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A Whiter Shade of Pale
Cleaning up and putting things away today... I stopped to take a picture of a small harem of neutral color western hats and variation in clear beaver: from bottom up: Stetson 25 OR Stetson 7X Clear Beaver Stetson 100 Borsalino Alessandria -
Protecting Paper Size Tags
Size tags are such interesting and valuable artifacts in dating a vintage hat - they are also too often the weakest link. While the card weight Stetson labels from the forties and fifties seem to hold up pretty well, the delicate paper used on other brands can become very brittle with age and... -
Immaculate Resistol 5X
This is one of two hats that belonged to a prominent New York City politician who received it as a gift for a speaking engagement and never wore it... 5X Beaver Resistol, size 7 1/4. I'm unsure of the vintage, but those of you more versed in Resistol marks can probably help. His Stetson Open...- alanfgag
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Let's Motor
I purchased Dinerman's Stetson "The Motor" zephyr weight fedora via ebay auction... received it the other day. I was captivated by the sweatband imprint and the vintage, which is possibly 1920s. The hat is in relatively good shape. the major flaw being a pair of holes fore and aft. On... -
fixed in a Jiffy
The only kettle we have in the house is a whistler which doesn't work for steaming - I decided to splurge on a Jiffy J-1 hat steamer. I love this thing. Wonder how many of you have one or something like it? Price was 99 dollars delivered from this dealer. I gave it a test run today to perk up... -
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Happiness is...
... a good haircut, ... having your snug hats fit good again, ... playing dress-up with your 15 year old daughter! 1. Lee Trinity size 6 7/8 that I've had for ages and just learned how to stretch a bit: 2. Stetson Tijuana - a small size 7: 3. Borso Marque Grand Luxe 5x (adult... -
Cheap Jacks
Just returned from a few days in NYC with my daughter. Frigid day in the city so we stopped and shopped every hundred yards to warm up. One stop was Cheap Jacks on Broadway. I remember the store from my high school days - it was on Canal Street then I think. They have hundreds and hundreds... -
Black Beauties
I purchased these two hats via ebay last week... both old and black. They were costly - at the top end of my hat allowance at $200 each, but they looked in very fine condition for the age, so I splurged. First, the No.1 Stetson, 1930s, 1/4 ribbon banding at the edge of a slightly upwards...
