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Hat Etiquette
Traditionally, a gentleman removes his hat whenever indoors. Did Indy?
Besides which, it can be a bit silly and downright inconvenient to remove a hat when going to some really informal place, like a grocery store.
So when do people remove their Indy hats?
Besides which, it can be a bit silly and downright inconvenient to remove a hat when going to some really informal place, like a grocery store.
So when do people remove their Indy hats?
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I don't care where Indy wore his hat... I stick to traditional hat etiquette. I don't think it was impolite to wear a hat in such informal venues as the supermarket (ever seen Double Indemnity?). I believe this question has been brought up before... but my vote is always for tradition (I feel like breaking into a "Fiddler on the Roof" tune)...
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What comes to my mind is an autobiography of an Englishman who shunned hats. As a lad in the 30's, he was quite affected by the complex ritual of donning and doffing hats. So much so, that he swore off of them as an adult. I keep it simple. It comes off at church, and at bedtime, at my wife's insistence. But I don't wear them inside of my home either. Fedora
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I basically wear the fedora whenever except for a few places. I wouldn't wear it in church if I went, I'd take it off when I'm eating, when I'm sleepin a bed (if it's the couch, then it doens't count), or when I'm at some sort of special occasion. Needless to say, I don't follow the indoors rule at all, I find it too ridiculous.
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I remove my hat indoors
I remove my hat when i meet someone and tip my hat when i see someone i know.The tip of the hat according to Edwardian tradition is an extension of the military salute into civil life(the military salute itself comes from the Knight in armour flipping the visor of his helmet to ID himself as friendly)
On a train i wear my hat and in a barn i wear my hat but dont wear my hat in any holy place.If im in a shop and aproached by a sales clerk i remove my hat.
This is really old fashioned behaviour but its what i was told by my Grandfather when i was a kid and he was of the generation that knew.
conceited ape can vouch for me,as when i got my Optimo he said put it on,i didnt i was in indoors
I remove my hat when i meet someone and tip my hat when i see someone i know.The tip of the hat according to Edwardian tradition is an extension of the military salute into civil life(the military salute itself comes from the Knight in armour flipping the visor of his helmet to ID himself as friendly)
On a train i wear my hat and in a barn i wear my hat but dont wear my hat in any holy place.If im in a shop and aproached by a sales clerk i remove my hat.
This is really old fashioned behaviour but its what i was told by my Grandfather when i was a kid and he was of the generation that knew.
conceited ape can vouch for me,as when i got my Optimo he said put it on,i didnt i was in indoors
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Here is another blast from the past.....
Here is some more on Hat Etiquette
Here is some more on Hat Etiquette
http://www.hatmonger.com/articles/classicetiq.html#menetiq wrote: A Gentleman and His Hat in an Elevator
A gentleman takes off his hat and holds it in his hand when a lady enters the elevator in an apartment house or hotel--any building which can be classified as a dwelling. He puts it on again in the corridor. A public corridor is like the street, but an elevator in a hotel or apartment house has the character of a room in a house and there a gentleman does not keep his hat on in the presence of ladies.
But in public buildings, such as offices or stores or buildings which contain neither apartments nor assembly rooms, the elevator is considered as public a place as a bus or a trolley car. What is more, the elevators in such business structures are usually so crowded that the only room for a man's hat is on his head!
A Man and His Hat Out of Doors
A situation that requires some dexterity is that of a gentleman on a Sunday or weekday in a city street who stops to speak to a lady of his acquaintance, in taking his hat and his glove off, and in getting his walking stick and his cigarette out of the way. This constitutes a maneuver that needs considerable practice to be done without effort, though the process is easy enough to describe. First of all, he transfers cigarette and stick, if encumbered with either, to his left hand, takes off his hat and transfers it to left hand, and at the same time grips the fingers of right glove, pulling it off! He than gives her his gloveless right hand. All of which perhaps explains why the smart would never carries anything but a crooked-handled stick which can be hung on the left arm. If the gentleman and lady walk ahead together, he puts his hat on; but while he is standing in the street talking to her, he must remain hatless, no matter how cold the wind nor how torrid the sun, for so long as she may be pleased to stand and talk to him. Nor may he smoke. In the country he may very well be bare-headed and also be smoking a pipe, but in a city street there is no vulgarity greater than for a man to stand talking to a lady with his hat on, cigar, pipe, or cigarette in his mouth.
It should not be necessary to add that, out of doors, every American citizen stands with his hat off at the passing of the flag and when the national anthem is played. If he didn't, some other more loyal citizen might take it off for him. Also every man should stand with his hat off in the presence of a funeral.
A Gentleman Lifts His Hat
Lifting or tipping the hat is a conventional gesture of politeness shown to strangers only, not to be confused with bowing, which is a gesture used to acquaintances and friends. In lifting his hat, a gentleman merely lifts it slightly off his forehead--by the brim of a stiff hat or by the crown of a soft one--and replaces it.
When walking with a friend who bows to a lady who is a stranger to him, a gentleman lifts his hat without either bowing or looking directly at the lady. This is because it is a fixed rule of etiquette that a gentleman must never stare at a lady.
If he passes a lady in a narrow space, so that he blocks her way or in any manner obstructs her, he lifts his hat as he passes.
. . . A gentleman lifts his hat whenever he says"Excuse me," "Thank you," or speaks to, or is spoken to by a lady. Needless to say, he always takes his pipe, cigar, or cigarette out of his mouth as he lifts his hat, takes it off, or bows. And a gentleman always lifts his hat to his wife when he encounters her, or joins her, or takes leave of her in public, because, if for no other reason, the public does not know the lady is his wife.
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Pyro, that's a great site! I found this on finding your hat size there. It may help some altough this may be the wrong thread to put it in.
http://www.hatmonger.com/articles/measureyourhead.html
http://www.hatmonger.com/articles/measureyourhead.html
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Amen brother!Renderking Fisk wrote:If there's an Amercian Flag or a Holy Cross, I take it off.
I take it off when...
I'm at Church,
In someone's home,
At a Funneral,
The time I visited Arlington National Cemetary (I dare any human being not to go there and cry)
and when I sit down to eat.
Other than that, I keep my hat on.
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This question came up a few months ago. It happens to all of us.
In the morning, I will thin a little hair jell with some water before I comb. It doesn't look sticky, and doesn't seem to leave any residue on the hat.
However, after doing some reading, I found that if you wanted to comb your hair, in true Indy fashion, you would probably need one of these brushes.
http://www.kentbrushes.com
For over 220 years gentlemen have been able to depend on the brushes made by G. B. Kent. Similar to Herbert Johnson, Kent products carry the Royal Warrant.
A good hairbrush has three functions. 1. ) it smoothes and untangles the hair gently. 2.) Brushing the hair cleans it thoroughly of dust, dirt and dandruff. 3.) The hair brush is to keep the hair looking good by distributing the natural fats that accumulate at the roots all the way along to the hair ends.
The military oval brush was the one carried by most English officers. Looks like it would fit in any shaving kit or bag.
In the morning, I will thin a little hair jell with some water before I comb. It doesn't look sticky, and doesn't seem to leave any residue on the hat.
However, after doing some reading, I found that if you wanted to comb your hair, in true Indy fashion, you would probably need one of these brushes.
http://www.kentbrushes.com
For over 220 years gentlemen have been able to depend on the brushes made by G. B. Kent. Similar to Herbert Johnson, Kent products carry the Royal Warrant.
A good hairbrush has three functions. 1. ) it smoothes and untangles the hair gently. 2.) Brushing the hair cleans it thoroughly of dust, dirt and dandruff. 3.) The hair brush is to keep the hair looking good by distributing the natural fats that accumulate at the roots all the way along to the hair ends.
The military oval brush was the one carried by most English officers. Looks like it would fit in any shaving kit or bag.
My dad always carries a small black comb in his trouser pocket. I guess I should start doing that too.
Hat hair is minimized if you go with a real short, military style haircut as I am wont to do.
My dad also taught me:
No cover indoors at any time.
Never at the table.
And pretty much all of the above.
Hat hair is minimized if you go with a real short, military style haircut as I am wont to do.
My dad also taught me:
No cover indoors at any time.
Never at the table.
And pretty much all of the above.
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i just HAD to mention this.. the only time i noticed Indy tipping his hat was in the diet coke commercial on the LC video. does that count?Ryusui wrote:Didn't he tip it to Willie at some point?Pyroxene wrote:One interesting thing I noticed is that Indy never tips his hat. Rather interesting.
I could swear that he did...although I think it was in sarcasm.
that lady kinda sorta looked like Willie... the hair anyway. she was more of a sport than willie.. look what she did for a can of DIET coke!!
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Regarding Hat Hair: I carry a comb with me and use it when I need to. There are times I don't need to use it. Usually when my hair is short I don't need to. When my hair gets long my wife cuts it and I must say she has done a great job for the past 10 years.
Regarding taking the hat off: In Texas people usually don't even notice you when you keep your hat on in Restaurants. There are so many Cowboy hats and baseball caps around and they normally don't take their hat off. If there is a place for me to place my hat I will take it off, however, if there is not, then I keep it on.
The only occassion I had someone ask me to take my hat off was last week when I was at Texas A&M. I was in the cafeteria and apparently that is part of a complex that is like sacred ground, something about deceased cadets and how that complex is in honor for them. In any case I had taken my hat off during lunch. When I got up to leave the building I put my hat on and that is when a cadet came up to me and asked me to take my hat off. I understood and complied. My bad.
I try to be a gentlemen and comply with the Ettiquett rules because I think we should if we are wearning our hats.
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Regarding taking the hat off: In Texas people usually don't even notice you when you keep your hat on in Restaurants. There are so many Cowboy hats and baseball caps around and they normally don't take their hat off. If there is a place for me to place my hat I will take it off, however, if there is not, then I keep it on.
The only occassion I had someone ask me to take my hat off was last week when I was at Texas A&M. I was in the cafeteria and apparently that is part of a complex that is like sacred ground, something about deceased cadets and how that complex is in honor for them. In any case I had taken my hat off during lunch. When I got up to leave the building I put my hat on and that is when a cadet came up to me and asked me to take my hat off. I understood and complied. My bad.
I try to be a gentlemen and comply with the Ettiquett rules because I think we should if we are wearning our hats.
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Pyr,Pyroxene wrote:It's difficult in some places to just simply "take your hat off" because there is no place to put it. Resturaunts USED to have coat and hat racks on the wall for you to put your stuff. As you can imagine, as hats disappeared from the general public so did the racks.
You live in Texas. So, is this your experience in big ol' Texas or only in other parts of the U.S.?
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hat etiquette is virtually nonexistant here. i'v noticed that people dont care one way or another if you eat with your hat on or off in public. i guess it depends on your personal standards.
as for Indy not taking his hat off in his fathers house could be one of two reasons. 1, he doesnt care since its his dads house. 2, he's worried and more concerned about his dad than his hat etiquette.
also notice that Henry Sr. is wearing his er.. cap? in his room at the castle.
maybe his head was cold
as for Indy not taking his hat off in his fathers house could be one of two reasons. 1, he doesnt care since its his dads house. 2, he's worried and more concerned about his dad than his hat etiquette.
also notice that Henry Sr. is wearing his er.. cap? in his room at the castle.
maybe his head was cold
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Even if there were hat racks on the wall of a restaurant, I’d never hang it there especially if I had a Fedora that I prized as much as people do their’s here, unless it was within whip crack range.Pyroxene wrote:It's difficult in some places to just simply "take your hat off" because there is no place to put it. Resturaunts USED to have coat and hat racks on the wall for you to put your stuff. As you can imagine, as hats disappeared from the general public so did the racks.
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Bah, humbug. Proper etiquette never goes out of style.
I always remove my hat when entering a building, be it a restaurant (toss it on an empty seat), a grocery store (put it in the cart), or whatever. I don't necessarily take it off when I'm in a car, and although I don't tip my hat, I do find myself touching the brim (an acceptable "non-tip").
Half the fun of wearing a gentleman's hat is behaving like a gentleman. Otherwise, you could just wear a baseball cap. Like every other adolescent male in the US.
I always remove my hat when entering a building, be it a restaurant (toss it on an empty seat), a grocery store (put it in the cart), or whatever. I don't necessarily take it off when I'm in a car, and although I don't tip my hat, I do find myself touching the brim (an acceptable "non-tip").
Half the fun of wearing a gentleman's hat is behaving like a gentleman. Otherwise, you could just wear a baseball cap. Like every other adolescent male in the US.
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How about sidewalk cafes?
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Whew! That's a relief...I don't like taking my hat off as it shows how messed up a hat makes my hair.Chamorro wrote: Ladies always leave their hat on. Even in church.
I echo that inquiry. I'm very interested in one of these. There's another similar one I saw on ebay a loong time ago with Indy on a horse I believe.Dakota-Is this a poster? I have never seen it and am quite impressed by it. Can you tell me where I might aquire one of my own?
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