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I have owned this hat forever. The leather band on the inside is completely disintegrated in front. The band is mottled with sweat stains. Its been run over by cars three times since I've had it. These days I wear it mostly in the garden or in terrible rain. (I wore it today because I just had a haircut and it fits best when my hair is short).The pictures do not do justice to the wear on it, the ravages of 60+ years of use. I like to imagine it was worn in a bank robbery or on a boxcar in the dust bowl. Ah, Romance....
My grandfather wore an old brown hat very much like this one. We all wondered why he was so attached to the filthy old thing. What goes around comes around, I guess.
Whats your favorite crummy old thing?
p.s. any readers in the Philadelphia area have any good stories about Boyd's?
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I hold on to old t-shirts till they are nothing but tattered rags. My favorite t-shirt is one that I have been wearing at least once a week for 6 years.
http://famigliatimore.com/giuseppe/Giuseppe.JPG
Now that's how to wear an old hat.
I inherited three fedoras from my grandfather several years ago. All three of them are rather tattered but I wouldn't dream of parting with them.
Pasquale,
I've still got that hat too, but I lost the feather.
I think a lengthy post describing the events of that evening may soon be in order.
We'll never forget my uncle's red "tennies". Nasty pair of red converse all stars that he would not part with for any reason....and this was at least 25 years ago. He probably still has them.
The leather can be replaced. The ribbon can be replaced. The hat cleaned and re blocked.
it will o longer be just a filthy old thing used only in the ran but a smart addition to your wardrobe. Anything to get rid of that watch cap!!
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