Post about everything from carrying a handkerchief to manly skills (sharpening a pocket knife, etc.) to product reviews of items that may have slipped under our radar (e.g. - Grandpa's Pine Tar soap). No threads on anything "new" unless it harkens to old-fashioned sensibilities and ideals.
What sort of gentlemen wear what type of hat and for what purpose? Talk freely about this. I need some new hats/caps but not sure what I want yet.
For years, I wear two hats: a white breathable linen (or is it cotton?) hat during the summer,
...and a black wool cap during the winter.
Both of these were hand made by Peotr Sterkowski over in Warsaw, Poland (great guy!).
Oh, I did wear one other hat very recently.
But I only bought it to stir up some local strife.
Well it’s working on the CPS local strife, that’s for sure!
I just have to play the part of the angry liberal. And interestingly, as I finished typing “angry” the word “liberal” was suggested next from the whatchamacallit.
“ Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.”
Well it’s working on the CPS local strife, that’s for sure!
I'm old-school when it comes to politics. Just as long as oneside doesn't work to eradicate and subjugate the other, I would like to think there is room for all views.
I just have to play the part of the angry liberal. And interestingly, as I finished typing “angry” the word “liberal” was suggested next from the whatchamacallit.
Isn't "angry" and "liberal" a tautology???
//Steering car back to thread topic//
I absolutely love hats! I believe a hat communicates who a person is inside
From the Study of:
Gabriel Theodoulos
S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, Triskelion
"Fumas Est Ad Gloriam Dei"
Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
Well it’s working on the CPS local strife, that’s for sure!
I'm old-school when it comes to politics. Just as long as oneside doesn't work to eradicate and subjugate the other, I would like to think there is room for all views.
I just have to play the part of the angry liberal. And interestingly, as I finished typing “angry” the word “liberal” was suggested next from the whatchamacallit.
Isn't "angry" and "liberal" a tautology???
//Steering car back to thread topic//
I absolutely love hats! I believe a hat communicates who a person is inside
Ok, Zorba.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth
—Marcus Aurelius
non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
I got a new hat yesterday. No thanks to you jokers.
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I could never pull off that hat. You make it look good.
Nice rainbow cardigan there Jim.
Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
But I got debts that no honest man can pay - B. Springsteen
"The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected." William Makepeace Thackeray
When I was a teen, I used to wear a "Newsboy" cap. That is why when I first joined here, I chose this image as my avatar.
When I was a little older, I started wearing a Tam...but my then girlfriend thought it looked dumb...I got rid of the Tam and kept her...that was 30 years ago
Scott ( aka - Thor )
Do Justice...Love Mercy...Walk Humbly With Your GOD
My little corner of CA was once cattle country before irrigation created a grapes & tree fruit based economy.
It is still considered appropriate to wear a cowboy hat at least once a week and is near mandatory during Rodeo.
I've a straw for Summer and a black Resistol for Winter.
The Open Road has become my forever hat. The Silverbelly is put up for the summer, but I wear the straw every day. In just a few months it has so endeared itself to me that I feel like it's the only hat I've ever worn.
I love hat. <tear>
"The days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard
"Your boos mean nothing. I see what you cheer." Kevin Sorbo
So, I’ve mentioned that I like the Akubra traveler for general wear as well as fishing and such. It sheds the rain beautifully and looks good:
I recently fished in a steady downpour for over an hour and my head was dry.
However, that felt is getting a little too warm now that summer is finally here for real. I’m looking for recommendations for a similar hat for summertime. Brands, styles, sellers... where should I look?
I like hats. Got several.
It is often inconvenient to wear one as I am usually in the car or inside.
They also fit differently depending on how long it has been since a haircut.
"That's what's wrong with the world today, people messin' with stuff they don't know nothin' about."
I like hats. Got several.
It is often inconvenient to wear one as I am usually in the car or inside.
They also fit differently depending on how long it has been since a haircut.
I have a couple, wore the straw one yesterday and noticed I need a haircut now.
Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
But I got debts that no honest man can pay - B. Springsteen
"The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected." William Makepeace Thackeray
So, I’ve mentioned that I like the Akubra traveler for general wear as well as fishing and such. It sheds the rain beautifully and looks good:
I recently fished in a steady downpour for over an hour and my head was dry.
However, that felt is getting a little too warm now that summer is finally here for real. I’m looking for recommendations for a similar hat for summertime. Brands, styles, sellers... where should I look?
As always, I recommend Sunbody Hats
I'd get the Guatemalan fine palm with a 2.5" or 3" brim for summer. I have a 2.5" one. It's my summer go to. Bulletproof.
Add some large vent eyelets and a leather band and yer good to go. They are waterproof and conform to your head very well. In fact, you should water your palm hat occasionally if you live in a dry environment. Just wet it down, shape it how you want it, and let it dry on your head. How to Shape Your Sunbody Hat
"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven" - Jesus
"More people need to put their big boy britches on." - JMG
Tip: Do not store your hats in the dark or in boxes unless you use moth balls or cedar balls. Also, don't store them nested or with the brim on a flat surface. And do not throw your hat on the floor. Those little felt eating bugs like the dark. They like the tight spaces where the stacked hats are pressed together and in between the brim and the surface the hat is sitting on. They like to set up shop in your carpet along the baseboards where the vacuum doesn't get to. Store your hats in the open on hooks if possible. Actually, I would recommend just keeping them that way year round.
I made the mistake of stacking my felts this spring and setting them on a bookshelf in the corner. Wouldn't you know...I have a few moth nibbles in the felt on on my favorite hat right above the ribbon where the felt surface mated with the stacked hat above it. I also had one on the bottom of the brim on the hat that was sitting flat on the shelf. Boo.
Into the freezer for now for a few cycles of freezing and brushing those little bastards away.
"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven" - Jesus
"More people need to put their big boy britches on." - JMG
Tip: Do not store your hats in the dark or in boxes unless you use moth balls or cedar balls. Also, don't store them nested or with the brim on a flat surface. And do not throw your hat on the floor. Those little felt eating bugs like the dark. They like the tight spaces where the stacked hats are pressed together and in between the brim and the surface the hat is sitting on. They like to set up shop in your carpet along the baseboards where the vacuum doesn't get to. Store your hats in the open on hooks if possible. Actually, I would recommend just keeping them that way year round.
I made the mistake of stacking my felts this spring and setting them on a bookshelf in the corner. Wouldn't you know...I have a few moth nibbles in the felt on on my favorite hat right above the ribbon where the felt surface mated with the stacked hat above it. I also had one on the bottom of the brim on the hat that was sitting flat on the shelf. Boo.
Into the freezer for now for a few cycles of freezing and brushing those little bastards away.
Lame..
I have my 3 hats stacked on top of each other on a bookshelf, I may reconsider this now.
"And for Freds sake, DO NOT point anyone towards CPS or you'll put them off of both Christianity and pipe smoking forever." ~ FredS
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Real Deal Brazil Tarp hats are nice. They're made from old surplus truck tarps bought in bulk and shipped from Brazil. I've had mine for a few years now. Some people spray them with a sealant like Scotch Guard or Thompson's Water Seal but I never have. There is a wire in the edge of the brim so you can shape them like you want. No two are alike. They are made by Hatteras Hammocks in my hometown of Greenville, NC. I think it's a pretty cool hat for forty bucks.
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