Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Note that Monday is Labor Day. Put away your straw hats and white beaver fur hats. Time to get out your felt hats. No straw nor white after Labor Day.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
And, a word about hats...............
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Rat76
Blackhawk
Bob, I know it's wrong, but my fedoras don't come out until it's cool enough that my head don't sweat. Mid November, maybe if I'm lucky.
Bob, I was actually thinking about you and hats the other day.
I know you don’t like to wear hats inside.
Aside from a personal preference, is there an historical reason for no hats indoors? Or is it just because “Miss Manners” says so?
I’m just wondering where or why that dress code started?
I know you don’t like to wear hats inside.
Aside from a personal preference, is there an historical reason for no hats indoors? Or is it just because “Miss Manners” says so?
I’m just wondering where or why that dress code started?
For me it was the military. Remove the cover when you're indoors. People eating in restaurants while wearing baseball caps look like oafs to me.
Busterswoodshop
Hunter
I give.
What do hats have to do with Labor Day ?
What do hats have to do with Labor Day ?
Busterswoodshop
Hunter
Like I expected , it's a back east thing.
Try coming west and telling someone they can't wear their straw hat.
Try coming west and telling someone they can't wear their straw hat.
I did wear a straw hat today. It is a Stetson however.
Correct. I have always done that, except next week is supposed to be in the 90s here. Not sure I want a felt on my balding head
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Is there a difference between a beaver fur hat and a felt hat? I was under the impression the fur was turned into felt.
Of course there are different types of felt.
Of course there are different types of felt.
A fur hat can not simply be turned into a felt one. Felt requires a process of matting textile fibers, fur, or hair and applying heat and compression to form felt. The felt can then be made into a hat using heat and steam over a form.
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I understand that, I said the fur was turned into felt. Never implied you could turn a fur hat into a felt one.
I guess my question is does anyone really have a “white beaver fur hat” they wear in the summer?
Or is the post about a white felt hat made from beaver fur?
I guess my question is does anyone really have a “white beaver fur hat” they wear in the summer?
Or is the post about a white felt hat made from beaver fur?
Rat76
Blackhawk
Beaver fur is the primo fur for hats. It has the advantage of resisting water for one thing. I have one beaver felt stingy brim fedora, it's a Resistol. They used to make their fedora line with beaver. My wife has several beaver-felt hats. One of hers is a wide brim, long nap, light goldish color beaver felt Biltmore. On her it looks good, similar on me I'd look like a pimp.
The feel of the beaver felt is just better-nicer-smoother-thinner than the other fur felts. Wool felt is for cheap hats.
I think the fur of hares, not rabbits, is used in the better fur felt hats. Aussies use rabbit fur, they have way too many rabbits.
The feel of the beaver felt is just better-nicer-smoother-thinner than the other fur felts. Wool felt is for cheap hats.
I think the fur of hares, not rabbits, is used in the better fur felt hats. Aussies use rabbit fur, they have way too many rabbits.
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I have a tall white western open crown fur felt hat for summer use here in the southwest; bought it on a whim and found the color and style was very effective in the 100 degree plus dry heat here. I don't bother with straw here; the fur felts 'breathe' better for me given the low humidity normally. I don't expect to go from tall crown, light colored, fur felts to low crown, dark (and some light) fur felts till late October, when it gets out of the 90s here. Summer hats take over again in late April or early May here.
epags
Single-Sixer
You don't live on the California south coast. Shorts and Tee's all seasons. The H... with white vs dark.
coach
Hunter
Two more days to wear my straw boater if Labor Day is included. 
Camo works for all seasons.
Threespears
Buckeye
Good Guys wear White Hats ALL YEAR LONG!!
Seems like a lot of “traditions” have faded the past few years or decades.Times change. New generations don’t care about traditions and/or make their own.
Just this spring I bought my first straw hat to wear while working in the yard. Hair is a tad thinner and had a couple of “pre cancer” thingys burned off my forehead. It’s a Stetson “Keystone” that doesn’t look like a traditional cowboy hat.
Just this spring I bought my first straw hat to wear while working in the yard. Hair is a tad thinner and had a couple of “pre cancer” thingys burned off my forehead. It’s a Stetson “Keystone” that doesn’t look like a traditional cowboy hat.
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Bob Wright
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Threespears
Buckeye
All my hats burned off my head.
Cause my Mom said so. If I sat down at a table with a hat on it felt like she took half of my head off with it.
Well that leaves the Lone Ranger out.
Wearing any color any time is strictly a matter of choice to an individual. There is no substantive reason for the "no white after Labor Day" practice. Do some research. It is generally believed and accepted that the trend begin as a status symbol by the wealthy class in the early 1900s, marking the end of their summer vacations. Nobody else really cared. Other than that, there is no basis in practicality.
Wear what you want to wear, folks. It's okay, really.
Wear what you want to wear, folks. It's okay, really.
Busterswoodshop
Hunter
So back in 1922 some New Yorkers had a riot about what hat could be worn , and now the rest of the U.S. can't wear straw hats after Labor Day because of it ?
If they do , they have no taste and no manners ?
If they do , they have no taste and no manners ?
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R U talkin' 'bout that guy who wears/endorses MAGA caps?
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I guess I am an oaf. I have caps for all the sports teams I root for. Being originally from L.A. and a Loyalist to basically SOCAL and the Uni of NV, my alma mater, I have caps for many teams. Then there are the caps for all the different firearms, I own (about a dozen or so). Finally there is my latest that says...............
G'G' G'Pa which stands for Great, Great, GrandPa. That is FIVE male generations of direct descendants of which, naturally, I am the oldest. Something similar happened in my family before. FIVE generations, but the two oldest were my Granny and Great G'Ma. My son was the youngest when he was born. So, yeah, I like caps and it also hides my small bald spot from getting burned from the sun. So, call me an oaf...I am proud of the title!
G'G' G'Pa which stands for Great, Great, GrandPa. That is FIVE male generations of direct descendants of which, naturally, I am the oldest. Something similar happened in my family before. FIVE generations, but the two oldest were my Granny and Great G'Ma. My son was the youngest when he was born. So, yeah, I like caps and it also hides my small bald spot from getting burned from the sun. So, call me an oaf...I am proud of the title!
