What hat are you waiting for today?

[Frunobulax]

Thanks, Jim. I stretched my budget because I suspect this might be around 100 years old. Can't find a Knox label like this one on here.

I took it out of the freezer last night. Aside from being coated in a lot of dust it seems to be in good order. (That spot in the rear that looked possibly worn based on the seller's pic was just dust.) Hopefully I will get around to steaming, brushing, and taking some pics today.

Yeah, it's pretty old. Check The Hatted Professor for some age guidance. Sorry I ran the price up on you. I wanted it, but didn't have the heart to bid higher.

 

[belfastboy]

I have finalized the details of my new Gannon. Sahara beaver with a Rust ribbon/bow. Sometime in the next month it should be in my hands. It will be Michaels version of this one.

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Yeah, it's pretty old. Check The Hatted Professor for some age guidance. Sorry I ran the price up on you. I wanted it, but didn't have the heart to bid higher.

No worries about the bidding. I chased that Bob Feller hat a few days later and had to tap out after factoring the bidder premium of 25% + sales tax + shipping + insurance. Had I won that I would have been done for the next several months.

I tried going to thehattedprofessor site before and after but nothing works for me. The Knox tab has said "Coming Soon" for several years. The Dobbs thread has/had content, but for whatever reason I can't see anything anymore. My iPad is pretty old running an outdated iOS, but the site doesn't work on my Android phone either which is just over a year old. Maybe I need to clear my cache, I don't know, or bust out an actual PC and try that.

I searched through Brad Bowers posts on here, as well as several other members (rlk, James Powers, JoshBru, dinerman, Justin's hats, Garret's hats, Alan's collection, DaveProcs ads, etc), the entirety of the Hard Knox thread, pre-40s dress hat thread, various dating threads, and the Internet in general. I've looked high and low. Definitely an older bow style, and I know the unsewn sweat seam on U.S. hat's is often (but not always) an indicator of pre-30s hats. There's a partial size sticker stuck on the seam as opposed to an attached tag. Superfine goes back to the early teens at least.

Based on some info I read about the history of Knox and a very similar label I found on a police hat that I suspect shortly predates this one I'm thinking possibly late teens or twenties. I was planning on posting the info in the Hard Knox thread.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Thought I found a hat for Brent (@deadlyhandsome):
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But the contents didn't match the box:
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It’s a winner rather way! That’s a great, and very old, Knox!

 

[Frunobulax]

No worries about the bidding. I chased that Bob Feller hat a few days later and had to tap out after factoring the bidder premium of 25% + sales tax + shipping + insurance. Had I won that I would have been done for the next several months.

I tried going to thehattedprofessor site before and after but nothing works for me. The Knox tab has said "Coming Soon" for several years. The Dobbs thread has/had content, but for whatever reason I can't see anything anymore. My iPad is pretty old running an outdated iOS, but the site doesn't work on my Android phone either which is just over a year old. Maybe I need to clear my cache, I don't know, or bust out an actual PC and try that.

I searched through Brad Bowers posts on here, as well as several other members (rlk, James Powers, JoshBru, dinerman, Justin's hats, Garret's hats, Alan's collection, DaveProcs ads, etc), the entirety of the Hard Knox thread, pre-40s dress hat thread, various dating threads, and the Internet in general. I've looked high and low. Definitely an older bow style, and I know the unsewn sweat seam on U.S. hat's is often (but not always) an indicator of pre-30s hats. There's a partial size sticker stuck on the seam as opposed to an attached tag. Superfine goes back to the early teens at least.

Based on some info I read about the history of Knox and a very similar label I found on a police hat that I suspect shortly predates this one I'm thinking possibly late teens or twenties. I was planning on posting the info in the Hard Knox thread.

I've never been able to get the Professor's site to work on anything but a PC. My phones and tablet don't like the place.

 

[Zombie_61]

Assuming it doesn't get lost along the way, my first Stetson should be arriving soon.

 

[Snowman]

On the way to my front door…

 

[Steve1857]

Looking forward to this one arriving.

C G Wilke Bowler. From the photos, it looks in good condition.

 

[steur]

Looking forward to this one arriving.

C G Wilke Bowler. From the photos, it looks in good condition.

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Wow! That's some find, Steve. Judging by the liner and the bow string it's an old one.

 

[Steve1857]

Wow! That's some find, Steve. Judging by the liner and the bow string it's an old one.

Thanks Stefan. My thoughts exactly. I'm looking forward to seeing any labels under the sweat.

 

[Blare]

Looking forward to this one arriving.

C G Wilke Bowler. From the photos, it looks in good condition.

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Looking forward to seeing it in action

 

[Steve1857]

Looking forward to seeing it in action

Thanks Joe. Me too, but I fear it may be too tight a fit. However, it wasn't one to walk away from.

 

[Rmccamey]

Looks like a winner, Steve. I can't wait to see more.

Looking forward to this one arriving.

C G Wilke Bowler. From the photos, it looks in good condition.

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[Granville]

Needed a brown hat, so I made an offer on a Selentino Rose that seemed all good EXCEPT for the very front edge of the brim. Moth damage? Rubbing? I got the price down to thirty bucks (was 99/ offered 25 /counter was 50/sold at 30). I've read here that Selentino's Sterling is low-end, but found nothing on the Rose model, except from Selentino's own website (fur felt). I'm assuming it's not vintage; looking at pics of the new ones, I'm missing the feather, but I see a wind trolley. I wanted it for the color, notoriously hard to judge online; since I'll mostly wear it with a beat up brown leather jacket, I don't think the bum edge will detract from the look. I see a wrinkle in the hat band/ribbon I'm hoping I can straighten out.

 

[steur]

Incoming.

 

[Steve1857]

Incoming.

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That looks very interesting indeed, Stefan. Can't wait for that one to arrive and see more of it.

 

[steur]

That looks very interesting indeed, Stefan. Can't wait for that one to arrive and see more of it.

I kind of know what the second one will be, but I'm very curious about the first one as well.

 

[Steve1857]

I kind of know what the second one will be, but I'm very curious about the first one as well.

Looking forward to seeing more of both, but the first one looks exceedingly interesting.

 

[Zombie_61]

Incoming.

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It's interesting to me that the liner and sweatband would be so ornate, yet from the outside the hat's appearance is relatively plain. I like it!

 

[steur]

It's interesting to me that the liner and sweatband would be so ornate, yet from the outside the hat's appearance is relatively plain. I like it!

Thanks, Al. The first one belongs to a bowler. The seller's pics don't give much information, so I didn't post them, but here's one. The other is a Borsalino fu Lazzaro (but a modern one).