Langenberg / Beaver Brands

[BobHufford]

Worth, Ten X Quality. Not mine ...

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Here’s the Great Western store brand I recently received. It’s in a nice bran color and is a substantial felt without being stiff. Marked 10X Quality and 100% Imported Furs, No Other Fibers. 6 3/4” open crown and 3 3/4” raw edge brim. Size is 7 3/8 or 59cm.

 

[RBH]

I am curious as to why you buy all these to small for you hats.
Is it just to post them here to resale?
No harm meant...just wondering.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I am curious as to why you buy all these to small for you hats.
Is it just to post them here to resale?
No harm meant...just wondering.

Occasionally, I’ll send one off the be re-blocked to my size. The hat has to be something special for that. Most of the time I sell them on. My goal was to have a self supporting hat hobby, but while I have made a decent profit on most, I’m still out of pocket as my tastes are expensive. I post them here and frequently sell or trade to other members, but mostly they go on eBay. I also lose money on more than a few.

 

[BobHufford]

Hale Hat Store. Not mine ...

 

[deadlyhandsome]

New York Store, Buffalo, Wyoming

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Loretta Lynn Western Stores (NOT my hat):

 

[belfastboy]

Occasionally, I’ll send one off the be re-blocked to my size. The hat has to be something special for that. Most of the time I sell them on. My goal was to have a self supporting hat hobby, but while I have made a decent profit on most, I’m still out of pocket as my tastes are expensive. I post them here and frequently sell or trade to other members, but mostly they go on eBay. I also lose money on more than a few.

I joke with my wife that whatever I spend on hats is still much much cheaper than golf!!!!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I joke with my wife that whatever I spend of hats is still much much cheaper than golf!!!!

Agreed! And at the end you still have something (a hat) and not just more practice swearing in frustration (golf).

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Mustang by Olsen Bros. Clothing, Spokane, Wa. (NOT my hat):

 

[BobHufford]

Worth, Ten X Quality. Not mine ...

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This little tidbit was passed along to me recently. Note the "HPHC" initials in the Worth logo of the Langenberg / Beaver Brands era hat above.

They refer to the Harris-Polk Hat Company -- the St. Louis company that was the prior owner of the brand (along with the Keith and Thoroughbred brands). They merged with Langenberg at the end of 1938.

1922: (thanks @DaveProc)

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Ryon pure beaver Twenty-Five (NOT my hat):

 

[BobHufford]

Loretta Lynn Western Stores (NOT my hat):


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Another Loretta Lynn — this time with a box and higher retail price. Not mine …

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Keith (not my hat):

 

[BobHufford]

The Kingsbury Hat. Just the box unfortunately (my size too, dammit). Not mine.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Foretich Bargain House of Conroe, Texas. Love the longhair finish. NOT my hat.

 

[M Hatman]

Two more labels for Langenberg..........

 

[MikeinRome]

Beaver Brand 20X Pure Beaver. 3 1/2 inch brim with 3/8 bound edge and 5 3/4 inch open crown. The reorder tag makes me think this hat is no later than the early 60's or so. My first hat from this brand/group of brands, so I'm only guessing on date. The last pic shows the stub of a price or size tag, I suppose.

 

[M Hatman]

The reorder tag makes me think this hat is no later than the early 60's or so.

Nice hat! Great Find....

But "Beaver Brand" was after the 70's and replaced the "Lion Hats" that was Langenberg's signature hat line. In fact the earliest trade mark I have found for "Beaver Brand" was 1980.

Interesting is that the early Beaver line used the exact same quality designations and logo's of the Lion line simply substituting "Beaver" for "Lion". At the beginning of the thread I wrote a history of all I could find.... https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/langenberg-beaver-brands.101868/post-2740832

 

[MikeinRome]

Nice hat! Great Find....

But "Beaver Brand" was after the 70's and replaced the "Lion Hats" that was Langenberg's signature hat line. In fact the earliest trade mark I have found for "Beaver Brand" was 1980.

Interesting is that the early Beaver line used the exact same quality designations and logo's of the Lion line simply substituting "Beaver" for "Lion". At the beginning of the thread I wrote a history of all I could find.... https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/langenberg-beaver-brands.101868/post-2740832

Thanks for reminding me. Yes, I think I read what you put together, but wasn't thinking about it when I made this post. I don't know who's right or wrong, date wise. I was just going by my general impression that, from what I've seen, it looked to me like all the hatmakers had stopped using the type of mfg or reorder tag in my hat by sometime in the 1960's, if not earlier. Am I wrong about that?