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[billyspew]

Nice lid, Billy, but you own that wider brim look!

Cheers gtd. Didn't check the measurements on the auction was quite a shock, how stingy it was when I got it!

Bill

 

[immortaldiamond]

My new green stingy Knox.
It's a very deep rich green, most like the last picture.

Where did you get this one, billy - wonderful colour and shape!

 

[billyspew]

Where did you get this one, billy - wonderful colour and shape!

Off the 'bay of course!

 

[Wandering Fool]

Purdy Hats and Cowardly Lions

Thanks Harp Player Gene and Even Steven. I look forward to learning some things about my favorite hats. I am currently looking for a 2 inch brim with a telescope crown in grey or black. I have a large, 7 5/8,head size. Thats my current wish list.
At home, I am still dial up, so that makes bidding on e-bay frustrating. One of these days hi-speed will make it to the woods.

 

[Johnny.]

First post - hey all. Looks like a pretty awesome forum

Anyhow, I just ordered a dark brown Fed IV - looking forward to this one! (Diehard Indy fan here people). Pricing was brilliant.

I picked up this little gem in a Queensland market for $100. It's a nice, Akubra Bogart hat, size 57, pure fur felt. Imperial Quality.

Apologies for my epic fail camera skills. Pics aren't of the best quality. The hat's actually dark black, by the way.

 

[Wil Tam]

I posted this before

Wil - All great new additions but that Beaver Brand Busman clone grabs me the most. More view of that one?...

started a thread on it when I wanted some advice...

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Now playing: Everclear - Fire Maple Song
via FoxyTunes​

 

[Wil Tam]

I did leave some choice lids behind...

Geez Wil, did you leave any for anyone else? There are some nice hats there.

Thanks! I'll take it easy for a while because I'm stoked with my Heritage Akubras ... they are so amazingly well made!

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Now playing: Magnetic Fields, the - My Only Friend
via FoxyTunes

 

[carouselvic]

Playboy

Playboy, retailed at C.V. Peters Co. in Glens Falls, NY for $10.00. Liner is missing, but unreeded sweat and price would put in the 40's.

 

[Lefty]

I received my Royal Deluxe Vita-Felt thin ribbon today. Aside from 2 of the tiniest moth nips that no non-hat-wearing seller would ever have noticed, and a slightly dirty section of the lapel cord, the hat is fantastic. I think this one went unworn for all these years.

It's tagged 7 3/4, and Extra Long is stamped on the inside of the sweat, but it fits more like a 7 5/8, so I'll only need a little padding for a great fit.

The shots of the inside tags show the true dark gray color.

Here it is, right out of the shipping box.

 

[carouselvic]

That's a humdinger!!

 

[jimmy the lid]

Wow -- that is fantastic, Lefty. Very, very nice score! :eusa_clap

And, carouselvic -- that is one nice Playboy in a great color. :eusa_clap

Congrats, gents. :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[jimmy the lid]

Incidentally, Lefty -- the notion that the Vita-felt lids were meant to provide a domestic alternative to the European lightweights seems to be underscored by your lid's resemblance to a Borso Alessandria, don't you think?

Beautiful lid.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Lefty]

The ad should read:

It looks Italian. Heck, it even feels Italian. It's everything you could want in a fine European hat, made right here in America, by Americans.

Stetson Vita-Felt. It's basically Italian, without the whole dictator thing.

 

[Michaelshane]

Lefty...What a great hat.You watch them all and you know how to pick the ones to bid on.

 

[RBH]

That is nice!!!!

 

[Tango Yankee]

Been a while since I perused this particular thread... now there's way too many great hats to mention them all! :eusa_doh:

I do want to mention Scion's straw... that's a beauty! Looks like it has a rather sharp crease on the front, though. You may want to watch that it doesn't break there, Scion!

Carouselvic's Playboy is very nice, and Lefty's Vita-Felt is amazing! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

And now, here's one I received a while back. The only marking in it is on the sweatband, a shield with the letters MB next to script reading "The President."

Here's the eBay photo:

Unfortunately, my wife picked up a few boxes from the post office for me. She stopped in front of our house and placed them on the porch before driving around to put her car into the garage. She entered the house through the garage and forgot to go get the boxes. Two of the boxes were large as they contained hat boxes. The third was apparently just the right size for two Australian Cattle Dog / Australian Shepherd mixes to play with. This is what I came home to:

The wire is from the sweatband.

It was the perfect ending to a very long day, which had me working on networking issues at one of our campuses from 8 AM until after 10PM. It was Friday the 13th. :eusa_doh: Bummer.

 

[gtdean48]

:arated:

That is nice!!!!

REAL nice!

 

[carouselvic]

Bummer TY

 

[GWD]

Playboy, retailed at C.V. Peters Co. in Glens Falls, NY for $10.00. Liner is missing, but unreeded sweat and price would put in the 40's.

This probably didn't have a liner. Great looking Lid!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Unfortunately, my wife picked up a few boxes from the post office for me. She stopped in front of our house and placed them on the porch before driving around to put her car into the garage. She entered the house through the garage and forgot to go get the boxes. Two of the boxes were large as they contained hat boxes. The third was apparently just the right size for two Australian Cattle Dog / Australian Shepherd mixes to play with.

:eusa_doh:
Did you bury the dogs and wife in the same shallow grave out in the woods, or separately?