Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

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[The Lost kansan]

Got a real pleasant surprise box today. Its a Resistol with no size listed in the advert. For $20 some dollars the felt looked decent so I took a chance. I knew the sweatband was toast going in, but thats a non issue to me.
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The felt is surprisingly soft and supple. Definately furfelt and NOT wool. Did find a tag under the sweat that id's it as a 7-1/8. Its a really loose 7-1/8, so Ill have no problem rehabbing and reblocking it into a proper 7-1/4. 5-1/2" crown, 3-1/2" brim. The cherry on top of this deal is that if you look closely at the worn sweatband, you can see embossing as a "Clear Beaver 50". Once upon a time this may have been a nice hat ( and will be again soon). a couple minor nibbles scattered around, but a 3/4" ribbon will cover most of them just fine.. Im thinking a 3/4" ribbon with a campaign bow. Glad I took a chance on it for sure! Little bit of cleaning and it going to be a nice one

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Not sure what you ended up doing with this one, but I could see a real nice josey Wales in this hat

 

[Judgmentalist]

I like this one. No way will it fit me.

 

[RickP]

Not sure what you ended up doing with this one, but I could see a real nice josey Wales in this hat

So far I got the hat body cleanup and reblocked, and a new sweatband sewn in with a temporary ribbon on. Still havent totally decided whats eventually going to happen to it.... no rush and Ive got plenty of hats waiting for attention lol

 

[jeffgarf]

Here to gripe about sellers, per usual, especially, international ones, shipping in bags.



The first is a Borsalino so I'm not worried how it will turn out for me. The second is a Cervo, also a great Italian brand, shipped from The UK, that will also be just fine. I guess sellers who treat their hats like this are the price we pay to get them at good prices, for they do not know their worth.