Stetson Open Road

[jamespowers]

Originally posted by fedoralover
I got a Stetson 25 Open Road at a Goodwill for 12.50. It looked like it was never worn.

A Stetson Twenty Five for $12.50?! Geez, I wouldn't complain about that. The last one I had go through my hands had very nice felt--like velvet. Looks like you will be getting all the wear out of it. Good find.

Regards,

J

 

[fedoralover]

It was a good find indeed, but if I may gloat it wasn't as nice as the borsalino I had found a week earlier for $4.49 in another Goodwill. Sometimes you just hit it right at those stores and find a real treasure.

regards fedoralover

 

[jamespowers]

Originally posted by fedoralover
it wasn't as nice as the borsalino I had found a week earlier for $4.49 in another Goodwill. Sometimes you just hit it right at those stores and find a real treasure.

$4.49!? Now you are killing me. Geez, maybe I can look at the obituaries and see if they correspond to estate sales and get a few deals like that.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Matt Deckard]

Sometimes if your lucky, you can find vintage Open Roads deadstock and looking like this.


The hat is not a homburg as the description says.
http://www.nps.gov/hstr/exhibits/hats/22085_homberg.htm

 

[jamespowers]

Homburg!? Who is running that museum? LOL
You are right. That is an open crown Open Road. These are the best to find because you can block them any way you want and there is not previous "block memory" to deal with.
A Stetson 100 would be quite a find at a thrift store though. They cost $100 in the 1950's. That is nearly $700 for a hat today! I doubt someone would just dump it off at the thrift store but I have seen worse.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Engr-Chas]

Hey Matt...

Is there an "official" name for that color of Tan??
Thanks,
Chas

 

[Matt Deckard]

The hat is the color silver belly. One of the most common Stetson colors. Sort of an oatmeal tan. The current Stetson company makes most of their cowboy hats in the color, following what the original company used to do... alot of other companies use the color as well.

Looks like a work hat color to me. I wear it as a beater, just plop it on my head without a worry... I flip the brim down now and again, though I like the rakish look with the fedora pinch and the brim up.

 

[Wild Root]

Yep! Good stuff.

Root.

 

[Engr-Chas]

Thanks!

Chas