DaveProc
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Outside the State of Rhode Island Water Resources Board, getting some much needed rain.
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Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements
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Hanover Square vs The Rain
M Hatman
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Today my "it is a Blizzard Out There" Hat.....a Barlesoni with 3 inch brim.
StoryPNW
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Caught in the first snow of the season in my Akubra Angler.
DaveProc
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Damp day here in New England
Akubra Adventurer
Akubra Adventurer
DaveProc
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Wolfbrae 100% Beaver.
Seems like it rains everyday here in New England as of late
Seems like it rains everyday here in New England as of late
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Not too bad (and hard to see here after it dried a little on the way home) but after spending over 6 hours in the EOC watching for storms...I step outside to my car in my Stetson 10X (circa 1980) and it really lets loose with a bit more rain. All I could do is laugh.
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Master Biltmore
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My dog turned 14 in January, so sometimes now he decides he doesn't want a long walk. Yesterday, during a thunderstorm, was not one of those days.
3x Stetson
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My dog turned 14 in January, so sometimes now he decides he doesn't want a long walk. Yesterday, during a thunderstorm, was not one of those days.
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DaveProc
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6X Open Road beater in the pouring rain and gale winds finishing up a forestry project at the Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead National Historic Landmark.
Been using my 50s Borsalino as a rain hat dozens of times now. I wear it every day and in every weather. Never had to reshape it once since I got it. I just hang it up to dry. 70 years old and still looks like new. Completely waterproof, no spray needed. And this is rabbit, not beaver. That’s vintage felt for you & that’s why I love these hats.
That’s what I need in a hat. I’m very rough on my hats. You must have a thousand yarns about your hat. Care to share a few?
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If that's true then I can say honestly that only my Akubra hats can say they've survived the elements. Some of my other hats have encountered "light showers" and seem to have survived them okay, but to get thoroughly soaked full-thickness and dried I'm not sure any of my other hats would survive so I'm not eager to give them that test.
DaveProc
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I own a bunch of hats, well over 100, I have a @ 10 that are beaters. Most of the beater are Stetson Open Roads or Akubra Camp Drafts and Fed IVs. The 70s-80s 6x Open Roads take a beating and the Campdrafts really take a beating. 99% of the time I have a fedora on my head, in all New England seasons. I wear felt in the dead of winter and when it's 100° in summer. There is no felt vs straw season. I think I own 2 straw hats and they are rarely worn.
My real job involves the management of an 8000 acre water protection area and my non-paying job is running a 50 acre National Historic Landmark. I am out in the woods, or on piece of heavy equipment, or in the middle of construction projects in all kinds of weather and my beaters are worn to be beat. For me they are workings hats, like they were initially meant to be. Don't get me wrong, I have pristine dress fedora too, but I like my working hats to look worked, they all have developed character and scars from the many adventures they have been on.
The hat is the pic was blown off my head 200' feet across the clearing in the mud right before the pic was taken
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Just your average Florida summer afternoon. Borsalino (I think Tu Ludora) after carrying groceries into the house.
