Someone got a beauty of a wide-brim Cavanagh!

[Tango Yankee]

It wasn't me. :(

I was watching this beautiful Cavanagh (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320222909322&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011) to see how it would do. It's not often that a Cav comes up for sale that's not a stingy brim, at least in my experience. I'd forgotten that it was ending last night, otherwise I might have bid on it to use my ebay coupon. :eusa_doh:

The seller is either a member here or a lurker; he acknowleges Brad Bowers and the Fedora Lounge for being the source of his information when he answered the question "What's a Cavanagh Edge."

Lovely hat....


Regards,
Tom

[Ande1964]

That is a beauty. I love the color.

I just acquired my first Cavanagh edge my own self... it's in the new hat thread.

Anj

[AlanC]

Quite a price for a 7 1/4. But remember, there is no economic incentive to make a modern Cavanagh edge. ;)

[Brian Sheridan]

I too followed that sale. Jeez...my size but unfortuanatly not my price range.

What a beauty!

[Brad Bowers]

Wow, that didn't go cheap! Nice hat, though and great color.

I appreciate the citation -- it's better than plagiarism! However, I really need to get my updated information into print, as they used info that I have long since supplanted. That's the one big problem with using the Lounge as an historical resource, the old info still circulates and spreads the problem. I guess it's time for "The Definitive Cavanagh Edge Primer," at least to this point in the research.lol

Brad

[AlanC]

I guess it's time for "The Definitive Cavanagh Edge Primer," at least to this point in the research.

Yes!

[surely]

ibid

[Stan]

I would have bid, if it had been 7 1/8! :p

As it was, I didn't even watch it.

Stan

[J. M. Stovall]

Lately it seems like I'm just going to have to be happy with the 20 or so hats I have. Tweaking my collection is now out of my price range.:(

I was lucky to get my Borsalino and Cavanagh and Whippet when I did.

[NonEntity]

Can a hat be a piece of ....?

If so, that Cavanagh certainly is. Since I must occasionally work for a living and raise kids, I missed the posting entirely.

As remarkable as the hat itself were the excellent description and photos of it that leave very little doubt what you're buying. I would have gladly shelled out a couple hundred for it. I love everything about that hat--the crown height, brim width, lining, sweat (easily repairable), ribbon, condition, bash, color--except the size: I'm a 7 1/8.

Never-the-less, had I seen the post, I would have gotten it anyway and felt-padded the 7 1/4 down to fit me. Rats!!!

[Rick Blaine]

Can a hat be a piece of ....?




,,, back the truck up, now, sir... I am not certain I like the implications of that statement. I mean, after all, what does that, then, make the fella who sells that hat? ;)

[Retro Rob]

I would have bid if it were 7 1/8. Love the color.

[univibe88]

That really is a beautiful hat.

[Viper Man]

What a beauty. I saw it the day it was listed and wept because I knew I'd never be able to bid high enough to own it. My size, too. I'm feeling better now. :o

[univibe88]

When do you all believe that hat was originally made? Are they any details that link it to a certain time?

[Brad Bowers]

When do you all believe that hat was originally made? Are they any details that link it to a certain time?

Anytime in the 1940s through early '50s. The best clues are the crown height and brim width. Beyond that, most Cavanaghs look the same in their appointments.

Brad

[Spellflower]

Stan and Bob, i wouldn't cry too hard; with those size 7 1/8 noggins of yours, you're bound to find dozens of great hats that us big-headed guys can only dream about!