Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

The School of Hard Knox

Brad Bowers

I'll Lock Up
Messages
4,187
Thanks Alan, looks like I guessed wrong! I didn't realize it was this hat. Definitely 1940s.
 
Last edited:

Lotsahats

One Too Many
Messages
1,370
I'm still confused, because I don't see a tag photo posted by Lotsahats. He didn't show us anything of the inside. Without seeing the inside, I'd say his hat is a 1950s hat, because that's really the era of the 100s, extending into the 1960s, not the 1940s.

Brad

Took this one some time back:

image.jpg


I don't recall there being other labels inside, but if this doesn't give you what you need, I'll have another look.

a
 

Lotsahats

One Too Many
Messages
1,370
Picked up two hats in a local shop yesterday; I posted the first in the Cavanagh Club, and the second hat is a Knox Superfine. It's a lovely hat, but on top of the need for a really solid cleaning, this one's pretty moth-bitten; in fact, some of the bites go all the way through the felt. It's a nice light brown color, though, and it's got a nice bound edge. It might never be a big seller, but it's a handsome hat, and I got it for a song, so I don't mind the cost of a clean, block, and flange just to keep this guy in my collection.

image.jpg
image.jpg
image.jpg


Dating's a little interesting on this one. I always rely on Brad Bower's fantastic website for information for Hat Corporation hats, and so the inside label would seem to indicate a 40s hat, but the size tag would say 50s. There is a price sticker that says 12.50, but otherwise there are no other labels in the hat.

image.jpg
image.jpg
image.jpg


Best,
A
 

Lotsahats

One Too Many
Messages
1,370
I've read through this whole thread, and the only other hat I've seen this liner in is a Superfine homburg. That makes me wonder whether this hat with its bound brim is a conversion. At any event, I'm pretty comfortable keeping it, moth holes and all. :)

A
 

tommyK

One Too Many
Messages
1,789
Location
Berwick, PA
Knox 20

_DSC1100_zps0bee89a0.jpg _DSC1101_zpsd44d87ef.jpg

_DSC1102_zpsfd93dee7.jpg _DSC1103_zps502ab372.jpg

_DSC1104_zps56633267.jpg

The guts

_DSC1105_zps02e6c2fa.jpg _DSC1106_zps898b754b.jpg

_DSC1107_zpsc98f99ca.jpg
i thought this was cellophane but on closer inspection it looks like oil silk

_DSC1108_zpsb4d578af.jpg _DSC1109_zps6ee60c18.jpg

_DSC1111_zps1a691625.jpg

Got it at a discount because of a distinct spot or smudge on the front brim. Cleaned up good enough for me
 

tommyK

One Too Many
Messages
1,789
Location
Berwick, PA
Thanks all, my favorite thing about it is the pinch/dents. They look like someone just bashed their fists into it.
 
Messages
15,073
Location
Buffalo, NY
Nice hat.

Brad can work wonders with a HCA manufacturing label, but I think a guess in the mid to late fifties is going to be close. I've had both Stetson and Cavanagh homburgs with that narrow brim binding. The Stetson had a dated sales receipt for 1956. The Cavanagh is of a similar vintage.
 

tommyK

One Too Many
Messages
1,789
Location
Berwick, PA
Knox Superfine
46ea926c-af9b-4b3c-a4a5-2a11a260cf4a_zpsqaezwm1a.jpg
247d7847-0773-4be2-a170-e8ed35c5d249_zpsxzlogm4e.jpg
f185e3ed-2837-4eda-be10-6c9918e5f6a8_zpsrsbxtjzg.jpg
The sweatband in this one is a little rough but intact, secure and perfectly comfortable. Otherwise quite nice.
No idea as to age. No tags inside.
 

howardeye

Practically Family
Messages
569
Location
NW Indiana
[Better than any new one on the market. I have a couple like that. I send them to Black Sheep Hatworks to have an ostrich leather sweat put in. Even replace the junky ones on open roads that are to narrow and do not grip my head.


 

Forum statistics

Threads
109,009
Messages
3,072,610
Members
54,037
Latest member
GloriaJama
Top