This seller had another hat that I was after, but the price went higher than I was willing to go. There wasn’t much interest in this one, but I have been looking for a brown hat, so I took a chance. Smart move! The color is darker than the first picture (seller pic), more of a cocoa brown as...
@steur there were two I really wanted, but both were too small, and I don’t have the equipment or patience to try a stretch. I still think about one of them like a lost love.
Does anybody ever end up with too many winning bids at one time, and kinda hope that some of them don’t work out before the auction ends? Asking for a friend...
Had the occasion to visit this venue yesterday after a two hour drive for some other business. While there were a few good vintage hats nestled among the menagerie, sadly none fit my needs, taste, or head. Much to my chagrin, I left empty-handed, or rather, empty-headed.
Not an amazing rare vintage hat, but a good story.
My boss and good friend gave me this hat today.
He recently lost his mother, and as he was going through his parents things in preparation for his father moving in with him, he came across this hat. He said he immediately thought of me...
Back to work in my modern Stratoliner in caribou.
This is the low-end Royal Quality, and it had gotten quite floppy. A couple of treatments with Kahl hat stiffener may have saved its life, though it still has a lot of flange.
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