Thanks everyone for all of the nice comments! It is a pretty cool hat. Could definitely use a cleaning, but I'm keeping it as is for the time being.
Mike, thanks for the info on Samuel Maverick. I really had no idea where that came from.
Harv, the felt is really soft and pliable, but...
Mystery Open Road clone
Really not a new hat, as this was my granddad's hat, but interesting nonetheless. No manufacturer listed, but there is a reorder and size label inside. It appears that it was a 1950s version of the "gimme" cap of today, as it seems to have been specially ordered as a...
Wow. Thanks Mike. I would not have guessed Lee. It is an Open Road clone from Worth-Walden in Dallas. I will take a peek inside the sweatband at the reorder label and compare it to my Lee Trail. That is really interesting.
New Jack, that hat is beautiful!
Thanks for the compliments on the panama, Dale, Tommy and Rogera! I really lucked out on this one. The sweatband is just so-so, so I will likely have to replace it at some point, but I'm going to enjoy it this spring and summer first! And Dale, of course...
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