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Knotten

Practically Family
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Location
Salt Lake City
Got this Knox on eBay a couple of weeks ago. 2 inch brim, 5 1/2 inch crown, 2 inch black ribbon.

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I found ads that seem to date it to the mid-50s. It wants to be without dents, but I want it to have dents.

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Messages
17,466
Location
Maryland
Knox Young New Yorkers - young man's Vagabond style. Thanks to Brad Bowers for the advertisement research - 1937-38. Simple depression era hat with very nice felt - weighs 2.5 ounces. 5 1/4" crown, 2 1/8" brim. Very little wear. No manufacturing tags that I could find in a quick look. More after I clean it up a bit.

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Fantastic! Again great form!
 

moehawk

I'll Lock Up
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Location
Northern California
Hey everyone!

A project nearly finished, just needs some fine tuning.

It was a ladies' hat from the 70's, saw it on etsy I think, had that rectangular pattern to the weave that looked like buntal, so I took a chance. It had what looked in the pics like a band made of rolled fabric that went around the hat and up one side of the crown, with feathers sticking out of the top. What it really was was a sheet of foam rubber, like what you may have wrapped around exposed water pipes in the 70's. That was rolled, sewn, and attached to the hat with a thick layer of some kind of cement, like model cement, that melted that foam rubber right into the straw and the stitch line from the grosgrain sweatband. So much for an easy reverse-Jenner on this one. It took hours of patience, Goof-Off, a sharp knife and a toothbrush with more Goof-Off to get most of the junk off of the straw without doing too much damage. Still, stitching in the twill sweatband was an adventure, many swerves in the line to go around places where the cement made it hard to push the needle through.
Used knowledge gained from Art's post in tonyb's recently revived thread to bind the brim. Only improvements that could be made were if I were able to see better. Thanks again, O kind Hatters!
The straw itself is somewhat coarser than the others I have. Most likely newer stock, not as nice as older ones, but still light and airy to wear. At 60 grams, pretty comfortable.

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Some dings in the straw can be seen in the side view, but aren't enough to make me enjoy it any less.
After all this one has been through, I might call it "The Survivor". It did survive a milliner's ghastly glue, and then me, so I think it earned the title.
 

rogerstg

A-List Customer
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325
Location
Rhode Island
Hey everyone!

Some dings in the straw can be seen in the side view, but aren't enough to make me enjoy it any less.
After all this one has been through, I might call it "The Survivor". It did survive a milliner's ghastly glue, and then me, so I think it earned the title.

I think it gives the hat character. Nice save!
 

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