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I figure that some of us wear hats everyday. When not wearing it, where do you keep it?
Do you leave it flat on the shelf?
Do You put it on a hat stand?(similar to the one on Hatsdirect)
Do you hang it off of a hook?
Do you put it in the box? (May take long after coming home from a hard day)
Which method would be best suited for storing the hat for daily wear without causing taper?
I said "hat stand" mainly because you chose the phrase "daily wear" in you question. The complete answer would be, I do all except putting it flat on a shelf.
Which ever hats are in my current daily rotation sit on a hat stand.
My two beaters hang on a coat rack hook.
Those not in current rotation are tucked away nice and snug in their boxes.
I usually come home and put it on my son or daughters head, and they run around crazy with it for awhile, then I set it on a shelf or dresser, with the front of the brim hanging over the edge.
I keep it on the shelf, but not flat on a shelf (except for my snap-brims, which get snapped up all the way 'round). Anything where the front of the brim curls down hangs off the edge of the shelf.
What do you mean "When not wearing it"? I sleep and shower in mine.
Actually, when at work I hang it on my vintage coat rack. At home I place it in a hat rack I got from a western wear shop. It is wire and holds the hat upside down and off the crown. The hats that I am not wearing are kept in their boxes.
I´m keeping my AB in a stovepipe hat made out of fire proof board
cause I need it nearly every day. My Fed. Deluxe in a hat box, like all my other hats.
I used to own a Peters Brothers fedora... when I sold it, I kept the excellent PB box. I've stored my Fed and HJ's in it until recently, when my AB rabbit moved in...
I put them upside down on a shelf! But, I put the ones I never wear on the bottom, so they take the most weight on their crowns. I stack them in piles of 3 - in the stack I have a hat from my great grandpa that's too big, a vintage Dobbs that I wear every once in a while (great hat!) and then my rabbit AB.
I have another stack of hats, but I never wear those... I don't know why I still have them! Maybe I should invest in a few hat stands??
For those who put their hats on a rack, and have done so far a while, since we're talking about daily wear do you notice any distortions in the felt from hanging it on a rack?
IndianaSolo wrote:For those who put their hats on a rack, and have done so far a while, since we're talking about daily wear do you notice any distortions in the felt from hanging it on a rack?
Don't know about that I don't put my hats on hooks, but the hat stand is starting to look mighty tempting. Cheap and easy way to store a hat without doing any damage.
gabrielle wrote:Don't know about that I don't put my hats on hooks, but the hat stand is starting to look mighty tempting. Cheap and easy way to store a hat without doing any damage.
The thing about hat stands is that they take up too much space. Im gonna have 4 hats and not enough shelf space. A hat rack can take care of the space problem but if it damages the hat, Id rather stack them.
IndianaSolo wrote:For those who put their hats on a rack, and have done so far a while, since we're talking about daily wear do you notice any distortions in the felt from hanging it on a rack?
On the sweatband must you hang the hat that happening to prevent.
My hat if I'm likely to wear on a hook I hang. The hat into its box I put if in storage for more than a day it is to be. On top of the box goes the hat if worn today it was. Brim up the hat must be placed.
Oh man, not while it's on I hope.
:junior: -M
