Joao Encarnado
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Drooling over #430, #431, #432
+1Like the dimensions on that Stetson "Trooper" -- 5.75" crown and 2.5" brim!
The Trooper in this latest batch of ads (from 1940) is described as being "light as a feather and wears like a pig's nose" (italics mine). Now that brings up a LOT of questions. For instance:
1) How does Stetson, or the store, know what a pig's nose "wears like"? Do they have depositions on file from former customers who wear pigs' noses on a regular basis? Did said customers choose pigs' noses over standard headgear, like fedoras, beanies, and baseball caps?
2) Why stop at the pig's nose? There is a considerable amount of a pig, even a small one, which could be adapted for occasional or even frequent wear. (Such a list I will leave as an exercise for the student.) Which leads to . . .
3) What did Stetson do with the rest of the pig? I presume they didn't just lop off the porker's snout and leave him to go his less-than-merry way; and any self-respecting member of the Suidae is not going to take kindly to mutilation. No doubt it was a fight to the death -- in this case, the pig's. So what happened to the rest of the pig? Bacon, ham, watch straps, footballs . . .?
If you think some of the hats on those pages would set you back a pretty penny now, you should look into what the Finck's overalls will set you back. I was looking at them a couple of years back and they were going for something in the $500 area as I recall.You can get overalls to match.
Oh -- "wears" as in "takes wear and is tough." I can see that. Pigs do a lot with their snouts.Well, I just beGoogled the phrase on these here intertubes and it appears to mean they're tough and will wear for a long time. I'd never heard that before, but now it'll be part of my regular speech!
+1very interesting
a couple things stand out to me ...
"Luskey Roll Crease" ... never heard that one before
and the fact that the Open Road twenty topped out at 7 3/8 here