Recent content by gandydancer

What a silly thread. The best watches in the world before WWII were american made. He would probably have worn a Hamilton. Although an Elgin would not be out of the question. Personally, I think, if he had class, it would have been a 21kt gold 23 jewel Waltham (I had one once, all the gears...

Starch, an interesting subject. I prefer light starch in the body of my shirts and medium in the cuffs and collars. Back when I was in the military I had to take my fatigues off base to get them starched medium without ironed in wrinkles, the base laundry insisted upon extra heavy with the...

Maybe I can clarify a few things. First in comparing vintage felts with modern felts there are two really important factors that make them different that the manufactures have no control over. 1. Weather, as everyone knows it has been getting generally warmer for the past 150 years...

Darn, Art, I talk to you about making me a Seabiscuit look alike, and you tell me to wait until after you move to Oregon, then I lose contact and drop off the list. So here I come back and it seems you are trying to kill yourself making hats, running a ranch, and twenty other things all at once...

This is an interesting thread because back just before Easter, I was looking for a new hat in medium gray. My local Western Ware store had the new Stetson Catalog and I almost had them order me a Nostalgia, but in the end I had them order an Akubra Squatter instead. As I liked the taller crown...

Hum..? Thanks for using my post as a quote with that, Roger. Bob, 2 things. 1. If you will post the info (size, style, price) on that unclaimed hat, maybe one of us will buy it. 2. Can I send you $5 to help defray that charge back. It would still be cheaper than buying the hat from you off...

I am sorry to hear that, Bob, but in the end that guy is the loser because he missed out on a really nice hat at a bargain price. I am 100% satisfied with mine, and wear it a lot.

New Colors I really like the new color skeme over all. With the old I had to enlarge the type much more to read it than I need to now. That's the kind of improvement I like, it looks better, and it is easier to read.

I did ask if anyone had more definative information on this. Yours seem to fit that catagory. One of the reasons for joining a discussion here it to refine your knowledge beyond what one had to start with. If one has to be "right" it is better not to post at all. Anoother other Possibility is...

Ah, another one of those reasonable reasons that does not stand up to reason. In European cultures at least left side stuff is traditionally male, right side stuff traditionally female. From feathers in the headband to zippers there seems to be no true reason for it other then that is the way...

Usually the oldest explaination is most likely. There is also the possibility that it refers to a "fully found" Ship (Ship specifically rather than ship generically) ready to sail. Originally a Ship was a three-master with three courses of square sails set on cross yards. So a fully found...

10, 15, 25, etc This series of numbers indicate price. I have a Stetson Fifteen given to me by Sharptoys. It says "Stetson Fifteen" and "3X Beaver Quality" on the sweatband. It also has a factory price label of $15. That pretty much says that the 15 label is the price and the 3x label is...

Nine yards? My understanding is that this goes back a thousand years or more. Hand woven cloth was a cloth-yard wide (27 to 28-1/2 inches) and made up in 9 yard bolts (when I read that explaination I wondered if that was cloth-yards or just yards). That was a limitation of the hand looms used...

I have read that and many other explainations. The most likely seems to be that originally it was precentage of beaver fur in the blend in 10% steps. e.g 1x = 10% beaver to 10x = pure beaver. Nowadays it only tells you where the hat fits in that particular manufactures range. e.g. Presumably...

If a hat is properly fitted it should stay on in quite high winds (35mph or so). Most of the folks I see today wear hats about a size larger than would be a proper fit. It should be above the ears (about an inch) when worn normally, but large enough to pull down to the ears and fit very snugly...