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

[Michaelshane]

No need to make yourself ill in the future Gene. Why not subscribe to my hat finding service? For a small monthly sum you will receive daily updates on all the really cock hats in your size(s). It's the least I can do, and never let it be said that I didn't always do the least I could. TLH

The really what hats?

 

[carouselvic]

The really what hats?

40. Cock
1. ................
2. A male chicken
3. A popular slang word for "cool" in the early 70's

See the #3 definition

 

[babs]

I can see at least three rows of stitching.

Coincidence.. The super-uber-cool old Dunlap I got in the mail (yes I know.. I'll take pics and do review in new hats thread I promise) has three rows of very fine stitching around the brim but the brim final edge is raw. Is that one of the standard brim finish "types"? Has it a name?

 

[carouselvic]

Most Stetson Playboys have one row of stitching. I do not know the proper name of that treatment.

 

[DOUGLAS]

For comparision

on second look the ribbon looks pretty close if not the same as mine.

 

[babs]

Yep, that's what I have. Gotta get home so I can get some pic's in daylight. That hat could use some cleaning but all I could do when I bashed it was look at it and grin. 1st vintage ya know.

 

[carouselvic]

on second look the ribbon looks pretty close if not the same as mine.

JtL and I were discussing your hat and making comparisons when the second hat was being offered. Do you think that they had a liner when new?

 

[DOUGLAS]

No, there is no evidence in mine that there was a liner. I can usually find some stitching scar or foreign thread floating behind the sweat. Mine is pretty light felt and that also makes me think it came with out one. No residual glue at the top either to indicate that it had a tip sticker.

This model may have been transitional. It is not a Royal,#1 Quality, Standard or any other that I can point to that usually has its own liner type and logo.

 

[BobC]

The really what hats?

I remember that term from the 70's. My parents were abhored when I came home from college using it after my freshman year.

 

[mayserwegener]

Hückel Bowler

I won this old (1930s?) Hückel bowler. It appears to have some crown damage but I thought it was worth taking a chance on.

 

[Dreispitz]

I won this old (1930s?) Hückel bowler. It appears to have some crown damage but I thought it was worth taking a chance on.

Interesting one and probably quite old. Are there any tags ... ? :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[mayserwegener]

Ottmar Reich

Interesting one and probably quite old. Are there any tags ... ? :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I haven't received it yet. I think it might have originally had a liner. When it arrives I will take some better pictures and post them on the German - Austrian thread.

Also have these two Ottmar Reich fedoras (grey size 59cm and blue size 60cm) on the way. Ottmar Reich is from Lindenberg same as Mayser. I really have no idea what to expect but thought it was worth taking a chance.

 

[ValEag]

Dobbs

I picked up this Dobbs this week. It is in overall very good condition. You can see in the photo of the right side a stain that is on the ribbon. There were similar stains on the felt in the same area but they came out with just a damp cloth. The ribbon still needs a little work. The hat was more dusty than anything. There are a few light stains on the liner. I worked on the crease a little last night just to even it up from side to side.

Pics of the hat:

This one shows the stain on the ribbon:

You can see there are a few stains on the liner:

And of course a noggin shot:

 

[RBH]

This looked like a nice one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...0&_trksid=m38&_nkw=260457331905&_fvi=1&_rdc=1

 

[Spats McGee]

Yeah, I bid on that Bowler Derby Fedora, but didn't get it. I hope someone here did.

 

[babs]

Yeah if it were a 3/8 I would have been serious about it, but I was unsure.. Is that thing a bowler, or just a fed that hasn't been bashed?

 

[Spats McGee]

I think it's just a fedora that hasn't been bashed.

 

[J.J. Gittes]

First Boater on the way!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390074847628

 

[RBH]

Yeah, I bid on that Bowler Derby Fedora, but didn't get it. I hope someone here did.

YEP!
Its coming to Arkansas one way or the other.
Its an open crowned fedora that has not ever been creased.
This will be the first vintage fedora I have ever gotten that has never had a crease.
I really did not think I would get it, the end bid did not even get close to my top out bid. Boy... am I glad.

I will be sure to let ya'll in on it when it gets here.

 

[BobC]

YEP!
Its coming to Arkansas one way or the other.
Its an open crowned fedora that has not ever been creased.
This will be the first vintage fedora I have ever gotten that has never had a crease.
I really did not think I would get it, the end bid did not even get close to my top out bid. Boy... am I glad.

I will be sure to let ya'll in on it when it gets here.

Looks like a nice one, Rusty. Nice buy too.