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[Cliffnopus]

Good looking Milan, congrats.

Cliff

 

[delectans]

That is a spectacular lid, Alan! Simply exquisite, and the seller even used color coordinated packing materials. Congratulations once again.

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks very much... it feels great on too. Will have to work out some clothes to wear with that green pug though!

 

[bowlerman]

I failed just recently. Sudden winds and wind tunnels between buildings are the bane of my Moorelite's existence. It very recently took a trip down the street and gathered some black dusty dirt. Most of it rubbed out, but some parts under the brim and one on the top of the crown (all thankfully out of view when the hat is being worn) require skills greater than mine. Luckily, I am in relatively close proximity to the very creator of the hat, so I'm not at all worried. Even still, I hope you will prove to be more fortunate than I in this matter .

That's what we call character, anyway!
You're making me nervous about the bone colored hat I ordered from Falcon Park...

 

[DJH]

I failed just recently. Sudden winds and wind tunnels between buildings are the bane of my Moorelite's existence. It very recently took a trip down the street and gathered some black dusty dirt.

Oh dear, yes I can see this could be a problem. On days I know it will be windy I tend to wear my Campdraft. This is the only one of my hats with a wind cord and it saved the hat from a trip down the canal twice last weekend

 

[Neophyte]

Yeah, but that's the thing about wind tunnels: ya never see 'em coming lol.
Ah well, if the price I pay to wear that hat is occasionally paying for it to be clean, I'll pay that price. Ain't no different from dry cleaning, IMO.

At any rate, today marks a third entire month wherein I have not purchased a hat or related paraphenalia .

 

[Aureliano]

Yeah, but that's the thing about wind tunnels: ya never see 'em coming lol.
Ah well, if the price I pay to wear that hat is occasionally paying for it to be clean, I'll pay that price. Ain't no different from dry cleaning, IMO.

At any rate, today marks a third entire month wherein I have not purchased a hat or related paraphenalia .

Dirt stains rub off easily if you use a hat sponge (the orange ones).
Cheers for your trimester being "sober" lol on April 17th I'll be 3 months, too.

 

[zetwal]

Sudden winds and wind tunnels between buildings are the bane of my Moorelite's existence. It very recently took a trip down the street and gathered some black dusty dirt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRxIN4zdB8&feature=player_detailpage

 

[Neophyte]

lol lol lol That's pretty much how it was, except I had a bike!

 

[alanfgag]

Mid century Brooks Brothers

Very nicely made English hat in a style that could be 30 years earlier than its 1950's vintage.

lovely copper toned foiled stampings on the sweatband

 

[Johnny J]

Wow! Great looking lid!!

 

[Johnny J]

Mallory Cravenette Straw Hat

I got this one today. Mallory Cravenette Straw hat with the leather sweatband still nice and soft. Seller dates it to the 1940s.
Can anyone confirm the age of this hat?

 

[RBH]

Great thread showcasing some super hats!
While cleaning up some threads I thought we would see how it does as not a sticky.

 

[Neophyte]

Congrats on that Mallory, Johnny! It looks super, the eBay photos simply did not do it justice :eusa_clap.

 

[danofarlington]

Very good one on you. Good pickup.

 

[delectans]

Very nicely made English hat in a style that could be 30 years earlier than its 1950's vintage.

Nice one, Alan, I like the 'twist bow', ala Knox, but different.

I got this one today. Mallory Cravenette Straw hat with the leather sweatband still nice and soft. Seller dates it to the 1940s.
Can anyone confirm the age of this hat?

A very fine Panama, Johnny, congrats! Difficult to be precise with dating without a photo of the Mallory logo in the crown, but I would estimate the hat to be of '40s to '50s vintage based upon stylistic details, and the unique cloth size tag from the seller's listing photos.

Take a look through the Mallory Mile thread, if you have not already done so, and you should also add this lid to the thread for archival reference.

 

[alanfgag]

I got this one today. Mallory Cravenette Straw hat with the leather sweatband still nice and soft. Seller dates it to the 1940s.
Can anyone confirm the age of this hat?

That was a killer from the ebay listing and even better in your photos. Great find!

 

[DRB]

Very nicely made English hat in a style that could be 30 years earlier than its 1950's vintage.

Alan, are you sure that hat wasn't meant for me (Dennis Brooks)?

 

[Johnny J]

Thanks guys. I am very happy with this panama. It had no logo on the crown. Maybe fell off thru the years.

 

[Alex]

That's an awesome Panama, Johnny. Congrats!