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  1. suitedcboy

    STETSON 7x CLEAR BEAVER QUALITY

    The photo top down sitting on box makes me yearn for a silver belly on the tannish hue spectrum with copper bound edge. People with hat disease see all kinds of hats in all kinds of places.
  2. suitedcboy

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Dispute with Ebay. I think they will support a full refund with shipping when the error is all on the seller. Wrong hat, wrong size, wrong material is a pretty big error.
  3. suitedcboy

    Western, anyone?

    RCA stye of the 60's and 70's was high front dropped in rear.
  4. suitedcboy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Thanks for the compliments to you and ll the others. That tall crown VS is my favorite. Great felt with great feel, fits perfect, and the colors are darn near universal.
  5. suitedcboy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Meeting today and in spite of the heat I chose felt. I can't grab a straw when there is a VS felt sitting near it. I didn't hang out in the heat and I survived unscathed. The photos are at the end of the day.
  7. suitedcboy

    Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread

    If you ever ride a horse even a little bit fast with a floppy 4 inch brim hat that will be the last time you do it. Seeing where the horse is taking you is important. 4 inch brims my have an OSHA required amount of shellac. I like my 4 inch and wider to be S T I F F.
  8. suitedcboy

    Ask a question, get an answer

    What kind of hat are you interested in? fedora or western? I have had two 100% beaver westerns made by Northwest hats and I'm very pleased with both. The price is a lot better than either of those you mentioned and I bet the hat bodies used for the hats are from the same source. If you know...
  9. suitedcboy

    Homburg vs Fedora

    Homburgs are proper attire for visits to the Clampetts. Milburn Drysdale often wore one when he was interacting with them. :)
  10. suitedcboy

    Selling everything in my entire collection ...

    I put an Instagram post on a hat I would like. It has no message on it as to whether it is sold and I have had no response.
  11. suitedcboy

    Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread

    The way I see it, this means you get to buy another one. That sounds like a win to me.
  13. suitedcboy

    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    He sure bears a lot of resemblance to Ken Curtis (Festus).
  14. suitedcboy

    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    That's a killer fedora! Love the wide binding. A Stetson Vogue? What hat brand was Howard Hughes associated with, if any?
  15. suitedcboy

    Longmire cowboy hat

    I have a a couple of 100% beaver Dorer hats. I think they use Fespa bodies. The felt is not like any Winchester body beaver I have handled. The sweatband has a hand laced rawhide (maybe it' s leather) string seam which is a nice touch. I have some 100% beaver Bailey westerns that are just as...
  16. suitedcboy

    Rabbits and Beavers

    Resistol/Hatco has felting plant in east Texas and the factory in Garland but not in one place. Maybe the Tonak distinction is being in one place. AKubra does seem to be all in one place from fur to finished hat.
  17. suitedcboy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    This hat is a great vintage hat but it definitely makes you look like you cheat at poker when you wear it.
  19. suitedcboy

    Rabbits and Beavers

    I have a custom on order and the color I want is only available in hare/rabbit. I would have gotten beaver but I'm not worried about it being bunny. I know several of my vintage hats are likely >90% rabbit and I like all of them and can't tell them from some that are mostly or all beaver. I know...
  20. suitedcboy

    M.C. Gannon Hat Company

    I always wondered about the source of hat bodies for Stetson. I can't recall ever reading about them having their own felting plant. I assumed they did it all up to some point. I chalked up the up and down cycles of those hats (happened with their westerns too) to better and not so great hat...
  21. suitedcboy

    Making a Western hat by hand?

    Great job that hat! I think a Union suit and western hat is very appropriate housewear.
  22. suitedcboy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    This Adam is definitely a stunning hat. I love the Gannon too but this color set on the Adam is incredible.
  23. suitedcboy

    Brown Stetson Royal Deluxe 7 1/8

    You are right, I started the listing and then changed the hat. This brown one has no other model naming, just 3x quality. I guess I'm not a hat salesman. No mothing, no unpleasant odors, and the ferrule for reeded sweat is greening but still there. I write technical stuff so it's just the...

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