Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!

[MikeinRome]

The sweatband on this 3X is too fragile for me to examine behind it for tags, so I've used a photo of one tag that the seller had sent to me.

 

[Just Daniel]

I love those last drop 3Xs without liner covers, but the sweatbands from that era just did not stand the test of time. I believe they are either split grain leather or some new substitute, but either way they just disintegrate.

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!

 

[Bamaboots]

Not all of them.

 

[MikeinRome]

Late 1940's Stetson 3X Sixteen Fifty longhair. The liner isn't original to the hat but is from a later 1950's hat. 2 5/8 inch Mode Edge brim, 5 1/2 inch open crown.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

A recent arrival. 2 ⅝” wide brim with a Mode/felted edge. The open crown is approximately 5 ⅝”. Just a classic hat done right.

 

[MikeinRome]

1949 Stetson 3X, part of a batch made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Laclede County, Missouri. 3 1/2 inch brim and 6 inch open crown. Brim edge binding is about 3/8 inch and only on the underside of brim edge.

 

[BobHufford]

1949 Stetson 3X, part of a batch made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Laclede County, Missouri. 3 1/2 inch brim and 6 inch open crown. Brim edge binding is about 3/8 inch and only on the underside of brim edge.

Very cool! Most "centennial" hats I see are cheap wool derbies or westerns.

Ashenhurst's in Lebanon: Second and third (white front) buildings on the right.

My wife's Dad was from Lebanon (graduating high school in 1955).

 

[MikeinRome]

Very cool! Most "centennial" hats I see are cheap wool derbies or westerns.

Ashenhurst's in Lebanon: Second and third (white front) buildings on the right.

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My wife's Dad was from Lebanon (graduating high school in 1955).

I figured if anyone would appreciate this hat, it would be you, Bob.

 

[RossRYoung]

My new daily driver (albeit only after a trim) is a BREKF early/mid 1940’s Arminto. The 3x felt is incredible, and almost as moldable as my 50s 7x’s.

 

[MikeinRome]

My new daily driver (albeit only after a trim) is a BREKF early/mid 1940’s Arminto. The 3x felt is incredible, and almost as moldable as my 50s 7x’s.

I'm not absolutely sure, but I don't think I've seen that type or variety of gold liner logo until after or about after WW2.

 

[StoryPNW]

What about the 3x logo on the sweat? I'm not an an expert by any means, but I thought that was a later logo.

 

[MikeinRome]

I don't know if I've seen one exactly like that, the way the different description phrases are organized, but I have seen that block type beaver logo on some pre war hats and the 30's, I think. Looking further, that logo has been around since at least 1900, per attached pic from the ca. 1900 Stetson catalog.

 

[MikeinRome]

Somewhere here on the Lounge.

 

[RossRYoung]

It was the price, size tag, and roundel that confirmed 40s me. The nail in the coffin was the $17.50 dead match for an Arminto in the 1944-45 Stockman catalog that Vic posted

 

[MikeinRome]

That sounds about right.

 

[RossRYoung]

Here’s a link to the catalog, first page dead center lists the Arminto at $17.50, they were a dollar cheaper in the mid to late 30s.

Post in thread 'Western Ranch Outfitters / Stockmens Catalogs'
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/thr...fitters-stockmens-catalogs.51482/post-1854662

 

[StoryPNW]

It was the price, size tag, and roundel that confirmed 40s me. The nail in the coffin was the $17.50 dead match for an Arminto in the 1944-45 Stockman catalog that Vic posted

You learn something new everyday I always thought that rectangle logo on the sweat showed up later. Awesome hat!

 

[MikeinRome]

You learn something new everyday I always thought that rectangle logo on the sweat showed up later. Awesome hat!

See my edited post back a bit, where I show that logo in the 1900 catalog.

 

[Bamaboots]

Roundel or rectangle was an option for retailers when ordering hats.

 

[RossRYoung]

You learn something new everyday I always thought that rectangle logo on the sweat showed up later. Awesome hat!

Thanks Story, you are right though that the 3x beaver logo carried on for several more decades. The roundel with squiggly lines and stars on the crest, along with the wide panel size/block sticker make it a 40’s hat.

What was a big surprise for me was to learn that the BRE and KF carried on into the 40s.