Recent content by M Hatman

Or thong.......great for clubbing...,. :oops:

Stout is as Stout does........and well drinks. I like Stout "It makes me a jolly good fellow".:D Off to have a stout and whiskey...........it's calling me now.

Something to clean my Wormsers with!;)

If you mean the generic black and white blocking tag...I have seen those used well into the 70's by some hatters (especially on custom, which Langenberg really specialized in) and were available through cleaning and hat supply houses still up through the early 90's. So, really hard to tell just...

Nice hat! Great Find.... But "Beaver Brand" was after the 70's and replaced the "Lion Hats" that was Langenberg's signature hat line. In fact the earliest trade mark I have found for "Beaver Brand" was 1980. Interesting is that the early Beaver line used the exact same quality designations...

Been wearing these two a lot lately. Circa 1980 OR and a Stetsonian. Not sure how I end of lucky like this but the Stetsonian has just over a 2 3/4 brim!!:D (I have a few modern Stetsons with a wider than advertised brim.) And yesterday I wore this to a rendezvous event in Wisconsin. My R M...

Introduced as a wide ribbon "air light" fedora in 1937. Produced thru the 40's then re-introduced as we know it today in 1948. Much debate on the three ply, there are ads in private company catalogs showing a three ply with the description being the normal one, AND a normal image with a three...

They did do 150 boxes, they are just disappointingly rather dull.

YES.....YES...there used to be (and renovators too).:( And even in Chicago, they are no more...........:( :(

WOW...SUPER CLEAN!!! A real winner! As to the OR thing, they did make marked 7XCB OR's (I have one). Stetson liked their Silverbelly thin ribbon hats and had MANY models with but little variation from the 1948 OR (the OR as we now see it was introduced in 1948). Now I said the date...

Not sure if this model has been listed here before. Resistol "Tulsa" (NOT San Antonio). 5 5/8 Open Crown, 2 3/4 bound brim. NICE thin felt. Brim has a kind of "kettle finish" like the Stratoliners, turned up a little at the edge. White lining with the "Resistol Western" logo.

Circa 1970 Resistol XDoubleX "Tulsa" in Silverbelly. Like many of the Resistols in this color it has some nice grey tones and changes greatly depending on the light. This is with full flash and is darker than the two Silverbelly Stetson OR's next to it. It has a 5 5/8 Open Crown and a 2...

As many have said on adjusting.....you don't.;)

Patented in 1938 for Laundry use of stretching/re-forming, Peaked/Service cap covers. This one is a Cavanagh Kaki officers cap disassembled, to give you the idea what is being done. Many Cap covers can be removed for cleaning........(not all, some of the officers green caps are Fur Felt, just...

Another make from Langenberg......"The Wright Hat". Love the name!