mikespens
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MOST excellent dude
An amazing topper.
Do you mind if I ask what you paid for it?
Thank you.
I don't mind you asking. Hope you don't mind if I don't tell. It's not my size, so I bought it for resale. Let's say I left some room for making some profit.
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Bill, that pristine white ribbon is obscuring the pristine keyhole size tag. That'll never do!
The earliest mention we've seen of the Strat was the news blurb JTL posted from July, 1940. Here is an even shorter blurb from June 18, 1940.
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I was lucky enough to get hold of a nice light grey Stratoliner recently. It was pretty dirty, but the felt cleaned up easily with some steaming and brushing. Still need to do some work on the liner, otherwise a super hat.
After getting the hat, I also invested in the box and a repro DC3 pin (a vintage Stratoliner pin is on the way here, thanks to Lefty).
Here are a few shots of the Stratoliner, as it is today...