And the winner is... Burlington Coat Factory!
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And the winner is... Burlington Coat Factory!
OK Newbies, listen up! Here's a blast from the past. Who can tell me what the new hat is that I'm wearing?
I'm in the process of rebuilding it from the ground up.
Winner gets a drink next time we meet.
Dalexs
I'm in the process of rebuilding it from the ground up.
Winner gets a drink next time we meet.
Dalexs
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Re: A Blast From The Past!
Ummm....A fedora!Dalexs wrote:OK Newbies, listen up! Here's a blast from the past. Who can tell me what the new hat is that I'm wearing?
I'm in the process of rebuilding it from the ground up.
Winner gets a drink next time we meet.
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Nope, nope, nope, close, nope, nope (in no particular order!)
No dimensional cut. 3" brim all around. slight pinch.
Not bashed for an Indy Hat look. more vintage style.
I'm still working on the brim.
I decided I like the wider brims as of late. My Akubra Fed Deluxe has
a wide brim and I'm really liking it.
Keep trying!
No dimensional cut. 3" brim all around. slight pinch.
Not bashed for an Indy Hat look. more vintage style.
I'm still working on the brim.
I decided I like the wider brims as of late. My Akubra Fed Deluxe has
a wide brim and I'm really liking it.
Keep trying!
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I don't know, I already said a fedora. What is it, a baseball cap with ear flaps? A pith helmet with no stiffener? A skull cap with a brim? A western style doo rag? A racing helmet with a rain guard? A dog house with a storm flap? A tweed cap with a golf umbrella? A trucker's cap with mud flaps? A fishing cap with sunscreen?
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Ok ok, I've led you guys on long enough.
I'm actually very impressed with the responses but only one person here guessed it.
Mola Ram guessed BCF special. He is correct. Do a search in the archives for the references.
The hat is in fact a $12 cheapo from Burlington Coat Factory.
They used to carry them on a regular basis in the winter, and suddenly stopped.
I happened into one recently and found this.
I've always wanted to see juts how nice I could make it.
My last few attempts on these hats weren't that successful.
The felt is very thick. The brim was 3 1/2 inches.
I tore out the sweatband (or what they call a sweatband) and reblocked it.
I pounced the entire hat with some 200 grit sandpaper to take the thickness down a bit, and finished it with 600 grit.
The ribbon is some 1 7/8" that Fedora sent me a while back.
So even a 12 buck hat can look pretty good!
Adam, I owe you a drink at theFingerlakes summit!
Good guessing folks!
I'm actually very impressed with the responses but only one person here guessed it.
Mola Ram guessed BCF special. He is correct. Do a search in the archives for the references.
The hat is in fact a $12 cheapo from Burlington Coat Factory.
They used to carry them on a regular basis in the winter, and suddenly stopped.
I happened into one recently and found this.
I've always wanted to see juts how nice I could make it.
My last few attempts on these hats weren't that successful.
The felt is very thick. The brim was 3 1/2 inches.
I tore out the sweatband (or what they call a sweatband) and reblocked it.
I pounced the entire hat with some 200 grit sandpaper to take the thickness down a bit, and finished it with 600 grit.
The ribbon is some 1 7/8" that Fedora sent me a while back.
So even a 12 buck hat can look pretty good!
Adam, I owe you a drink at theFingerlakes summit!
Good guessing folks!
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I thought they were all Czech felt, Fedora. Was there another source?Fedora wrote:Good looking hat! Is it Czech felt, or does it say? Fedora
I got to see two at the Knoxville Burlington CF store when they were introduced, but unfortunately they were to small, and no more were ordered, so I missed out on picking one up. For the price, I was quite impressed.
Regards! Michaelson
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I always thought those BCF hats were pretty good, especially for that price. Every once in awhile I am shocked to find things there. I remember seven years ago all I saw were 100% wool felt pieces of junk, and then, one day, there are a whole shelf full of fur felts. I was always interested to get one, I see it paid off for you.
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Oh yeah... hello again. Personal issues have kept me away... oh yeah that and BOTH my power machines completely failed on me to thanks to the overrated firefox.
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Too bad, I think the actual size was a medium before I reblocked it up to a 7 1/2. Sorry.Minnesota Jones wrote:I REALLY like that color. If you ever get bored with it, I'm a 7 1/8....
And yes, I do recall the tag saying it was Czech Republic.
(I think I may have said Costa Rica, yeah, right...)
The BCF is a new one in Revere, MA Rick. About 3 miles from my house.
The day they opened last year, I went pilaging thru their hat collection.
And like Dan said, most of the time, the stuff was cheap wool stuff. But every so often...
I've been on lookout for a while. But they stopped stocking them sometime last year. I just happened to stop by and saw it.
Glad you guys like it. It's proof positive that every cloud has a silve lining...
(or something cliche along thoses lines!)
I wish I had remembered to photograph it just off the block though, it had real Hoss Cartwright look going. Color and all!
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Here are my BCF Tonaks. $12 bucks ea. for the brown ones, $16 for the black one, and it has a wind trolley, liner, and leather sweat. In order of quality of the rabbit felt hats I own, the Tonaks would be the finest felt quality, followed by Miller, then Akubra and PBBM Borsalino. Plus Fedora, they have a directory of "semi finished" hat bodies at their site.
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