Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[alanfgag]

That looks great!

 

[ManofKent]

That looks great!

+1 nice find!

 

[Cheviot]

I recently picked up a vintage Lock and Co. Gray fur felt top hat on eBay. However, what the photographs didn't make clear is that the felt has gotten fuzzy, with lots of flyaway hairs. How can I get this fixed? I'm new to this sort of issue.

 

[TheDane]

How can I get this fixed? I'm new to this sort of issue.

Hard to say without pictures. Not unlikely it was produced like that. It could be a "suede", "velour", "melusine" - or another longhair finish. Not all felt hats are finely pounced (sanded)

 

[Cheviot]

Hard to say without pictures. Not unlikely it was produced like that. It could be a "suede", "velour", "melusine" - or another longhair finish. Not all felt hats are finely pounced (sanded)

I'll post pictures tonight. I wasn't aware of longhair finishes. I'm very new to all things hats.

 

[yttclothing]

I have a brown long haired finish topper, I steamed it and brushed it with the nep of the hair this eradicated the fuzzy and the flyaway hairs

 

[Roan]

I bought this Knox homburg almost a week ago after asking the seller to post a BIN for it, still has not been marked as shipped and the seller isn't responding to my messages....grr I want this one now! :mmph:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mens-Hat-Knox-New-York-Brown-Felt-Size-7-1-4-1950s-Excellent-/251448818923?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=frLke3O194GmRpzDk6boAkuqL3w%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[alanfgag]

It's a treasure... hope it arrives.

 

[ManofKent]

+1 very nice

 

[splintercellsz]

Very nice!! It looks more like a lords hat or a homburg with a different brim treatment. I like it a lot

 

[Garrett]

Beautiful! How did that one slip past Robert? [huh]

 

[Brad Bowers]

I recently picked up a vintage Lock and Co. Gray fur felt top hat on eBay. However, what the photographs didn't make clear is that the felt has gotten fuzzy, with lots of flyaway hairs. How can I get this fixed? I'm new to this sort of issue.

There was a style advertised as a Coachman's hat with a really, really, flyaway fuzzy finish, but those are pretty rare. I'm not saying that's what you have. Those predate the 1930s, though.

Cavanagh catalog, 1931


Cavanagh hat, date unknown, but probably around the same time.


Brad

 

[Mystic]

There was a style advertised as a Coachman's hat with a really, really, flyaway fuzzy finish, but those are pretty rare. I'm not saying that's what you have. Those predate the 1930s, though.

Brad

Brad, do you think the wide stitches at the back of the sweatband are original? My memory fails at times, I don't remember seeing stitches like that before. The holes look professional from looking at the photos but could have been added later.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Brad, do you think the wide stitches at the back of the sweatband are original? My memory fails at times, I don't remember seeing stitches like that before. The holes look professional from looking at the photos but could have been added later.

My guess is that they were added later, but I don't really know.

Looks like it has an overwelt with concealed stitches. Pretty different!

Brad

 

[Cheviot]

Hard to say without pictures. Not unlikely it was produced like that. It could be a "suede", "velour", "melusine" - or another longhair finish. Not all felt hats are finely pounced (sanded)

Picture time!

 

[1mach1]

Awesome! :eusa_clap

 

[Mystic]

My guess is that they were added later, but I don't really know.

Looks like it has an overwelt with concealed stitches. Pretty different!

Brad

Thanks, I hadn't noticed the overwelt stitches. eye's, memory, hair and some other stuff don't work as well as they used to......

 

[ManofKent]

There seems to be a recent influx of new old stock Canadian made Biltmores cropping up on ebay. I found a couple of Homburgs in my size for very reasonable prices with unusually reasonable overseas shipping costs too:





The Canadian made ones seemed pretty decent quality for modern production hats. I'll just have to lose those feathers when they arrive

 

[ebonysw45]

Just grabbed a NOS Willie brim Biltmore.

 

[yttclothing]

I got this on the cheap less then $20 delivered

Does anyone know if this a Stetson no mark on the sweat and no paper label saying stetson but a stetson liner and box, seem fairly old any guess a date?

The stamping inside says Lot 5788 and above that 2 81