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

fedoracentric

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I'm sure you're right. I'll just never understand the fascination with Whippets.

Brad

Oh, I get it. I mean, I understand that it wasn't Stetson's top of the line hat, sure. But it is a classic style, really. It just looks like a "fedora" in every classic sense.

Still, I have noticed that prices are not reaching the stratosphere like they were. I saw a 7-1/8 Whippet go for $130 last week. There was a time when that price would have been at $200 easy. Heck, for a while there even a 6-7/8 was going for $150. Now they rarely get much over $100.

But that box. I think I've only seen three of them in the last 5 years. And that one I listed above was the only one I've seen on ebay ever.
 
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Definitely. This is my Whippet! :)

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Speaking in generalities, my favorite hat era was late 30s and early 40s. Both for style and quality. Previous to that the brims were too short for me on average. I like brims between 2-1/2 and 2-7/8 and it was more common to have shorter brims (except for westerns) before the late 30s. But even by the late 30s/40s sweatband leathers started to lose their fancier qualities from previous generations so that bit of quality had declined.
 
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What is your guess (others welcome) on brim width of the hat I posted above? Also the open crown height? It's a German made hat from the mid to late 1920s. The style (center crease + flange) could have been considered a Fedora at that time period (a term not used in Europe).
 
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fedoracentric

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I agree, that hat in the US in the 20s would have been considered a fedora. I look bad, bad, bad in a Homburg curled brim, though. I do have an old Homburg with a 2-1/2 inch brim that is pretty old, so I know they made some with larger brims. It still looks goofy on me. But as I said, generally the style for men was 2-3/8 and smaller in the 20s and before and that brim size isn't my cup of tea. (Of course, if I lived then, that is what I'd wear because everyone else did, too! LOL)

I love the bluish-gray felt on that Hommie, though. Very nice.
 
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The brim width is 2 3/4 inches and the open crown height is 6 inches. This hat is very soft so it doesn't wear like a Homburg (it wouldn't be considered a Homburg in America, in Germany it would be called a Fashion Hat) from the time period. It swoops down a bit in the front (brim up). You could easily snap the brim (some amazing swoop) but it wouldn't have been worn that way. Brim widths and crown heights varied.
 
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Thanks! I assume you mean 2 3/4 inches. :) The brim width is hidden by the amount of flange. Also the hat is light weight even though the felt is fairly thick.

Sorry for the thread drift!
 

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