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[Xylophile]

Are you using Google to search rather than the Lounge’s search function? Google is much better.

The google search screen:

Some results for “sweatbands.”

Just a demonstration.



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I tried the same thing with duckduckgo and the method works there too. I dropped chrome because of sync issues and went to firefox, which default search is DDG.

 

[jlee562]

The St. Regis is a longstanding Stetson model, which are often helpfully listed as such because they carry a "St. Regis" imprint on the sweat. I feel like I see more of these in gray than I ever have in black.

JJ still has a few of these modern Knox open crown Homburgs.
https://www.jjhatcenter.com/collections/knox/products/the-kings-lane

 

[Hurricane Jack]

@RJR, Bob I hope all is well. It's been ~6 wks since you posted last. Maybe I missed something?

 

[Frunobulax]

@RJR, Bob I hope all is well. It's been ~6 wks since you posted last. Maybe I missed something?

That long? I know it's been a while.


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[Hurricane Jack]

That long? I know it's been a while.


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March 16th. Thought maybe he had said he was going to be gone for a while & I missed it. But apparently not. Hope all is well with him & family.

 

[Frunobulax]

March 16th. Thought maybe he had said he was going to be gone for a while & I missed it. But apparently not. Hope all is well with him & family.

Dittos

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[Victor 15]

Hello, great website ! I’ve been looking everywhere for some info on this item. I did find a great article on the history of Mallory. Part of American history . But this fine hat remains a mystery to me. The word Pliafelt doesn’t seem to have hit the internet !
What kind of value should I place on this ? Thanks . Photos make the hat look gray when it’s actually light tan with a brown band

 

[Victor 15]

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What kind of value should I place on this ? Thanks . Photos make the hat look gray when it’s actually light tan with a brown band

 

[bluesforchallah]

You may have better luck with more visibility to your question posting in this thread....

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/ask-a-question-get-an-answer.41576/

 

[Victor 15]

You may have better luck with more visibility to your question posting in this thread....

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/ask-a-question-get-an-answer.41576/

Thanks!!

 

[Bamaboots]

Too many variables involved in placing a value on your hat. Try this thread in helping date it.
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/1946-stetson-acquires-mallory-but-then-what.41052/

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Are any of the Western hat loungers familiar with Bandera hats out of Fort Worth?
I have a line on a silverbelly in beautiful condition. The sweat band says 4X quality, but one needs to know the company to interpret that.

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[deadlyhandsome]

Are any of the Western hat loungers familiar with Bandera hats out of Fort Worth?
I have a line on a silverbelly in beautiful condition. The sweat band says 4X quality, but one needs to know the company to interpret that.

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I had one. I doubt anyone can tell you what 4X means actually means. Like Stetson, Resistol, etc., the meaning of the Xs have changed over the years and now they are but meaningless. All I get from them is that a 4X is better than a 3X if they were made by the same company at the same date. A 1940’s 3X is nicer than a current 100X so???

I think Bandera was positioned in the market as a bargain brand. Serviceable, but not anything special. There’s some speculation they sourced their felt from Resistol.


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[Victor 15]

Too many variables involved in placing a value on your hat. Try this thread in helping date it.
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/1946-stetson-acquires-mallory-but-then-what.41052/

Thanks for the reply Bama

 

[DanO]

I know this has probably been answered but here goes. Looking at a Stetson Stratoliner Hemp my felt modern strats and Playboy are 60/7.5 and fit fine are the hemp strats the same?
Are the brims as curled as the milan strats (which I have one and do not wear) and can they be shaped with distilled water as other straws?
As an aside I just broke out the two Panama Hats Direct Panamas(one Monte,one Cuenca) that I bought last year for this summer, and waiting for the two Monte's I ordered two weeks ago when they had a sale.
I wanted to thank all of the enablers on here for without you I would be a bare headed sadder man, although my wife would probably be happier.
Oh, and Deadly Handsome now that you are going western send me pics of all your fedoras so I can check which ones I want or send address I'm in San Jose and can come by and shop LOL.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I know this has probably been answered but here goes. Looking at a Stetson Stratoliner Hemp my felt modern strats and Playboy are 60/7.5 and fit fine are the hemp strats the same?
Are the brims as curled as the milan strats (which I have one and do not wear) and can they be shaped with distilled water as other straws?
As an aside I just broke out the two Panama Hats Direct Panamas(one Monte,one Cuenca) that I bought last year for this summer, and waiting for the two Monte's I ordered two weeks ago when they had a sale.
I wanted to thank all of the enablers on here for without you I would be a bare headed sadder man, although my wife would probably be happier.
Oh, and Deadly Handsome now that you are going western send me pics of all your fedoras so I can check which ones I want or send address I'm in San Jose and can come by and shop LOL.

I’m not giving up fedoras, I’m just adding westerns...and homburgs, and trilbies, and caps, and....


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[Rmccamey]

Brent is just trying to keep up with the "Max's".

 

[Hat and Rehat]

I had one. I doubt anyone can tell you what 4X means actually means. Like Stetson, Resistol, etc., the meaning of the Xs have changed over the years and now they are but meaningless. All I get from them is that a 4X is better than a 3X if they were made by the same company at the same date. A 1940’s 3X is nicer than a current 100X so???

I think Bandera was positioned in the market as a bargain brand. Serviceable, but not anything special. There’s some speculation they sourced their felt from Resistol.


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Twenty bucks at the thrift store?
I feel like I should have just grabbed it at that price.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Twenty bucks at the thrift store?
I feel like I should have just grabbed it at that price.

If it’s in good condition, it’s hard to go wrong at that price.

Check out post 40348. Good looking hat to my eye:

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/post-new-hats-here.28145/page-2018


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[Hat and Rehat]

If it’s in good condition, it’s hard to go wrong at that price.

Check out post 40348. Good looking hat to my eye:

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/post-new-hats-here.28145/page-2018


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I think I'll head over there in the morning. ARC thrift stores are slow on Friday because on Saturday four of the five colors of price tag are 50% off. The Bandera was the color tag they were stocking today, so I'll pay $20, but that's fine. It's the color. I haven't had a clean one since I left an Open Road in a motel room closet years ago. That was when I admired hats, but felt self conscious wearing one. The Bandera looks like it had that kind of owner.
After I got to the parking lot I was looking for an excuse to go back in, so searched the web. An article with an old Bandera Hat ad image was about cowboy hats in general, but one cowboy interviewed, who sometimes puts on his hat before his boots, said his Dad worked for Bandera Hat Company, which was a subsidiary of Baily. I didn't scroll very far, but nothing gave me the excuse, partly because I just acquired a Dobbs West that scratched my cowboy itch. Tonight I looked further and financial news said Bandera was founded in '46, and is now defunct. When I clicked for more info, I saw that Bandera Hat Co also traded as Bailey, George S (I guess he finally got out of Bedford Falls) Hat company.
I do have a silver Stetson, but it's a bit of a beater. It was a US Forrest Service issue hat, and looked it. It has holes that resemble moth damage, but I think they might be from fire sparks. Some were also in the lining. I replaced the sweat a few months ago, then cleaned it up and reshaped it. I wore it open crown for a little while and suspect Dan Blocker was looking for his hat.