MikeinRome
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Thanks, Bob! Took me almost as long to post these hats as it did to buy them!
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Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!
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Rmccamey
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MikeinRome
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Thanks a lot. Hope you guys enjoy checking them out.
Ed_Martinez_blanchard
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Is that a 3x Billings? I have one just like that. I’m trying to figure out what model that is.
Blackthorn
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I wish I could help you, but I sold that hat a few years ago.
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This 3X skinny ribbon showed up a couple weeks ago. 3 ½. It’s in fantastic condition and the felt takes a dry crease much better than I was expecting. I creased it from open crown to a couple different shapes dry on a fence post…my kind of western felt.
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Stetson 3X Suede finish with self-felt band. Great hat, but it has some moth damage. 5 ½” open crown and 2 ½” raw edge brim. Very soft hand as expected, and the felt dry creases and holds its shape wonderfully. No label hiding behind the sweatband.
MikeinRome
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T Jones
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I just posted this '50s era 3X Stetson Western in the WHAYWT thread yesterday. I've had this one a while and posted it before. It's been cleaned up, reblocked, and converted, and I just reflanged the brim again on a #19 brim flange. In fact, I think this is the only 3X I have. This hat's had a rough and abused history and the felt is still solid. Definitely a testament to the 3X's toughness.
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Spectacular!
StoryPNW
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That is a great one!
Alexwood
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I saw a hat with the exact same liner and the Stetson gold logo, did it have a numerical size with a whole number and fraction like 7 1/8 or just the fraction 1/8?
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The size tag was long gone by the time I got my mitts on it.
Alexwood
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I do not know if this hat is legit 1950's because the sweatband is black, seems to be too good of a price??? It is listed on eBay, SMALL SIZE 6 7/8 VINTAGE 1950’S MEN’S BLACK FEDORA HAT BY STETSON under the seller jamiexmas. I was also looking at Biltmore Imperial Homburg hats, but I was hoping to find a good deal on a Stetson Royal Deluxe St. Regis in a brown tone, size 56.
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Stetson 3X Beaver Quality Open Road. Size 7-1/4. 3” bound brim, 5” open crown. The liner is loose. It has an odd sun fade that gives it a two-tone look. Probably from having another hat stacked on it at an angle or sitting in an open box half way. At least it’s symmetrical.
MikeinRome
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1940's Stetson 3X with embroidered Last Drop liner. 3 1/2 inch brim, 5 1/2 inch open crown. Note that the sweatband was stamped twice in the front: once with "XXX" in larger letters and again with "XXX Stetson" in smaller letters. So it's not a 6X hat, Ha, Ha!
