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bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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My new Falcon Park lord's hat. More pics in the Falcon Park Hattery thread.

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Maryland
My restored P. & C. Habig Wien Velour arrived from Optimo today. Rather than a black ribbon I had them put on a blue one. I have never encountered a pre 1940s P. & C. Habig solf felt so very rare. I think this one might actually be from around WWI. More details in the German - Austrian thread.

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DNO

One Too Many
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Toronto, Canada
More thrift store luck. Today I found a beautiful 7 ¼ long oval grey fedora made for Eaton’s department store. It’s flawless and very comfortable. The fur felt is wonderfully soft and quite thick. No stains, no mothing…nothing! (Won’t mention the embarrassing low price.) 2 1/4" brim...just about my favourite size.

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Birkdale was the Eaton's store brand name for men's wear.

This hat has a system for holding the leather sweatband that I’ve never seen before. The system was patented in Canada by Otto Blaine Carter in 1935. (Carter patented the same system in the U.S. in 1934.) Basically he used 5 very slim metal buttons fastened to the hat to which the reeded sweatband attached. Until I looked up the patent number stamped on the sweatband, I didn’t even notice the buttons! His idea was to make the sweatband easily replaceable by the hat owner.

Here's the patent notice:

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And one of the five buttons:

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In addition, I found the drawing that was attached to his patent application in 1935:

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And an ad from April 1957 originally in the Ottawa Citizen:

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And finally, the happy new owner (despite the grim visage) with the hat!

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Obviously, Carter's system didn't really catch on but it's not a bad idea. Has anyone else ever encountered this sort of buttoned-in sweat?
 
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Chepstow

I'll Lock Up
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5,406
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Germany/ Remscheid
My new Falcon Park lord's hat. More pics in the Falcon Park Hattery thread.

Jeff, cool. That is a great looking Hat and the shape looks really good. My Congrats.

My restored P. & C. Habig Wien Velour arrived from Optimo today. Rather than a black ribbon I had them put on a blue one. I have never encountered a pre 1940s P. & C. Habig solf felt so very rare. I think this one might actually be from around WWI. More details in the German - Austrian thread.

Steve, wonderful work. Looks like new. Good Idea with the ribbon color.

More thrift store luck. Today I found a beautiful 7 ¼ long oval grey fedora made for Eaton’s department store. It’s flawless and very comfortable. The fur felt is wonderfully soft and quite thick. No stains, no mothing…nothing! (Won’t mention the embarrassing low price.) 2 1/4" brim...just about my favourite size.

David, what a great find. He looks really good and a low price for a beautiful hat. Congrats to the new one.
 

Mr. Lucky

One Too Many
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Made in Czecho Slovakia between the WW's,

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Its a moderately lightweight felt despite the velour finish, which is quite spectacular. More to come...

So it was YOU that snagged that one off Etsy! I hesitated - went to cross reference the punti size, came back and it was gone! Good for you!
 

Rabbit

Call Me a Cab
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2,561
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Germany
Stetson 3XB Last Drop

More recent than I thought it would be, judging from the embossment of the Stetson logo, but still a decent hat. Nice & thick Western felt with a stiffer brim.

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buler

I'll Lock Up
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4,385
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Wisconsin
This hat has a system for holding the leather sweatband that I’ve never seen before. The system was patented in Canada by Otto Blaine Carter in 1935. (Carter patented the same system in the U.S. in 1934.) Basically he used 5 very slim metal buttons fastened to the hat to which the reeded sweatband attached. Until I looked up the patent number stamped on the sweatband, I didn’t even notice the buttons! His idea was to make the sweatband easily replaceable by the hat owner.

Here's the patent notice:

And one of the five buttons:


In addition, I found the drawing that was attached to his patent application in 1935:


And an ad from April 1957 originally in the Ottawa Citizen:


And finally, the happy new owner (despite the grim visage) with the hat!


Obviously, Carter's system didn't really catch on but it's not a bad idea. Has anyone else ever encountered this sort of buttoned-in sweat?

Yes, we've seen a few on the lounge. I posted one in the Disney hats thread. I believe they also show up on some Cavanaghs.

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