What Did I Just Buy???

[Beardog]

I won an auction hat on a whim tonight.

It looks looks like about a 3 inch brim Stetson, sold by the Morris Men's shop at the Chicago Stockyard Inn. There was no detail given by the seller, so I took a chance and put in a low bid. The rest is history, for good or bad!

Does anybody know what I bought??! It looks kind of like the old Stetson 100's of the day.

 

[The Good]

You didn't do bad at all! I don't know if it's a Stetson 100, and I believe it would state it clearly in the sweatband or liner, but that's a very good hat.

 

[jlee562]

Nah, not a 100. Royal quality OR style....

 

[Beardog]

Yeah, I just started looking at photos from that era, after being a surprise winner, nd couldn't find the exact hat, as it said nothing inside the heat to indicate what it might be. I figured it was some type of OR "cousin".

 

[The Good]

Nah, not a 100. Royal quality OR style....

You're right. It is still a very fine quality hat, compared to most modern-made felt hats.

 

[RJR]

Very nice catch,

 

[Benzadmiral]

Looks sharp. You could keep the cattleman crease and leave the brim up; cattleman and snap the brim down; or crease it as a fedora. Lots of choices.

 

[dh66]

Nice catch!!!

 

[Beardog]

Well, I'm glad to be encouraged that I didn't screw up and bid on a total dog of a hat!

I have a nice steamer that the wife used in the past for steaming wrinkles out of garments. So, I think that I will take the hat back to a full crown, then try my hand at a teardrop crease, and wear it as a snapped down fedora. I don't have enough total posts to search all of threads here, but I have gleaned a lot of information already, since joining the lounge.

 

[alanfgag]

You'll find a lot of research here that will help you become familiar with vintage Stetson hats. The post war Royal Stetson was a popular affordable grade - about 1/10 the cost of a Stetson 100. From the photos, it appears to have nice thin moldable felt that should be very enjoyable to wear. Enjoy it!

 

[Hat Dandy]

Good catch I'd say.

 

[gtdean48]

Classic Open Road style Royal Stetson hat. Great, every day, thin-ribboned, country hat...
Morris Men's Shop did sell a good many 100's since the hotel was attached to stockyards so cattlemen would sell their stock & treat themselves to a NICE hat.
I've had 2 100's go thru my hands from there.
Now you've got a good baseline, keep looking for ones higher up = Royal Deluxe, 3X, 20, 25, 5X CB, 7X CB, 100....

 

[rclark]

Nice hat!

 

[Beardog]

I'm not too much into the "western" look, so I hope that I can shape it into a nice fedora style without too much difficulty. It should be here in the next few days. Probably early next week, according to the USPS tracking #.

 

[tonyb]

I'm not too much into the "western" look, so I hope that I can shape it into a nice fedora style without too much difficulty. It should be here in the next few days. Probably early next week, according to the USPS tracking #.

You should be able to reshape the crown to your liking without much difficulty.

That's a cool hat, 'dog. Everybody needs at least a couple of those babes -- nice old OR-type lids that ain't so pristine that you'd be reluctant to wear 'em much.

 

[RJR]

Agreed.