Quality Fedora

I'm amazed by what a lot
of gents in this thread
consider a "fedora" hat.

Tsk, tsk, such fashion
ignorance. :rolleyes:
 
100% Wild Hare Pork Pie.
Always wanted one, but until I saw how cool it looked on BB I didn't think too much of it. So I was going to buy Walter Whites from Breaking Bad, but his was actually a cheap wool hat, yuk pass.
So, I bought a "Biltmore" made of 100% rabbit.
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Wow, didn't realize how popular they still are these days until I went through this thread.

I only have two hats that are not ballcaps; The one on the left is a Fedora I bought in a hat shop in downtown Eureka Springs, Arkansas about 15 years ago. 100% wool felt and about the only time I wear it is in wet or cold weather in winter.

The other I've only had a couple of years, a Winslow from Gone Country Hats in Orlando, Florida. It's my summer time palm straw hat that does a great job to wick heat and sweat away from your head to keep you quite cool. Rain doesn't bother palm straw either, just let it dry before putting it away.

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I have a couple of Stetsons but Biltmore fits me better.
Optimo is the cream of the crop, but it pays to visit the shop and have one made to the exact fit -just have one of those.
 
Whit - I Googled mens hats in Houston area and found a lot of mens hat shops. Here are a couple of my favorites.
On the left, my Stetson Open Road
On the right my Barsolino
 

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I'm guilty of that. Restaurants and other "inside" places no longer have a safe and secure place to put a hat. I won't risk my $250 Stetson putting it on the floor under my chair or somewhere out of my sight.

A ball cap is a different story and should be removed inside.[/QUOTE

Being as you are a member of this forum I will assume you are carrying so no need to remove your Stetson. One is allowed to retain his cover when armed, at least that is how I was trained. ;)
 
Keeping one's hat on at a
restaurant:

Some years ago I was at a
small motel's restaurant in
Alpine, Tx. Relaxing with a
drink, some gents entered
and half had their cowboy
hats on as they were seated.

A voice, the voice of a tiny
woman seated in a corner table
was heard, "Gentlemen, gentlemen!"
She pointed to a sign on the wall.
It reguested men to remove their
hats. They promptly did so.
 
When I was a very little kid on Sunday's I couldn't wait for my grandfather to get home from the early Mass so that I could wear his fedora. He let me wear it all day, then put it away for the next Sunday. He wore a tweed cap during the week. I guess that started my life long habit of wearing hats.

Currently I've got several Stetson fur felt fedoras and a couple of straw fedoras. Also a Stetson Open Road, and a straw hat that looks like Darren McGavins in "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". Oh, and I still have my grandfathers fedora in a box in the closet. Too small for me now, but too many memories to get rid of.
 
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