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  1. jlee562

    Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!

    Many thanks to @Bamaboots for tipping me off to this one. It was ending while I was on vacation, so I threw out what I thought was a modest bid (because I might have also impulsively ordered a ukulele) and didn't try any last second shenanigans, but turns out I was the lone bidder so it went for...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    More commonly found on earlier Stetsons.
  3. jlee562

    A gifted Vintage Stetson hat

    Except I was not making a general point, I was addressing your posts. Yes, that would be fine if someone did that. But that's not what you did. You keep asking about a particular hat - escalating to hijacking someone else's thread - and keep getting told that nobody knows anything about it. When...
  4. jlee562

    A gifted Vintage Stetson hat

    You asked, nobody knows. You keep asking, who do you expect is going to research it for you?
  5. jlee562

    Fedoras afield

    Spent some family time in Maui with my trusty shantung OR. I still ultimately prefer a woven straw, but just as a practical matter, this hat works out quite well. Won't be crushed by the xray and water repellant for those Maui showers.
  6. jlee562

    Borsalino fedora, qualita supremore?

    Contemporary hat buyers get caught up too much in beaver content, methinks. The vast majority of factory hats were not 100% beaver. To consider Stetson, just considering the surviving samples around here (which of course is not necessarily a representative sample in a historical context), we...
  7. jlee562

    A gifted Vintage Stetson hat

    There is a limit to what we can know. It's simply impossible to curate a historic list of hat names for every model Stetson ever produced. If you'd like to prove me wrong however, the forum would greatly appreciate your efforts. If you can't find it in the catalog pages listed here, why are you...
  8. jlee562

    A gifted Vintage Stetson hat

    You have the same resources at your disposal as we do. It's not always possible, actually I would even say it's usually not possible to ID a specific hat model if it isn't branded as such.
  9. jlee562

    Akubra Stylemaster Mystery - Is it Acorn Fawn or Bluegrass green?

    Whatever it is, that's not Bluegrass green. I can't say for certain, but I doubt the liner color has much to do with anything.
  10. jlee562

    Finding a hat for a dark navy suit

    The username finally clicked for me. You may appreciate this one: Maybe not a long hair per se, but a lighter color like Silverbelly could work.
  11. jlee562

    Finding a hat for a dark navy suit

    The Public Enemies Dillinger suit was navy....
  12. jlee562

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    No, I'm talking about stuff like this: He doesn't appear to be actively making hats after some kerfluffle, so I don't feel bad naming this as a Gunner Foxx hat. I get the spots from the top of my ears on some hats, and this is not that.
  13. jlee562

    Stetson hat ID possible governor's hat

    That handwritten tag is presumably not a factory tag. The other reorder tag doesn't match the reorder tags on my mid century Stetsons. (new sweatband, original tags) Also, the sweatband would have been branded and would have been a wider width in the 50's. Pretty sure this one is 40's: So...
  14. jlee562

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I don't mind that people are straying away from traditional designs and grosgrain bows (more ribbon for the rest of us). I wouldn't personally wear a good chunk of these modern styled hats, but no grudge against them. No item of clothing stays the same in perpetuity. Bob at BSHW has a packet of...
  15. jlee562

    Strand Hatters - Sydney - Worst New Hat Order Ever

    If you elect to keep them, definitely try steam to smooth out the ribbons. But you also can use an iron on the ribbon. If you can sew, just pop the stitches, iron out the ribbon, sew it back on. It shouldn't be your problem to deal with, but it can definitely dealt with relatively easily.
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Sovereign grade was ditched in the Deckard era, so a 2014 sale is not out of the question. But I agree that the box is older. They were using the grey and white boxes back then, because I remember being slightly disappointed they didn't do special boxes for the 150th anniversary.
  17. jlee562

    *HELP NEEDED* Trying to identify this hat

    The pictures have gone dead, but this is an archived version of the Goorin site from 2010. If you click through the descriptions, you might find your model name. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220031005/http://www.goorin.com/?q=hats/ballcaps
  18. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    This is the only OR tag I have, not super helpful unfortunately.
  19. jlee562

    Quality comparison among Resistol 4X, Stetson 4X, and Akubra Heritage Collection

    If those are your choices, pick an Akubra. Modern Stetson and Resistol are, as far as I can tell, the same. They're coming out of the same factory with different branding. 4x, currently, is wool. Don't buy a wool hat. I was going to recommend a custom wool from Knudsen, but looks like that's...
  20. jlee562

    More than a wind or rodeo strap?

    So this article is about 10 years old, so not sure if this email will work, but the guy who made the hats for 1923 is based on Montana and works out of a camper. https://www.truckcampermagazine.com/camper-lifestyle/a-man-of-many-hats/

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