Hat and Rehat
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I have more size 7 hats now than 7 1/8, which I wear. Some 7s were bought as merchandise if I can get my business plan operational, others though were sellers being wrong about an untagged size, or giving a size range, and losing my own calculated wager.
I had resolved to buy no more 7s for a while, but then saw an auction nearing close with a 99 cent minimum and no bidders. $11.20 shipping, and a "vintage Stetson 3X Beaver."
I bid .99 and forgot about it until I got the pay now email. I paid my $12.20 and pretty much forgot about it again, partly because of major distractions over the weekend.
A package arrives yesterday and I think, Oh, cool. When I open it and see a green Stetson I realize its my $12 hat, though it isn't the olive I expected from the pictures. Its a rather interesting blue/green, and the felt is light and soft, but has almost a touch of velour , but is not a velour felt. The hat is clean and in pretty new condition but a little dented up. A horizontal dent breakes the front of the crown right above the ribbon, and is there with memory. The brim is a felted overwelt and the sweat informs me its a Selv-edge. It also informs me in a "shield" border that the hat is 3X Beaver "Quality". The lining is different than any other Stetson I own, with the logo in that same shield, a circle with indents on four corners.
I reverse the sweat looking for more information. Any paper tagging is gone, but again something is unlike any of my Stetsons. The tape for the reed is cut back on the inside, and instead a chain stich of almost 1/4", up from the tape/leather seam, this is sewn low, at that seam.
Does "3X Beaver Quality" mean the same thing as 3X Beaver. Or do I now own a Stetson Mallory hat of wool felt?
If so, its still a much better deal than any Scala wool on Amazon, but it does seem a bit deceptive.
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I had resolved to buy no more 7s for a while, but then saw an auction nearing close with a 99 cent minimum and no bidders. $11.20 shipping, and a "vintage Stetson 3X Beaver."
I bid .99 and forgot about it until I got the pay now email. I paid my $12.20 and pretty much forgot about it again, partly because of major distractions over the weekend.
A package arrives yesterday and I think, Oh, cool. When I open it and see a green Stetson I realize its my $12 hat, though it isn't the olive I expected from the pictures. Its a rather interesting blue/green, and the felt is light and soft, but has almost a touch of velour , but is not a velour felt. The hat is clean and in pretty new condition but a little dented up. A horizontal dent breakes the front of the crown right above the ribbon, and is there with memory. The brim is a felted overwelt and the sweat informs me its a Selv-edge. It also informs me in a "shield" border that the hat is 3X Beaver "Quality". The lining is different than any other Stetson I own, with the logo in that same shield, a circle with indents on four corners.
I reverse the sweat looking for more information. Any paper tagging is gone, but again something is unlike any of my Stetsons. The tape for the reed is cut back on the inside, and instead a chain stich of almost 1/4", up from the tape/leather seam, this is sewn low, at that seam.
Does "3X Beaver Quality" mean the same thing as 3X Beaver. Or do I now own a Stetson Mallory hat of wool felt?
If so, its still a much better deal than any Scala wool on Amazon, but it does seem a bit deceptive.
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