My New Whippet Arrived Today!

[huntertrw]

No, it's not a dog, it's a hat. Moreover, it's a Stetson...



I've wanted one of these since I first saw the following ad featuring Bing Crosby:



With fall fast approaching, this fur-felt fedora should feel good on my old head!

 

[brian64]

Whippet!
Whippet good!

 

[warren]

Very nice! Will it make a "crooner" of you?

 

[georged]

I've had one of those for 25 years. Same color, even. Never knew they were called whippets, though.

FYI when wearing it out and about together with a horsehide jacket: You'll get called Indiana Jones now and again. lol (Even got a free drink a couple times... once from another Indy hat wearer across the room, and once from the barkeep)

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Just checked the brand. It's a Biltmore, made in Canada. (not as patriotic, but doubtless puts out a friendlier vibe, eh?)

 

[brian64]

Never knew they were called whippets, though.

FYI when wearing it out and about together with a horsehide jacket: You'll get called Indiana Jones now and again.

That's why they're called Whippets!

 

[huntertrw]

Will it make a "crooner" of you?

Funny you should ask. People sometimes inquire, "Do you sing?" My answer is always, "Those who have heard me say that I do not!"

 

[georged]

That's why they're called Whippets!

Of course. [insert "duh!" emoticon]

Looks like I need a bullwhip to complete things.

(I actually never gave the slightest thought to the movie when I got the jacket or the hat. They were just eminently practical for what I was doing at the time, which was running a live-load flatbed to everywhere imaginable in North America. Not too hot, not too cold, could be worn indoors or out, shed water like a duck, stupidly rugged, significant abrasion/accident protection, etc. Probably all the same reasons that whoever wrote the Indiana Jones character chose them.)

 

[huntertrw]

The Whippet will look well with a Harris Tweed shooting coat that I purchased years ago when I worked for The Orvis Company, but it would also work with the horsehide jacket that Georged pictured above. Darn it, now I suppose I'll have to shop for one of those!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

That's why they're called Whippets!

Haha, or Herbert Johnson's!

 

[georged]

The Whippet will look well with a Harris Tweed shooting coat that I purchased years ago when I worked for The Orvis Company, but it would also work with the horsehide jacket that Georged pictured above. Darn it, now I suppose I'll have to shop for one of those!

Buy the best and cry only once:

Vintage American Leather Motorcycle, Flight and Rugged Jackets and Coats

Horsehide, Sheepskin, Goatskin Flight, Motorcycle Jackets, original 1957 Les Paul Custom electric guitar

lostworldsinc.com

 

[renfield]

Nice lid. Classy but not too formal. I hope it serves you well.

I’ve always been fond of the Stratoliner and saw where Stetson has a limited run of beaver fur Strats this fall. Must resist...

 

[huntertrw]

Now that I have the Whippet I thought that I had better bone-up on hat etiquette so as not to commit a fedora faux pas!

 

[didimauw]

That's a nice hat! I wish I could pull that off!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Just FYI, but Stetson went out of business in 1970. Now, it is merely a brand. Hatco produces the hats with the Stetson name on them now, which also makes all sorts of hats ranging in variety of quality levels. But, Stetson made such a name for itself, that people still look for that label, 53 years latter. But, really, it is just a name now.

But, that is a very nice hat.

 

[anotherbob]

Very nice! Will it make a "crooner" of you?

no but he will think it does and everyones ears nearby will suffer for it.

 

[huntertrw]

I wish I could pull that off!

I have no doubt that you could do it. In my particular case, though, I felt that I had to wait until I was past age 65 to make it work.

 

[huntertrw]

...and everyones ears nearby will suffer for it.

Truer words were never written!

 

[huntertrw]

Indeed, Stetson hats are manufactured by Hatco, but according to this article the process is relatively unchanged.

 

[BingBong]

Didn't Devo do a tribute song to these hats?

 

[kcghost]

The hat looks stunning, doesn't it??