Confusion about Knox Fifteens?

[michael78]

Hi Guys, I'm fairly new to hats thats why I'm a little confused over the Knox Fifteen!!.... are there different models regarding this....could someone please help a greenhorn regarding this.

Much appreciated

Mike

 

[Frunobulax]

Hi Guys, I'm fairly new to hats thats why I'm a little confused over the Knox Fifteen!!.... are there different models regarding this....could someone please help a greenhorn regarding this.

Much appreciated

Mike

Any production hat with a number designation like that (Knox Fifteen, Dobbs Forty, Mallory Ten, Stetson 100), signifies the price point of the hat at the time it was sold. A Knox Fifteen sold for $15 at the time it was produced. So, it can mean different things at different times (eras). It doesn't signify a style, it points to a quality designation.

So a Knox Fifteen made in the 50s would be significantly different than one made in the 60s or 70s, both in quality and the contemporary style they represent. Even in the same era, they can mean different things depending on the brand. I own a Mallory Ten Homburg, but there are other Mallory Tens out there that are traditional wide brim fedoras, as an example.


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[michael78]

Any production hat with a number designation like that (Knox Fifteen, Dobbs Forty, Mallory Ten, Stetson 100), signifies the price point of the hat at the time it was sold. A Knox Fifteen sold for $15 at the time it was produced. So, it can mean different things at different times (eras). It doesn't signify a style, it points to a quality designation.

So a Knox Fifteen made in the 50s would be significantly different than one made in the 60s or 70s, both in quality and the contemporary style they represent. Even in the same era, they can mean different things depending on the brand. I own a Mallory Ten Homburg, but there are other Mallory Tens out there that are traditional wide brim fedoras, as an example.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

OK!!! That make sense, Thanks Bud!!

 

[Frunobulax]

OK!!! That make sense, Thanks Bud!!

No prob. That's what this place is for.