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[hatophile]

I take that back, Alan, I missed those photos, very nice.

 

[rlk]

pure mink hat

sorry, little light available.

 

[alanfgag]

Lovely mink hat... the scale of it is great on you. I had one custom made in the Ukraine some years back. It's massive. If you don't keep your head straight you could pull a neck muscle.

I've been visiting my daughter in college in Evanston. One needs a fur hat there... even more than in Buffalo!

 

[rlk]

Lovely mink hat... the scale of it is great on you. I had one custom made in the Ukraine some years back. It's massive. If you don't keep your head straight you could pull a neck muscle.

I've been visiting my daughter in college in Evanston. One needs a fur hat there... even more than in Buffalo!

Thanks. Its been mostly in the teens for the last two weeks--unusually cold for this early.

 

[zetwal]

Its been mostly in the teens for the last two weeks--unusually cold for this early.

It's been pretty much in the teens here too ... (celsius that is)

 

[DRB]

sorry, little light available.

Nice!

 

[Chinaski]

It's been pretty much in the teens here too ... (celsius that is)

Zetwal, I'm not sure how much California has to brag about these days, but temperature is generally one of them so stop stealing our thunder!! What's that? Oh, it's raining here today? Oh...never mind...

 

[alanfgag]

Passed a small antique store with vintage clothes in the window. There was one mens hat... marked Italian, but it was a very nice Tonak (Czech) in a soft velour felt. Size 57, 2" brim and very reasonable. So I took it home with me.

 

[Neophyte]

Amazing pic, Alan!

 

[Chinaski]

Passed a small antique store with vintage clothes in the window. There was one mens hat... marked Italian, but it was a very nice Tonak (Czech) in a soft velour felt. Size 57, 2" brim and very reasonable. So I took it home with me.

Yep, just ambling along, "Say, that's not a bad hat!" Purchase made. You've got the fever, Alan. Nice lid!

 

[Greyfox]

Very nice Alan. Congrats.

 

[scottyrocks]

Passed a small antique store with vintage clothes in the window. There was one mens hat... marked Italian, but it was a very nice Tonak (Czech) in a soft velour felt. Size 57, 2" brim and very reasonable. So I took it home with me.

Wow, what a nice little find. It works beautifully on you.

 

[hatophile]

Alan,
You're amassing quite a nice collection. Keep up the good work!

 

[alanfgag]

Yep, just ambling along, "Say, that's not a bad hat!" Purchase made. You've got the fever, Alan. Nice lid!

Hi. My name is Alan and I am a hat junkie.

Thanks for all the kind comments, guys.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Zetwal, I'm not sure how much California has to brag about these days, but temperature is generally one of them so stop stealing our thunder!! What's that? Oh, it's raining here today? Oh...never mind...

Oh, that's not rain, it's liquid sunshine...

 

[Gumbo Book]

What size is that brim, Gumbo?

3 inches.

Thnx Gumbo

 

[buler]

The Hat with No Name

This one is a bit of a puzzler. Its a No Name Hat company, Olympic Quality, model Courier in black. The size/union tag would indicate at least a 1934 or newer date but the "No Name Hat Co" that was related to Stetson was ended in mid/late 20's. Anyway, here are the pics. Hagers in Lancaster was around from 1827 to at least 1967 (so no help with dating there).

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[rlk]

This one is a bit of a puzzler. Its a No Name Hat company, Olympic Quality, model Courier in black. The size/union tag would indicate at least a 1934 or newer date but the "No Name Hat Co" that was related to Stetson was ended in mid/late 20's. Anyway, here are the pics. Hagers in Lancaster was around from 1827 to at least 1967 (so no help with dating there).

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I saw that too, Sure looks like an early 60's hat.

 

[DRB]

Alan, you have been collecting some fine hats. Love seeing them.

 

[mayserwegener]

Passed a small antique store with vintage clothes in the window. There was one mens hat... marked Italian, but it was a very nice Tonak (Czech) in a soft velour felt. Size 57, 2" brim and very reasonable. So I took it home with me.

Super find! TONAK was J. Hückel´s Söhne (started in 1799) up to the end of WWII. JHS was nationalized as TONAK after WWII. In my opinion JHS produced finest Austrian Velour finishes.

As you can see TONAK used the same logo design and just changed the name to TONAK.

I am thinking this one is pretty soon after the take over. The Hückel family (they were German and not Czech) ended up in Weilheim Bavaria where they started a hat factory. There is more info at this link.

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/6-johann-huckel%c2%b4s-sohne-huckel-hutfabrik-weilheim/