A New Stetson ...

[Baron Kurtz]

Here's a teaser for you. I got this Royal Stetson hat from eBay. Unfortunately the seller has taken down the photo, but i've tried to approximate the photo that was in the listing. I asked the seller a question which was not answered but would have confirmed my suspicions. From the photo i got a certain hint at what i was bidding on (the hint has proved true!).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&item=330023932807&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

What thinks ye? What is this hat??? No prizes, i'm afraid for the correct answer ... :

I'll post full pics when people have had fun guessing ...

bk

 

[scotrace]

Ribbon seems too wide to be a Strat, Playboy or Flagship.

Whippet?

 

[RBH]

I would guess a Whippet.

 

[Pilgrim]

At the price, it's a steal as long as it's wearable. If it's a Whippet, I nominate it for the Steal of the Month!!

 

[scotrace]

The more I look...

Could someone have replaced the ribbon on an Open Road?

 

[DOUGLAS]

Whippet or Stetsonian. Looks to have a nice tall crown.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Anyone guess what my hint was from the photo?

bk

 

[Pilgrim]

Of course, they could, but that hat looks like a narrower brim than most OR's. The two Whippets I have both have brims slightly wider than 2.5", so after thinking that over, I suspect it's not a Whippet.

 

[scotrace]

HAH!

Silly me.

That is obviously a Stetson HAT.





lol

 

[DOUGLAS]

That bow says Whippet.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Brim is bang on 2.25". Crown unbashed is approx 5.25".

A lovely dark charcoal grey, sits wuite high on my head.

Bashed (i tend to gently nudge non deadstock hats into whatever bash they want to form), the crown is 4.25 in front, 4.375 sides and 4" at the back. It is solidly a 50s hat.

Any more guesses? Second pic should help (not saying that it hasn't been guessed already).

bk

 

[scotrace]

OK, give out!

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

I'm guessing it's a gent's felt dress hat made by the John B. Stetson company in Philly.

Maybe I just don't understand the question.

Or was it originally a Homburg?

 

[Razzman]

I would guess it's a Stetson Whippet. Whatever it turns out to be, it was definately a nice grab. Congratulations on a great hat.:eusa_clap

 

[deanglen]

Whippet! Whippet good?!

dean

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The answer is obvious. It's an elephant that has been swallowed by a boa constricter.


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[Baron Kurtz]

It's a whippet, and the edge binding was my clue. I've never seen another Stetson of this era with the wide ribbon binding. A gamble that paid off at last.

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The rest of the photos i took.

The liner has the clear plastic cover ...

bk

 

[scotrace]

YES!

I was right!

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Aha! But then again, my Royal Deluxe Stetson doesn't say "Whippet" on it anywhere, in fact it doesn't say anything but "Royal Deluxe Stetson" and it has fairly wide edge binding: