^^^ Stetson Air Light ^^^

[RBH]

50yo eyes!

arty:
Not till March.....

 

[rlk]

1935 Bantam Weight

 

[Lefty]

1935

1936

1937

1938 - that's not my cropping on the second one

 

[bolthead]

Lefty,I had my eyeballs on that Blue Playboy as well. Did anyone here get it?

Feraud's Whippet is the bee's knees.

 

[Lefty]

It's back from the milliner for sweat reattachment. It certainly doesn't look brand new, but I'll take an imperfect, original hat over a renovated one any day - especially with this hat's incredibly thin and light sweat. It's so light, it tried to eat my Trinity.

New York Hat Stores was a chain in California with many outlets.

There was one in this hotel.

 

[jimmy the lid]

What I'd give to be able to walk into that store...

Great to have the original sweat re-attached -- that was definitely the way to go, for all sorts of reasons. Fantastic find.

 

[Lefty]

Air Light Bantam - not mine - ebay photos

**It's wild to look at the Trinity now and know that it's being worn in Scotland.

 

[rlk]

Stetson Bantam (Air-Light)

more details

Sweat says Bantam but the box and the ribbon seem to say Playboy.

 

[Lefty]

Beautiful.

 

[rlk]

Stetson Playboy Air-Light

 

[alanfgag]

Just fantastic... circa 1936ish I'm thinking. So glad we wear different sizes. Thanks for sharing the tag.

 

[Rodkins]

Drooooool....

 

[Benzadmiral]

Darned if that doesn't look exactly like the entrance to Meyer the Hatter, down here in The Swamp. Even to the glass-fronted cabinet out in the middle!

 

[bowlerman]

RLK, +1 again on that hat. I've never seen a brim that was just stitched through the felt. Is that for aesthetic purposes only, or does it also strengthen the brim a bit?

 

[Joshbru3]

I'm absolutely SPEECHLESS! The most beautiful hat I have ever seen! The color is incredible, the dimensions are incredible, and the condition is incredible. I'm extremely impressed with K2r and the results. I've never seen a playboy air-light with a vented circle going around the crown tip sticker. I thought all air-lights only had the Maltese cross vents. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[feltfan]

Very nice hats here. I saw a Dobbs that was almost identical to the white one here- one of the
lightest, softest hats I have ever held, and in like new condition. I posted about it in Classifieds, but
didn't buy it 'cause it was over $100 and not my size.

Anyway, nice to see rlk's is JtL's size.

I have one Zephyr and no Air Light hats. Sigh.

 

[Lefty]

Beautiful.

I agree with ^.

 

[carouselvic]

 

[buler]

Very cool Vic. An airlight wide ribbon open road. Was this just on ebay?

B

 

[carouselvic]

No, I bought it sometime back. I've posted it here before.