The best way to display a hat?
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The best way to display a hat?
Good morning, folks. I ought to be recieving my AB soon and I have been doing some thinking on how to display it when I'm not wearing the hat. I've seen the little black hat stands, but how well do they work? Will the hat eventually tapper while on the stand? Then there's laying the hat up-side down on a flat surface method. I thought about hanging it on a hat hook, but I have the fear that the hat will get a dent where it hangs.
My question that I ask you all is"which is the best way to display a hat while it isn't being worn?"
Thanks, Indy89.
My question that I ask you all is"which is the best way to display a hat while it isn't being worn?"
Thanks, Indy89.
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There was a hat 'hook' (for lack of a better name) that was a round loop atop an arm...so it was like putting it over something, but the loop was big enough to hold the sides out a bit.
Am I making any sense?
That's all I can think for for 'display' without actually WEARING it. The other ideas all seem to not meet your 'no taper' requirement.
Frankly, I think it would look best on an old wooden hat tree/stand/rack...ready to go.
Am I making any sense?
That's all I can think for for 'display' without actually WEARING it. The other ideas all seem to not meet your 'no taper' requirement.
Frankly, I think it would look best on an old wooden hat tree/stand/rack...ready to go.
Yeah, that method doesn't really work either, because then the top of the hat starts to flatten out and it doesn't look quite so Indy anymore.Then there's laying the hat up-side down on a flat surface method.
I find the most "Indy-esque" way to hang it is to put it *right-side-up* on a flat surface (table, bookshelf, what-have-you), with the front of the brim (the part that goes down) hanging off the edge of that surface so that it won't get messed up. :junior: -IJ
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Laying it on the brim like that really isn't a good idea. I have that conical piece of cardboard that came with my Akubra federation, and that's what I have my hat sitting on when it isn't being worn. I wouldn't necessarily say that I'm "displaying" it, but trust me, everyone who goes into my room (abandons all hope) sees the hat, and it's a safe way to store it.
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hahaha...I kept saying that, too, then I realized I've got 'slant' instead. One side seems a bit tapered...and the other seems a bit REVERSE tapered. Must be the way I grab it and twist it on my head everytime, even my pinch is slanted. Trying to untrain that now, but after a year and a half...
I leave mine upside down almost all the time, whether on the car seat, or the floor of the car, table in the house, whatever. Why? Well, I put things in it. Simple fact...I didn't know I was babying it (per se), I was using it as a valet! I only saw recently that Fedora feels this helps avoid tapering.
My hat gets beaten on, trust me, but for some reason, I still put it upside down.
Sorry, I'm off topic. I guess the only relevance to the original question here is the best way I display my hat is upside down on top of our wooden liquor cabinet. The brim is still warped and all this way, and everyone is used to seeing it there, so I guess it's on display.
I leave mine upside down almost all the time, whether on the car seat, or the floor of the car, table in the house, whatever. Why? Well, I put things in it. Simple fact...I didn't know I was babying it (per se), I was using it as a valet! I only saw recently that Fedora feels this helps avoid tapering.
My hat gets beaten on, trust me, but for some reason, I still put it upside down.
Sorry, I'm off topic. I guess the only relevance to the original question here is the best way I display my hat is upside down on top of our wooden liquor cabinet. The brim is still warped and all this way, and everyone is used to seeing it there, so I guess it's on display.
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Me I have an old Stetson that is in no way wearable. That sits on top the fridge and I'll put my AB beaver on top of that, I also have an ol straw like fedora that I sit my HJ on and till I make something to hang all three I put my AB rabbit on top of that. Yep I got my AB rabbit. When I get me my new AB beaver, well that one will stay in the box and only be worn on special occasions.
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What ever hat I'm wearing out of my rotation gets tossed on top of my hall tree. It's not going to be hanging gthere long enough to develop anything out of the ordinary. All other hats remain in storage in their boxes in the closet.
I do not 'display' hats myself. Maybe someday, and then I'll pull this string up for references.
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I do not 'display' hats myself. Maybe someday, and then I'll pull this string up for references.
Regards! Michaelson
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on your head of courseThe best way to display a hat?
i have a polynesian mask that i hang my tod hj on with my older ab on top of the hj.
my trusty rabbit sa ab sits on a cast steel victorian-esque wreath holder which my wife bought for me...primarily to hang a hat on. this sits next to the mask.
cheers
Just to clear something up, I'm gonna wear the hat everyday, but I'm asking what is the best way to hang/stand/ a hat when I'm not wearing it. Just in case any of you all thought I just bought the hat for display.
I went to Hobby Lobby earlier today and I saw something that look like a hat stand.
It looked like one of these, but made out of wood.
I thought it would be good just to throw the hat on when I'm not wearing it.
What do you all think :
I went to Hobby Lobby earlier today and I saw something that look like a hat stand.
It looked like one of these, but made out of wood.
I thought it would be good just to throw the hat on when I'm not wearing it.
What do you all think :
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Aren't those candlebras?indy89 wrote:Just to clear something up, I'm gonna wear the hat everyday, but I'm asking what is the best way to hang/stand/ a hat when I'm not wearing it. Just in case any of you all thought I just bought the hat for display.
I went to Hobby Lobby earlier today and I saw something that look like a hat stand.
It looked like one of these, but made out of wood.
I thought it would be good just to throw the hat on when I'm not wearing it.
What do you all think :
Something like that, but hey, it gets the job done.Castor Dioscuri wrote:Aren't those candlebras?
I didn't think it looked to bad for the price and Hobby Lobby
always has sells going on, so I think I'm gonna go with
them so called "candlebra".
I'll post a pic or two when I get it. Which will probably be
in two weeks cause I'm gonna order a hat brush and hat jack
with my next pay.
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I don't know...I'd call a foul. Read:Indiana G wrote:i had to read through the thread twice to make sure no one else threw that out....couldn't believe no one did yet
The candelabras work...then you can just pick whatever design style you want. If you're going to do that, though, I'd swing by places like Pier 1 and Costplus World Market if you have anything like that around, and look at their 'global' designs...they have quite a bit of decorating knick knacks with a traveled feel...heck, a carved wooden indian elephant would work just as well. Something Jonesy. Maybe a buddha.indy89 wrote:[...]how to display it when I'm not wearing the hat [...]
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Try ebay or scroll down 3/4 of the way down:IndianaJones wrote:Yeah, do you have any hints on where to pick one of these up, ITG? :junior: -IJ
http://www.redhatshop.com/hat_stands.htm
I got mine in an antique shop some years back near Austin (Salado?,TX)
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Well, the baseball cap is new, and stiff as heck, so it does support the entire weight of the fedora, which I think is rabbit or some other soft felt.
The brim seems to be entirely lifted off the surface, but as for the crown... Well, the top most part of the baseball cap only fills less than half of the fedora interior, so it kind of 'floats'... Not too sure if this helps at all with holding the shape of the crown though!
The brim seems to be entirely lifted off the surface, but as for the crown... Well, the top most part of the baseball cap only fills less than half of the fedora interior, so it kind of 'floats'... Not too sure if this helps at all with holding the shape of the crown though!