Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)

[Purplesage]

Thanks for all the help. I always thought that particular size tag was used prior to the 50s. Guess I was wrong. I do have an old Wormser I'm going to put on here. I'm pretty sure it's from the 30s or older. It is a beautiful black fedora with a raw edge. The ribbon looks like those I've seen from the period as well.

 

[alanfgag]

My experience was that the largest number of 1930s hats turn up in the early acquisitions of one's collection...

 

[Vampyre Master]

HI guys just bought a black homburg by a company called Glyn & Co London anybody have any info?
VM

 

[Vampyre Master]

photos

HI guys just bought a black homburg by a company called Glyn & Co London anybody have any info?
VM

here are pics of old hat

cant find Glyn & Co on the internet
VM

 

[edwood]

Can you help me identify this hat? Thanks!

 

[alanfgag]

Later 1950s to early 1960s would be my guess.

 

[carouselvic]

late 50's-early 60's

 

[carouselvic]

great minds...

 

[alanfgag]

A very fine compliment. :cheers1:

 

[edwood]

Thanks! Can you tell me what style of hat is this? Is this a whippet?

 

[jlee562]

Thanks! Can you tell me what style of hat is this? Is this a whippet?

Whippets usually had marked liners and/or sweats as far as I know. To boot, the most common iteration of the Whippet is the wide brimmed, bound edge model. Most model names are lost to history unless it's identified somewhere on a re-order tag.

 

[gtdean48]

... Is this a whippet?

Not in the classic sense of what a Whippet is....

 

[carouselvic]

A Whippet would have a bound edge, your hat has sewn over-welt.

 

[Dinerman]

Thanks! Can you tell me what style of hat is this? Is this a whippet?

No. "Whippet" is a model name, of a different model of hat. The style is a fedora.

 

[edwood]

Ah, okay. Thank you. The sewn over edge looked similar to a whippet to me. Thanks for the info!

 

[jlee562]

Ah, okay. Thank you. The sewn over edge looked similar to a whippet to me. Thanks for the info!

That would be an edge treatment called a welted edge. In this case, since the felt is folded over, it's an overwelt. Likewise, you can probably surmise that folding the felt under results in an underwelt.

It's quite a common brim treatment that ends up on hats across many makers and many decades.

 

[Dan Allen]

Can anyone care to guess the age of this Dobbs. It has a 3' brim and approximately 5 1/2 open crown. The Felt is thin and very
malleable. There was a rolled newspaper under the sweatband that dated April 1950. I figure it is older than that as who would buy a new hat too small. This is one that will go to Parker Melvin some day.

 

[winter_joe]

1940s? Mid 40s?

 

[danofarlington]

Zoot suit material. Definitely has to be 40s. Even possibly late 30s: "Minnie the Moocher" singing, for example.

 

[Dan Allen]

Zoot suit material. Definitely has to be 40s. Even possibly late 30s: "Minnie the Moocher" singing, for example.

Zoot suit may be the word considering the big brim and the color. It is a burgundy or ox blood color--Don't have a clue what I would wear with it--but I like the hat so I will figure something out.
Maybe just wear it every Halloween.