Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

[jayreed1970]

this is my first vintage fedora , anyone shed some light on the era ?

 

[Bill Hughes]

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I would say it's 1970s at the oldest. A black sweatband is almost always 70s or newer.

 

[Pkyoakum]

Any idea era? thanks

 

[carouselvic]

Hi, newcomer here. I've been researching and looking at fedoras for a solid few months now and pulled the trigger on this medium grey w/a black ribbon as it'll be neutral enough to pair with almost anything I put together. Some moth bites but not sever enough to warrant not wearing and everything else is fair enough as well. I was just wondering if anyone knew what decade it was from. Cheers folks

70’s -80’s post Stetson ownership

 

[carouselvic]

this is my first vintage fedora , anyone shed some light on the era ?

1965-1970’s

 

[carouselvic]

Any idea era? thanks

Late 50’s-60’s

 

[Pkyoakum]

Late 50’s-60’s

Thank you.

 

[AC80]

I just got my first Stetson. It is a nice Imperial Homburg Canadian made hat from the 1950s. Nice feel to the hand. I looked up the store and found a cool webpage devoted to its history.

Capital History: Premier Hat Shops, 1912 to 1970 – Apartment613

As the pluralized name suggests, they were indeed a chain, with a second location at 209 Bank Street, right on the northeast corner of Nepean Street. Premier Hats was founded in 1912 by the delightfully named Samuel Gluck, his first store opening on an opposite corner of Bank and Nepean.

apt613.ca

Adam

 

[DaveProc]

I just got my first Stetson. It is a nice Imperial Homburg Canadian made hat from the 1950s. Nice feel to the hand. I looked up the store and found a cool webpage devoted to its history.

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Adam

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It's a real beauty!

 

[Rmccamey]

The Imperial has always been a very nice, quality hat. Congrats on yours.

I just got my first Stetson. It is a nice Imperial Homburg Canadian made hat from the 1950s. Nice feel to the hand. I looked up the store and found a cool webpage devoted to its history.

Capital History: Premier Hat Shops, 1912 to 1970 – Apartment613

As the pluralized name suggests, they were indeed a chain, with a second location at 209 Bank Street, right on the northeast corner of Nepean Street. Premier Hats was founded in 1912 by the delightfully named Samuel Gluck, his first store opening on an opposite corner of Bank and Nepean.

apt613.ca

Adam

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[Hatman123]

New to all of this. Haven't gotten to yet but I paid 30 bucks. What year would this be from?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

New to all of this. Haven't gotten to yet but I paid 30 bucks. What year would this be from?

Looks later 1960s or 1970s to me. We can’t often get specific on the age, but someone here more knowledgeable than me might be able to tell you something.

 

[Hatman123]

Looks later 1960s or 1970s to me. We can’t often get specific on the age, but someone here more knowledgeable than me might be able to tell you something.

I'm Hoping it's mfg before the whole Stetson collapse haha. But thanks for the aprx date.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I'm Hoping it's mfg before the whole Stetson collapse haha. But thanks for the aprx date.

I’m don’t know that the last Stetson made Stetson were any better than the Stevens made hats. Stetsons quality was in steep decline in its final years.

Any chance of seeing any tags/labels behind the sweatband?

 

[Hatman123]

I’m don’t know that the last Stetson made Stetson were any better than the Stevens made hats. Stetsons quality was in steep decline in its final years.

Any chance of seeing any tags/labels behind the sweatband?

Once I get it in the mail I'll post photos. And ah okay welp hopefully it's still a good example of a declining Stetson. Even then for 30 bucks it's a steal in my eyes.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Stetson Centennial (1865 to 1965). It shows that the 3X roundel, the black rectangular size tag, and the Selv-Edge brim edge were all in use on at least some hats in 1965.

 

[AC80]

Happy New Years!
I picked up this nice Canadian Stetson this weekend. I haven’t seen this specific “The excellent Stetson” liner before.
The hat has a very soft to crease crown and tends to want to go telescopic.

It has about a 5 1/2” open crown and just under 2” brim.

The hat’s dimensions are really well balanced with the thinner ribbon and danty brim binding. The cappuccino color against the brown is really attractive.

The label has the 1/8 scribbled out with pencil. Maybe a factory mistake?

 

[Pkyoakum]

From the liner, any idea the era?

 

[BobHufford]

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Beautiful hat!

As Randy mentioned on another thread, the OPS label puts it in the 1951 - 1953 range. The paper factory label behind the sweat would indicate which edge of that range to lean towards. Red/white background would be early and the narrower all-white background would be later (probably 1953).

Not sure of the range of this particular liner.

 

[Hatman123]

New to all of this. Haven't gotten to yet but I paid 30 bucks. What year would this be from?

So update. No date on the inside. Just a price and marker mark