The Dobbs Diner...

[Joao Encarnado]

Well, I don't know anything about western hats really, but that looks like a very fine hat to me!

It's basically a Resistol Stagecoach rebranded for Dobbs West brand.
Byer-Rolnick bought Dobbs hats and owned Resistol. Probably they thought this was a good idea...

 

[Frunobulax]

It's basically a Resistol Stagecoach rebranded for Dobbs West brand.
Byer-Rolnick bought Dobbs hats and owned Resistol. Probably they thought this was a good idea...

Not being familiar with Westerns, have you ever come across one of these before?


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[Joao Encarnado]

Not being familiar with Westerns, have you ever come across one of these before?

I did. I have another Dobbs West Stagecoach but it was missing the liner, hatband and box.
I also have a Dobbs West 4x beaver I believe.

 

[1mach1]

Yes it have.

Stop buying all of my hats! [emoji14]

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[scottyrocks]

Yes it have.

Wow, that's amazing!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Stop buying all of my hats! [emoji14]

I've wondered why you didn't jump on this one.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Wow, that's amazing!

Thank you.

 

[1mach1]

I've wondered why you didn't jump on this one.

I honestly didn't see that one. Again! I need your eyes I guess

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[Joao Encarnado]

I honestly didn't see that one. Again! I need your eyes I guess

It stood there for 2 months.
I had to wait for the seller to drop the price (after several messages...).

And to add to the wait time, it took 2 weeks to reach Portuguese customs and 1 more month to get it off their hands.

 

[Bushman]

I was poking around in my long deceased Grandfather's old Dobbs boxes that my mother uses for decoration and was pleasantly surprised to have found a well fitting charcoal homburg I'd had forgotten hand been there! I've decided to start wearing it. It's in immaculate condition, practically like new save for a white stain on the front of the ribbon and the fact that the bash in the crown could use a reshaping to make it stay. The box is definitely worn, but at least its contents are fine. I've no idea the age, though I suspect '60s-ish. That estimate would match the age of my Grandfather's Dobbs stingy brim hat, which my cousin who is appropriately a jazz musician, owns.

Also found with the hat was my grandfather's vintage folding measuring stick:

 

[moehawk]

I was waiting to post this until I could get some pics in sunshine. A Dobbs West Twenty-Five, that was in need of a cleaning and some love.

The liner was glued in with a heavy hand at some point in it's life, and the factory sticker is mostly gone. The liner logo is embroidered, but oddly the onionskin liner tip cover is on the back side.

The thick leather sweat is in good shape, but the stamping is worn.

Creased, in the sunlight.

And a head shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8".155g. Thinking it's around the very end of the fifties into early sixties, but really that's just a guess. Any input welcome.

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[RJR]

I was waiting to post this until I could get some pics in sunshine. A Dobbs West Twenty-Five, that was in need of a cleaning and some love.

The liner was glued in with a heavy hand at some point in it's life, and the factory sticker is mostly gone. The liner logo is embroidered, but oddly the onionskin liner tip cover is on the back side.

The thick leather sweat is in good shape, but the stamping is worn.

Creased, in the sunlight.

And a head shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8".155g. Thinking it's around the very end of the fifties into early sixties, but really that's just a guess. Any input welcome.

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Good looking Dobbs.

 

[BobHufford]

A Dobbs West Twenty-Five, that was in need of a cleaning and some love.

I really like this one John! That is a great crease and a great pic.

 

[moehawk]

Good looking Dobbs.

Thanks RJR!

 

[moehawk]

I really like this one John! That is a great crease and a great pic.

Thank you Bob!
The sunlight sure makes a difference!

 

[splintercellsz]

1947-1953 Dobbs Sixteen-Fifty Overtone

This hat is a soft handed long hair finish. the brim edge is finished with darker brown felt making up a Cavanagh edge. The hat came with a box (i assume original), and it had two invoices from the Salyer Candy Co. tucked away. The hat and invoices are both from Johnson City, TN

 

[Frunobulax]

1947-1953 Dobbs Sixteen-Fifty Overtone

This hat is a soft handed long hair finish. the brim edge is finished with darker brown felt making up a Cavanagh edge. The hat came with a box (i assume original), and it had two invoices from the Salyer Candy Co. tucked away. The hat and invoices are both from Johnson City, TN

That's unique. Certainly a lot of effort went into that one.


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[moehawk]

1947-1953 Dobbs Sixteen-Fifty Overtone

This hat is a soft handed long hair finish. the brim edge is finished with darker brown felt making up a Cavanagh edge. The hat came with a box (i assume original), and it had two invoices from the Salyer Candy Co. tucked away. The hat and invoices are both from Johnson City, TN

Nicer in your pics than the eBay ones for sure!
If memory serves ne right, the gold ink-free debossed sweatband logo puts it pre 1950.

 

[Redfokker]

1947-1953 Dobbs Sixteen-Fifty Overtone

This hat is a soft handed long hair finish. the brim edge is finished with darker brown felt making up a Cavanagh edge. The hat came with a box (i assume original), and it had two invoices from the Salyer Candy Co. tucked away. The hat and invoices are both from Johnson City, TN

That is an interesting brim treatment. Love the fuzzyness! Nice Justin.

 

[splintercellsz]

That's unique. Certainly a lot of effort went into that one.


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For sure. The finish it amazing, hands down

Nicer in your pics than the eBay ones for sure!
If memory serves ne right, the gold ink-free debossed sweatband logo puts it pre 1950.

I believe you are correct. The other example I saw was from around 47, and this one is identical minus coloration

That is an interesting brim treatment. Love the fuzzyness! Nice Justin.

You and me both!!