The Quintessential WWII Era Hat?

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

The quintessential fedora would be the "brown hat", "gray hat" respectively.

I cannot imagine people in WWII knowing the minutiae of their hats any more than a fellow off the street today quoting measurements of his baseball cap.

Embarrassing after you correctly just said that, but would you care to measure brim width and crown height of this nice hat? (What is it, BTW?)

 

[Feraud]

Embarrassing after you correctly just said that, but would you care to measure brim width and crown height of this nice hat? (What is it, BTW?)

It is a Stetson Whippet of modest dimensions.
I will provide the measurements this evening.

 

[Feraud]

Found an older thread with the Whippet specs.
Brim = 2 3/8"
Crown = 4 3/8" (approx.)
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=204237&postcount=1

 

[Lawman]

I have a brown Whippet, and love it. It is what I regarded as close to the standard WWII era lid. It won't hold a pinch, though. It seems like very time I get it just right, I look in the rear view mirror, and it is off center again!


Mark

 

[Baron Kurtz]

i've never come across a hat with such variable specs as the Whippet. Remarkable variation in hats of the same size ostensibly from the same era (decade) . . .

bk

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Found an older thread with the Whippet specs.
Brim = 2 3/8"
Crown = 4 3/8" (approx.)
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=204237&postcount=1

Cheers!

.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Looks like he's also wearing a "wife beater" undershirt, too. BTW, Does anyone know a less rude name for these shirts?

Also called an "A" shirt, I have been told:

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=13021

 

[John in Covina]

Looks like he's also wearing a "wife beater" undershirt, too. BTW, Does anyone know a less rude name for these shirts?

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Regular imprinted t-shairts are called tank shirts and i have heard people call them tank-t's or tank t-shirts.

 

[Duck]

Looks like he's also wearing a "wife beater" undershirt, too. BTW, Does anyone know a less rude name for these shirts?

The correct name for this type of undershirt is an A-Shirt.

 

[Twitch]

Feraud's dimensions seems pretty right on to me. And the brown and gray will go with about anything.

 

[Dinerman]

how about this one? Seems like what I've seen in pictures from that era.

 

[RBH]

how about this one? Seems like what I've seen in pictures from that era.

Sweet!

 

[scotrace]

This is it.

What if I cut the brim of a Federation down to about 2 & 5/8, and smash the crown a bit...

 

[scotrace]

Well I did it.

 

[Feraud]

...and? Let's see them pics.

 

[scotrace]

Not sure it worked.

 

[Feraud]

Too narrow?

 

[scotrace]

ribbon too small, felt too thick (for The Third Man hat). But looks better for a thinner guy than when I bought the hat.

Used an Exacto knife and sandpaper.

And nerves of steel....

 

[Feraud]

Sorry to read that. Back to the ol' drawing board.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

So have you had gin now that you are all done?