PORTIS PATH

[Redfokker]

You need to post this hat in the Bowler and Derby thread, it needs a bump anyway. The size sticker on the seam of the sweat is interesting. Old Stetsons show up with a round one, the diamond shape of this one is cool. Dating of this hat will be challenging without mfg tags, but there are folks who follow this thread that are really Yoda like.

 

[BobHufford]

I am a relative newbie, but I don't ever recall seeing a size sticker (as opposed to tag) before on any hat.

Great get lbgradwell! I've seen stickers on some American Hat Co. hats as well as the early Stetsons.

 

[fetching]

I just picked up a Portis at a vintage store in Burbank.

 

[Bob Roberts]

I just picked up a Portis at a vintage store in Burbank.

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Thats a stunning hat

 

[Redfokker]

Excellent brim width. Nice Portis, it should clean up well. And welcome!

 

[Frunobulax]

Nice pick up, Fetching!


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[RJR]

Nice pick up, Fetching!


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

+1

 

[fetching]

Thanks guys! I had popped into this vintage store where I've bought a few lovely hats from, and they had a nice Stetson that fit me perfectly but it wasn't priced and they said I needed to wait till the next day when the owner came in. So when I went back to get the Stetson, this was sitting there, it had just come in. It's a little large for me, but I collect hats, so I was happy to pick it up.

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

Portis hats were top quality. Many had non-typical ribbon treatments and other nice details. Very under-rated it seems, but competition between the big hat makers was pretty fierce so I think the bigger companies dominated the markets by advertising more.

 

[mikespens]

FYI there is another worthy Portis thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/portis-path.18294/

 

[FedOregon]

This one came from @moontheloon just yesterday. My first Portis hat, my first thin ribbon hat, my first lightweight felt, called a Tissue-Lite, and it's a beaut!

 

[moontheloon]

This one came from @moontheloon just yesterday. My first Portis hat, my first thin ribbon hat, my first lightweight felt, called a Tissue-Lite, and it's a beaut!

sure is a beauty

let that thing breathe that crisp north west air

 

[FedOregon]

sure is a beauty

let that thing breathe that crisp north west air

She'll get about 70 miles in today!

 

[alanfgag]

sharp!!

 

[alanfgag]

... and clean as a whistle. Cause nobody likes a Portis spotty.

 

[40Cal]

... and clean as a whistle. Cause nobody likes a Portis spotty.

That one was painful, Alan...... but I must admit I laughed out loud!

 

[alanfgag]

That one was painful, Alan...... but I must admit I laughed out loud!

 

[moontheloon]

... and clean as a whistle. Cause nobody likes a Portis spotty.

less important members may get shown the door for that one

 

[FedOregon]

sharp!!

Thanks, Alan! LOL at your wordplay!

 

[Bob Roberts]

Was that like a Porta potty joke or something?