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The School of Hard Knox

Bob Roberts

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1940s Knox Foxhound

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Love it. And the underwelt as well.
 

moontheloon

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Excellent Knox, Ant. Do we have any dates on when the Foxhound was offered?


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The only dated ad I could find admittedly without extensive search was from Nov. 1941 .
I would bet that this hat is not too far from that date ... within a few years I think.
I know they were made for a number of years but the liner changed as did the style and dimensions as most did over time.
I'm kind of using what I know of the Cavanagh/Dobbs dating scheme because they bought Knox in 1932 and were pretty interchangeable from what I understand ... so the raw Knox debossment , the embroidered non covered tip, the store where it was sold (M.&H.H. Sichel) , the sweat band material , and overall style led me to my assessment
 
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FedOregon

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I've been waiting on this one. A Knox 15 from ebay. Sellers pic didn't do the hat justice, and neither do mine but give one a better idea of the cool brown felt and old copper color of the ribbon and bow with a twisted knot. I've wanted a nice Knox for some time, and the twisted knot is something I've loved since I saw them on the Gannon hats of @moontheloon and @Frunobulax

Nothing under the sweat except a stamp of the size, 7-3/8 and some pencil or crayon marks that mean nothing to me. The hat is a Long Oval (Ovalized Sixteenths in Knox jargon) and fits like a custom. It also has the Knox Custom Edge, aka Cavanagh Edge, that I really like. The reeded sweat and stitching of same are in good shape. The liner shows its age but is all there and legible. The felt looks really good and creases like a dream.... it's also dusty and will get a good brushing after the Lexol dries on the inside of the sweat.

The hat looks good, but I may give it a naptha bath anyway...

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moontheloon

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I've been waiting on this one. A Knox 15 from ebay. Sellers pic didn't do the hat justice, and neither do mine but give one a better idea of the cool brown felt and old copper color of the ribbon and bow with a twisted knot. I've wanted a nice Knox for some time, and the twisted knot is something I've loved since I saw them on the Gannon hats of @moontheloon and @Frunobulax

Nothing under the sweat except a stamp of the size, 7-3/8 and some pencil or crayon marks that mean nothing to me. The hat is a Long Oval (Ovalized Sixteenths in Knox jargon) and fits like a custom. It also has the Knox Custom Edge, aka Cavanagh Edge, that I really like. The reeded sweat and stitching of same are in good shape. The liner shows its age but is all there and legible. The felt looks really good and creases like a dream.... it's also dusty and will get a good brushing after the Lexol dries on the inside of the sweat.

The hat looks good, but I may give it a naptha bath anyway...

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fantastic hat!!!
tops in your collection in my opinion
 

moontheloon

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Thanks, Anthony. It's an immediate favorite. Looks a little like Whiskey felt and the copper ribbon just tops it off. Did you catch the way the felt on the left front pinch just falls into that incredible bash? Amazing. Now I just need a Knox 40, and a Knox 100....
you think I didn't catch that ? :)

I might be the biggest crease geek you know
 

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