With the weather warming, my attention has turned somewhat to straws. Here are two recently acquired. First is this Adam straw with an unusual ventilated crown weave:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762401118011
Brim is 2 1/4", crown is 4 1/4". My guess is it was an inexpensive...
I hadn't posted any acquisitions in a while, and figured I'd start with this fine Dunlap 25, with which I am most pleased:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762401009785
It's in great shape, has a 2 3/4" brim, 5" crown, custom edge and functional wind trolley. The logo on the...
For more than 30 years, I have honored milestones in my life with a new hat which forever connotes that event for me - my marriage, birth of my sons, big promotions, that sort of thing.
I recently got a new job, and to mark this occasion, I went with something a little different. Here is my...
I cannot ever recall, upon the arrival of a hat, being stunned to the point I backpedaled -- until now. My Knox "Tom 'n' Jerry" is magnificent. In first-rate condition with absolutely no issues, and it fits! Described as navy blue, it is a rich, deep midnight blue. The felt is soft, lustrous and...
I just got this Knox Tom & Jerry, which until last week, I'd never heard of. I was set on nabbing it 'cause it's that navy blue you don't often see, and I've wanted that color for a long time...
Anybody know something about these? A group of 10 hats purportedly made by Resistol for Empire Hat Co. of Ft. Worth were up on OFAS. I bid on four, winning three...
Opened a closet that I thought didn't have hats in it. Wrong. After selling the 30-odd hats I listed last week, here's 5 more including an immaculate short-brimmed Emerson for stingy fans...
The fella who bought my Caxton Twenty wears about a 7 1/4 and the hat's a 7. I told him I could use my electric stretcher and if I took it reeeeal slow I could likely take it up to his size.
Well, the hat stayed on the stretcher too long and the liner is now singed, sorta like leaving an iron...
I got a question from a fella looking at one of my auction hats, and I'm not sure of the answer:
"I purchased two fedoras from a seller who is not near as honest as you. They are ate up with moth bites. My question: Can I use the box? I don't know if moth larvae can remain alive in the box? I...
The stock is busting out of the corral, and it's time to thin the herd. More to the point, the spare bedroom is no longer going to be spare. I'll be listing maybe 30 to 40 hats that run from fabulous and rare (Lee One Hundred "Golden West") to notable (Caxton Twenty, Churchill 35) to straws to...
I recently acquired a couple of Stevens straws at about 10 bucks apiece, and a vintage box.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8431613388
I am particularly enamored with this one:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jtban1/detail?.dir=/4c58&.dnm=f71e.jpg&.src=ph
The hat is...
This exceptionally nice Mallory Panama went for $105.50 last night.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1930s-Panama-Hat-Mint-in-Box_W0QQitemZ6282976090QQihZ010QQcategoryZ41393QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The problem is, it's not what it says it is. The seller stated it's a 7 1/2, a highly desirable and...
And that's me, as you can tell by my handle. I don't normally go for stingy brim '60s lids, but this one grabbed me, mostly because of the hat pin.
(A bit fuzzy, but you get the idea.)
Recently acquired what has quickly become a favorite straw, a NOS shimmering brown Resistol Venetian:
Shopping for a rose bush, I tipped my hat upon inquiring of the young woman at the nursery where I might find a certain variety. She started to answer, stopped dead, then said, "I like...
Now I've gone and done it. Just got me an electric hat stretcher:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8285481444&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
I've not researched them much, and know little about them, but I'm pleasantly surprised at the price. I was prepared for...
Not anywhere close to my size, but when I stumbled on it I couldn't recall ever seeing a Lee One Hundred before, so I stuck a bid on it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8267427589&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
Anybody else have or seen one?
Gotta tell you, if...
In the latest issue of Hat Life, the writer queries whether a humorous campaign can address the fact that "Hats are in a pretty somber state...," and gives examples for other industries.
http://www.hatlife.com/newsletters/2006/mar06_1/art3.htm
And the hook? Sun protection. Where have we...
Following the interest of the Mallory thread below, here's a look at my new/old Stowaway, which I assume is named so because it's a foldable or crushable hat.
This is very thin, dense felt. Notably lightweight, it weighs 82 grams. Brim is 2.5" with a 1.25" ribbon and crown height of...
I want to get a domed block to use in cleaning and shaping my hats. What size do I need for my 7 1/4 hats? I see them listed as a "20" or "22." Is that circumference? I saw the plastic ones at Hat Shapers, but if I want wood, what am I looking for?
Got the hat this morning, opened the box and said, "crap."
It is partly as the seller described - clearly never been worn - but I question his twice-said statement, "new condition." Here's the auction page:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8256076971&ssPageName=Action:MPS...
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