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The Resistol Roundup
Okay, one more before taxes go in: Arrived late this afternoon, 1950's? Resistol New Era 5X Beaver Kitten Finish dark brown, stock tag reads style New Era color Cinder price 20.00. Brim 1 7/8", Crown 5 1/2" open, 4" as creased, Ribbon 1 7/8" dark jade green grosgrain, very smoothly welted...- KC Capellor
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- Forum: Hats
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Post New Hats Here!
Latest addition to my Resistol stingy brims: mid 1960's Resistol 990 Kitten Finish 3X Beaver, charcoal/sable color, Cavanagh type edge, brim 1 7/8", crown 5" open, front 4" as creased. Came to me like this - very dusty, original center dent crease, mangled feather: Quickly gave her a brisk...- KC Capellor
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The Resistol Roundup
Latest addition to my Resistol stingy brims: mid 1960's (from ads) Resistol 990 Kitten Finish 3X Beaver, charcoal/sable color, Cavanaugh type edge, brim 1 7/8", crown 5" open, front 4" as creased. Came to me like this - very dusty, original center dent crease, mangled feather: Quickly gave...- KC Capellor
- Post #424
- Forum: Hats
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The Resistol Roundup
barrowjh, thanks, I agree soft black felt is mighty tough to keep clean in an outdoor working hat, and hot in warm weather! Here's how the hatband came out: I double-whipstiched some pieces of rattlesnake skin (left over from camo'ing a vintage hunting bow) onto a strip of soft calfskin with...- KC Capellor
- Post #422
- Forum: Hats
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STETSON GUN CLUB
Does the stingy brim fedora make for a hunting and sporting hat worthy of the Stetson Gun Club? IMHO - you bet! It is just way too nice a luxury hat to tear up in the woods! The stingy brim fedora - or Trilby as it is called by the British - was developed in the late 1800's as a short brim...- KC Capellor
- Post #76
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STETSON GUN CLUB
I own one of the stingy brim pork pie fedoras: Stetson Royal DeLuxe Gun Club 1 3/4" brim, 4" crown creased, 5 1/2" open, charcoal black mohair finish felt with chocolate brown/charcoal weave silk grosgrain ribbon hatband (missing its pin but holes are there and I intend to replace it). The...- KC Capellor
- Post #75
- Forum: Hats
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STETSON GUN CLUB
The Stetson Gun Club I was surprised to see that Stetson Gun Club is a dead thread from '06. It was a brief discussion of whether or not the stingy brim pork pie style fedoras from the Gun Club line are legitimate hunting hats -- or merely fashion statements and "presentation pieces" for...- KC Capellor
- Post #74
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Which Presidents Wore Hats>?
HST receives presidential OR or clone (Resistol San Antonio/Dalworth?) from LBJ. Note custom crease with small side dents. Uploaded with ImageShack.us LBJ and HHH on horseback with their silverbelly OR/SA's. (Hubert H. Humphrey) Uploaded with ImageShack.us LBJ was definitely big on those...- KC Capellor
- Post #192
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Which Presidents Wore Hats>?
Ike walking the dog (inside its White Hoouse run) in his fedora. Uploaded with ImageShack.us- KC Capellor
- Post #191
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Which Presidents Wore Hats>?
Here is JFK posing in a special Rice Festival fedora at Crowley, LA 1959. It appears to be an open Road or Stratoliner style w/ thin ribbon and bound brim, with plenty of rice glued on. Uploaded with ImageShack.us- KC Capellor
- Post #190
- Forum: Hats
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The Conversion Corral
thanks guys, I was able to smooth out the teardrop crease a lot more by leaving a damp cloth on it overnight and gently forming with fingers. Now, if I could get the strong smell of moth repellent out... at least the upside is zero moth bites! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with...- KC Capellor
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The Conversion Corral
Here's my newly acquired Resistol "Dalworth" Open Road clone. Silver Belly 3X beaver, near mint, original price tag $25.00. Quickly dry-bashed it into a rough diamond, snapped the brim down, then dampened overnight into a smoother teardrop pinch. Before: Uploaded with ImageShack.us After...- KC Capellor
- Post #1,060
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The Conversion Corral
Here is my latest Resistol restoration and transformation project: Uploaded with ImageShack.us 1980's(?) George Strait signature series 5X beaver Encina 5 1/2" cattleman crown, 4" brim, off-white satin liner with clear window over gold Resistol Western logo. Must have been worn by a real...- KC Capellor
- Post #1,059
- Forum: Hats
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The Resistol Roundup
Here is my latest Resistol restoration and transformation project: Uploaded with ImageShack.us 1980's(?) George Strait signature series 5X beaver Encina 5 1/2" cattleman crown, 4" brim, off-white satin liner with clear window over gold Resistol Western logo. Must have been worn by a real...- KC Capellor
- Post #416
- Forum: Hats
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The Resistol Roundup
Thanks, barrowjh, my Kitten Finish Telstar has the same white satin Resistol Byer-Rolnich liner which I thought was early 1960's, but I thought my Dalworth was more late 1960's? I would be curious to learn more about dating vintage Resistols by liner style. (as I am thinking of - gulp -...- KC Capellor
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Which Presidents Wore Hats>?
I wish I knew the proper source of the Ike shot - obviously a posed outdoor portrait, but I just love how self assured he is as Supreme Commander 5 Star General Conquerer of Europe/U.S. President/Kansas rancher he dons this nubby raw silk blue-and-silver sport coat over a sky blue shirt and fine...- KC Capellor
- Post #188
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Which Presidents Wore Hats>?
with JFK on a "transition talk", holding his fedora: Uploaded with ImageShack.us and as a khaki-clad soldier with 5 Stars on his p-cutter! Uploaded with ImageShack.us- KC Capellor
- Post #187
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CHURCHILL HATS
Thanks, tiptop, I hope to have the hatband cleaned and reattached. BTW, alanfgag, killer vicuna 100! and neat to see the Jack Henry label homburg. Not a Churchill, but my dad's other remaining vintage summer hat is an Easy Livin' Cocoanut hawaiian trilby c.1958 from Jack Henry's as well -...- KC Capellor
- Post #62
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CHURCHILL HATS
Here's my dad's other Churchill - a black straw stingy brim Churchill Ltd. Zurich - Jack Henry's Kansas City. The straw and sweatband are great but the grosgrain hatband is wrinkled and stained through from its tape. Still a great dressy summer hat! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with...- KC Capellor
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The Other Open Roads.....
thanks guys, I was able to smooth out the teardrop crease a lot more by leaving a damp cloth on it overnight and gently forming with fingers. Now, if I could get the strong smell of moth repellent out... at least the upside is zero moth bites! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with...- KC Capellor
- Post #338
- Forum: Hats
