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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Today, my Mode edge Stetson Twenty......... -
German & Austrian Hutmachers
I can see why that is your favorite!!!! :-)))) -
How to care for your Suit (as expressed by Sears R & Co 1946)
I have here a pocket (literally) guide to suit care that includes your fabric and measurements as provided by Sears Roebuck and company stamp dated 1946 with a printing date of 10-21-42. I find the list of options available especially interesting, including zipper fly and hand done button... -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Yes.....and the weather sucks so it won the "will you wear me today"contest....It is a pre-Stetson, likely wartime production as it has an unreeded sweat. Over 75 years of honest wear....... It is quite the hat and in it's condition make a "I don't care" statement which I like......;) -
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German & Austrian Hutmachers
This is about it...some of the problem is the printing..... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Today my modern Whippet (on left) or if it gets too bad out (heavy rain, snow, wind, sleet.... it IS Illinois in the Spring after all), my 40's beat to hell, Whippet like Mallory.......(on right). -
What hat are you waiting for today?
Or..... or other appropriate re-enactment or historical event...:) :p -
German & Austrian Hutmachers
Circa 1915, German Poster Stamps.....First two allow the hatter to stamp their information, the third according to google translate (which does not always account for 100 year old language differances very well) is for Brown's Discount Market and advertises their Top Hats and indicates "you are... -
HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
Here are some German Poster stamps, Two for hatters (each has a blank space for hatters to stamp their info), a third I THINK is for a hatter ??(I need a translation for this one) and a fourth advertising a movie which features a man in a Tyrolean......Circa 1915. I especially like the first one... -
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Stiffening shantung hats?
Spray Starch.......applied carefully....gradually.... -
Hats being used for something OTHER than a hat.
19th century illustrators found fun things to do with hats...... And even a dog pull toy....:oops: -
HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
Blotters, Circa 1925.................... -
Hats being used for something OTHER than a hat.
I was just about to post some of these......(as a side note I have a LOT of magic paraphernalia and ephemera, books etc as I am an Amateur Conjurer and do shows occasionally. I spoecialize in "Close up" and Victorian Magic.). Interestingly I have one of these puppets...... As well as a child's... -
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The Dobbs Diner...
I THINK I have an ad for that hat.....will have to look around. It looks to be unreeded which makes for a comfortable hat....,.AND a good possibility for wartime production. I have a couple of wartime books that encourage dealers to sell the customer unreeded sweats to save on production costs... -
The Dobbs Diner...
That looks like a early 40's hat there based on liner AND sweat logo.....but the tip logo was used again in the 70's and 80's.......same size, color etc......but not this hat!:) Re-order tags should tell the tale for a closer guesstimate..... -
The Official Stetson 25 Thread
Ok....here is my addition to the club. An apparently early 60's Stetson Twenty-Five with OR appointments but not marked as such, so not an OR. The hat is in a nice light dusty grey with matching ribbon and binding. It has a Brown 2" sweat (with oilskin "protector" behind) that is quite nice... -
Adventurebilt Shrinkage
The first and usual cause of hat shrinkage is not in fact the felt, but the leather sweat. Leather is quite sensitive to heat (and well...getting wet and subjected to salt from our perspiration, and drastic temperature changes), BUT in your house, the far bigger culprit is dry air from our... -
