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

[Canadian Cowboy]

Ha! I just bought two hats for a penny less!!!

Hat 1

Hat 2


I was buying the boxes, not the hats. The hats are liable to handed to my two-year-old grandson; he seems to have a thing for hats!

Cheers,
Tom

Hey Tango good price you look a little bigger than 6 3/4 LOL
CC

 

[danofarlington]

WOW!!!Someone could get this one for only around $6.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vtg-Mens-Plaid-...Men_s_Women_s_Accessories&hash=item336367e602

Is it too late for me to snap it up?

 

[mayserwegener]

Nice! Wider brim, too. Where do you find these, ebay USA or elsewhere?

I picked this one up on German eBay. I have feeling it will be too big for me so I will probably put it up for sale at cost.

 

[Chinaski]

Anon, I think that's a great looking Cavanagh regardless of the vintage, and it will definitely go well with the suit.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

My first Whippet hope it fits and looks alright on me.
CC

Congrats! I never get tired of the way mine look. That one needs the top front creased down a bit, but I bet you'll shape it up and wear it well.

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

Congrats! I never get tired of the way mine look. That one needs the top front creased down a bit, but I bet you'll shape it up and wear it well.

I am new to creasing Fedora's I am not sure how it will turn out,do you set the crease first to what one wants then steam it?or just crease it?
Thanks,CC

 

[gtdean48]

I am new to creasing Fedora's I am not sure how it will turn out,do you set the crease first to what one wants then steam it?or just crease it?
Thanks,CC

Depends on the felt you have to work with. Mostly, steam is applying moisture to the felt & heat to loosen the shellac stiffener to allow you to shape it and as it cools, sets your crease or brim.
Some high quality felt can be shaped "dry" & then steam is used to activate what shellac is there to "set" that shape. If I am doing major re-creasing, I spray distilled water on the crown, shape, let dry, hit it with steam...HTH

 

[Gumbo Book]

my first whippet hope it fits and looks alright on me.
Cc

wow!

 

[Gumbo Book]

Ok, here goes

English hatmaker Battersby in velour dark grey. Postmarked box 1962.

Bought for £5! wow, a rare good deal

 

[billyspew]

Ok, here goes

English hatmaker Battersby in velour dark grey. Postmarked box 1962.

Bought for £5! wow, a rare good deal

Very nice Gumbo. Have handled a few of this make before and they seem to have been a top brand.

 

[mayserwegener]

Great find! Looks like a nice Velour! Hopefully you can put up some better photos.

 

[rlk]

non-velour Habig Trachtenhut

For Beethoven's Birthday...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170577454146&ssPageName=ADME:L:COSI:US:1123

 

[Gumbo Book]

Very nice Gumbo. Have handled a few of this make before and they seem to have been a top brand.

Thanks billyspew.

Battersby were based in Stockport and had a huge factory ( as you probably knew ) and did outsource for a few other brands that were still independent at the time now sadly absorbed, decades ago now. ( I will take some better photos - sorry)

Lincoln Bennet are a good find too ( apprenticed - or so I've heard - to H Johnson when they used better felt, also years ago )

The box and hat come direct from the factory - and is named. So I imagine that the original owner was fitted for the hat and then ordered it.

I love it simply for the box alone, but the velour has a nice smooth finish.

Thnx
Gumbo.

 

[SteveAS]

I just grabbed this very clean looking Mallory Ten Premier Pliafelt with a Buy it Now of $34.99. It's only a size 7, but so is my head! Having read several favorable allusions to Pliafelt, I'm excited to feel it.

 

[mayserwegener]

For Beethoven's Birthday...

Very nice P. & C. Habig Trachten! Cool cord design!

 

[Gumbo Book]

Great find! Looks like a nice Velour! Hopefully you can put up some better photos.

Happy to oblige. hope I took some better photos this time with flash.

And with the hat on.

Wow sorry about the size!

Gumbo

 

[Jedwbpm]

Last week I won this Resistol Fedora http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...dzVt8II%3D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT . Well it came today. It had some dents in it that I soothed out and a center crease that I changed to a teardrop. I've owed many Resistols in my day but this is my first non Western one and my first Vintage Hat.

You can't really see the color in the pictures it is kinda of a mocha brown with a little red in it.

 

[Lefty]

I just grabbed this very clean looking Mallory Ten Premier Pliafelt with a Buy it Now of $34.99. It's only a size 7, but so is my head! Having read several favorable allusions to Pliafelt, I'm excited to feel it.

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I don't own one, and I've only handled one, but IMO, that Pliafelt is one of the greatest things in felt.

 

[scottyrocks]

Last week I won this Resistol Fedora http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...dzVt8II%3D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT . Well it came today. It had some dents in it that I soothed out and a center crease that I changed to a teardrop. I've owed many Resistols in my day but this is my first non Western one and my first Vintage Hat.

You can't really see the color in the pictures it is kinda of a mocha brown with a little red in it.

My goodness, that looks just like a Dobbs I have!

Its tough to tell colors on the computer, especially with the quality of some cameras, but in some of your photos the color of your hat matches mine, which is not truly represented by the picture, either. My crown started out with the same proportions are yours. I had recreased it shortly before taking the picture.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

A great photo on ebay...