Snrbfshn
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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 your hat."
Thanks, I said, it's a vintage Resistol. "I mean, I really like your hat," she said. Appreciating her again, we both wondered why more guys don't wear hats.
It has a 2 3/8" tight-weave brim; the coarse-weave crown is 4 1/4" at the front, 4 3/4" at the high point and 3 3/4" at the back; pugaree has accents of gold and iridescent blue. It still has the original shelf tag touting the "self-conforming" band, which I can't bring myself to tear out:
Based on the typography on the tag, I'm guessing somewhere from the '60s. The color doesn't show well in the first 3 pix. It's closer in the shot of the sweat and this one:
![detail](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jtban1/detail?.dir=/461cre2&.dnm=86a3re2.jpg&.src=ph)
![detail](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jtban1/detail?.dir=/461cre2&.dnm=a6c6re2.jpg&.src=ph)
![detail](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jtban1/detail?.dir=/461cre2&.dnm=56c9re2.jpg&.src=ph)
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 your hat."
Thanks, I said, it's a vintage Resistol. "I mean, I really like your hat," she said. Appreciating her again, we both wondered why more guys don't wear hats.
It has a 2 3/8" tight-weave brim; the coarse-weave crown is 4 1/4" at the front, 4 3/4" at the high point and 3 3/4" at the back; pugaree has accents of gold and iridescent blue. It still has the original shelf tag touting the "self-conforming" band, which I can't bring myself to tear out:
![detail](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jtban1/detail?.dir=/461cre2&.dnm=f3bbre2.jpg&.src=ph)
Based on the typography on the tag, I'm guessing somewhere from the '60s. The color doesn't show well in the first 3 pix. It's closer in the shot of the sweat and this one:
![detail](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jtban1/detail?.dir=/461cre2&.dnm=3d76re2.jpg&.src=ph)