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What hat are you waiting for today?

MikeinRome

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Dobbs Forty. Has 2 5/8 inch bound brim. Looks to be about early 1950's, or a bit before.
 

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RickP

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Well darn it..... I picked up a fairly modern Royal Deluxe silverbelly Stratoliner on the "Bay" a couple weeks ago.... and it dissappeared into the post office :( Item heading said 7-1/4... description said 7-1/4, and when I got a tracking alert that it had left Dallas on the way here I went back a looked at ALL the pictures more closely... Yep right there when I zoomed in the almost new looking tag said 7-1/8... Stuff like this will teach me to carelessly bid late at night lol

I was just looking for a fairly decent looking knock around hat for when the weathers iffy. Guess I either need to find someone that has a 7-1/4 or 7-3/8 thats too big for a swap , Or I need to do some dissassembly and resizing.

Oh well ....at least I know it in advance and wont be terrible bummed when it gets here.
 

RickP

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Well now! the Stratoliner came in and it it IS basically new, and it IS marked as a 7-1/8. BUT.... it actually measures and fits as a 7-1/4! Woo Hoo! Maybe it was a mismarked oversized hat because I dont see any evidence that anyone had muscled it to be bigger

I NEEDED good news today... have been whining and groveling for about 24 hrs with severe chills, headaches, and stomach/ gut challenges. Went to the Dr this morning and they tested for Strep, Flu, and Covid. All negative. At least I know what it ISNT. Got plenty of over the counter goodies to tone things down, but I feel pretty rotten. Finding out the hat fit made my day!

Pretty nice soft hat for being a moderately cheap modern hat
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