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jlee562 replied to the thread Please help date this Stetson and any comments are greatly appreciated. This is my first vintage and I am stoked. 3x beaver its clean I paid $60. I.Oh, this hat should be much nicer than the Akubra and much easier to reshape. Night and day. $60 is a steal. I much prefer the older... -
jlee562 replied to the thread Please help date this Stetson and any comments are greatly appreciated. This is my first vintage and I am stoked. 3x beaver its clean I paid $60. I.These are not really the best pics for dating, as the stamped logo inside can also be an Indicator. But based on the plastic tip liner...
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jlee562 reacted to Hurricane Jack's post in the thread Help identify this hat “Red Smith Stetson” with
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Red Smith was a famous sportswriter who covered Major League Baseball & horse racing in the 1950’s & 1960’s. He moved around a lot &... -
He was great in Hateful Eight.
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jlee562 replied to the thread Show us their hats!.Actor Walton Goggins shows off his Stetson 25 during his entry in this GQ video series.
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jlee562 reacted to Daniele Tanto's post in the thread Trying to date my great grandfather’s Borsalino Fedora-PLEASE HELP! with Like.
The Borsalino was sold in Sampierdarena a neighborhood of Genoa - Italy. The hat shop was called Tortarolo and you can see the complete...
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jlee562 replied to the thread Trying to date my great grandfather’s Borsalino Fedora-PLEASE HELP!.I don't know of anyone in NorCal that does a full hat cleaning (as in, take apart, clean, rebuild). Baron Hats in LA could do the work...
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jlee562 reacted to Daniele Tanto's post in the thread Trying to date my great grandfather’s Borsalino Fedora-PLEASE HELP! with Like.
I agree with Bob. It came from the Sixties. It is a 6 (french way to define size) so a 59 centimeters. Qualità Suprema is the definition...
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jlee562 reacted to Kristinalmurray's post in the thread Trying to date my great grandfather’s Borsalino Fedora-PLEASE HELP! with Like.
Definitely already wearing it!
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And another.
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I attended a factory event and this old piece of material was made into something.
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Ned Ryerson!
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jlee562 replied to the thread Ask a question, get an answer.That line is not going away unless you do a full reblock of the hat.
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jlee562 replied to the thread Ask a question, get an answer.IIRC, this Borso is 5 1/4"
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No wonder I was attracted to it.