Here’s a hat I renovated today, not sure it really fits in this category but it is a 1920s Stetson, sold at washer brothers in Fort Worth, that’s all I could make out from the almost-non-existent sweatband and liner. I do not know the quality designation but feel like a no. 1 quality, nothing...
Got this in from the bay, couldn’t resist , I’ve seen a few Montgomery wards hats that were very good, this one feels almost as good as my real nutria Stetson, 2” sweat has fallen out completely but I think I’ll get restored and wearable. 3 7/8” brim and 6 1/2” crown, says “San Frall quality”...
Here’s the other hat I can post on this thread but that’s all I got. Picked this one up last year. 7 1/2” crown and 5” brim, have only wore it a few times, Wore it to the rodeo. my wife is wearing a Dobbs twenty, probably 40s or early 50s not sure.
As suggested here I did not trim the brim but I did Curl it and give it a little swing, plus, i found positive ID. From a 1936 Visalia catalog, matches price and store. It’s a San All Special
A lot of the research I have done on some of my hats has been based on the stores they were bought from and the kind of branding they used, (since a lot of them have the store branding inside) combining that with the knowledge I have received here helps me to narrow it down, I would like to do...
I think you're right Alan, it appears someone started to renovate the hat a long time ago and didn't finish, I think the original tag says 7 1/2 but it's not anywhere near that size now. ---and nice to meet you guys, amazing stuff here and I wish I would've known sooner, there should be some...
Ok here’s more pics of my 4x7 Stetson , perhaps a Carlsbad but I’m not sure if the Carlsbad came in this color. I also wonder how much these old hats have changed color over time.
very true , especially being a bound edge I don't think I can cut it down, it has one messed up spot on the binding which I can fix with some fine thread.
thanks y'all
ALSO wanted y'alls input on cutting the brim down a 1/4" to 3/8" and then putting a pencil roll on it so it's overall width is about 3 1/4" - that way I would actually wear it, I'm afraid as it is now it'll just end up in the box not getting used.
that hat is at the shop but I just took pics of this Real Nutria quality that I just got off the bay, more than I've ever paid for a hat but really wanted a nutria quality , figured I might've been bidding against one of you guys, I had to re-sew the sweatband in the short-cut way, which I...
Here's my Stetson guessing mid to early 30s, no liner, large eagle USA crest
sold at Tom Campbells Smile hat shop, Calgary, Ontario. have no idea why the pic is sideways,
anyways, it feels like #1 quality,
Thank you, I hate it when people say something is older than it really is, I have not seen one with the round size tag so I figured there was a chance it was a 1940s, thank you for the info,
First time posting here guys but been a long time browser, thanks for all of y’all’s input, wearing my 1940s maybe early 50s Dobbs rancher today, widest brim hat I wear
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