What are the measurements of a Stetson Stratoliner?

[Magus]

Hi all. I need the listed measurements of a Stetson Stratoliner. Would someone be so kind as to post them?

Please list your hat size: (I need several examples to gather an average)
Crown height:
Crown outside circumference at the brim:
Brim width:
Overall length:
Overall width:
Overall height:

Thanks,
M

 

[RBH]

Mine is:
brim= 2 1/2
crown {teardrop} front= 4 1/2
back= 4

hope this helps

 

[Magus]

Mine is:
brim= 2 1/2
crown {teardrop} front= 4 1/2
back= 4

hope this helps

It does....some....but not fully...sorry...not trying to be "picky". I do apreciate the ones you listed...But the demensions are for a hatbox project specifically for the Stratoliner and I need all the measurments listed.

Thanks for all your efforts.
M

 

[SHARPETOYS]

Hi all. I need the listed measurements of a Stetson Stratoliner. Would someone be so kind as to post them?

Please list your hat size: (I need several examples to gather an average)
Crown height:
Crown outside circumference at the brim:
Brim width:
Overall length:
Overall width:
Overall height:

Thanks,
M

Size 7 3/8

Crown height: 5 1/2 open crown
Crown outside circumference at the brim: 23
Brim width: 3
Overall length: 19
Overall width: 17
Overall height: 5 1/2

 

[MattC]

There was more than one set of dimensions

Especially brim width. I've got three, same size, different brims. I'll try to get them measured for you tonight.

 

[jamespowers]

If you are going to build a box for the Stratoliner, use the largest brim measurement from the widest brim example. That makes it more amenable to the smaller size brims and largest as well. I think 3" is the largest brim size they offered but I could be wrong.

Regards,

J

 

[besdor]

Stratoliner

Most of the hats were made in a 2 1/2" brim which was the righr size for the 1940's . I've seen a 2 3/4" inch brim but never bigger .

Steven

 

[SHARPETOYS]

A goof up...

Size 7 3/8

Crown height: 5 1/2 open crown
Crown outside circumference at the brim: 23
Brim width: 3
Overall length: 19
Overall width: 17
Overall height: 5 1/2

Corrected below...

Width 12.5
Length 14

 

[thefedorastore]

Sharpe's is the biggest?

Sharpe's is the biggest dimensions I have come across on ANY strat. 3" Brim and 5-1/2 open crown. When bashed, crown height is dependent upon the "basher", but 5-1/2 is the crown height on EVERY strat I have ever bought and sold, and that was always open crown.

 

[MattC]

A short brim

I have a very light grey Stratoliner with a 2 1/4" brim, which I think is unusally narrow. The liner makes me think it is not a 60s hat. I have a light blue Strat with a typical 60s Stetson liner: "STETSON" in blue block caps with gold trim, above it the coat of arms in red, blue and gold, all surrounded ty a three line round gold border). The grey Strat has the words "Royal Stetson" in an elaborate face, R and S caps, the rest lower case, blue outlined in gold, with the coat of arms (smaller) in the three colors and a series of script lines with loops on the end starting above the coat and ending beneath the name. That liner I thought was older, and I think appears post war through the 50s. If that's right, it means Stetson tried a narrower brim pretty early (the felt quality suggests that as well). And maybe they kept it up; I have a brown Strat with the 60s liner (though it looks like a rehab).

 

[SHARPETOYS]

Sharpe's is the biggest dimensions I have come across on ANY strat. 3" Brim and 5-1/2 open crown. When bashed, crown height is dependent upon the "basher", but 5-1/2 is the crown height on EVERY strat I have ever bought and sold, and that was always open crown.

I checked it several times. The hat is NOS and has never been blocked.

Art fawcett said it was one of the nicest hats he has ever seen...

 

[Magus]

I checked it several times. The hat is NOS and has never been blocked.

Art fawcett said it was one of the nicest hats he has ever seen...

Well then I will have to get my butt in gear and build a box for it! lol

By the way all...even if no one else likes this design....I am VERY happy with it. This week is crazy hectic for me as I have out of town gigs....but I am itching to cut some leather for them. The Design is complete and I started cutting patterns today. I bid on and missed a 1930's leather sewing machine today that would ahve sped up things while maintaining the traditional styling...oh well...[huh] its hand stitching for now.

Lates,
M

 

[GWD]

Magnus, Did you ever build this box?

 

[Magus]

thanks for asking.

Actually due to life and its variencies...I have not. I am currently getting a hexagonal one finished for Art. Plus the Strat box design...though very nice, is still not settled in my mind. Its close though. If I start on it after Arts box...it only needs another 50 hours or so of work. Why? Are ya interested?

 

[GWD]

Of course I'm interested! I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't. I just found a Stratoliner and I'm in negotiations for an original box at the moment from a local source. I was poking around for a fair market value and stumbled accross this post.

 

[Magus]

Ahh...wonderful. Those origional Strat boxes were cool and tried to reflect the nose shape of the plane (to degree). I am taking mine a different direction. A bit art deco.

I will start on it after Art's box and pop you a picture when its done. Still all hand working everything, so its a bit of process.

 

[Flatch]

Sorry to bump

I know had a Stratoliner when I was 10 or so...a very light fawn/tan one. I remember the thin band and matching finish around the brim. I think my dad found it at a sale somewhere and gave it to me. I wore it for at least one summer as a fishing hat then...you'll hate me...for reasons I cannot now fathom I spraypainted it black, then pitched it. Please don't ban me. :eusa_doh:

I really like the look of these (esp. that brown on on the E-place right now) and am thinking about having my wife go to the craft store for a similar thin ribbon for my Jaxon Bogart when it arrives this week. Going by the pics I can find the ribbon on these looks about 1/2 or 3/4", is that about right? Thx

EDIT: This being my first real hat, are the ribbons tacked on with a stitch here and there, or all the way around top and bottom? If it's the latter I'm probably outta luck.

 

[RBH]

I know had a Stratoliner when I was 10 or so...a very light fawn/tan one. I remember the thin band and matching finish around the brim. I think my dad found it at a sale somewhere and gave it to me. I wore it for at least one summer as a fishing hat then...you'll hate me...for reasons I cannot now fathom I spraypainted it black, then pitched it. Please don't ban me. :eusa_doh:

I really like the look of these (esp. that brown on on the E-place right now) and am thinking about having my wife go to the craft store for a similar thin ribbon for my Jaxon Bogart when it arrives this week. Going by the pics I can find the ribbon on these looks about 1/2 or 3/4", is that about right? Thx

Welcome, and I call the ribbon a 3\8's.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

EDIT: This being my first real hat, are the ribbons tacked on with a stitch here and there, or all the way around top and bottom? If it's the latter I'm probably outta luck.

It's the former so you may be able to make the switch. Welcome!!

 

[Flatch]

Thank you both for the help! And for the welcome.

Gene, I have been wanting to ask since I first visited the other day: what hat is that in your avatar? That is EXACTLY what I imagined I'd want before I started shopping around - shape, color, everything. In fact, it's almost the exact shade I'd like the Jaxon to end up (a bit lighter, maybe), if I decide to risk dyeing it.