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Show us your vehicles
I hope this thread isn't a repeat. Do you drive/ride a classic car, truck, chopper, bicycle, hot dog cart, n'such? Here is me atop my first car, a 1963 Ford Galaxie. Notice the attractive primer with...
View ArticleBrims - How do you like them
Brim down or up? I would like to ask your opinion. I have a couple of Country Gentlemen Lite Felt 100% wool hats, one black and one grey, that I have bought at Dillards. Only $40.00. I must say they...
View ArticleWhat are you Writing?
... or what are you trying to avoid writing? I'm trying to not avoid writing the introduction to a book ... but instead I'm here writing this. Can you tell it's got me a bit punchy? I'm about 15...
View ArticleVintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread
One of the reasons that The Fedora Lounge is the chief and best place on the internet to find out anything and everything about headwear, both vintage and modern, is Art Fawcett. Art has been here from...
View ArticleHatters beware
I hate to start a thread like this but feel it's important that nobody else gets taken by this dealer of Cuenca panamas. Here's the story Last year when Panama Bob went out of business I lost my best...
View ArticleEbay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
As I know some of you can't resist cruising ebay for hats, I thought an ongoing thread where we can brag about a great deal, complain about skyrocketing prices or pointing out a rarity that was, sadly,...
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SHOW US YOUR VINTAGE STINGYS ! (No New hats please Vintage only)
Originally Posted by Rabbit Say, Che, what's the meaning of this colorful expression? (BUTT-CHEEKS) Rabbit Just a deep center crease But with a ultra stingy brim .... I have had this hat 32 years...
View ArticleAnyone ever use a plastic hat shaper from hatshapers.com?
I have a hatshaper coming from hatshapers.com. I got it for the brim shaping part. I have some hat molds and a stretcher but they only are for crown shaping. I have been looking for an old hat brim...
View ArticleG1 Jacket Restoration & Leather conditioning
I recently bought a great looking 1960's G1 from Portobello Market and am in the process of restoring it. I already have the replacement cuffs & waist rib set and am currently looking for somewhere...
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Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns
Post them here. I'll start out with this one, which is currently in Maryland, though I haven't seen it in person yet. Wide brim with curl. Tall crown with a deep crease. Lighter colored felt with...
View ArticleThe Ernest Hemingway Thread
Tell us about your entry into "Papa's World"! How long have you been reading his works? What do you like about Ernest Hemingway's writings? How about his life? Do you think his personal life was more...
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Artwork Featuring Hats
Yours or someone else's, painted, drawn, sculpted, or whatever, so long as it's "art." Post up whatever visual treats you happen upon! Here's an unattributed painting I ran across on eBay France:
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Post New Hats Here!
My new hat. This is my ?¢‚Ǩ?ìHavana?¢‚Ǩ? styled Montecristi from Optimo Hats. I got it as part of their annual ?¢‚Ǩ?ìFino Club?¢‚Ǩ? Montecristi acquisitions. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s the finest Montecristi hat...
View ArticleWhat are you listening to?
If you have 'music of your choice' on as your reading this, what are you listening to? Stating random radio or background music is no good. I've got Grateful Dead / The Grateful Dead CD on. Waiting in...
View ArticleYou know you are getting old when:
There are thousands of jokes on the internet about this, like your back goes out more times than you do, but do you have any anecdotes that have made you walk away thinking: "I must be getting old?"...
View ArticleTerms Which Have Disappeared
I'm fond of the old Dragnet radio shows. My local (USA) public radio station airs old radio on Sunday evenings, and Dragnet is on from 7:30 to 8:00. I like them so much, that when I saw a complete...
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Optimo south side mobsters
since we have the open road guild, & the campaign hat corps, i figured we need a Chicago South Side Mobsters. post any & all Chicago Optimo hats in here. i shall start... here is an "A" crown...
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Show us your suits
In order to drum up some business in this section, I decided to show off some wool... show off some of yours too. Below is one of my blue suits. A chalk stripe three piece. I will post me wearing it...
View ArticleSo trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
Have you ever typed a rather long response, carefully re-read it, checking for grammar and spelling mistakes, clicked submit............and then lost it, and you didn't store it previously? Nowadays. I...
View ArticleGetting People Into Movie Theatres
The local multiplex theatre closed its doors a couple of years ago (it's now a Marshall's- great improvement), leading to the restoration of the 30's movie palace downtown. It also considerably...
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