99 Cent Stevens Deluxe

[Stoney]

I picked this Stevens hat up a few days ago on ebay. It looks to be late fifties to early sixties.
The felt is of a long haired variety and very soft. The hat is very light weight.

There was a 4" C crown in it when it arrived. Pretty funny as the hat was so shallow I could not get it onto my head before the top of my head hit the center of the hat. I opened it up to 4 1/2 inches by rebashing it with a very shallow center dent.

These are the results:

Hey nobody else bid on the hat, so it went for 99 cents.

I have another Stevens with a tall crown in Charcoal with a Blue wide ribbon.
It is definitely older and has a very unique liner. The two Stevens hats that I have are well made.
Anyone else have some of these that they would like to share?

Errr, Yeah I forgot that I have three Stevens hats. Geez, I cant even keep up with the count myself.

 

[RBH]

Looks nice. Do you have a picture of the c-crown that was in it?

 

[Stoney]

This is what it looked like before. Note that the crown was 4" tall, at the lowest point, and the depression at the back of the hat was about 3/4" . That left about 3 1/4 inches to get your head into the hat. LOL

 

[Ande1964]

I hope to hell it's not a 7 5/8. The only hat I have from my grandpa is a Stevens, and I've been dying to get another that I could actually wear.

Anj

 

[Stoney]

No such luck

I hope to hell it's not a 7 5/8. The only hat I have from my grandpa is a Stevens, and I've been dying to get another that I could actually wear.

Anj

Sorry, this one was a 6 7/8. [huh]

 

[Ande1964]

No problem. I'm relieved I didn't miss one in my size.

Here's what my grandpa's Stevens looks like.

Anj

 

[Stoney]

Ya gotta love that wide ribbon on there.
It's a dandy! The hat looks to be in fine shape and fits you quite well.
I wouldn't be afraid to wear it as long as it was during nice weather,
although I'm sure that keeping tabs on it would be high on my list of things to
do. It was be a shame to lose your Grandfather's hat.

 

[Ande1964]

Thanks! It's actually in rough shape. You can't see them too well in the photos, but there are moth problems galore. I just hate to risk having it damaged more, so it's usually stored safely.

Someday, I'll find one as nice as yours in my size!

Anj

 

[bolthead]

Sorry, this one was a 6 7/8. [huh]

I like it......You're lucky I didn't see that one Stoney, it woulda been a bidding war between us 2.

I have a Stevens and I love it.

 

[Stoney]

Bolthead,
Yours looks pretty good. I haven't seen much discussion about Stevens hats here on the lounge. Yet Every Stevens hat I run across impresses the heck out of me.

I'm really glad you didn't see this one, or there would have been a bidding war....

A Stevens Pacesetter. It has a 5" crown (bashed) wind cord, super light weight felt , charcoal in color with a blue ribbon. I love this hat.
The liner in this one is the most unique that I have.
Dinerman and I were the only ones bidding on it. He let me have it
for a mere $11.50.