OldStrummer
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Based on scientific experimentation made by @Redfokker, I'm a 7-1/4 Long Oval.
There are hats here on the FL classifieds, eBay, Etsy, and goodwill online in your size that I can only dream of. There are some good deals, but still more expense than comparable wool felt hats. Have you contacted the Hat-Co outlet? They also have woolies at great prices. Inventory is hit or miss but worth the call.
No online presence that I can find. I'm not aware of any trip coming up that will take me to or near Garland, Texas. Call them? Talk about hit-or-miss!
No need for a throw away, you can do better with something older than yourself. I always try to find hats that are at least early 1960s (stingy) or mid 1950s, like myself. You can also search "Vintage hat 7 1/4" and do pretty well.Thanks, Mike. I actually looked on eBay, and all I could find were Baileys, Jaxons, and one Stetson cotton waterproof navy fedora.
I'm not looking for a dress hat, but it's my intention to wear a hat every day, so throw-away hats aren't beyond my level of sophistication!
+1 Sage advice, I agree about not adding size. "Antique" is a good tip.I've always found that including the size in your search greatly decreases your chances of finding nice vintage hats
a good amount of the time the seller has no idea what size the hat is ... and some of the time they have no idea what they even have
the best way to find good vintage hats is to make your search as general as possible and weed through the enormous amount of pages of results that come up
search something like "vintage fedora" or "antique fedora" ... then the fun starts ...
the good thing is that if you go through those pages once with a fine tooth comb the next time you search you can just go to "newly listed" and see what was recently added ...
don't ever trust numbers given in a description if it is not a seller you know
there I go giving away valuable secrets ... you're lucky I'm in a good mood ... things like this will get you shot in some parts
you being 7 1/4 are now my competition ... good luck ...
I just purchased a vintage Resistol made in Italy. It's a Resistol Self Conforming made of a straw like material. It says "Italia Milan" on the sweatband and the tag says made in Italy. I cannot fond anything on line about it.This seems to work on other sites, so I figure that it deserves a shot here.
If you've got a quick hat question and don't see a thread for it, just post it here. Whether the question is about cleaning, anatomy of a hat, brands, etc., this is the place.
Here's one to break the ice.
Pictures will help a lot. Sounds like you have a milan straw hat.I just purchased a vintage Resistol made in Italy. It's a Resistol Self Conforming made of a straw like material. It says "Italia Milan" on the sweatband and the tag says made in Italy. I cannot fond anything on line about it.
I just purchased a vintage Resistol made in Italy. It's a Resistol Self Conforming made of a straw like material. It says "Italia Milan" on the sweatband and the tag says made in Italy. I cannot fond anything on line about it.
I’ve often wondered if the really good custom hats of today will have that feel in 50 years? That maybe it’s not a fair comparison.Where can I get a new felt hat that has the dense clay-like felt that some of my vintage hats have? I like my hats from Gannon, Northwest, VS, etc., but I have yet to find a new hat that is the equal of those vintage hats. Are the hat bodies available today just not capable of that kind of felt? I like the current beaver felt hats, but I'd also like to have some that could approximate those vintage hats. Is there an answer?
I’ve often wondered if the really good custom hats of today will have that feel in 50 years? That maybe it’s not a fair comparison.
won't find itWhere can I get a new felt hat that has the dense clay-like felt that some of my vintage hats have? I like my hats from Gannon, Northwest, VS, etc., but I have yet to find a new hat that is the equal of those vintage hats. Are the hat bodies available today just not capable of that kind of felt? I like the current beaver felt hats, but I'd also like to have some that could approximate those vintage hats. Is there an answer?
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the closest thing I've felt was the Stetson NY LE ... Matt worked his tail off to get as close to vintage felt as he could ...
it is very nice felt ... but nothing like the felt of these old hats
won't find it
doesn't exist
the closest thing I've felt was the Stetson NY LE ... Matt worked his tail off to get as close to vintage felt as he could ...
it is very nice felt ... but nothing like the felt of these old hats
I've often pondered this myself when someone praises the quality of the felt on their vintage hat(s). Unfortunately, I don't think anyone here was alive in the 1930s or 40s who could tell us definitively whether or not those hats were actually better when they were brand new, or if they were pretty much the same then as modern production hats are now and that time has given them those desirable qualities.I’ve often wondered if the really good custom hats of today will have that feel in 50 years? That maybe it’s not a fair comparison.