CONELRAD
One of the Regulars
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- 263
- Location
- The Metroplex
I picked up this Champ at the Dallas Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Show, along with a Knox Homburg.
It may not be as spectacular as Howard's up there, but it's a decent hat, and I'm always thrilled to find a vintage hat in 7 3/8 at a fair price. Plus it's got a wind trolley (that's not visible in the picture), and that's a feature that I always fall for. Brim is 2 3/8 inces, crown is about 4 1/2 inches creased, 5 5/8 open.
The felt is quite stiff, and I've been trying to soften it up, but I must say, this is the best fitting hat in my (very) small collection.
It had some disgusting brown crust of unknown origin on the plastic liner cover, but I managed to clean it up, and I wiped the liner down with a Clorox wipe, just to be safe.
Apparently belonged to a Lyle, originally.
The sweatband is very soft and supple, and I can turn it in and out with no problem.
It came with a Knox box, which worked out great, since I happened to pick up a Knox at the same show.
It has a classic mid 1950s look, and all in all I like it, it's a nice casual type of hat. I had always sort of wanted a Champ, for some reason (I suppose that I'd like to sample all of the vintage hat makers, if I could).
It may not be as spectacular as Howard's up there, but it's a decent hat, and I'm always thrilled to find a vintage hat in 7 3/8 at a fair price. Plus it's got a wind trolley (that's not visible in the picture), and that's a feature that I always fall for. Brim is 2 3/8 inces, crown is about 4 1/2 inches creased, 5 5/8 open.
The felt is quite stiff, and I've been trying to soften it up, but I must say, this is the best fitting hat in my (very) small collection.
It had some disgusting brown crust of unknown origin on the plastic liner cover, but I managed to clean it up, and I wiped the liner down with a Clorox wipe, just to be safe.
Apparently belonged to a Lyle, originally.
The sweatband is very soft and supple, and I can turn it in and out with no problem.
It came with a Knox box, which worked out great, since I happened to pick up a Knox at the same show.
It has a classic mid 1950s look, and all in all I like it, it's a nice casual type of hat. I had always sort of wanted a Champ, for some reason (I suppose that I'd like to sample all of the vintage hat makers, if I could).
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