribbon than for the hat and I wear it all the time with jeans now.
That was all in once day, though to be fair, I had scoped out the first two before and was just going back to get them.
Sam
In the first one I found a new condition Stetson Strat for $3 and a great condition blue Knox Floating Cloud for $5. And in the next small town, at another antique store I got an incredible Wormser with a back bow ... I really don't think it had ever been worn, for $17.
The final aquisition ... this is still the same day ... was an off white and sweat stained Stetson western that I trimmed the brim on, reblocked and made a Petersham ribbon for. It ended up looking like the one that Bruce Willis wore in Last Man Standing. That one cost a buck. I paid more for the ribbon than for the hat and I wear it all the time with jeans now.
That was all in once day, though to be fair, I had scoped out the first two before and was just going back to get them.
Sam
bolthead
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One Too Many
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- 1,325
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- Sanford N.C.
My wife has turned my purchases of hats into justifying purchasing more shoes, purses, and clothes.
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The Good
Call Me a Cab
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- 2,361
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- California, USA
Gee, the most I ever got in one year was just two. I may consider slowing down, if not completely stopping my build-up, on my hat collection once I have about five or six fur felt hats total. So far I have two hats that I'd mainly wear for hiking or being outdoors (one of which is my serious rain hat), and I've currently got one felt that I enjoy mainly wearing around town and the city.
suitedcboy
One Too Many
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- 1,346
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- Fort Worth Texas or thereabouts
Hold on just a minute here guys! For a hat addiction it is a Twelve step program, not a Twelve felt program!
The Wiser Hatter
I'll Lock Up
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- 4,765
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- Louisville, Ky
As always wife's can justify buying more clothes. But we can never justify buying more hats.
Gromulus
Practically Family
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- 573
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- NE Ohio, USA
Twenty-one (17 for me, 4 for my wife) since October of 2010. Now that I have a lot of the "basics" covered, I can forsee only the occasional vintage or (hopefully) custom purchase now and then.
Benzadmiral
Call Me a Cab
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- The Swamp
Hmmm . . . in the last 12 months, only about 5, 4 of 'em vintage. The first couple of years I was into hats, though, I probably picked up 6 or 7 in one year from Meyer the Hatter.
I'm a piker.
I'm a piker.
Ordinary Guy
One Too Many
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- 1,292
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- Pittsburgh, PA
I ain't saying but Mr Fawcett's bank put on another teller to take care of my checks....
And I know I am by no means at the top of the who bought the most VS list.
And I know I am by no means at the top of the who bought the most VS list.
HungaryTom
One Too Many
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- Hungary
2008 was the year it happened. 3 Montecristi, 6 custom felt hats, 2 Tam'o Shanters.
Kreissaege
One of the Regulars
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- 214
Life is too short not to buy and wear good hats.
Nine caps, twelve berets and no end of it.
Nine caps, twelve berets and no end of it.
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Cliffnopus
One of the Regulars
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- 227
- Location
- Foxboro, MA
4 Art Fawcett customs; 2 Stetsons. Prior to all those, all I had was a ventillated Tilley.
Cliff
Cliff
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- 15,025
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- Buffalo, NY
I got hooked by a ventilated Tilley too... no customs yet though.
Chinaski
One Too Many
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- 1,045
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- Orange County, CA
Alan, I'm just going to say I think you really don't need to go custom with the lids you're acquiring
I think I may be stating the obvious...
I think I may be stating the obvious...
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- Buffalo, NY
Around fifteen years ago I ran into a blowout sale at Marshal Fields' flagship store in Chicago. I bought 4 Borsalino fedoras, 3 Makin fedoras and around a dozen flat caps in tweed, wool, corduroy and cashmere. I think I paid maybe $200 for the whole lot. Back in the day Fields used to have some incredible blowout sales of high end merchandise. Now they're Macys and carry shlock....
Lastmohecken
Familiar Face
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- 91
- Location
- Ozark Mountains, United States
Wow! I was worried about myself, but now I believe I am OK. I have always been a hat guy, from the time I was a small kid, but I usually never owned but a couple of straw cowboys, and a couple of felt cowboys at any one time, and I don't count the multitude of ball caps, however, since I found this site a little while back, I have purchased 3 Resistols, and 3 Stetsons, including one older Open Road 25, and a Resistol Black Gold.
So, I guess that makes it six for this year so far. I was worried that hat collecting was becomming an obsession with me, but you guys have put me at ease, since I am overshadowed greatly by others.
I am hoping hot weather will get me out of the felt hat buying mood, although I have often worn felts even in the summer. The bad thing about owning too many hats for me is I now don't know which one I want to wear on any given day, and some get set aside and I often just grab the same old hat, day in and day out, but 5 days a week it's still ball caps to work, unless the weather is really bad.
So, I guess that makes it six for this year so far. I was worried that hat collecting was becomming an obsession with me, but you guys have put me at ease, since I am overshadowed greatly by others.
I am hoping hot weather will get me out of the felt hat buying mood, although I have often worn felts even in the summer. The bad thing about owning too many hats for me is I now don't know which one I want to wear on any given day, and some get set aside and I often just grab the same old hat, day in and day out, but 5 days a week it's still ball caps to work, unless the weather is really bad.
