Got My First Fedora

carolinamike · Post by **carolinamike** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:17 pm

So I was telling my grandfather about wanting to buy a fedora this past weekend. He proceeded to leave the room and when he came back he had this medium brown felt trilby. I know it's not Indy, but hey it's a start. As you can tell, I have reshaped the pinch on it. I just didn't like the western style pinch that was on it. Also it began to rain on my way home and I had to quickly pull over and try to cover the load of furniture I was hauling. Afterwards I noticed that the fedora had just naturally settled into a teardrop shape. I think it looks really nice though. It should hold me over nicely until my Keppler arrives.

Oklahoma Jones · Post by **Oklahoma Jones** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:23 pm

Good start!! I have a couple of those and I turned them into a 'Rocky Balboa' flipped up brim fedora....sweet!!

Odo · Post by **Odo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:39 pm

Was it your Grampa's lid, or just one he bought for you?
If it was his, I think that is an aded value than no other screen accurate -or even screen used hat- may ever have...

The black one was my Granfather's hat. It's from the 50's, and the jewel of my collection. (when the AB comes, it will be my 2nd jewel).
I remember being 9 years old and pretending I was El Zorro, until I saw Indiana Jones for the first time...
(By the way, I never found any other flet like this, 100%rabbit, 1mm thikness. It acts a lot like the Raiders Hat.)

The next one in the row was my first Indy Hat...

carolinamike · Post by **carolinamike** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:42 pm

It was my grandfather's. He has a whole stack of trilbys. He said he got them at a mens store that was having a sale.

carolinamike · Post by **carolinamike** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:47 pm

The black one was my Granfather's hat. It's from the 50's, and the jewel of my collection. (when the AB comes, it will be my 2nd jewel).
I remember being 9 years old and pretending I was El Zorro, until I saw Indiana Jones for the first time...
(By the way, I never found any other flet like this, 100%rabbit, 1mm thikness. It acts a lot like the Raiders Hat.)

The next one in the row was my first Indy Hat...

Nice Collection, I really like the black one. I could see playing Zorro with it.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:52 pm

as a fan of fedoras of all persuasions that's a nice looking little hat to me.

Odo · Post by **Odo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:23 pm

carolinamike wrote:
Nice Collection, I really like the black one. I could see playing Zorro with it.

What you say means a lot to me, cause I see someone else undertands my childhood feelings...On those days, my grandfather and Zorro were my heros.

And I can imagine him riding with this hat alomost 60 years ago...

He was an "Irish Gaucho", the name for Irish people who came to Argenina and lived of cattle breeding...(does this make sense? I don't speak much English at all, as Spanish is my first language)

carolinamike · Post by **carolinamike** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:36 am

I tried to look up the maker of the hat. They have a web page but don't realy list anything about their hats. Is anybody familiar with this maker? Does anyone know what kind of felt they use?

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:39 am

Most of these hats were a rabbit or rabbit blend fur felt...if marked 'fur felt'. I remember wearing them to church back in the early '60s. Comfortable, but otherwise with the 'stingy brim' (as they're called today), not much help on a sunny day. Some folks LOVE these things now. I saw a couple young men wearing them at the mall the other day. Looked pretty classy even today.

Regards! Michaelson

gabrielle · Post by **gabrielle** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:04 am

Michaelson wrote:Most of these hats were a rabbit or rabbit blend fur felt...if marked 'fur felt'. I remember wearing them to church back in the early '60s. Comfortable, but otherwise with the 'stingy brim' (as they're called today), not much help on a sunny day. Some folks LOVE these things now. I saw a couple young men wearing them at the mall the other day. Looked pretty classy even today.

Regards! Michaelson

When did you find the time to go to the mall!!!?

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:17 am

Passing through while on another errand.....

Regards! Michaelson

carolinamike · Post by **carolinamike** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:47 am

Thanks Michaelson. It should make a very nice dress hat, after my Keppler comes in. Right now I'm just wearing the heck out of this one.

YARVTON · Post by **YARVTON** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:14 am

One sees them here, one sees them there, one sees them everywhere!

For a certain variety of Hip, Urban, Guy this is the new baseball cap, worn from dawn to the next dawn, never taken off be it restaurant, museum, theatre, club...

Got My First Fedora

Got My First Fedora

Young Men with Stingy Brims