HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

[job]

Awesome Garrett.

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[splintercellsz]

"Screamin' Eagles"

 

[RBH]

^Nice!!!!^

 

[DTQ]

I need to add my summer straw.
I believe this would fall under ect!!!

This looks really sharp to my untrained newby eye.

 

[DTQ]

What is the purpose of the little button on the string underneath many of the ribbons on some of these hats?
And what is the name?

 

[Lotsahats]

It's a wind cord, trolley cord, wind trolley, or so on. It's designed so that you can unwind it and attach the button to your lapel in case the wind gets too high; since one end remains connected to the hat and one end is buttoned to you, a strong wind might lift your hat off, but it won't go too far.

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[DTQ]

It's a wind cord, trolley cord, wind trolley, or so on. It's designed so that you can unwind it and attach the button to your lapel in case the wind gets too high; since one end remains connected to the hat and one end is buttoned to you, a strong wind might lift your hat off, but it won't go too far.

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Thank you, I had no idea. Is that generally a feature of better quality hats?

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Thank you, I had no idea. Is that generally a feature of better quality hats?

I think it's a feature on lightweight hats that can be blown easily. You don't see this on heavy weight westerns.

 

[Lotsahats]

I agree with Joao that it's just a feature, but it doesn't necessarily indicate quality.

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[DTQ]

Thank you guys, I learned another new thing!

 

[splintercellsz]

^Nice!!!!^

Thank you

 

[TheDane]

But you should know, that what Joao calls a "lightweight hats that can be blown easily" equals "any fedora"

 

[DTQ]

Right!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

But you should know, that what Joao calls a "lightweight hats that can be blown easily" equals "any fedora"

Well a western converted to a fedora shouldn't be blown easily

 

[bowlerman]

Nice n' heavy.

Often the button cord on modern hats is put on either for show, or the sake of tradition, as I'm led to believe that most folks haven't used them in several decades.

 

[TheDane]

I actually use mine from time to time - and I have even mounted cords on a couple of hats without a wind cord. It's often very windy in DK, and we do have a lot of canals and the harbour in CPH. A free flying hat very easily becomes a sad sad story around here

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Don't know if anyone posted here the Stagecoach pin used on the Resistol Stagecoach hat collection, here it goes

 

[bowlerman]

Ole, that's awesome. Though I admit an image of you being pulled down the streets of New York by a hat shaped kite attached by cord to your lapel just popped into my mind!

Joao, the stagecoach is sweet!

 

[TheDane]

Jeff, I'm afraid that's actually not completely unrealistic. You would know, if you saw me. Friends used to mock me, that I was of Italian descent - hence the spaghetti hanging out my shirt sleeves

 

[davidg]

I'm surprised there are no Masonic hat pins.