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.

Vintage custom hatters and lesser known vintage production hatmakers

Yamahana

One Too Many
Messages
1,044
Location
Buckeye, Arizona
SUNNINGTON

I believe this to be appropriate thread to post this lesser known hat.
Beautiful bone color with 1 1/2” black ribbon/bow in size 7. Unreeded sweat that I didn’t feel safe in trying to peek behind for tags and info. 2 5/8” bound brim, 4 1/2” crown as bashed. Beautiful art deco liner. A very stunning hat.
View attachment 498750 View attachment 498751 View attachment 498752 View attachment 498753 View attachment 498754 View attachment 498755
This was the only tag behind the sweat of the Sunnington @steur and @Frunobulax
75DB0F5D-C23E-4FD0-BA2D-2E09996ED848.jpeg
856DE0AB-4C7D-4620-B529-42D5A7677412.jpeg
 
Messages
18,378
Location
Nederland
This was the only tag behind the sweat of the Sunnington @steur and @Frunobulax
View attachment 503038 View attachment 503039
Can't get much more generic than that. I don't think it's a Dalton, however. I was going to guess G.W. Alexander, but they were in Reading, PA...
Nothing to go on one way or the other. Could still be one though. The name and location of the retailer on the liner or sweatband doesn't have any relation to the manufacturer.
 

Yamahana

One Too Many
Messages
1,044
Location
Buckeye, Arizona
Nothing to go on one way or the other. Could still be one though. The name and location of the retailer on the liner or sweatband doesn't have any relation to the manufacturer.
I ended up trading this and another for a Marathon Panama. In hindsight I should’ve offered to send it to the Netherlands. I believe it was your size, cost me next to nothing and was a gorgeous, unique fedora. I’ll check with you if and when next time.
 

Yamahana

One Too Many
Messages
1,044
Location
Buckeye, Arizona
L. W. Glaze custom hatter, Chicago IL
This is a lotta hat, full 3” welted brim, 6” open crown. Other than a few moth divots and a dark dusty “glaze” if you will from years in storage it’s pretty decent shape. I removed a lot of the dark dust with a naphtha sponge bath. Fits on the small side for 7 1/2 so it’s wearable by me. Even with its wear, imperfections it’s an impressive fedora with its dark pleated ribbon.
58400DA2-E82E-4844-8EE9-C1FF01E5A42C.jpeg
13B11940-58F3-4297-ABB9-5A732FD5953C.jpeg
5B53CD2C-94C5-4776-9C8A-63C760F6BCDA.jpeg
F43746ED-D78A-447C-8E8E-00EA3B109A55.jpeg

Belonged to a Duke Acher
DD4A8D3C-C6FC-4F39-826A-D556C539F4BA.jpeg
83DA647D-0D15-432B-848B-33C6FC5574A8.jpeg
282C01AA-DFFE-49DA-83D5-BB85C15C37A3.jpeg
77907E0B-8486-4A7B-9241-EE747D73E7E5.jpeg
23A10AAF-C471-48E9-8FA3-BDF5FC4924F6.jpeg
 

Yamahana

One Too Many
Messages
1,044
Location
Buckeye, Arizona
BATES

Another recent orphan that’s been ridden hard and put up wet many times.
2 1/4” bound brim. No popped stitches on the unreeded sweat though. Could be a decent fedora with some cleaning up.
3E292B6B-20DC-48D9-AA8F-921D23CB2832.jpeg
B8895841-13A9-4467-8A99-02F6C91D3E1F.jpeg
1F09D07A-C1D0-43EA-B3D2-C6FD97750564.jpeg
4EAD562C-54DD-4E4B-AD5D-0CD46E4D8413.jpeg
A01122B5-5C2E-4D0C-9C27-AC645D1025B4.jpeg

May have been used as an ash tray also.
C9BF0518-53E3-4DFA-B942-B32C8F453191.jpeg

At 7 1/8 too small for me. If you’d like to adopt this orphan let me know, just cover the shipping
 

AthenaC.

New in Town
Messages
1
These three from Chantiles Hat Shoppe of York, PA came across Goodwill. Did anyone here get them?

View attachment 519699

View attachment 519700

View attachment 519701

View attachment 519702

View attachment 519703
My father George J. Chantiles was the hatter that created these beauties. He passed away 41 years ago. Sarthena by Chantiles was a combination of my sister's name Sarita and myself Athena. I used to watch him take a flat piece of felt and create a custom hat for his customers. He was an amazing man. His father and one brother were also hatters. We lived upstairs from the shop. I'd love to be able to find one of his hats one day. I'm glad some are still around. Sadly, he passed when I was only 14 so he wasn't able to pass the trade on to me. Thanks for posting this, it brightened my day.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
108,997
Messages
3,072,385
Members
54,038
Latest member
GloriaJama
Top