Thinking of becoming a Hat guy

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

Help me pick out one or two from this site.

 

Outback Western Hat Collection - Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com

 

Mostly i am thinking about this so that my wife and daughter can have something to give me as gifts.  they have already exhausted the possibility of ties and socks so this will give them something else to get.

[Bier Meister 1,710]

franks & beans?

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

That’s a really tough one without knowing your style. Not all hats look good on people.

I’m a big hat guy but baseball hats. I wear a hat every day. I have a bunch of them. 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,348]

I prefer wild hats and why hats. They are on Facebook and it’s fun to watch them make the hats 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,348]

https://www.facebook.com/wildhatsofficial?mibextid=LQQJ4d

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

My grandpa always for an ascot cap and I thought it was really cool. I can’t pull it off now and hipsters ruined them. 

[lickin_starfish 1,937]

Are you going for the Crocodile Dundee or Indiana Jones look?

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

Wagaa Wagaa hat looks pretty cool and perfect for me. And I’m definitely getting it,for myself this Christmas. Great prices and good find.

[BeenHereBefore 1,520]

2 hours ago, Engorgeous George said:

Help me pick out one or two from this site.

 

Outback Western Hat Collection - Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com

 

Mostly i am thinking about this so that my wife and daughter can have something to give me as gifts.  they have already exhausted the possibility of ties and socks so this will give them something else to get.

Is that like becoming a Orgy guy ? You need a new set of friends and etc. ?

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

Probably going for a mountain man, river running, hermit/hillbilly look.  Not sure yet.  Definitely not Indiana Jones or Billy Jack, and the baseball cap thing is not for me.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

Just please don’t do something d0uchey like a bowler hat or fedora, unless you can really, truly pull it off. Seen too many middle aged men embarrass themselves with this.

Now every once in a while some guy pulls it off (usually they’re black) and that’s pretty cool, but the hit rate’s gotta be under 10%

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

2 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

https://www.facebook.com/wildhatsofficial?mibextid=LQQJ4d

I'm thinking a neophyte like me ought to avoid bespoke hats, at least at first.  I am more of a bestutter sort of fellow than bespoke.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

I was favoring the Waga Waga, but do I really want to look like Bunny Bastatrds?

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

I ride horses very seldom.  I do ski, hunt, fish, and kayak and raft.  White hair and beard and now that I am retired I am pretty much in jeans.  I do not have any cowboy boots.  Maybe that all helps suggestions, I don't know.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

If I show my wife and daughter this website I am likely to end up with four hats by late winter what with Christmas and my birthday coming up.

[jerryskids 6,797]

I wear these types of hats all the time, I've got 5 of them.  Golfing, hiking, yard work.  They're the best for protection from the AZ sun.  

Three of them are cloth with mesh tops which are my summer hats.  One is a silly-wide brim Cardinals hat that my wife won't let me wear in public; it's my yard work hat because it provides the most protection.

The other two are nicer:  one is an Akubra wool hat from a sales incentive trip in Sydney.  The other is a leather floppy hat I got last year from a leather store in Jerome, AZ.  I wore that hiking today.

I'd be concerned about the Wagga Wagga, living in Colorado, because it says it isn't waterproof.  My leather hat is, although I'm overdue to treat it.

As such, I'd suggest oilskin.  There are plenty of options.  I'd go with one of the standard ones, but if you get multiple,  I'm a bit intrigued by the Kodiak mesh:

https://www.outbacktrading.com/collections/hats/products/1472-kodiak-with-mesh-oilskin-hat

It looks better on the cowboy dood's head than standalone.  Gets 4.9 reviews.  It would be more of a summer hat for you.  Claims to be waterproof (maybe not totally in the mesh area), but also allows air flow.

Good luck.  

[Hardcore troubadour 15,429]

Many don’t follow proper hat etiquette. 

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

14 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Many don’t follow proper hat etiquette. 

Which is?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,429]

Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

Which is?

You don’t know? You said you wear them. 

[Nomad99 742]

Can't go wrong with a good "Pork Pie" hat.

These guys have a lot of great stuff & my go-to for casual to dress.

https://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAuou6BhDhARIsAIfgrn4p-SfNRmz97fgTIHjkgqGjMfZwlhfe8K-yOz8EMn20iRFJ_TVJyRUaAiB8EALw_wcB

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

15 hours ago, jerryskids said:

I wear these types of hats all the time, I've got 5 of them.  Golfing, hiking, yard work.  They're the best for protection from the AZ sun.  

Three of them are cloth with mesh tops which are my summer hats.  One is a silly-wide brim Cardinals hat that my wife won't let me wear in public; it's my yard work hat because it provides the most protection.

The other two are nicer:  one is an Akubra wool hat from a sales incentive trip in Sydney.  The other is a leather floppy hat I got last year from a leather store in Jerome, AZ.  I wore that hiking today.

I'd be concerned about the Wagga Wagga, living in Colorado, because it says it isn't waterproof.  My leather hat is, although I'm overdue to treat it.

As such, I'd suggest oilskin.  There are plenty of options.  I'd go with one of the standard ones, but if you get multiple,  I'm a bit intrigued by the Kodiak mesh:

https://www.outbacktrading.com/collections/hats/products/1472-kodiak-with-mesh-oilskin-hat

It looks better on the cowboy dood's head than standalone.  Gets 4.9 reviews.  It would be more of a summer hat for you.  Claims to be waterproof (maybe not totally in the mesh area), but also allows air flow.

Good luck.  

Good input.  My hat is likely to get both sweaty and wet.

[Drizzay 720]

8 hours ago, Engorgeous George said:

Help me pick out one or two from this site.

 

Outback Western Hat Collection - Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com

 

Mostly i am thinking about this so that my wife and daughter can have something to give me as gifts.  they have already exhausted the possibility of ties and socks so this will give them something else to get.

Do these come with a free bowl of soup?

[Gepetto 1,368]

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[Death 302]

Perhaps you should give the HT Asshat a whirl.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

4 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

You don’t know? You said you wear them. 

Of course I wear them. What do you consider proper etiquette though?

[seafoam1 3,023]

13 hours ago, Engorgeous George said:

Help me pick out one or two from this site.

 

Outback Western Hat Collection - Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com

 

Mostly i am thinking about this so that my wife and daughter can have something to give me as gifts.  they have already exhausted the possibility of ties and socks so this will give them something else to get.

You sound like a real interesting guy. 

[edjr 6,586]

 

My hair is so long and puffy I wear a hat all the time. Usually 75% of the time backwards

[BudBro 182]

On 11/24/2024 at 10:13 AM, Engorgeous George said:

Help me pick out one or two from this site.

 

Outback Western Hat Collection - Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com

 

Mostly i am thinking about this so that my wife and daughter can have something to give me as gifts.  they have already exhausted the possibility of ties and socks so this will give them something else to get.

Run over to an Ace hardware.  They carry Turner hats.  Not expensive and varying styles.

https://www.turnerhat.com/

[Gepetto 1,368]

Now I have these focking hat ads when I check my email showing up even with Ad Blocker Plus.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

1 hour ago, BudBro said:

Run over to an Ace hardware.  They carry Turner hats.  Not expensive and varying styles.

https://www.turnerhat.com/

Nice.  I particularly like the ladies large gardening hat.  It could be a whole new look for me.  

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

1 hour ago, Gepetto said:

Now I have these focking hat ads when I check my email showing up even with Ad Blocker Plus.

That is how I found the site to begin with.  I was minding my own business and that site kept popping up.  I also get the Revolve site, a ladies cothing site.  I don't mind that so much as usually it pops up with a very hot mulato chick in a semi-transparent white dress.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

On 11/24/2024 at 2:07 PM, Engorgeous George said:

I was favoring the Waga Waga, but do I really want to look like Bunny Bastatrds?

 I’ve yet to meet a woman that I didn’t make her want to be a panty dropper. And on top of that, I was voted best dressed my senior year of high school. You do.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

15 hours ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 I’ve yet to meet a woman that I didn’t make her want to be a panty dropper. And on top of that, I was voted best dressed my senior year of high school. You do.

The pressure of living up to that sort of legacy would be too much for me.

[cmh6476 1,025]

https://stetson.com/collections/hats-fedora-felt

[cmh6476 1,025]

I feel like something like this might suit you well

https://stetson.com/products/batterson-sand

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

13 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

I feel like something like this might suit you well

https://stetson.com/products/batterson-sand

Maybe were I a pimp in New Orleans in the 1930's.  Its a bit too peacocking for me now at my age.  Also, what is a Vegan sweatband?  Do Vegans have different sweat requirements than carnivores like me?  

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

15 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

https://stetson.com/collections/hats-fedora-felt

Those Stetsons get pretty pricey.  I did notice one that reminds me a bit of the hat Billy Jack wore.  https://stetson.com/collections/hats-fedora-felt/products/folklore-flat-brim-hat-black  Maybe I could rock that as a change of pace hat but I think my primary hat should be something a bit less  Tom Laughlin.

[cmh6476 1,025]

1 hour ago, Engorgeous George said:

Those Stetsons get pretty pricey.  I did notice one that reminds me a bit of the hat Billy Jack wore.  https://stetson.com/collections/hats-fedora-felt/products/folklore-flat-brim-hat-black  Maybe I could rock that as a change of pace hat but I think my primary hat should be something a bit less  Tom Laughlin.

Stetson had two manufacturing facilities, one in Texas and one here in my hometown.  They've closed the factory production here but left the retail space.  A lot of big time folks have made stops through town to pick one up.

I kind of like newsboy style and would probably wear one of those, but it's just as easy to throw on a ballcap and they don't cost as much.

 

[cmh6476 1,025]

yeah something like this I could definitely see myself wearing:

https://stetson.com/collections/hats-caps-classic-caps

 

[cmh6476 1,025]

1 hour ago, Engorgeous George said:

Maybe were I a pimp in New Orleans in the 1930's.  Its a bit too peacocking for me now at my age.  Also, what is a Vegan sweatband?  Do Vegans have different sweat requirements than carnivores like me?  

I assume this isn't vegan, but fock I want this thing now

https://stetson.com/collections/hats-caps-classic-caps/products/goat-suede-hatteras-cognac