I just received this one from a fellow lounger. This is such a beautiful hat, I love it!!
A hearty congratulations, my Standard Quality brother!
Wow, Josh! I can see why you love it - just the kind of hat you prefer to wear and in fantastic condition. Congratulations!
Josh - there you have me greeeeen with envy...what a hat! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap
Beautiful hat! I wish I'd receive those from lounger.
The ribbon is original and is frayed on both ends. Re-order is a 6 7/8 but I don't have any photos of it. Not really my style of hat but an interesting experiment in color combination (Orange Copper and Navy) from the early days.
That Stetson is really intriguing. Upon inspection, do you think that the sweatband was adapted later by a hatter or do you believe that the the sweatband treatment was originally done at the Stetson factory? I've never seen a Stetson sweatband treatment like that before.
It has the Stetson factory embossing on the leather and the intensely colored knotted bow at the seam typical of the 30's. The reed-less through stitching I haven't seen before.