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  1. Alexander Sommerset

    Who's educated on top hats?

    I get a 1940s, 1950s feel from that topper. I hope someone can chip in on the feeling.
  2. Alexander Sommerset

    What's the best hats for different occasions?

    Personally, I have no problem at all with a black fedora. I don't "get" the idea that some say it is "too formal" of a color. That concept makes no sense to me at all. As to wearing a topper at some sort of recreation event like the cyberpunk events (or whatever they are called), or Victorian...
  3. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Speaking of gripes about sellers that don't have the first idea what they are talking about.... This fool is covering all the bases apparently, here is his description: "Vintage Lord Biltmore 7 Fedora Hat Stetson mods punk rock whippet open road style" Half that crap in there have nothing...
  4. Alexander Sommerset

    What's the best hats for different occasions?

    -I won't wear a ball cap unless I'm 10-years-old... or playing baseball. -I have a white fedora but can rarely find anything to wear it with. -I will never, ever wear a fedora with less than a 2-3/8 inch brim. Thimbles are for sewing. -I don't wear my hat in church, or at a fancy dinner, or in a...
  5. Alexander Sommerset

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    Thanks, Alan. I felt it was maybe 1920s or 30s. The brim was only about 2-1/4, though, and I sold it to a guy on Esty yesterday. Got $100 for it, anyway.
  7. Alexander Sommerset

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    String woven through a leather sweatband was originally for adjusting the size of the hat a size or two. But later it morphed into just a decoration. So, it depends on what sort of string you are talking about.
  8. Alexander Sommerset

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    Can someone help me with these Borso labels? I think I am going with the 1930s. But....
  9. Alexander Sommerset

    Hatbox Homage

    We are all familiar with that novel triangle-shaped Stetson Three-Way box. But this is the first time I've seen a Stetson box with "Three-Way" on it that looked like this....
  10. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    While I certainly agree that all it takes on anything--no matter what the item is--is two people going nuts to "win" in a bidding war, it is absurd to pretend that size doesn't matter in vintage hat sales. How many times have you seen a 6-7/8 Stratoliner go for $50 and a 7-7/8 Strat in the same...
  11. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    "unless you actually think that the price is directly connected to size" Of course size matters. Any look at the field of sales will prove that larger sizes in vintage hats generally take the bigger dollars. I agree with everyone above that the hat in question was stunning. Nearly in perfect...
  13. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    6-7/8. That is what I thought. I mean, I realize that Stetson Three-Ways are far and few between but I guess I was a bit surprised that a tiny 6-7/8 went for that price.
  14. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Is that Three Way a 6-7/8 or a 7-7/8?
  15. Alexander Sommerset

    Strange Stratoliner

    "I've seen a few with less than 2 1/2 inches of brim." And my guess is they never came from the factory that way but instead were cut down by a hat shop either at the original purchase time or later.
  16. Alexander Sommerset

    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    VERY Cool Recently Recovered Travel Film of Chicago in 1944 (Hats Everywhere in the scenes with people)
  17. Alexander Sommerset

    The idea that hats keep you cooler...

    I think people conflate "being cooler" with "keeping the sun off you."
  19. Alexander Sommerset

    Strange Stratoliner

    I wouldn't day anything is necessarily "amiss." In the 50s and 60s a lot of older hats were cut down and reworked to fit the early 60s stingy brim fashion trend. I saw on a website an early 40s Whippet that had been cut down that way and I've seen them on ebay before. I doubt very sincerely that...
  20. Alexander Sommerset

    Some interesting beaver hats

    Those Horisaki Design hats make me think of one phrase: "I'm meeeeeelting."
  21. Alexander Sommerset

    Stetson or not Stetson?

    I agree with the above. I will buy Stetsons made before 1960 or after 2012. I have no interest at all in any "Stetson" made between 1960 and 2012.
  22. Alexander Sommerset

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I guess we have very different ideas on price, because I'd say that hat in that size isn't in that bad of shape. If I wore that sort of bucket, I'd buy that hat for that price and put a new ribbon on it. And even with that added cost would find the price not so bad.
  23. Alexander Sommerset

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    Does any one know when Stetson started selling hats under the Gun Club model name?

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