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Having purchased a number of 50s Stetsons and Mallorys recently, I now really appreciate vintage fedoras much more than I did several months ago. The felt is quite different from what we find today.

Once you've tasted earlier, you will grow impatient with the fifties. At least I think so...

The homburg looks very nice on you.
 

John Galt

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Chico
Recent purchase of - wait for it - an Ermatinger's Stratoliner! It was a BIN at a good price. Needs some TLC & is the wrong size, but I think it's pretty darn cool. And yes, the ribbon is a goldenrod sort of color.

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"Faint hat never won fair lady."
 
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bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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South Dakota
Here are some better pics, more detail. I really enjoy the ultra thing brim binding. It reminds me, if I remember correctly, of the binding on modern Mayser or Huckel homburgs, which have always attracted my eye.

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CONELRAD

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The Metroplex
Picked this up at an antique store while I was in Dallas today, a grey 1950s Dobbs 15 with Cavanagh edge.

It has moderate moth damage, but otherwise looks virtually unworn and fits like a glove, plus I didn't have a hat in these colors, or a wide-brimmed Cavanagh edge.
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I imagine it sat in a closet most of the time attracting moths, but not being worn.
 
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Boston area
Ofcourse...., Sweet COKE hat, maybe? A Beaut!

CONELRAD you must have been born with a horseshoe around your neck... WHAT a FIND!

Jeff your Resistol is fabulous, man! And WHO IS that character in my photo? As Jimmy Durante used to say, "Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"
 
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Chepstow

I'll Lock Up
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Germany/ Remscheid
Ofcourse...., Sweet COKE hat, maybe? A Beaut!

CONELRAD you must have been born with a horseshoe around your neck... WHAT a FIND!

Jeff your Resistol is fabulous, man! And WHO IS that character in my photo? As Jimmy Durante used to say, "Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"

+1
you speech out of my soul, Charlie!
 

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