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[Bamaboots]

This one is pretty special—a 1940s Whippet in a beautiful color scheme of medium gray felt and lavender-gray ribbon and binding. It differs in a number of ways from the classic 1950s Whippets I’ve seen. The blocking is less tapered (I gave it a 6-point diamond crease to absorb some of the extra felt), the model name is on the sweat instead of the liner, and the brim binding is almost 1/2” on the bottom and about 5/16 on top, folded over so it has a slight rise, and set off by the stitching come up from the bottom. Beautiful soft felt with a 2 3/4” brim.

Cheers, David

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Pretty unique, David. If it didn't say Whippet I'd call it a Stetsonian except that I've never seen a Stetsonian in anything but RD quality.

 

[Mighty44]

Pretty unique, David. If it didn't say Whippet I'd call it a Stetsonian except that I've never seen a Stetsonian in anything but RD quality.

Thanks Greg and good call! now that you mention it, I used to own a RD Stetsonian with really similar dimensions and brim treatment.

 

[steur]

This one is pretty special—a 1940s Whippet in a beautiful color scheme of medium gray felt and lavender-gray ribbon and binding. It differs in a number of ways from the classic 1950s Whippets I’ve seen. The blocking is less tapered (I gave it a 6-point diamond crease to absorb some of the extra felt), the model name is on the sweat instead of the liner, and the brim binding is almost 1/2” on the bottom and about 5/16 on top, folded over so it has a slight rise, and set off by the stitching come up from the bottom. Beautiful soft felt with a 2 3/4” brim.

Cheers, David

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Fantastic Stetson, whatever the model, David.