BanjoMerlin
A-List Customer
- Messages
- 477
- Location
- New Hampshire, USA
In most cases I'm happy if I can get the "no earlier than" and "no later than" dates within 10 years of each other.
Sometimes the store labels help narrow the date on a particular hat but when I try to extrapolate the Stetson markings I find that some or all of those markings were in use for a long time, perhaps in different combinations.
There are a few fairly certain things, such as if the size tag has both American and European sizes the hat is NOT from the 1920s - no matter what that eBay seller says.
Sometimes the store labels help narrow the date on a particular hat but when I try to extrapolate the Stetson markings I find that some or all of those markings were in use for a long time, perhaps in different combinations.
There are a few fairly certain things, such as if the size tag has both American and European sizes the hat is NOT from the 1920s - no matter what that eBay seller says.