OT - Hats?

OT - Hats?

  • I love them, and not just for fishing or bad weather.

    Votes: 101 66.9%

  • I like them, but don't own any really that I wear much...

    Votes: 29 19.2%

  • Can it, you sound like a disgruntled old fogey.

    Votes: 21 13.9%
  • Total voters
    151
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I've seen threads on watches, fountain pens, notebooks and other accoutrements.

I couldn't find any specifically on hats.

For my birthday last weekend, my girlfriend took me to an old school haberdashery where I ended up with a Biltmore President fedora in Black Oak.

Far and away the nicest hat I have ever owned.

Anyone else wear/collect/enjoy a good hat or three? (define good however you please - rainproof, expensive, pretty, jaunty, etc.)

(crummy pic - the digi doesn't do well in my kitchen without daylight)
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Nice looking hat. Makes you look like a gentleman....maybe because it covers up the horns.:D For hats I have a collection of golf/driving hats what ever one perfers to call them.
 
gb hill said:
Nice looking hat. Makes you look like a gentleman....maybe because it covers up the horns.:D
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That is a bonus it's true. I scare fewer people with the horns covered up. ;)

I've been wearing the hat almost daily since the temperature started dropping below 60 degrees... I get a good number of compliments, but mostly I just like it. I think I'll buy a slightly less expensive one for more inclement weather (probably in black too, to mix it up a bit) - and then stop for a while.

Next step - bring back classier clothes. No more baggy pants in the workplace.
 
Yup, I wear one usually...

Yup, I wear one usually...

I have a large number of hats, though I'll wear just one most of the time, until it shrinks too much from the rain, or fades too much to be respectable...Main reason I wear one is so I have a place to put my Oakleys when I'm using my M's...the M2/M3 will scratch the polycarbonate lens, while the M6s won't...But I get a much better sight picture...er, viewfinder image, without the shades...:D

Cheers,
AJ
 
I actually have a dark green wool fedora myself. My wife thinks I am silly, but I also smoke a pipe, I guess I was born in the wrong generation...but I am glad I have all the electonic widgets of this one!
 
I have a great green fedora that i bought in a thrift shop for $4. Now I need a FSU FED too!

Bit of a disadvantage with hats is remebering to take 'em of when you use a wide angle...try wearing a hat with a CV15!
 
I sleep in mine ... just joking!

I had to laugh when Frank Granovski's site refered to my hat as the 'Crocodile Dundee Pimp Version' ... I can't take that man too seriously I'm afraid! :p
 
As I buzz my hair to the shortest possible length which still can be considered hair, hats are a necessity. To keep me warm, and unburned.

I am going to Florida this week, hope to find a nice sun hat for use on the golf course.
 
I have a brown Indiana Jones hat to match my brown leather jacket I wear during the colder months.


I do wear my RFF cap sometimes in the summer to keep the sun out of my eyes.
 
In the winter, I always wear a hat - a wool tweed Scottish drop brim; a golf/driving cap for cooler spring/fall weather. Baseball caps in the hot.

I also do some living history/reenactments (usually American Civil War); I have some VERY nice hats for that. There's huge difference between wool felt and fur felt.

I also smoke a pipe; my wife says a was born an old man...
 
I never used to wear hats even back when I had long hair; now I won't go outside without one! As for the hats themselves, well, baseball caps are the best. I must have about 20 White Sox hats including a couple that are approaching 25 years old.
 
Hats, not really. I have been wanting one even though my wife thinks it would be silly. Baseball caps? Wouldn't leave home without one.
 
Hats for men are tricky these days. They elicit mirthful comments from co-workers. They make your hair go weird. You have to carry them around when you go inside.

I'm glad the ubiquitous baseball cap seems to be disappearing, especially the backward one.

I recommend a crushable straw fedora (tan) for summertime sporting events - you can roll it up and stick it in your bag.

Black fedoras can look a little Hasidic, or very dressy. Brown, grey, green might be better.

I like a nice black beret, with sunglasses. Too bad I don't smoke, that's a good look.

Tried on an Indiana Jones hat a couple of weeks ago - the girlfriend loved it! Might have to get one.
 
LOL, Fausto; you're right about black fedoras looking Hasidic. I had one and had to live with comments like "Hi I'm Crazy Joe! My curtain prices are so low, I must be crazy!!"
 
Mikeh -

Strangely, years ago I had this green felt fedora with a wide brim, and people still said it looked Hasidic.

So I go with the beret. What can they mistake me for, a French philosopher?
 
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