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Alan, great 100! Congrats. You should add it to this thread: Stetson100ThreadB
Thank you Buler - I always have a hard time searching threads on the lounge... have added this hat there.
Alan, great 100! Congrats. You should add it to this thread: Stetson100ThreadB
Thank you Buler - I always have a hard time searching threads on the lounge... have added this hat there.
Here is another thread cataloguing the Stetson 100
Super nice hat! Is that ole Opus 27, No.2 you've got there in the background?
Me, too. That embroidered Last Drop liner may be older than that...
My hat looks very close to the example shown in Dinerman's post on page one of this thread, but with the rectangular black size tag. I'm not sure how far back these embroidered Last Drop liners go, but from the perforated sweatband and newer size tag, I estimated on the later side of the 100 production years.
I figured there might be a rectangular size tag involved. ...
I figured there might be a rectangular size tag involved. The Last Drop liner was certainly around in the 50's, and survived into at least the mid-60's in its embroidered form.
Cheers,
JtL
One other thing that intrigues me is the decline of quality in the hot stamping impression from the forties/fifties to the more recent years. The same machines and die technology are used for this work today... I'm not sure why the clarity and definition of the image fell off... but it definitely did.
They have embroidered liners in some of the high X beaver models currently-same subject but definitely different version and colors.
I was told by my sweatband supplier (I think they've been in business since 1875, but don't remember for sure) that the difference is in the metal used today. The process today uses cheaper metal which can't stand up to the pressure required for the deep embossing of yesteryear. At least, that's how I remember the conversation. It was several years ago. Brad
Awesome!My second Optimo milan arrived from, of all places, Guam.
For me, the 7xCB is the ultimate in felt (though I'd love to handle a Dobbs or Knox 100) and Optimo's milan is the ultimate in straw.
For me, the 7xCB is the ultimate in felt (though I'd love to handle a Dobbs or Knox 100) and Optimo's milan is the ultimate in straw.