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  1. Louis Mountbatten

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

    Unreal. Sometimes you have to wonder what people are thinking. I once got a great antique Stetson in the original box and the seller sent the thing JUST in the hat box. That's right, he taped the hell out of it and slapped the postage and labels right on the original hat box, totally ruining the...
  2. Louis Mountbatten

    Rare Stetson Chamois Brand Tall Bowler 1890s

    Here we have rare chance for you to get a Chamois brand bowler. Chamois is a rare brand that Stetson owned and made for a short time in the late 1800s and early 1900s before mothballing the name. This is a high bowler, popular at the turn of the century. The crown stand 5-1/2 inches. It has...
  3. Louis Mountbatten

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by size tag

    Kind of resembles the "Casual" a little bit.
  4. Louis Mountbatten

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by size tag

    Both appear 1940s to me.
  5. Louis Mountbatten

    The School of Hard Knox

    Liner could have been added later, of course. Since it has a new sweat, there is no telling if the liner was orig. to the hat.
  7. Louis Mountbatten

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

    Ha, ha. Fortunately, it was not so painful because it was never more than 3 or 4 at a time. Usually one or two. But, yeah, cumulatively, a LOT of boxing up of hats.
  8. Louis Mountbatten

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

    A this point, I am selling off most of my hats. I had over 600 at one time (no really). So far, I have sold 450 of them.
  9. Louis Mountbatten

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

    Holy, moley, what a catch. I have one with the box. But that box is 100 times harder to find than the hat! The hats do come up once in a while.
  10. Louis Mountbatten

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

    As an aside, personally, I really, REALLY hate it when shippers use those packing peanuts. I jsust hate those things.
  11. Louis Mountbatten

    Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)

    The black sweatband is the biggest give away. Prior to the 60s they were almost never black. The union tag is also 60s era as is the maker name printed on top of the leather instead of engraved.
  13. Louis Mountbatten

    Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)

    Looks 1960s or early 70s to me.
  14. Louis Mountbatten

    Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!

    Sort of looks like just a regular Open Road-style straw with a cattleman's crease.
  15. Louis Mountbatten

    “WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

    Well, you can't say you won't be able to see them comin' atcha.
  16. Louis Mountbatten

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

    Wha... what the heck did he do to that poor thing?
  17. Louis Mountbatten

    Women's Beaver Hat

    Funny thing is, I know damn well they are silk. It was just a stupid, unthinking mistake.
  19. Louis Mountbatten

    Women's Beaver Hat

  20. Louis Mountbatten

    Women's Beaver Hat

    Absolutely right. They are silk. Sorry for that.
  21. Louis Mountbatten

    Women's Beaver Hat

    I know we've talked about this before. Often you see this hat mistakenly advertised on ebay as a man's "low" top hat. But it is a woman's hat used in business or day-time situations. from about 1900s to 1920 or so Not a hat for evening wear. Anyway, the reason I am posting about t is that I just...
  22. Louis Mountbatten

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

    You may be right. Today's materials may not be so bad in the long term. That I don't know about. Only the original stuff from the 40s/50s.
  23. Louis Mountbatten

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

    The Saddle Roll probably had a western-styled turn to the brim originally and a western pinch, too. I think someone reworked that one to be more like a fedora at some pint. The saddle roll was originally a western/cowboy hat.

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