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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Goorin Bros Panama
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Very nice panama, Richard.
 
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Feeling a bit under the weather yesterday, I decided to take a personal day. As we all know, idle hands are the Devil's workshop, so after laying around a bit I finally motivated myself to finishing this refurb. About a month ago, I found a Dobbs Hanover Square at an estate sale for the astronomical price of $2.50. A little beat, and a bit dirty, with a few nibbles, but all in all still in acceptable shape. In preparation for a bath, I had my first bad Lexol experience. After treating the sweat, I went back and looked several hours later and the leather had separated from the reed assembly in such a way it was not repairable. So a call to Bond set me up with a new sweatband. I gave it a naphtha bath, a good steam bath, ironed out the crown, and re-flanged it. I took the opportunity of being at home yesterday to cut and install the new sweat (in addition to putting a new sweat in a hat for my wife).

So today, a Dobbs Hanover Square. Hat by Dobbs, unfinished sweat by Bond, refurb by Fruno.

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Some of the original sweat. There were no store debossments.

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Top marks for the refurb, Jim. A job this well done should make you feel better right away!
 
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Nice save Jim. Great hat. Since the threat of rain has turned into sunshine it put me in the mood to don the Hanover Square while sitting out on the new patio furniture set I thrifted yesterday.
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The comfort factor for coffee in the yard mornings skyrocketed with the new chairs.

Michael
Such a great colour combination. I'm liking this hat more and more, Michael.
 

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Howdy! Long time no post cuz I haven't had anything new to share.

Wearing a '50's Knox Twenty today. I wouldn't call this one a refurb -- more like a resurrection...

She photographs well so it was impossible to tell from the listing photos that the body was COVERED in deep moth bites. So much so that I couldn't pounce them out entirely without damaging the structural integrity of the felt. The worst area was the break -- full 360 of moth gnashes. I couldn't smooth that out so I covered it up by stretching the crown height by 1/8". And to boot, the sweat was dry and cracked...

I'm really curious about how this was stored because despite the aforementioned issues, the liner is pristine. Anyway -- she does photograph well and I love the fit so all-in-all, not disappointed.

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Howdy! Long time no post cuz I haven't had anything new to share.

Wearing a '50's Knox Twenty today. I wouldn't call this one a refurb -- more like a resurrection...

She photographs well so it was impossible to tell from the listing photos that the body was COVERED in deep moth bites. So much so that I couldn't pounce them out entirely without damaging the structural integrity of the felt. The worst area was the break -- full 360 of moth gnashes. I couldn't smooth that out so I covered it up by stretching the crown height by 1/8". And to boot, the sweat was dry and cracked...

I'm really curious about how this was stored because despite the aforementioned issues, the liner is pristine. Anyway -- she does photograph well and I love the fit so all-in-all, not disappointed.

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Superb job, Justin. You brought that one back from the brink by the looks of it.
 

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Cool look again, Michael. I like the colour and the brim curve of that Resistol.
Thanks Stefan. The color is Tanbark, if you start looking for one.

Such a great colour combination. I'm liking this hat more and more, Michael.
It finds itself on my head often while I'm just sitting around the place.

Two hat day today. Started off with the Borsalino Ghiaccio.

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Second one was the Ecuadorian supernatural (only just fits the width of the picture).

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Another stellar pair of hats topping off a great look.

Thanks,
Michael
 
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Nice save Jim. Great hat. Since the threat of rain has turned into sunshine it put me in the mood to don the Hanover Square while sitting out on the new patio furniture set I thrifted yesterday.
DSCN0916 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
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DSCN0917 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
The comfort factor for coffee in the yard mornings skyrocketed with the new chairs.

Michael

Thank you, Michael. Your Hanover Square was an inspiration. Coffee in the morning air is a pleasure.


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