THE STEVENS SPOTLIGHT

[Joshbru3]

Hello Everyone. I have yet to see a thread solely dedicated to Stevens hats. There are threads for Borsalino, Dobbs, Stetson, Mallory, ETC.

I thought since Stevens had been around for quite a while, it would be nice to see all the hats they produced throughout the 20th century and maybe if anyone had advertisments to help all of us date our beloved STEVENS hats.

LETS SEE THOSE STEVENS!!!!

Heres the only one that I own:
1930's Stevens (De-Oilized)

 

[Lefty]

not mine, but saved from the auction because it was interesting

 

[Joshbru3]

not mine, but saved from the auction because it was interesting

Very cool Stevens. I've never seen a double sweatband like that before.

 

[Joshbru3]

LIFE Magazine Advertisment Dec 1, 1947

LIFE Magazine Advertisment Dec 1, 1947

 

[barrowjh]

Should this include the hats that Stevens sold under the Stetson name? I think all of the western Stetson hats with a liner that had the image of a cowboy giving his horse water from his hat were made by Stevens, and there are a boat-load of those. Hopefully Brad Bowers will step in here and straighten out my inaccuracies, but that period may have spanned 1971 - 1984. I think that the 'Stevens-Stetson' era resulted in hats that were on-par or better than those sold by Stetson in the final years just prior to Stevens buying the brand.

 

[rlk]

Should this include the hats that Stevens sold under the Stetson name? I think all of the western Stetson hats with a liner that had the image of a cowboy giving his horse water from his hat were made by Stevens, and there are a boat-load of those. Hopefully Brad Bowers will step in here and straighten out my inaccuracies, but that period may have spanned 1971 - 1984. I think that the 'Stevens-Stetson' era resulted in hats that were on-par or better than those sold by Stetson in the final years just prior to Stevens buying the brand.

You mean the printed liner not the embroidered one which Stetson Philadelphia used in the 50's-60's. Late Philadelphia Stetsons seem fine to me.

 

[rlk]

Stevens Milairo

 

[Joshbru3]

You mean the printed liner not the embroidered one which Stetson Philadelphia used in the 50's-60's. Late Philadelphia Stetsons seem fine to me.

I agree with rlk, it seems fine to me. I just think that when posting a Stevens era Stetson, we should designate them as "Stevens-era Stestons" just so there is no confusion with pre-Stevens Stetsons and post-Stevens Stetsons.

 

[Joshbru3]

Very Nice Stevens Straw. Thats a really interesting ribbon.

 

[barrowjh]

Thanks RLK

I am not familiar with an embroidered picture, and it would be off-topic to put one in here (since it would be pre-Stevens), but I would like to see a link to one. There was some variation during the Stevens era - in some hats there is no plastic tip and the image is multicolored, and in some there is less-robust (mostly green-blue) image behind the plastic tip. I am not sure that both types were Stevens products, but to my knowledge they are mutually exclusive - I have not seen that bright screen print behind a plastic tip.

 

[carouselvic]

Stevens Imperial

 

[carouselvic]

Stevens Western (last drop logo)

 

[carouselvic]

mid-late 50's 7X Beaver




This is believable provenance to me.

 

[carouselvic]

Late 60's-early 70's

 

[Joshbru3]

WOW carouselvic. Thats an awesome collection of Stevens hats. The 7X Beaver has a wonderful story behind it, its really cool that you are able to have that stroy along with the hat. Does the Imperial have that "double sweatband?"

 

[carouselvic]

No, it is a standard non-reeded sweatband with an oil silk sweat protector.

 

[Joshbru3]

No, it is a standard non-reeded sweatband with an oil silk sweat protector.

Oh ok. Ive seen some Stevens with something behind the sweatband and never knew what it was. Its an oil silk sweat protector? What is it made of, plastic?

 

[carouselvic]

plastic, celluoid...a man made material of some kind

 

[Joshbru3]

plastic, celluoid...a man made material of some kind

Very interesting. Thanks for the info. Seems like a good idea to me.

 

[barrowjh]

I must agree on the hats, carouselvic - really nice hats. The 7X reeks plush right through the picture - I would presume that to be a pleasure to touch (and wear). Thanks also for the pic you sent me. Until you posted these pictures, I was unaware that Stevens ever put the 'last drop' image in hats other than the Stetson line, but clearly they did, both the embroidered and the printed (I presume).