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[hatophile]

Emerson Homburg ? 40's?

BTW, sharp Barbisio Robert.

 

[BR Gordon]

I don't know why the cattleman's crease doesn't get any love. All three of my ORs are cattleman creases and I like 'em.

Maybe it's a Texas thing...

I love the cattleman's crease, but to me it looks better on a western hat. I can't get my mind around the OR as a western hat, it's too dressy.

 

[monbla256]

I love the cattleman's crease, but to me it looks better on a western hat. I can't get my mind around the OR as a western hat, it's too dressy.

It was originally and still is now sold as a "western" hat, but not as a "cowboy" hat. It was considered a "dress western" hence the name "Open Road"

 

[rlk]

Dobbs Gamebird

'40-ish sued finish with "Panel-edge". More in the Dobbs Diner Thread.

 

[job]

Nice!

 

[billyspew]

Great colour and texture on that ribbon.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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And here is the Game Bird's sworn enemy: the Stetson RAILBIRD. Subjected to one of the silliest lawsuits in hatmaking history. Read on...


It's a long story, so I'll summarize. In 1950, the John B. Stetson Company launched a new fedora model: the 'Railbird'. Made of silk (yes, silk) and fur felt, it was sporty and allegedly "crushable" (even though it wrinkled!)


For some reason, Hat Corporation of America --the maker of Dobbs 'Game Bird' fedoras-- lost its corporate mind and sued Stetson, arguing that (1) there is a real bird in nature called a railbird, and (2) real railbirds are a type of game bird, so (3) the typical hat customer will accidentally buy a Stetson 'Railbird' fedora while thinking that he is buying a type of Dobbs 'Game Bird' fedora ... because he will have been "confused, misled or deceived into believing that the hat so marked emanates from the same source." Clearly, Hat Corporation of America was convinced that its customers were foggy ornithologists.


Preposterous? Yes. Luckily for Stetson, the courts ultimately agreed, saying "The marks do not look alike, do not sound much alike and have distinctly different connotations."


Here is a 1954 version of the offending Railbird itself:

 

[jamespowers]

.
And here is the Game Bird's sworn enemy: the Stetson RAILBIRD. Subjected to one of the silliest lawsuits in hatmaking history. Read on...


It's a long story, so I'll make it short. In 1950, the John B. Stetson Company launched a new model fedora: the 'Railbird'. Made of silk (yes, silk) and fur felt, it was a sporty, allegedly "crushable" (even though it wrinkled!) lid.


For some reason, Hat Corporation of America (the maker of Dobbs "Game Bird" fedoras) lost its mind and sued Stetson, arguing that (1) there is a real bird in nature called a railbird, and (2) real railbirds are a type of game bird, so (3) the typical hat customer will accidentally buy a Stetson "Railbird" fedora while thinking that he is buying a type of Dobbs 'Game Bird' fedora ... because he will have been "confused, misled or deceived into believing that the hat so marked emanates from the same source."


Preposterous? Yes. Luckily for Stetson, the courts ultimately agreed. "The marks do not look alike, do not sound much alike and have distinctly different connotations."


And here is a 1954 version of the offending Railbird itself:

I had a chance to buy one for nearly nothing a few years ago. I suppose I shouldn't have passed on it.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I had a chance to buy one for nearly nothing a few years ago. I suppose I shouldn't have passed on it.

Yes, and a green one sold on eBay last April. For over a hundred bucks, though.

 

[jamespowers]

Yes, and a green one sold on eBay last March. For over a hundred bucks, though.

Green? Uh no thanks. I think the one I saw was brown or some such thing. I like the heather that you have though.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I like the heather that you have though.

Thanks! Too bad I though I was buying a Dobbs 'Game Bird'. It's all so confusing!

 

[jamespowers]

Thanks! Too bad I though I was buying a Dobbs 'Game Bird'. It's all so confusing!

:rofl:

 

[davidraphael]

perfect as usual

 

[Lefty]

Yes, and a green one sold on eBay last March. For over a hundred bucks, though.

right after it sold for 20 with a bunch of pins on it.

edit - it was 15
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[rlk]

Must be the Best Hat Ever

Impervious to rain and holds its shape while incredibly smooth in the hand. Even adjusts for a perfect fit.

Dupont Polyethylene Resin Waterproof Hat. Yes, it is a snap brim that will curl up or down.

 

[jlee562]

Wow! That is a wild specimen, Robert!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Impervious to rain and holds its shape while incredibly smooth in the hand. Even adjusts for a perfect fit.

Dupont Polyethylene Resin Waterproof Hat. Yes, it is a snap brim that will curl up or down.

YES!!! I'm so glad you posted this!


I've seen this exact type of hat only once before: it (actually, about six of 'em) was shelved away in the merchandise warehouse of a Ventura, California haberdashery that had opened in the 1890s and closed in 1974. The warehouse's vintage deadstock contents were purchased by a friend in 1993, and he and I found amazing things in there ... including this DuPont hat! My friend kept one for himself; I didn't, alas.


I've not seen another like it since 1993, though I've been looking. Thanks again!

 

[billyspew]

Here's a hat I got a while back but hadn't posted.
It''s a Long's Hats "Longworth".

 

[DOUGLAS]

Beautiful!

 

[billyspew]

Impervious to rain and holds its shape while incredibly smooth in the hand. Even adjusts for a perfect fit.

Dupont Polyethylene Resin Waterproof Hat. Yes, it is a snap brim that will curl up or down.

That is great. Ugly, but great!
What's the weight like is it similar to a normal felt?