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Trevi007

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I opened this tread about the Dobbs Challenger and it was moved to an old tread with the same name but they dont talk about the DOBBS CHALLENGER AT ALL...LOL


Dobbs Challenger ???
Hi everybody!
What's the deal with the challenger is that just a different model or is of less quality of other Dobbs models?
Thanks!
 
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John Galt

Vendor
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Chico
I have one. It is a good hat, but not a GREAT hat. Fairly lightweight. You can find old ads if you look. It is not a lesser quality model, just a named model.
 

humanshoes

One Too Many
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1,446
Location
Tennessee
Hello all. I'm looking for a source to purchase hat boxes with oval hat inserts at a reasonable price. I'm hoping that there are at least a few vendors out there that can help me out. I don't need anything too fancy, just plain white boxes that will be suitable for shipping and/or storing my hats. Thanks in advance for your help.
 

Fed in a Fedora

Practically Family
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739
Location
Dixie, USA
While there are many discussions of dealing with smoke smell, I have not read any which deal with an old musty smell. Does the baking soda in a plastic bag treatment solve this as well?

Thanks!
Fed
 

LuvMyMan

I’ll Lock Up.
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4,558
Location
Michigan
Hello. A few older vintage we have had seem to suffer that same OLD musty crud smell. We did two things that worked. One was to put the hat crown side down in a hat box just the way you would to put it away but placed a small sandwich bag with several teaspoons of french vanilla coffee grounds dead center in the inside of the hat with the sandwich bag opening facing up. 24 hours later no musty smell. Old dry newspaper works o.k. also.
 

LuvMyMan

I’ll Lock Up.
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4,558
Location
Michigan
Any lounger with a hat jack live near Chester Springs, PA? I ask as a new fellow has a hat that needs to be hat jacked a touch....and he lives in Chester Springs, PA. Thanks!!!!
 

fedoracentric

Banned
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1,362
Location
Streamwood, IL
Can someone help me figure out what style hat and age this Knox is....

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DJH

I'll Lock Up
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6,355
Location
Ft Worth, TX
Hello all. I'm looking for a source to purchase hat boxes with oval hat inserts at a reasonable price. I'm hoping that there are at least a few vendors out there that can help me out. I don't need anything too fancy, just plain white boxes that will be suitable for shipping and/or storing my hats. Thanks in advance for your help.

Some of the custom hat makers get their boxes here: http://www.sarahshatboxes.com/

You also might want to contact TonyB here on the forum. He ships his hats in some basic but tough white shipping boxes that are made for hats. I don't know where he gets them, but they might be just what you need.
 

Fed in a Fedora

Practically Family
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739
Location
Dixie, USA
Luv,

Thanks for the coffee suggestion. It reminds me of something that we did when moving refrigerators. We put ground coffee in the foot of socks and tossed them inside to remove smells.

This might work as well.

Thanks again.

Fed
 

G MAN

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208
Location
Nobleton Ontario
sales@hatsdirect.com

The Hattery
Shop 2, 197 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, 2780, Australia.
Australia: Phone: 02 4782 5003 - Fax: 02 4782 6265
Local call Australia wide: 1300 302 146
International: Phone: + 61 2 4782 5003 Fax: + 61 2 4782 6265

Is this what you are looking for?
 
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Big Dave

New in Town
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46
Location
Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Akubra for the tropics

Hi Guys,

My interest in nice hats has rekindled.

Which of these hats provides more ventilation?
Balmoral (Hemp weave)
Zephyr (Polypropylene)

Thanks,
Dave
 

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