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Is there a reason you don't want an Open Road? They're quite similar.
No I am looking at an open road right now on free bay.
All the Best ,Fashion Frank
Is there a reason you don't want an Open Road? They're quite similar.
You are not looking hard enough. There are lot's of 6 7/8's hat's out there. I had a vintage shop owner tell me he didn't bring any 6 7/8 hats in the store as they just sat around. He had a trailer load of them in great shape. Oh to have a small head.
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As far as the remark that I'm not looking hard enough , I scour e bay every day , and have my search engine on there set to "newly arrived " and I also just type in "stetson hats " and go thru all the pages or
stetson stratoliner.
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You and me both Mr.Wiser.
6 7/8 does seem to be the size for the best picking and best prices of vintage hats....although, the "popular" or "in demand" fedoras do seem to be LESS available than in the 7 to 7 1/2 sizes.
I also found the really early hats, like 40's and before didn't seem to come up on ebay very often in 6 7/8 and 6 3/4.
I suppose it's a matter of the grass is always greener or the other size head.
Any quick tips for getting rid of crease marks or smoothing out previous dents when steaming the crown open for a recrease?
"men's hats" is a good broad search to start with. If you save that search and keep an eye out daily, you will see quite a lot. You can also search by brand keywords. Things seem to come in twos and threes. I once found three 1920s Stetson furry nutria westerns in the same week. Haven't seen another before or since.
Collector's Weekly is fun. It will not show BIN listings, though and if you sort it by most watched, you will find the larger sizes rise to the top as there are more large headed hunters out there.
good luck!
I really like Fedoras in this green color, I wish it was 7.5:Here you go a simple search of vintage fedora 6 7/8
Vintage Men's Fedora 6 7/8th
At this moment in time 278 items with a couple of OR's for 20 bucks.
Buy It Now.I have seen some people use the expression "BIN".
What does this stand for please?
I have a couple of stingy brim (2") 6 7/8 Dobbs hats that I'm trying to unload... there's nothing wrong with them that I can tell, one is likely from the late 60's, one is much more recent:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?66557-Dobbs-Golden-Coach-6-7-8-40&highlight=
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-Grey-Dobbs-Fifth-Avenue-size-7-45&highlight=
The only real reason I'm getting rid of them is that they're a little tight and I've found I'm not too fond of the 2" brim. I'm not really after any profit, just want to see them go to someone who will enjoy them more. Feel free to make an offer if you're interested.
I can't say thank you enough ,just that collectors weekly site makes it so much easier and faster to look for hats .
Thank you again .
All the Best , Fashion Frank
That first Stetson is probably 80's or so. I just unloaded one with the same colored liner and band.