ALL Of My Vintage HATS

[Baron Kurtz]

Marc's Dobbs Optimo crown panama is pretty much identical to the one i picked up yesterday . . .

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[thunderw21]

Baron,
I just purchased a Marathon exactly like yours, such a great looking hat. I think yours looks stunning on you, with the shallow brim swoop and all.
Cheers!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

At just over 3" that's th widest brimmed hat i have. How is the stiffness of yours? Mine is the stiffest fedora i've had from the golden era.

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[thunderw21]

The brim of mine is right at 3 inches and like yours it is extremely stiff. I was able to shape it but it took a while to get it to stay, had to steam it in the end.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Here's that Optimo panama. Bound-edge brim is 2.5", crown about 4.5"

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[scotrace]

These are not to be missed.

 

[Lefty]

You're really digging up the good stuff. Marc has fantastic examples of pretty much everything.

 

[thunderw21]

Great thread. Might as well continue this smorgasbord of hats.

Here are most of mine. Nothing as unusal as some of the others shown, but rather large.

1920s Knox Milan

1920s-style cowboy conversion

1930s Dobbs Milan

1930s Mallory 'Aircool'

1930s Mallory 'Nokabout'

1930s Portis

1930s 'Real Russian' newsboy cap

1940-50s Portis

1940s-50s Stetson 'OpenRoad'

1940s Ardsley wool hat

 

[thunderw21]

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1940s Cavanagh lord's hat

1940s Champ 'Featherweight'

1940s Champ Whippet clone

1940s Champ Whippet clone

1940s Dobbs Twenty with Cavanagh edge

1940s Foreman & Clark

1940s Frat 'Victory' wool hat

1940s Pennys 'Marathon'

1940s Stetson Medalist Panama

1950s Champ Boater

 

[thunderw21]

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1950s Dobbs

1950s Royal Stetson

1950s Royal Stetson

1950s Stetson 3x

1950s Stetson 'Gay Prince' clone

1956-57 Resistol Flatop

1960s Churchill

Some of my boxes, all full of hats.

 

[jimmy the lid]

Nice collection, thunderw21!

Cheers,
JtL

 

[thunderw21]

Nice collection, thunderw21!

Cheers,
JtL

Thanks, Jimmy!