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RJR

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Iowa
I have to say that I love making felt hats. I've also, with the addition of a straw braid sewing machine and much practice and frustration, added Milan straw hats to the lineup. There comes a time, though, when all that gets a little tedious and you just want to make a hat for the pure hell of it. Enter the Victorian style smoking cap. Easy and fun to make and bordering on the nonsensical. No gentleman (or lady) that smokes in drafty old houses should ever be without one.
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splintercellsz

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Pre-46

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Willebe

A-List Customer
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479
Location
Kentucky
Resistol Stagecoach arrived today. Too small for my head, So I will get a lesson in hat stretching. No readable tag under the sweat. I will hopefully start cleaning and experimenting first of the week. A handful of moth nibbles that we're not visible on eBay. Disappointed that it is too small, but excited for the learning opportunity.
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12,384
Location
Albany Oregon
Portis, The "New Slant" Lite-Wate / Tissue Weight Swans Down Finish in dark green.

Besides some tarnish on the liner tip, the hat appears to be near mint.

2.5" Brim
3/8" bound edge
4 1/2 crown as creased
1.5" ribbon
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Gorgeous green! It is interesting that "the New Slant" shows up with some variations. This one is a beaut. The lines are similar to my version, but details such as brim binding vs. stitching and the band treatments differ.
 

RomanImperator

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LI/NYC
Gorgeous green! It is interesting that "the New Slant" shows up with some variations. This one is a beaut. The lines are similar to my version, but details such as brim binding vs. stitching and the band treatments differ.
Yes, of the 3 or 4 Portis's (Portii?) on the lounge featuring this Lining, none of them are the same.

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msoliday

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153
Location
Milwaukee
New (to me) Resistol came today!

Medium gray with a 2-1/4" brim. Kitten Finish Beaver Fifteen in 7 -3/8. Even included the original sales receipt ($15.00) and box. Would this be late '50s?

Now to have John at the Brass Rooster clean it up, maybe put a diamond bash crown on her, and re-shape it to a LO for me...
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40Cal

One Too Many
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Location
California
New (to me) Resistol came today!

Medium gray with a 2-1/4" brim. Kitten Finish Beaver Fifteen in 7 -3/8. Even included the original sales receipt ($15.00) and box. Would this be late '50s?

Now to have John at the Brass Rooster clean it up, maybe put a diamond bash crown on her, and re-shape it to a LO for me...
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That's a real beauty! I believe that tip logo is early to mid 1950's.
 

Bob Roberts

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11,201
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milford ct
New (to me) Resistol came today!

Medium gray with a 2-1/4" brim. Kitten Finish Beaver Fifteen in 7 -3/8. Even included the original sales receipt ($15.00) and box. Would this be late '50s?

Now to have John at the Brass Rooster clean it up, maybe put a diamond bash crown on her, and re-shape it to a LO for me...
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That beauty begs for a reblock to open crown. Why not have John do all you were planning to do but then give it your personal touch? The hat will love you all the more for it.
 
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Location
Albany Oregon
New (to me) Resistol came today!

Medium gray with a 2-1/4" brim. Kitten Finish Beaver Fifteen in 7 -3/8. Even included the original sales receipt ($15.00) and box. Would this be late '50s?

Now to have John at the Brass Rooster clean it up, maybe put a diamond bash crown on her, and re-shape it to a LO for me...
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Nice! Wish they would have put the year on the receipt. It looks really pristine on the insides, how is the felt?
 

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