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Red, you remind me of Lee Marvin.Newest Stingy in the stable (I seem to have quite a few...) Stetson Royal De Luxe back bow with a pork pie crown. The brim is right on the "stingy" edge at 2". This hat is very high quality for the era, which is probably late 1950s. Key hole size tag and maple leaf in Stetson crest. The felt is very supple with a factory pork pie/telescope crease. It also has one of the lower crowns in my collection at 4". Super nice hand and good quality sweat.
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Why, thank you sir. He was one of my favorite actors.Red, you remind me of Lee Marvin.
This is one of the things that is keeping me from owning a true Pork Pie--crown height. Well, that and crown taper. The crown height you listed would be the absolute lowest I could go and still have the hat fit on my head properly, but the crown would also have to be completely straight-sided. Almost every Porker I've seen is pre-creased at 4" or lower and would sit on top of my head like a cheap party hat. Also, I'd need a brim about 2" wide. Other than that, your hat is exactly how I'd like mine to look...except maybe brown...and a ribbon slightly lighter in color than the felt...and......This vintage Cavanagh is shown earlier in this thread (and others). After looking at other hats similar to this one, I noticed that most have a taller crown...
Nice details on this Dobbs. I forgot about Inspector Gadget wearing one that looked like this. Kind of cool Bowen.View attachment 115942 View attachment 115943 View attachment 115944 Greetings All:
I’ll play.
Dobbs. 1 3/4” and not growing! My 1 of 2 Stingys.
Be well. Stingy Bo
Vintage Chastey 1 7/8 felted edged brim with a porkpie bash and 2 inch ribbon.
Super rich green color. Good luck on the stretch, this one deserves some head time.F. G. M. in dark green velour. Probably early to mid 1960s.
It has spent two days in a stretcher but it’s still a little snug so the slow stretch continues. I’ve lucked into so great velour hats recently.
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Nice Dobbs Brent. Where did you come up with that liner, sweet color.Latest stingy: it arrived in a box half the size of a shoe box! On the plus side, it’s still in fine shape and the hat set me back less than the cost of lunch.
It arrived sans liner but I remedied that:
Now on to steaming the ribbon.
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F. G. M. in dark green velour. Probably early to mid 1960s.
Nice Dobbs Brent. Where did you come up with that liner, sweet color.
Stack-o-stingy velour Germans. I'll be posting detail shots of these, just had to get this thread back on the first page.
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