1950's Stetson Open Road Restored/Modified

[undertaker]

I bought this several months ago from a fellow lounger. I was pondering on buying a black fedora when this one showed up in another thread about a restoration and was priced at $35.00. I thought this must be a sign so I snatched it up. The sweat band was shot and the liner somewhat disshoveled, but the felt still looked great. I had the hat drop shipped to Art and had him do his "magic". He cleaned and blocked the hat, put in a new sweat band, and was able to straiten out and save the original liner. As usual I told Art to pick the color for the ribbon and as usual it looks great. Just wanted to show it off a little .

Before:

After:

I did choose to use a wider ribbon, no offence to the Brotherhood of the Thin Ribbon, but I just like the wider ones better.

Regards,
J.S.

 

[Dinerman]

Looks very nice. What color is the ribbon exactly? It looks purple on my screen.

 

[undertaker]

Looks very nice. What color is the ribbon exactly? It looks purple on my screen.

Thanks, The ribbon is a blue-gray, maybe a slate color. It is hard to tell.

Regards,
J.S.

 

[Razzman]

Very nice job. The restoration appears to be a great success. :eusa_clap
Actually it's very impressive. Congratulations.

 

[AlanC]

Art has the Midas touch. Congratulations!

Any chance of some bigger pics of the 'After' shots?

 

[undertaker]

Any chance of some bigger pics of the 'After' shots?

Let's try these:

Regards,
J.S.

 

[deanglen]

Nice hat! A moment of silence please, for the thin ribbon. Thank you.

dean

 

[undertaker]

Nice hat! A moment of silence please, for the thin ribbon. Thank you.

dean

lol lol lol

 

[DOUGLAS]

Nicely done Sir!!

 

[RBH]

Nice hat! A moment of silence please, for the thin ribbon. Thank you.

dean

AMEN !

 

[Jay]

That hat has some really nice dimensions. How wide is the brim? And the crown?

And the crown/brim-height ratio? I digress, I should probably go to sleep now. Great hat, though!

 

[Joel Tunnah]

Art's doing renovations again?

 

[reetpleat]

Sweeeeeeet. That looks great.

A couple of questions. I hav read that a hat can be made a little bigger if you are replacing the sweatband and ribbon. True? Do you know?

Also, how much did it set you back? If for any reason it can not be discussed, I understand.

 

[undertaker]

That hat has some really nice dimensions. How wide is the brim? And the crown?

And the crown/brim-height ratio? I digress, I should probably go to sleep now. Great hat, though!

Thanks for all the kind compliments, I was really priveledged to come up with this hat in my size and for less than $150.00.

The crown is 5 1/2" and the brim is 2 7/8".

Aslo Art only does repair work for his VS Custom hat customers, a group I am very happy to be a part of.

 

[Jerekson]

Gee whiz, Undertaker, you've just triggered something in my mind...

I've never thought about putting a wide ribbon on an OR before. Fantastic.

Nice job, and nice hat!

 

[deanglen]

An Open Road with a thick ribbon is like a highway with a five foot wide dividing line.

dean

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Also Art only does repair work for his VS Custom hat customers, a group I am very happy to be a part of.

Oh really! Did you just let the "hat" out of the bag?

 

[RBH]

An Open Road with a thick ribbon is like a highway with a five foot wide dividing line.

dean

Dean, you continue to be the man!!!

 

[deanglen]

Dean, you continue to be the man!!!

After you, R! You'll always be my inspiration. You should see my BCF mod project for Bud-n-Texas. I think you'd like it, I hope he will. But it's a secret so keep it...wait for it...under your hat.

dean

 

[RBH]

After you, R! You'll always be my inspiration. You should see my BCF mod project for Bud-n-Texas. I think you'd like it, I hope he will. But it's a secret so keep it...wait for it...under your hat.

dean

Secret, we dont keep no stinking secrets around here ! lol