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

Lefty

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So you did. Sorry about that.
That Dobbs is fantastic too. I had head loathing, but now my 7 1/2 is just flat out depressed.
 

Dinerman

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That bantam looks like the mid '30s one, like in this ad.
bantam1934.jpg
 

Dinerman

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thunderw21 said:
That's a lovely old hat.

"all it needed was a little love"

A little bit of brushing, or a few times around with one of the coarse orange hat sponges, to align the long nap and cover the moth nibbles, and a good centerdent crease and you'd have something. I think it sold for 12 bucks or so. Size 7. What a steal. Heck of an old hat.
 

thunderw21

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Dinerman said:
A little bit of brushing, or a few times around with one of the coarse orange hat sponges, to align the long nap and cover the moth nibbles, and a good centerdent crease and you'd have something. I think it sold for 12 bucks or so. Size 7. What a steal. Heck of an old hat.


Wow, someone got a deal. What would you date it? Teens or '20s?
 

GoneSolo

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Flagship

Considering that they are fairly hard to come by, I think this was a good price for the size $35. I paid about $50 for a size 7 two years ago.

 

stibbons

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There isn't much on the Australian market in my size at all, let alone hats that aren't Akubras, so I thought I got a pretty good price on this size 7 1/8 Knox.

It turned up this morning, and is indeed a great looking hat, a much richer colour than it looks in those photos, and it's in good condition. But the seller seems to have neglected mentioning that it doesn't have a sweatband at all. Everything else about it is excellent, just... no sweat.

Thought about it, and decided I'm going to keep it, because I'm still sure that's a good price for what it is. But it wasn't a very pleasant surprise, and now I have to find a hatter in Sydney who can fix it up.
 

Garrett

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Dinerman,

If you're looking to sell it, I'm interested as I know you're a size 7 1/8. PM me if you like.

Cheers
 

Dinerman

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Dinerman

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sewn underwelt on that one. We've got flagships with triple stitched overwelts (the advertisements, and some I've seen here), triple stitched underwelts (this one) single stitched underwelts (douglas's, I think), and pressed underwelts with no stitching through the top (mine). We've got different sweatband widths, reeded vs. unreeded. A lot of variation within one model.
 

Lefty

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Please explain a pressed welt. I've seen you use that term several times and don't understand how the welt can stay pressed in without either stitching or the self-felting process.
 

Dinerman

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it's stitched, but not through the top; it's a different kind of stitch. Then it's pressed, I'm not exactly sure how, so you get the welt on the smooth side of the felt, so it looks like a cavanagh edge from one side, but without such expense. I'll try to find a shot showing it.
 

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