J.T.Marcus
Call Me a Cab
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- Mineola, Texas
Serendipity sure is sweet, ain't it? :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Spellflower said:Sometimes I email the seller and ask them to take measurements, but with this one I just decided to take a chance.
Tango Yankee said:When I'm looking at an ambiguous description/photos I'll weigh whether to ask or not... sometimes I'll opt to take a chance rather than have the question answered and the answer posted on the auction if I think the answer might make the hat more attractive to other bidders.
Just part of the game that is eBay!
Regards,
Tom
ideaguy said:a Resistol 50, as printed on the logo on the liner. I take a 7 3/8, the hat was
repeat-was- a 7 1/4; now have the smoothest, sleek silverbelly 7 3/8, clean as a whistle
ideaguy said:On that Resistol Ten... I happened into the same kind of situation last week;
bid on a hat that was advertised as a Stetson; the seller (after taking my money) wrote to say that the hat was indeed a Resistol, not a Stetson...
a Resistol 50, as printed on the logo on the liner. I take a 7 3/8, the hat was
repeat-was- a 7 1/4; now have the smoothest, sleek silverbelly 7 3/8, clean as a whistle...all it took was steaming and plunking down on the aluminum hat stretcher-and they can be had cheap-get one not electrified anymore, steam the hat until it's ready to be stretched, and with the other hand, heat the stretcher with a hair dryer all around, as warm as you can get it-stuff the crown of the hat with tissue, raise the brim, and plunk that lid down, turn the crank, and wait patiently (sure...) for 24 hrs. min. extract that "size too small" hat-
and voila-betcha it fits just fine, and it won't ever see the shelf reserved for wannabes... my hat came out like brand new-at less money than the shipping to a good hatter. And now, it fits.
J.T.Marcus said:... sooner or later you will split a sweatband. I've lost count of how many I've split. (The upside is, most of the time, you can still wear the hat.) :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Rick Blaine said:Have you tried shoe stretch spray on the sweat? It does work.