New Member to the Hat Forum

[Blare]

Hello everyone,
I am Jeff, looong-time lurker, finally a joiner. I have been wearing and owning hats for the past 35 years (long-time customer of @besdor - who I see no longer posts). After all this time I finally felt that I should look into restoring and refurbishing my old ones and those of friends and family. Long story short, once you start looking into that you look into acquiring more hats to refurbish (and wear). Mostly interested in dress fur and straw fedoras, I suppose one day I going to try making some in fur felt. I work in IT, but since I own the company I am no longer as hands-on as I was when I was starting out. Looks like my hands found their way to my hats. Wish me luck. Good to be here with you all.

Jeff

Welcome Jeff We look forward to seeing you post your hats.

 

[bean_counter]

New member, have lurked a bit and decided to join. Early 60s, retired, starting to get into hats for everyday wear. Have a couple of wool Stetsons, and received a nice Akubra felt from my wife for Christmas (Banjo Paterson).

edit - located northern Midwest, USA

 

[jeffgarf]

New member, have lurked a bit and decided to join. Early 60s, retired, starting to get into hats for everyday wear. Have a couple of wool Stetsons, and received a nice Akubra felt from my wife for Christmas (Banjo Paterson).

Welcome and beware. Spending to much time here is no good for the wallet (but it is a ton of fun).

Jeff

 

[Fedora Frank]

New member, have lurked a bit and decided to join. Early 60s, retired, starting to get into hats for everyday wear. Have a couple of wool Stetsons, and received a nice Akubra felt from my wife for Christmas (Banjo Paterson).

edit - located northern Midwest, USA

Welcome aboard, I have just returned after years long hiatus!
This is a great Forum with very good people!

 

[Blare]

New member, have lurked a bit and decided to join. Early 60s, retired, starting to get into hats for everyday wear. Have a couple of wool Stetsons, and received a nice Akubra felt from my wife for Christmas (Banjo Paterson).

edit - located northern Midwest, USA

Welcome

 

[hatsRme]

Welcome aboard, I have just returned after years long hiatus!
This is a great Forum with very good people!

FRANK!!
Good to hear from you, sir. I imagine you have lots of great lids to show us!

 

[hatsRme]

New member, have lurked a bit and decided to join. Early 60s, retired, starting to get into hats for everyday wear. Have a couple of wool Stetsons, and received a nice Akubra felt from my wife for Christmas (Banjo Paterson).

edit - located northern Midwest, USA

Welcome!

 

[rogueclimber]

edit - located northern Midwest, USA

Welcome!

You can even add your location to your profile so in the future we know where you are

 

[Fedora Frank]

FRANK!!
Good to hear from you, sir. I imagine you have lots of great lids to show us!

Hey my friend,glad to still see you here as the song goes “ it’s been a long,long time”!
Thanks for the kind words,I no longer live in New England I retired and mover to Myrtle Beach SC

 

[RickP]

New member, have lurked a bit and decided to join. Early 60s, retired, starting to get into hats for everyday wear. Have a couple of wool Stetsons, and received a nice Akubra felt from my wife for Christmas (Banjo Paterson).

edit - located northern Midwest, USA

Welcome!

 

[Cattleman Crease]

Hi FL Members!

New member here, already on my journey to a nice hat collection - I've purchased 8 in the last 6 months! As you might imagine from my username, I'm partial to hats with cattleman creases, specifically OR and OR clones, but I do have a few western ranchers with regular brims in my collection - to go along with my boot collection. This forum introduced me to CDs, so I'm on the hunt for a couple of those (y'all are enablers, I tell ya!). Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to the FL community. I will enjoy reading your stories & viewing all your hats pics, and I will enjoy adding more hats to my collection & posting pics as well!

Cheers!

CC

 

[jeffgarf]

Welcome and I'm sorry

 

[Blare]

Hi FL Members!

New member here, already on my journey to a nice hat collection - I've purchased 8 in the last 6 months! As you might imagine from my username, I'm partial to hats with cattleman creases, specifically OR and OR clones, but I do have a few western ranchers with regular brims in my collection - to go along with my boot collection. This forum introduced me to CDs, so I'm on the hunt for a couple of those (y'all are enablers, I tell ya!). Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to the FL community. I will enjoy reading your stories & viewing all your hats pics, and I will enjoy adding more hats to my collection & posting pics as well!

Cheers!

CC

Welcome aboard. We look forward to seeing your hat posts.

 

[rogueclimber]

Hi FL Members!

New member here, already on my journey to a nice hat collection - I've purchased 8 in the last 6 months! As you might imagine from my username, I'm partial to hats with cattleman creases, specifically OR and OR clones, but I do have a few western ranchers with regular brims in my collection - to go along with my boot collection. This forum introduced me to CDs, so I'm on the hunt for a couple of those (y'all are enablers, I tell ya!). Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to the FL community. I will enjoy reading your stories & viewing all your hats pics, and I will enjoy adding more hats to my collection & posting pics as well!

Cheers!

CC

Welcome, let the hat finding begin

 

[RickP]

Hi to you all.

Allow me to introduce myself: I am Yang Forciori, a Brazilian native from the country’s northern region. I currently serve as a civil servant at a federal university, where I work as both a researcher and an analyst in computer science.

I consider myself a lifelong dilettante, having explored numerous pursuits over the years. At one time, I nurtured a profound appreciation for the classical guitar, which I taught for several years, followed by a period instructing in computer studies. My fascination with horology once took me to Switzerland, where I refined my watchmaking skills — enabling me to tend to my modest, though cherished, watch collection. I have similarly engaged in other passions, which I prefer not to detail, lest I appear immodest.

I am fond of cigars, pipes, philosophy, gentlemen’s fashion, and, of course, hats. In Brazil, it is rather uncommon to see individuals sporting hats, so it is particularly gratifying to discover a community that still appreciates this refined accessory.

I am most pleased to be at your service, and I extend my warmest regards to all of you, directly from Brazil.

P.S.: Kindly forgive any unintended missteps. My mother tongue is Portuguese.

Always good to have another Pipe smoking Hat guy here!

 

[Real McCoy]

Hello All.
New member, here, and a transplant to the Alabama Gulf Coast. We call this area L.A. (meaning lower Alabama)

Looking forward to learning lots from everyone! In addition to the hats on my shelf, a nice 60's Open Road should be arriving at some point in June from that popular auction site. We'll see what shade of Silver Belly shows up.

 

[jeffgarf]

Welcome and enjoy your time here. Love the Alabama Coast.

 

[DaveProc]

Hello All.
New member, here, and a transplant to the Alabama Gulf Coast. We call this area L.A. (meaning lower Alabama)

Looking forward to learning lots from everyone! In addition to the hats on my shelf, a nice 60's Open Road should be arriving at some point in June from that popular auction site. We'll see what shade of Silver Belly shows up.

Welcome

 

[Blare]

Hello All.
New member, here, and a transplant to the Alabama Gulf Coast. We call this area L.A. (meaning lower Alabama)

Looking forward to learning lots from everyone! In addition to the hats on my shelf, a nice 60's Open Road should be arriving at some point in June from that popular auction site. We'll see what shade of Silver Belly shows up.

Welcome to the lounge.

 

[RickP]

Hello All.
New member, here, and a transplant to the Alabama Gulf Coast. We call this area L.A. (meaning lower Alabama)

Looking forward to learning lots from everyone! In addition to the hats on my shelf, a nice 60's Open Road should be arriving at some point in June from that popular auction site. We'll see what shade of Silver Belly shows up.

Welcome aboard! How about some "Hat and Beach" pics!