STETSON 7x CLEAR BEAVER QUALITY

[hatophile]

Congrats, HE, I was tempted to go for that but decided against it. Glad you got it. I love the wide ribbon brim binding !

 

[HatsEnough]

Congrats, HE, I was tempted to go for that but decided against it. Glad you got it. I love the wide ribbon brim binding !

That binding is kind of interesting. It is a bit wider than any OR binding. It's a 5/8 binding. The whole thing is soft as a baby's butt, I have to say. But not in the least floppy or limp.

 

[Lefty]

Fantastic.

 

[alanfgag]

Fantastic.

What he said.

 

[randooch]

HatsEnough, how about a picture atop the ol' bean?

 

[SteveAS]

Very nice, and congratulations!

 

[HatsEnough]

I just got my Open Road 7X in the mail.
My pair of 7X Stetsons...

The one to the right is a 7X Clear Beaver fedora with a 2-3/8 inch brim.
The other is an Open Road (marked Open Road) 7X.

 

[Joshbru3]

Spectacular!!! That bound brim 7X is by far my favorite, but the Open road is gorgeous as well.

 

[HatsEnough]

Yes, I very much like that bound edge fedora 7X. It is soft as silk, too. I feel very fortunate to have wound up with it, I have to say. The new OR is great, too, but it is just your average OR-style, you know? That other one is something out of the ordinary, I think. Even the color is amazing. I guess it is still silverbelly, but it is almost white. Even in the photo above you can see a major difference in color. It really is a beauty. (my only complaint is that I wish the brim was larger, but still...)

 

[alanfgag]

I just got my Open Road 7X in the mail.
My pair of 7X Stetsons...

That's a fine pair of fine hats... enjoy them.

 

[gtdean48]

.... Even the color is amazing. I guess it is still silverbelly, but it is almost white...

Clear Beaver hats are natural, undyed beaver fur felt. This is different than Silverbelly which is supposedly only the silvery beaver belly fur used to make that felt.
They are 2 different "colors" and can be a varying range of colors given the content of the fur used for the specific runs.
CB will have fur from all over the beaver used which can yield a different "natural" color that that of just using the beaver belly fur.

 

[HatsEnough]

My 7X Clear Beaver Open Road with an embroidered "Last Drop" liner. Brim 2-3/4.

This makes my third 7X Clear Beaver Stetson.

It has a paper price tag inside that says it was originally sold at "Cottrell's" with a price of $50 on it.

So, this one confirms something I've been noticing with Stetson's high end hats. My 100 is a 7-1/8 and so is one of other 7X Clear Beavers. They both fit almost like a 7-1/4 on me -- not quite that large but looser than other 7-1/8s. My Stetson 10X is a size 7 and so is one of the 25s and both fit a little large, almost but not quite like a 7-1/8. My other 7X is a 6-7/8 and fits like a perfect size 7.

So, to my head, all the high end Stetson hats I have seem to fit almost a size larger than the size noted on the size tag.

Weird.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

That hat makes one want to own it. If I could find a clean hat that looked like this one in my size, I would be willing to part with big bucks to own it.

 

[HatsEnough]

The only reason I went for this one is because it had the embroidered "Last Drop" liner. Other wise it is the same as my other 7X Clear Beaver Open Road. Now I have an Open Road with that liner and I think I am done with Open Roadies. I have a 3X, two conversions (big ribbons replacing the thin and one with darker brim binding added), two 7X Clear Beavers, two Twenty Fives, then two brown ones. I think I have more than enough Open Roadies at this point!

 

[randooch]

The only reason I went for this one is because it had the embroidered "Last Drop" liner. Other wise it is the same as my other 7X Clear Beaver Open Road. Now I have an Open Road with that liner and I think I am done with Open Roadies. I have a 3X, two conversions (big ribbons replacing the thin and one with darker brim binding added), two 7X Clear Beavers, two Twenty Fives, then two brown ones. I think I have more than enough Open Roadies at this point!

That is indeed a handsome hat. Based on what you say, you truly have "Hats Enough!"

 

[HatsEnough]

That is indeed a handsome hat. Based on what you say, you truly have "Hats Enough!"

I keep telling myself that, too. Yet, every time I turn around there is another "must have" staring me in the face.

 

[DJH]

Here's my "new" Stetson 50 7X Clear Beaver.

One of the more modern examples, but I really like the styling and the feel of the felt. The hat seems to have been hardly ever worn and is in great overall shape. First thing I did was steam out the original crease and change to my usual center crease:

 

[gtdean48]

Here's my 7X CB...mid to late 50's....

 

[RBH]

Great hats guys!
Tom I really like the tall front pinch on yours. The pin is nice also.

 

[HatsEnough]

gtdean, DJH,

How stiff (or not) is yours?