The Official Stetson Nutria Quality Thread

[Florida_Marlin]

Stetson Nutria Quality from the bay.
A lot of crown, lot of brim! What to do?

 

[Bamaboots]

tetson Nutria Quality from the bay.
A lot of crown, lot of brim! What to do?

Wear it.

 

[Florida_Marlin]

After trying a Montana peak, a Carlsbad, a cattleman, after a time with it and the tea kettle, it decided it wanted this. The hat will usually tell you what it wants. Put the kettle to the brim and it just started rolling up , so I went with it!

 

[Bamaboots]

Looks great and you wear it well.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Looks great and you wear it well.

+1 on dat

Stetson Nutria Quality from the bay.
A lot of crown, lot of brim! What to do?

If you don't like it, you can always give it to me. I'll wear it for sure

 

[RJR]

Looks great and you wear it well.

+2!

 

[Florida_Marlin]

I've been wanting a campaign hat, and passed several up. I couldn't pass this one with a great BIN price. I have my father's old First SGT pin that will fill the grommet on the front of the hat nicely. It'll be fun to wear it when it gets here.

 

[johnnycanuck]

Very John Wayne. Looks great and suits you well. Wear it in good health
Johnny

 

[rclark]

1940s Stetson Nutria Quality with Reenforced Edge.

Has a little moth damage but otherwise is in great shape. Was made specially for the Sheriff of Orange County, CA that held office from 1939-1947.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Nice Nutria.
US Patent 1848832

There are 3 more pages describing the process.

 

[alanfgag]

1940s Stetson Nutria Quality with Reenforced Edge.

That's a wonderful find. I think personalized as an honor at the beginning of his term of office - I wouldn't be surprised if the that was made a little prior.

 

[rclark]

That's a wonderful find. I think personalized as an honor at the beginning of his term of office - I wouldn't be surprised if the that was made a little prior.

Thanks Alan. I was second guessing my dating estimate after seeing a few of your posts, so it does make sense this could be a late 30s hat due to the owner having taken office in 1939.

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks Alan. I was second guessing my dating estimate after seeing a few of your posts, so it does make sense this could be a late 30s hat due to the owner having taken office in 1939.

The wide three panel manufacturing tag and the gold ink size tag both transitioned to new versions sometime around 1940. If the sweatband is not too fragile to check, it would be great to know the LOTXXXX number behind the front of the sweat.

 

[rclark]

The wide three panel manufacturing tag and the gold ink size tag both transitioned to new versions sometime around 1940. If the sweatband is not too fragile to check, it would be great to know the LOTXXXX number behind the front of the sweat.

Here you go Alan. How do you interpret it?

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[alanfgag]

Great! You might have seen the thread I started for these numbers, which I believe were generated chronologically and can in turn give us a rough timeline for hats that display a LOTXXXX number. The Imperial Stetson that I posted to the first page of the thread shows a 74XX number and also the perforated ribbon at the back of the sweat, which seemed a vogue feature that had a short run in the second half of the 1930s. It did return in the Stetson 100 during the 1960s. Very cool hat with great provenance.

 

[rclark]

Great! You might have seen the thread I started for these numbers, which I believe were generated chronologically and can in turn give us a rough timeline for hats that display a LOTXXXX number. The Imperial Stetson that I posted to the first page of the thread shows a 74XX number and also the perforated ribbon at the back of the sweat, which seemed a vogue feature that had a short run in the second half of the 1930s. It did return in the Stetson 100 during the 1960s. Very cool hat with great provenance.

Thanks Alan! I'll add it to the LOTXXXX thread as soon as I can.


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[DesGus]

I'd like to add one to the list. I have this Nutria Quality in 7 1/8, and based on the size tag I'd guess from the early 50s. Fantastic condition. Not sure I love it on me, though. It has a definite "western" look to it that doesn't go with my face. Oh well, the crosses we bear!

 

[hatsRme]

A tough row to hoe, indeed, DesGus! This looks like it just came out of the store BRAND NEW! I think you're close on your age guess, but if I'm off, others will let us know.

At the risk of sounding blasphemous, you could replace the ribbon with a wider one...

Beautiful, no matter how you look at it! Thanks for sharing, and congrats!!

 

[DesGus]

Yeah, good idea. I've thought about it. I've done that with a couple 7xCBs, but haven't quite committed to it on this one yet. Although it did start out life as a rancher style. That was WAY too western for me, so I changed it right away!

 

[Redfokker]

At the risk of a lightning bolt coming my way from the Hat Gods, you could also trim a wee bit off the brim and turn it into a fedora style - reblocking it like a Strat. Ducking under a table now...