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  1. Alexander Sommerset

    What th' heck is a "beaver silk" top hat?

    So, I have noticed a really strange thing going on with top hat sellers on ebay. Some may recall a few weeks ago I asked here on the Lounge about when beaver stopped being used for toppers. It seems that the consensus opinion was that it was around the civil war and that by 1870 or so top hats...
  2. Alexander Sommerset

    Stetson Stratoliner on "Marvel's Agent Carter"

    Hey, they had a brand spanking new Stetson Stratoliner on one of the characters on ABC's "Agent Carter" show. It has a great brown ribbon bound edge. Agent_carter_strat by Alexander Sommerset posted Jan 20, 2016 at 3:47 PM
  3. Alexander Sommerset

    What the heck are top hats made of?

    So, I've been looking at getting a vintage top hat, but now I am all kinds of confused. Many of the ebay sellers are saying they have a "beaver top hat." Others are saying "silk." Still others are using the strange term "beaver silk." I emailed one guy who called his hat "silk" and he showed...
  4. Alexander Sommerset

    Hat Manufacturing Stats 1899 to 1950

    OK, so I saw a Hat Life Yearbook from 1951. It contained this manufacturing info... (If you can think of what thread this should be merged with, editors, go ahead and do so.) Hat Life Yearbook 1951 Men's Fur Hat Production Year 1927..... 1,212,062 dozens hats made in plant 1929-.... 799,867...

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