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  1. MikeinRome

    The Official Stetson Nutria Quality Thread

    You're right. I was incredibly lucky to win the bid on this hat, and for much less than I was afraid it would take, but I was ready to bid to the Moon for this one, which I never expected to have a chance to own.
  2. MikeinRome

    The Official Stetson Nutria Quality Thread

    About 1952 Stetson Nutria Quality. Has 3 1/2 inch brim and 5 3/4 inch open crown. Has a detached OPS tag behind sweatband.
  3. MikeinRome

    The School of Hard Knox

    1950's Knox straw. Has 2 3/8 brim. I was also drawn to this hat because it was sold in South Carolina, where I have deep family roots going back to about 1750 or earlier.
  4. MikeinRome

    Stetson "The Sovereign Twenty"

    About mid 1950's Stetson Sovereign Twenty. Has 2 1/2 inch brim with Mode Edge, and 5 1/2 inch open crown.
  5. MikeinRome

    Pre 1940s (non-Stetson) Westerns

    The same Unknown Maker hat after cleaning.
  6. MikeinRome

    Pre 1940s (non-Stetson) Westerns

    The Grizzly Hat after cleaning.
  7. MikeinRome

    THE MALLORY MILE

    Mallory Dallas that's for sale on eBay now. Has a keyhole shaped size tag like Stetson hats, but says Mallory on it. Can't recall seeing this tag before or been so long I've forgotten.
  8. MikeinRome

    Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns

    Here's a picture of a "Ray Bell shape" hat from the Hamley's catalog #36 from 1936, so Stetson was making Ray Bell hats at least by that date. This particular hat here has a 7 1/4 inch open crown and 4 inch brim.
  9. MikeinRome

    Shudde Bros. Hatters in Houston

    I forgot to mention this Beaver Deluxe after I received it. Another great one. There's really little or no difference between this grade of Shudde hat and Stetson's 7X Clear Beaver.
  10. MikeinRome

    Post New Hats Here!

    About mid 1950's Stetson 4X Beaver Quality with embroidered Last Drop liner. Has 3 inch brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown. For whatever reason, these hats are very scarcely seen. I've found 3 others on the Lounge, the most recent of this style dating to 1962 having the black rectangular size tag...
  11. MikeinRome

    Post New Hats Here!

    1960's, maybe early 70's, before they added the metric size to it.
  12. MikeinRome

    The Dobbs Diner...

    From the Hatted Professor article on dating Dobbs hats.
  13. MikeinRome

    The Dobbs Diner...

    Well, I said this liner was for hats of $20 and up. Maybe I should have said it was for higher priced hats. I can't swear it wasn't ever used early on for $15 hats. But in my mind I always associate it with $20 and higher, since that's what you usually see.
  14. MikeinRome

    The Dobbs Diner...

    I'm not absolutely sure, but I seem to think that some a bit earlier were $15 hats. I can't swear to it.
  15. MikeinRome

    The Dobbs Diner...

    1950's Dobbs Gay Prince, dark blue. Has 2 3/4 inch brim and 5 3/4 inch open crown. This was a $20 hat when new. The sweatband doesn't say "Dobbs Twenty", but the type of liner in this hat was only put in hats costing $20 or more.
  16. MikeinRome

    The Lee Lounge

    Lee Adventure Blue Label. Has 2 1/2 inch brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown.
  17. MikeinRome

    Alexander Hats

    G W Alexander hat. 4 inch brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown. Has no mfg tag, so difficult to date. Maybe 1950's? It is stamped "Hub Hubbell Rodeo Hats". He toured around the Country performing and maybe sold these hats on the side? This might be one of those Alexander Circle A hats.
  18. MikeinRome

    Dating a Borsalino

    1960's was my guess, but I was waiting for someone smarter than me to weigh in on it.
  19. MikeinRome

    The Resistol Roundup

    When I started collecting hats 2 years ago, I had absolutely zero interest in Western or cowboy hats, just was interested in city hats and thought a brim more than 3 inches was pointless. Now I can't get enough of the big hats. Still love the city hats, though.
  20. MikeinRome

    The Resistol Roundup

    Resistol 5X with 5 inch brim and 6 3/4 inch open crown.

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