I got my Glen Allan hat!

[Pilgrim]

This Ebay find turned out to be a very nice, soft, interesting dark grey fedora.

Inside the seatband it says "Made in Canada" and "Glen Allen Luxury Felts". The sweatband is somwehat textured with fine lines running around it. No liner, but the inside of the crown is stamped with the same crest as the sweatband, and "Glen Allan luxury felts".

The photo of me was taken by bouncing off a mirror, and it has artifacts in the photo. The ribbon shows a lot of dust in the third photo, but it brushed off nicely.

This is definitely a keeper. The felt is every bit as nice as either of my Whippets.

So no one has ever heard of Glen Allan hats? Web searching turned up no mentions at all. It appears to me that they made darn nice hats.

 

[Sefton]

Nice lid. Is it a light weight felt? I notice that it has no lining so maybe it's more of a spring time hat?

 

[moustache]

Nice

I have a fondness for grey hats.I have two now and always want more!
Very nice find!!

JD

 

[John in Covina]

Tough to go wrong with a hat like that, I am glad to hear it cleaned up nicely.
Best wishes with it!

 

[deanglen]

What a geat e-bay find!

Looks good! I prefer my hats without liners, which is gauche to some! You did very well!

dean

 

[DOUGLAS]

On line searching can yeild some great finds sometimes. :eusa_clap I am glad you found a winner.

 

[RBH]

Sweet looking hat!

You did well!!!

 

[WEEGEE]

Wearing it well

Absolutely perfect for your face!!!

 

[Rick Blaine]

I was watching that 'un

very nice, somewhat out of the ordinary brand & at a great price...too top if off it looks like a million on ya'.
A really nice match, congrats!

 

[Feraud]

That is a good looking hat. You wear it well Pilgrim.

 

[Pilgrim]

Thanks much, friends. It is a very soft and flexible felt, somewhat like the Stetson Playboy I have. Hard to tell whether it's intended as s summer hat - it's not perceptibly lighter weight than others I have.

 

[The Duke]

Just like brown, you can't go wrong with a nice looking grey hat. Congratulations :eusa_clap

 

[feltfan]

Looks good! I prefer my hats without liners, which is gauche to some! You did very well!

dean

I know what you mean. There's something nice about
a hat designed to have no liner, and not just that it
allows more air flow and is therefore cooler. I am
occasionally tempted to tear out all the liners in all
my hats. But then I remember how interesting all
the writing is on those liners and how some of them
are real silk and... well I leave 'em alone.

Pilgrim, that Glen Allan hat is just more proof that there
were more fine hat makers in the good old days than we'll
ever know. I guess good felt was easier to come by, too.