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[jamespowers]

My colleague, also History Faculty, won this beautiful blue 1953 Dobbs Rainbow for me at auction last weekend. I have now filled a hole in my Dobbs Collection, but it's too bad it's a 7 1/8, two sizes too small for me to wear.

More to come in the Dobbs Diner.

Brad

Looks just like what I have on today. You are missing the feather lure pin in the ribbon though. They originally came with those. Hard to find now though. You could just cut down a real lure though.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Looks just like what I have on today. You are missing the feather lure pin in the ribbon though. They originally came with those. Hard to find now though. You could just cut down a real lure though.

Yeah, and that's too bad. I'd wondered if it had gone missing at some point, and then I noticed some ads from 1952 show the lure as an option for $1 more, so maybe it wasn't a standard deal by 1953. Cutting costs was becoming the corporate mantra, so it might have gone bye-bye.

Brad

 

[jamespowers]

Yeah, and that's too bad. I'd wondered if it had gone missing at some point, and then I noticed some ads from 1952 show the lure as an option for $1 more, so maybe it wasn't a standard deal by 1953. Cutting costs was becoming the corporate mantra, so it might have gone bye-bye.

Brad

That is the bow on mine with the lure feathers. I am sure you could get a regular lure to look very similar.

 

[CircuitRider]

That is the bow on mine with the lure feathers. I am sure you could get a regular lure to look very similar.

Nice touch!

 

[jamespowers]

Nice touch!

To add to that, I actually came into contact with the guy whose father tied those flies for Dobbs at that time. He wanted some unreasonable sum that I don't remember now for the rest that his father had laying around. Now that I think about it, maybe it wasn't so unreasonable. Maybe I should have paid for them and milked some stories out of the old fella.
If I remember correctly, he said that the Rainbow wasn't the only hat Dobbs made that had tied flies on them but I don't remember the name of the other hats.[huh]

 

[Rick Blaine]

NEW WHIPPET-ESQUE MARATHON

 

[hatophile]

Great find, Rick. That's a beauty and looks to be in pristine condition.

 

[Chepstow]

Great find, Rick. That's a beauty and looks to be in pristine condition.

yeap, Perry, 100% right! Sharp hat Rick!!

 

[Jennah Barnes]

Nice hats..Thinking of getting one but not sure if I can pull it off

 

[alanfgag]

Nice hats..Thinking of getting one but not sure if I can pull it off

Go for it. I've pulled a lot of hats on and never found one that I couldn't pull off. It helps to select the right size.

Welcome to the Fedora Lounge, Jennah.

 

[mikespens]

Alan is right Jennah, wearing a hat is more attitude than sense. Go for it!

 

[bowlerman]

+1!

Rick and Brad-- beautiful additions!

 

[rlk]

Connecticut Hat Co.--None Bettermade

Definitely contains Casein

 

[alanfgag]

Casein point. Nothing milky about that color saturation, either... well done!

 

[rlk]

Casein point. Nothing milky about that color saturation, either... well done!

Thanks, if it was clean the color would look much butter.
I'm not sure about the skim milk as it weighs in at a hefty 142g.(5 oz)
...and its guilt-free too!

 

[mayserwegener]

Robert, That is really a great find! You can see the lint! By the way what is on the little paper tag?

 

[rlk]

Robert, That is really a great find! You can see the lint! By the way what is on the little paper tag?

 

[Lefty]

None Buttermade?

 

[buler]

Auto-correct: ButterMaid.... takes a churn for the better.

B

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

Have you tried the lampshade trick, since it is going down a size? I am not sure how sound the sweat it, but it worked on a Borsalino I sold a while back.

What is this lampshade you speak of?