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Hatter4

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IMG_1929.JPG Here's a unique item I have in my hat shop--it is a 19th century spitoon in the form of a top hat. It is cast iron.
 

Hatter4

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IMG_1932.JPG IMG_1933.JPG Here are pictures of some of my irons. The one picture shows my curling shackles and the other shows some of my heavy-weight irons and my long-handled brim irons. This is about half of my iron collection.
 

John Galt

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Thanks for sharing Oliver! Truly awesome! Love that curved crown iron, and all the curling irons. It is an amazing collection of irons.
 
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Hatter4

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I have a question,back in the late 80s and early 90s there was a hatter in Springfield Mass. called "Nader the Hatter" is he still around? and what is his address? I lost contact with him.His first name was Bill. thanks for any help you can give.
 

TheDane

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According to "Bizapedia", the president of the company is/was:

LIBBY H. HOLSTEIN
President
158 Maple Terr.,
Longmeadow, MA

- and the secretary is/was Bill:

WILLIAM C. NADER
Secretary
48 Grenada Ter.,
Springfield, MA

Hope, that helps :)
 

John Galt

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Here's something interesting. It took a few minutes to figure out what these are, but I believe they are probably heels for tap shoes. I haven't looked the brand (Olympic) up yet. Anyone else seen this?

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T Jones

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Here's something interesting. It took a few minutes to figure out what these are, but I believe they are probably heels for tap shoes. I haven't looked the brand (Olympic) up yet. Anyone else seen this?

That's what they look like to me. Waaaaaaay back in the day, there was a trend to put those on the heels of our "toe capped stetson" shoes. The fashion would include wearing a pair of work pants, (workies), a colored silk tee shirt, black silk socks, and then topped off with a quarter length black leather jacket. If a fedora was worn with the get up, the brim would have to be turned up all the way around. The fashion could also include 8 panel caps and flat caps too. Very late 1960s into the early 1970s...so I've seen in old photos, that is. ;)

Every style shoe like this was referred to as a "toe capped stetson" back in the day, whether it was a Stetson or not:

toe_capped_stetsons.jpg
 
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Lotsahats

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Is it just me, or do those brims that they're shaping in the bottom left look like they're unattached to crowns?

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