First ebay purchases

[Anders]

Greetings all,

I've been looking for the perfect hat for a couple months, ever since I sat down with my father to watch his Humphrey Bogart collection. I stumbled across this site in my searching, which led me to my first two purchases on ebay. I've enjoyed goggling at all your fine headgear, so here's my contribution. I still know next to nothing about hats, so any information would be greatly appreciated!

The first is a wool knox, which was listed as vintage, but I wasn't aware that any vintage hats were made in wool..... It's still way softer than the modern stetson I've been wearing until now!

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0757.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0754.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0755.jpg

The second is from Brooks Brothers, which I'm only familiar with as a clothing company that no longer sells hats. Anyone know when they might have stopped producing these? This hat has hardly left my head since it arrived. I was considering adding some dents, but the simpleness of the current bash has grown on me.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0737-1.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0740.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0752.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/formic_photos/IMG_0761.jpg

Thanks for assuring me I'm not the only one out there with an interest in these things (everyone else in Montana thinks they're cowboy hats!)

Anders

 

[mingoslim]

Nice lids . . .

And I am sure that they are just the first of many more to come.

Welcome to the Lounge . . .

 

[Dinerman]

look great. Does it say on the knox that it's wool? I kind of doubt that it is, based on the pictures.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Nice hats.

Good look.

Welcome aboard.

 

[RBH]

Welcome to the Lounge :eusa_clap

Great looking fedoras ! You will learn we love pictures of the hats on your head

 

[Speedster]

Welcome to the lounge, Anders. Nice hats.

Your name is typically Scandinavian. Are you?

 

[Harry Pierpont]

look great. Does it say on the knox that it's wool? I kind of doubt that it is, based on the pictures.

Wet a small area and smell it, if it smells like a wet dog then it's wool.

 

[Fletch]

Or dog fur felt.

(just funnin', no such thing exists.)

 

[Stoney]

They both look fantastic. I doubt that the know is wool as well.

Fletch, As to dog fur. If someone has thought of it. some fool has most likely done it. lol

 

[Anders]

Thanks for the help guys, the Knox doesn't give any indication as to it's material, so maybe I'm luckier than I thought!

Posted by Stoney
Fletch, As to dog fur. If someone has thought of it. some fool has most likely done it.

My old girlfriend would flip if she saw that chinchilla hat that Jimmy Peirce has for sale! I can't imagine what else has ended up as a hat at some point or another....

Speedster, I am a born and bred Montanan, though my ancestry is primarily Swedish.

Anders

 

[DanielJones]

Both are mighty good looking hats. I especially like the Brooks Bros. Good job!:eusa_clap

Cheers!

Dan