Brad Bowers said:Would that be the Cavanagh Club - Continental Chapter?
Brad
Including Cyprus and Malta
Brad Bowers said:Would that be the Cavanagh Club - Continental Chapter?
Brad
Dreispitz said:Including Cyprus and Malta
Levallois said:I posted this on the ebay topic but it belongs here as well. My first Cavanagh won on ebay so I don't have it yet. The photos can't be captured from Activa so I'm stuck posting a (long) link - I love this color but it will be interesting to work into an outfit. Thanks for looking.
John
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Should still be wonderful felt and suitable for wearing. Does this not have a Cavanagh Edge or am I just missing it(no sweatband to indicate)?Brad Bowers said:It's still a fine hat. Those old Cavanagh sweats have a tendency to crumble or worse, so I'm not surprised. I've had to replace the sweatbands in some of my Cavanaghs and Dobbs hats - those that I wear, anyway.
Brad
Brad Bowers said:It currently doesn't have a Cavanagh Edge, and we don't know if it ever had one. As wide as the brim looks, it may be a rare raw edge Cavanagh. Without the original sweatband, it's hard to tell.
Brad
Levallois said:Brad,
Will it be possible to determine whether the hat had a Cav edge or was trimmed by looking at the edge once I receive it? Thanks!
John
Brad Bowers said:You'll have to let us know what you think once you receive it.
Brad
Levallois said:Well, I got it and I now know what all the fuss is about with the Cavanagh brand. What a hat! Light, thin, and soft yet strong. Beautiful russet (rusty) brown - not as much red as I thought but that's ok. I measured the brim every half inch for the entire circumference and it is spot on at 2 3/8-inch the whole edge - no irregularities at all. Edge is exactly the same color as the rest of the hat - no differential aging. So either a great cut job of a Cavanagh edge (why would somone cut off a Cav edge) or it never had one. We'll never know unless someone can decode the tag numbers. Either way I couldn't be happier - wonderful lid. Thanks for the comments and observations!
John
Lousy photo - a little too brown from the real color - but you get the idea.
Levallois said:Thanks Sue!
I was wondering if anyone - Brad Bowers or others - have been studying the "to duplicate" code letter and numbers on the tags under the sweats on Cavanaghs? Mine is B 93486.
Thanks!
John