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OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Hall & Hall haul Diamond in the rough, I'm hoping. :D- Rick Blaine
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
...yes, you may well be right. [huh]- Rick Blaine
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Hat comeback
The argument is to be made that vintage hats, much like A&C furniture, much like other American Decorative Art is made by concerns long gone, with materials now largely depleted & with techniques no longer (as) known/used. the lesson here, is to... leave your hats to the Metropolitan Museum of...- Rick Blaine
- Post #148
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Penn-craft was a copyrighted & registered trademark that I don't think JB Stetson could use without an arrangement or affiliation between the two. Further, being a Philly based company, does one think JBS could not have failed to be aware of this undertaking in western Pa. while putting out...- Rick Blaine
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
"Although most responses to the Great Depression were government directed, Penn-Craft testifies to the persistence of private, "faith-based" relief initiatives. In the heart of the Great Depression, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the social services arm of the Society of Friends...- Rick Blaine
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
The tag reads "The Panama Hat Company of the Pacific" that dba Brent Black Panama Hats 111 Hekili Street, Suite A-293 Kailua, HI 96734- Rick Blaine
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Too short a brim or am I overthinking it?
:yo: I think you can pull off wearing either hat, both look great.- Rick Blaine
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So whats so horrible about the new Stetsons anyway?
To return to the OP Get ahold of quality vintage and then you will know why. :thumb:- Rick Blaine
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Post New Hats Here!
Well cripes! ...just when I think I can cross off a particular model, another permutation is revealed! Ya'll are killin' me!:jaw: The Buddha tells us that desire is the cause of all human misery. I'm starting to think the ol' fella might'a been on to something....- Rick Blaine
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Post New Hats Here!
Nailed down a few icons in fine condition NOS-ish DOBBS wide brimmed Foxhound & Hanover Square. 7.5 STRAT! :) Not to mention this eighties lookin' thin ribbon Stetson with lotsa "negative taper" (as is said at COW) goin' on! Let's see if it runs or tapers in the rain. These were...- Rick Blaine
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Thanks, my impression too, now I have six months to contemplate actually wearing it. Unless... I head to the tropics! :D- Rick Blaine
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Brent black monti optimo I know ya'll have seen a seller who's shop is called "half price paulys" who only recently popped up on my radar. He has some Christy's fur felts & some Biltmores. But he had this up there (briefly :D) as a BIN or make offer, I pitched him a reasonable offer & he...- Rick Blaine
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FS/FT 10X D bar J cammo fur felt HUGE! 24 3/8" 7 5/8 - 7 3/4
Bump :bump2:- Rick Blaine
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Antique Pleated Cap with Back Band
...and later Uncle Fester!- Rick Blaine
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- Forum: Vintage Finds and Deals
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FS/FT 10X D bar J cammo fur felt HUGE! 24 3/8" 7 5/8 - 7 3/4
I got this D bar J hoping to shrink it down but that ain't happening. This was going to be a hunting hat 'cuz of that unique cammo pattern. I only ever see that on cheap woolies. It has a 2 5/8" raw brim & a beautiful fedora teardrop crease. It is ab-so-fudging-lutly a western body, quite stiff...- Rick Blaine
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$65 green 7o's (?) Borso -Wide brim!
Might as well start at the top! I wonder if it has a leather or ribbon band... might be a crusher. Lemmee know if it don't work out with you two, tho'.- Rick Blaine
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- Forum: Vintage Finds and Deals
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HOLY GRAIL? /What fedoras are you pining for?
Maybe not a holy grail, but rare & keenly sought A & F Safari ...before they began to sell teen togs & in the tradition of those whom once outfitted the likes of Earhart, Shackleton & Roosevelt, i.e. '88 or earlier. Tagged as made in South Africa, almost certainly by Dorian. Far more...- Rick Blaine
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Oh no...WARNING: You will NOT be able to unSee this. Procede with caution
Yeah. I hate it when that happens. :smow:- Rick Blaine
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