PLENTY of references and images for "Navajo Brims" flat brim, high crown hats (of course MANY have been "corrected" to referencing "Native American Hats":rolleyes:)....they were and are VERY POPULAR with the Navajo peoples.
ALL of these images are Navajo by the way!!!! And MANY, MANY more...
Ok so there was this local ad.........
AND they had their inserts!!! (the Mayser photo-bombed this:eek::rolleyes:)
Perhaps Stefan or Daniel can chime in on the vintage of the Borsa Box.....
THAT was the first thing I thought of..... the many farmers and stockmen I knew growing up that were missing digits.........several of whom lost more than one........even knew one who lost an arm in an auger and another in a PTO shaft accident!!!
YES....
And you have it bad (as do MANY of us here).....GREAT hats you have been picking up!!!! It is a LOT of fun seeing your finds!!!!! Though...so far..... I think that Stetson Standard Quality is STILL my favorite!!!!
Yes, I wish he would have covered that logo better than just saying "post war"......I have seen that logo in use well beyond 1970........and find it quite often on stingy brims.........
But you can see the big differences from my 1953 Westward.....in the sweat, reed, logo and even the type of...
Joe,
I added some more information AND a couple of pictures to my post above regarding the dating of your incoming Dobbs Westward!!!!:):):):):) You will love it!!!!
It is so much fun when members here help each other get hats!!!!!:):):):):)
Best,
Mark
AND, by way of gripes......When looking under vintage HATS, when did non-vintage CAPS suddenly become valuable VINTAGE HATS?!?!??!?!?!?
I mean WTF is with eBay allowing all this crap.......why even have categories!??!?!??!!?!? Isn't it bad enough all these CAPS, and knit head-wear show up...
Nice one!!!
Not 40's.......The plastic tip protector would make it after 53 when these were introduced.....I have seen that same logo used up into the 1970's.......looking at what appears to be a narrower brim I would say past the mid-50's at least.....re-order tags will tell us more....
Still...
Steve,
THANKS for chiming in.....I had a feeling you would know about it!! And here I thought it was one of "those" decorator boxes I see around.....
Well, I CAN attest to how well it is made (thus expensive)..... I have an early Knox and a couple three or four 50's and earlier Stetson boxes...
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