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

[fedoracentric]

Some one got a very night hat http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Swi...qqfFyK%2FkXymLjIwN63c%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Hope it was some one on here.

The date was way wrong. Looks more late 50s to 60s to me.

 

[g.durand]

A couple of finds coming my way.

This one went on "sale" last week. I remember a discussion about it somewhere around these parts a while back.

And today I grabbed this one, what looks to be a circa late '40s, early '50s Stratoliner.

 

[alanfgag]

good shootin'

 

[Mystic]

good shootin'

Yep......:arated:

 

[ccorsair]

The date was way wrong. Looks more late 50s to 60s to me.

It's still a nice wide brim. i was thinking 50's my self.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Yep......:arated:

:arated:

 

[hatsRme]

OK, Gdurand... NOW YOU have truly arrived! Those lids, ESPECIALLY the 100, in your size... TWO at a time (if that's how you find them, you MUST react, I know)...CRAZY, ASTOUNDING, FANASTIC. In your size...!!!!!!!!

If, by chance, the !00 is too big for you....

CONGRATULATIONS, Mike!

 

[1mach1]

Two great hats there, g.d! They look beautiful!

 

[hatophile]

Great catches, GD.

 

[DOGMAN]

Gdurand,you must have some really good karma.Great finds.

 

[hatsRme]

Gdurand,you must have some really good karma.Great finds.

Agreed. It must come from good living!

 

[tommyK]

Thought I'd post this here as many of us have been griping about high prices and certain sellers. Well one of them had a 50% sale last weekend (I guess they heard the chorus here). I put my money where my big mouth is and purchased.

Stetson Twenty

Nice hat and box. When the price went from "that's just to darn much" to "that's kind of a good deal" I bit and am very happy.

 

[hatophile]

Super hat and box Tommy.

 

[alanfgag]

Looks like a winner.

 

[hatsRme]

Go, Tommy, GO! Isn't this your second "20?" What a lid!!

 

[tommyK]

Actually, hatsRme I have three 20's. A Dobbs, a Knox and now a Stetson.

 

[Joshbru3]

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Actually, hatsRme I have three 20's. A Dobbs, a Knox and now a Stetson.

The Hat Corp Of America (Knox, Dobbs, Cavanagh, etc) "20's" are such extremely nice hats. The felt is so incredibly dense and strong, it forms like clay. I have owned quite a few of them. I also owned a Dobbs 40 once and that felt was just about as nice as the 20's, just finished slightly better. The Knox 100 I sold a couple years back was by far the finest piece of felt I have ever held in my hands. It was an absolute masterpiece of hat engineering.

 

[tommyK]

My limited experience conforms with yours Joshbru3. Perhaps not as collectible as the Stetsons but great quality, if not better. I hope to find other colors in the Hat Corp Twenty line up. especially with the Cavanagh edge treatment.

 

[Joshbru3]

My limited experience conforms with yours Joshbru3. Perhaps not as collectible as the Stetsons but great quality, if not better. I hope to find other colors in the Hat Corp Twenty line up. especially with the Cavanagh edge treatment.

Well, I do not know how many 40's/50's hats I have owned/sold/traded (its a lot), but I can honestly tell you that the Hat Corp 20, 40, and 100 designation was better than ANYTHING Stetson was producing at the time. A Stetson 7xCB or Stetson 100 didn't even hold a candle to the Knox 100. I currently own a Dobbs 15 which is an excellent hat as well. In the late 40's/early 50's Hat Corp was really making some amazing felt.

 

[alanfgag]

The Knox and Dobbs twenties of the 1950s wore felted brim edges. As Josh said, they share much with their more expensive cousins. I find the forties to have a stiffer, more clay-like felt - the twenty is softer - a little steam is helpful to form a good crease. Both are beautifully made - the forty, a little more deluxe. Great hats when you can find them.