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vintage panama hat finds from Monte Cristi Hat Works of Santa Fe, N.M.
Click on the images, and they expand to a larger size.... Thanks for any input regarding these hats. :D -
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vintage panama hat finds from Monte Cristi Hat Works of Santa Fe, N.M.
I recently picked up several Monte Cristi panama hats, from Milton Johnson's "Monte Cristi Hat Works" of Santa Fe, N.M. I'm hoping to get some input as to the likely age of these hats, and also some intel on the pencil markings on the straw, located under the sweat-band around back. The finer... -
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The nicest comment I ever heard
I was at the WSOP in Las Vegas this last week, decked out in a Vintage coco brown Boursalino, with a 40s hand-painted silk tie, and a vintage mustard-orange Gabardine "long Ricky" jacket, etc... a cute tourist couple walked up and asked me "We were wondering what show you were in?" "The Dog... -
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Western, anyone?
Rex Sr handed me a "silver" bullet at the Humbolt Co fair, back in the later 1950s. Ma put it away for safe keeping and I never saw it again.... dang. My dad brain-tanned that buckskin and I rolled and cut that hatband myself. -
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Beater Brotherhood
I dunno, I found it, It interests me. anybody got any ideas on this little number? -
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Western, anyone?
Here's my fav, a Bailey Rex Allen 100x beaver silver belly. -
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The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD
I have a cool little dental mirror that helps me look behind sweat bands and under liners, with the utmost of care... -
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Western, anyone?
I picked up a pretty swell Eddy Bros stockman 4" brim 5x hat today at the flea. Strange to be typing this, but I got a perfect peak crease by blocking the hat backwards. yup, the seam in the sweatband is front and center. darndest thing i ever did see, but it looks too perfect to mess with it... -
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Western, anyone?
My Bailey ventilator. It got bull-stomped, but man, its got some character.... -
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Beater Brotherhood
hey, that hat is a beauty! I'm diggin on this new thread!! -
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Beater Brotherhood
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?53973-Show-us-your-beaten.-Not-your-bea This is my "universal" and it's just swell on cold mornings... -
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Beater Brotherhood
Hey, somebody just called my borso ugly. I think that's just unkind.... -
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Ask a question, get an answer
oops Sorry about that, it won't happen again. thomas -
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Ask a question, get an answer
Chapeau Vimenet- Bruxelles - Made in Belgium - Any Info on these? Hi Gang, I wonder if anybody has heard of a Belgian Hatter: Chapeau Vimenet- Bruxelles - Made in Belgium. Its a new name for me, It was sold thru Simpsons London Ltd, London, Ontario, Canada. The graphic on the sweatband... -
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The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD
Hi Guys! I would like to thank Robt Kent for setting me straight on a couple of borsos that I have listed over on ebay as of yesterday. 40s and 50s vintage fedoras, I was using that dating system that only works on post 1970s borsos, and so I had them listed as a 1914 borso, and a 1920s borso...
