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I almost bought one for my installation, but it's such a departure from local tradition that I decided against it. I'm not a cowboy hat kinda guy, so I settled on a fedora.
Still can't help but wonder, does anyone in this state wear a top hat in the East?
I've got a top hat ready for my installation this sat. It's a bit of a departure when more WMs wear cowboy hats, but our last WM wore a fedora and so I figured 'why not get a top hat?'
We actually have one on the hat rack in our lodge. A couple of Brothers who have used it in the East in the past still use it when they confer degrees. I kinda like it, but I don't think that I would actually wear it if I was in the East. Just my taste is all.
I need to add that I had to wear a top hat which I purchased. However, we have a very old one in the lodge that I wear simply because it was made by the John B. Stetson Hat Company. Bout as close to a cowboy hat as I could get.